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Welty Energy Business was a startup, which required new Leadership and Turnaround. We laid out a Company strategy for growing and wealth generation. The Company provides Project Management Services, utilizing a variety of techniques to render Project Completion, waste elimination, cost reduction and ahead of targeted completion date. Besides Project Delivery, other factors in our performance include: emphasis on Continuous Improvement, Iterative Forecasts, Risk Assessment, Improved Communications, Robust Reporting, Training for Team Members, as well as many other items. The construct for the business is to thoroughly track employee time, employee utilization, reduce cost, increase Business Development activity, monitor Accounts Receivable ($0), Payables ($0), generate high margins and grow Net Income. The business has P&L responsibilities. In the first year, through a tremendous amount of effort, we had very good financial performance resulting in significant Net Income. The second year we are on track to nearly double the first year's performance.Accomplishments• Recreated a Struggling Company into a viable functioning enterprise.• Provided clear direction regarding our product.• Identified our core competencies and then “Kept to the Knitting”.• Provided a clear construct and processes for the business.• Grew relationship which resulted in increased revenue.• Developed a resource plan that clearly forecasted employee contributions and revenues.• Scrutinized Accounting reports to bring alignment to our performance.• Tracked all Payables and Accounts Receivable.• Tracked employee utilization to identify gap opportunities.• Refined Billing Rates and secured a three year service contract.

Provide Construction, Maintenance and Storm Damage Restoration of Transmission and Distribution Electrical Facilities and Vegetation Management to ensure clearances for Electrical Facilities. To improve Financial performance we reduced cost, increased asset utilization, pushed for more work which resulted in an increase in Revenues. The Company had P&L responsibility. For the first time in 12 years the Company had a positive and significant Net Income in 2017.

Provide consulting services associated with business performance including: staff management, selection process, business development, construction, maintenance, operations, general asset management, organization process, resource allocation and performance measures.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Support for the Electrical Contractors in the territory. Support includes: IBEW / Management relationships, contracts, policies, training, progression, job estimating, legislative activities, industry and territory strategy.

Akron, Oh, Us

Responsibilities included oversight of Transmission Operations including Planning and Protection, Dispatching, Substation Maintenance, Transmission Line Maintenance, Workforce Development, Performance Improvement, Asset Management, Consulting to Operating Companies., Managed staff of 600 employees and budget of $50 Million.Sponsored a $14 Million Control Center renovation to improve grid operations.Implemented a $10 million Energy Management System taking advantage of newer technology.Installed a state estimator and power network analysis that aided grid performance visualization. Installed a dispatcher training simulator to aid in training dispatchers.Built backup control centers to provided redundancyCreated a ten year capacity plan to detail system requirementsFunded helicopter line patrols and maintenance from the helicoptersGuided Transmission Operations to a Best in Breed and Compliance Culture

Akron, Oh, Us

Responsibilities: Consulting to Operating Company to troubleshoot reliability issues at Jersey Central Power and Light, improve overall operating performance and bring compliance to FirstEnergy standards. JCP&L was undergoing two reliability audits that reduced earnings by $30 Million. Earnings were restored when the reliability issues were addressed.Accomplishments:• Reliability Improvements.• Recommended improvements to substation metering and relaying.• Developed and implemented an Operating Company Compliance

Akron, Oh, Us

Responsible for overseeing an enterprise wide implementation of SAP for FirstEnergy. The implementation involved modules supporting finance, human resources, supply chain, customer, work management and all business units. The project cost was $120 Million and involved 9,000 users.Accomplishments:• The implementation was completed in 17 months and on budget. At “Go-Live”:• Employees were paid correctly.• Customers were billed correctly.• Financial books were closed within 5 days.

Responsibilities involved supervising a department of 430 employees with a $45 Million budget involved in engineering, line, forestry, dispatching and claims activities, in support of electric service to 685,000 customers in about 1,000 square miles of territory.Achievements: Created a new organization resulting from a mergerReduced staffing from 600 to 430 employeesReduced absenteeism by 75%Cut the accident rate in halfReduced the operating budget by 40%. Improved customer service (electric reliability) Participated in U.W.U.A negotiations that resulted in performance improvements

Responsibilities: Supervised a department consisting of 200 employees and a $16 Million budget involved in Substation, Garage, Meter, Stores, Facilities, and Transformer and Tool Repair activities responsible for constructing and maintaining assets used in the support of utility operations.Achievements:Lowest cost RegionSafety record was the best among all Public UtilitiesPerformed $4 Million of contractor work for customers resulting in a significant profit

Responsibilities: Supervised a department consisting of 130 employees in the engineering, warehousing, substation, line, meter work. Workforce was responsible for serving residential, commercial and industrial customers. Accomplishments:• Safety record was the best among all Public Utilities.• Performed $4 Million of contractor work for customers resulting in a significant profit.• Internal best in class performance in safety, cost and customer response.• Participated in three IBEW labor agreement negotiations.• Participated in engineering services study that improved efficiency by 40%.

Responsibilities: Supervised a section of 20 electricians involved in the maintenance and construction activities associated with transmission and distribution substation facilities.Achievements: Improved efficienciesReduced cost Performance and innovation pacesetter for the other Divisions

Responsibilities: Technically supported the operating divisions' substation maintenance and construction activities.Achievements: Coordinated the construction of complex high voltage substations Installed mobile substationsCreated equipment practices for use by field personnel

Responsibilities: Optimally plan for additional transmission, substation and generation facilities.Achievements: Conducted cost/benefit analysis for improving transmission facility utilization. Performed studies to determine the need for additional transmission or generation facilities

Degree: Masters, Business Administration

Degree: Bachelor, Electrical Engineering