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Austin, TX, US

Dublin 2, IE

Thought leader, subject matter advisor and delivery lead for strategic utility initiatives to help prepare companies for the energy transition.

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San Diego, California, US

• Responsible for all business activities in Orange County as regional and site manager including 75+ employees, outage restoration, maintenance, construction, wildfire and emergency response, and customer/community.
• Accountable for an O&M budget of over $3M and support capital budgets of over $100M and identified and realized long-term O&M savings of over $500k annually
• Significant improvements to safety culture through increased leader-employee field visits and increased behavior-based safety contacts resulting in OSHA reductions and increased near miss reporting
• Established employee and leadership development programs to support long term development and succession planning for over 60 leaders across broader organization
• Improved positive employee engagement scores from 54% to 84% through recognition, communication, and employee development initiatives
• Partnered with my director to establish org wide vision and strategy in key areas including technology deployment, employee development, and succession planning

San Diego, California, US

• Selected by CEO to lead a cross functional team of 6 employees to develop a united strategy for fire hardening programs and create alignment of all organizations to execute on this mission
• Developed $100M of quick win capital projects that were executed within a year to reduce the impacts of Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) by up to 15k customers (30%+ reduction of previous impacts)
• Initiated and supported the development of risk-spend efficiency models to inform decisions for short and long-term hardening strategies, project scoping and prioritization of work
• Developed the hardening strategy for the highest at-risk circuits to be executed over 3-year period including 60+ miles of undergrounding, 300+ miles of covered conductor, and 1000+ generators

San Diego, California, US

• Led the upgrade effort for Oracle OMS to implement all DMS features by building strong relationships with vendor and influencing a product roadmap to implement the most advanced features of Oracle product
• Led the OSI Distribution SCADA head-end system implementation including vendor selection, requirements gathering and change management efforts
• Led the change management effort for implementation of Spirae DERMS in control center and supported the vendor selection for future DERMS products
• Led 37+ union and non-union employees that operate the electric distribution grid and ensure the safety of employees and the public
• Accountable for an O&M budget of $5M+ and supported capital budgets of $20M+
• Led and supported negotiation efforts to revise labor contracts that resulted in improved employee morale and increased O&M savings

San Diego, California, US

• Led 5 direct reports and coordinated a team of 25+ for project implementation of Oracle ADMS & OMA
• Implemented two $5M capital project on-time and under budget
• Significantly influenced software product by influencing, leading and prioritizing software enhancements
• Implemented automated outage restoration (FLISR/self-healing grid) to the entire SDG&E service territory

San Diego, California, US

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Organizational Leadership

High School Diploma