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Grand Junction, Co, Us

Provide executive leadership and supervisory oversight in the formulation and implementation of an enterprise transformation and integration strategy, governance and enterprise-wide portfolio and project management.Serves as lead policy facilitator and technical expert responsible for directly establishing and managing programs and projects in support of WAPA and the councils, and work directly with the COO and Senior leadership team to strategize, frame, develop, execute and report on cross agency initiatives and high profile projects and other one-WAPA coordinated responses.

Montrose, Colorado, United States

I am responsible for making recommendations regarding the development and application of standards and procedures in support of Western Area Power Administration's Power Marketing and Energy Services program. I do this by drafting documentation for the development, approval, and implementation of WAPA's power marketing policies, guidelines and procedures.I play an active role as a resource to WAPA's Power Marketing Management Council (PMMC) and COO in supporting the development of WAPA's Power Marketing policies and WAPAs Energy Market initiativesby providing expert advice on market operations and initiatives within the WAPA footprint. Engaged in the coordination, research, and support for WAPA's dispatch salary setting process.

Montrose, Co

Senior responsibility for coordination of resource activities, and supervisory responsibility for the prescheduling function of Western Area Power Administration’s (WAPA) Projects in the Colorado River Storage Project Management Center (CRSP MC) and/or the Rocky Mountain Region (RMR). Responsible for coordinating with the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) for reservoir water release operations, resource planning, and environmental analysis related to any potential impact to hydropower. Responsible for long and short-term reservoir and generation coordination activities, coordination with merchant and settlements functions for all shorter-term energy marketing and accounting activities, resource acquisition, and balancing. Lead a prescheduling team in the successful implementation of daily and monthly energy scheduling activities, generation scheduling and nightly coordination with the Balancing Authority to ensure the most efficient delivery of our firm electric service contracts. Coordinate marketing activities between the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP), Loveland Area Projects (LAP) and various CRSP Energy Management and Marketing Office (EMMO) customers. These joint programs, as well as the coordinated energy marketing activities by the CRSP-EMMO for CRSP, LAP, and RMR, are used to implement power marketing, power scheduling, contractual, resource and balancing coordination, as well as inter-utility interchange accounting requirements and require very close coordination, control, and review.

Montrose, Colorado, United States

Responsible for daily management of the CRSP EMMO function which requires marketing, resource planning, and scheduling activities for multiple federal hydropower projects. Collaborated with other CRSP departments to develop and review contracts involving sale of power and ancillary services, interchange of energy, and purchase of power and transmission services. Using in depth knowledge of the federal hydropower and transmission systems I evaluated contractual obligations for the CRSP-MC and Rocky Mountain Region related marketing programs with other public and private utilities and energy marketing organizations necessary to fulfill requirements. Served as the CRSP point of contact for the Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) Market Monitoring Unit (MMU) to identify and provide education on federal hydropower and the constraints WAPA has on our operations. Our goal was to understand each others positions in order to determine and implement best practices for improving market efficiencies while meeting WAPAs operational needs for hydropower projects

Desert Southwest Region, Phoenix, Az

Actively tracked and supported regional program and functional goals and deadlines for FY20 and to FY21Coordinated and supported collaboration amongst regional functional and program stakeholders on current and forward looking regional strategic priority initiatives. Provide regular updates, verbally and in writing to the Regional Manager to ensure she is apprised of all high priority projects.Coordinate and update office of regional manager documentation as well as prepare regional manager briefings and review all agreements and contracts for accuracy and completeness prior to regional manager signature. Facilitated deliberations and concurrence amongst key management personnel. Coordinate and facilitate Webex training for regional updates, and project initiatives as necessary, including preparing agendas, and briefing the Regional Manager prior to presentations and meetingsSupport, represent and lead office of regional manager project management initiatives, including tracking progress and ensuring deadlines are met.

Montrose, Colorado

Knowledge of Regional marketing programs and activities in the WECC in order to utilize CRSP resources and maximize short term purchasing activities.Knowledge of various concepts and practices used in inter-utility power scheduling and accounting to be able to administer the more complex inter-utility accounts such as displacement agreements, variation accounting and loss accounting.Review daily energy purchase and sales transactions for accuracy and completeness.Assist in developing and maintaining inter-office scheduling policies and procedures to be utilized by both Preschedule and Real-Time merchants. Thorough knowledge of the Colorado River Storage Project's hydro generation, reservoirs and transmission system in order to maximize generation for the benefit of CRSP and our customers.Maintain cohesive working relationships with other Federal Agencies, and customers to ensure we are meeting Westerns vision to provide premier power marketing and transmission services to our customers.Knowledge of the Loveland Area Project (LAP) hydro generation, reservoir and transmission system in order to be a successful back up to the LAP Project Manager on her absence. Understanding of power system dispatching and Automatic Generation Control principles in order to coordinate with the WACM Balancing Authority outages and restrictions that will affect the power system. Understanding of power system terms and basic electrical theory in order to understand and coordinate outages to mitigate the impacts of Firm Electric Service delivery to both LAP and CRSP customers. Review and analyze customer contracts and load requirements to ensure proper scheduling and billing practices are being used.

Montrose, Colorado

Knowledge of Regional marketing programs and activities in the WECC in order to utilize LAP resources and maximize short term purchasing activities.Knowledge of various concepts and practices used in inter-utility power scheduling and accounting to be able to administer the more complex inter-utility accounts such as displacement agreements, variation accounting and loss accounting.Review daily energy purchase and sales transactions for accuracy and completeness.Assist in developing and maintaining inter-office scheduling policies and procedures to be utilized by both Preschedule and Real-Time merchants. Thorough knowledge of the Loveland Area Project's hydro generation, reservoirs and transmission system in order to maximize generation for the benefit of LAP and our customers.Maintain cohesive working relationships with other Federal Agencies, and customers to ensure we are meeting Westerns vision to provide premier power marketing and transmission services to our customers.Knowledge of the Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) hydro generation, reservoir and transmission system in order to be a successful back up to the CRSP Project Manager on her absence. Understanding of power system dispatching and Automatic Generation Control principles in order to coordinate with the WACM Balancing Authority outages and restrictions that will affect the power system. Understanding of power system terms and basic electrical theory in order to understand and coordinate outages to mitigate the impacts of Firm Electric Service delivery to both LAP and CRSP customers. Review and analyze customer contracts and load requirements to ensure proper scheduling and billing practices are being used.

Lakewood, Co

During my detail I was responsible for revitalizing the Change Management program, initiating the next steps in finalizing a formal charter, and improving on the availability of tools for access by all of Western's staff to use when leading change within the Organization.

Montrose, Colorado

Responsible for the daily pre schedule coordination associated with LAP and CRSP generation resources. Including knowing how to maximize power generation to forecasted loads, while balancing reservoir elevations and meeting water release constraints. Apply knowledge of economic dispatching to the scheduling of load and resource. Closely coordinate with both the LAP and CRSP Project Managers, real time marketers, control area dispatchers, and various Bureau of Reclamation regions. Review existing power contracts and procedures for both water projects to ensure consistency and that the terms are carried out in accordance with internal and external policy. Updated and maintained existing scheduling procedures.Utilize TIGER and Open Access Same Time Information System (OASIS) on a daily basis to negotiate both the sale and purchase of energy on the open market. Review, track and analyze energy transactions and generation. Schedule power on both point-to-point and network transmission systems.Represent WAPA in various meetings and conference calls. Provide detailed and accurate meeting notes when necessary to management and office personnel.On a daily basis prepare short term weather forecast and marketing data in order to accurately in order to communicate with customers the most economic use of their resource and load.On a monthly basis I review long term outages with Project Management in order to identify any potential impacts to power deliveries and determine if further action is needed.Continuos review of generator specific outages to determine if additional operating reserves were needed to be purchased, as well as ensuring power scheduling is accurate to the generator outage. If additional spinning reserves are needed i procured them and created the electronic tag if needed.Every other month I had the opportunity to work directly with the LAP and CRSP Project Managers, assisting them with various project that required special attention.

Westminster, Colorado

Responsible for responding to Open Access Same Time Information System requests for transmission reservations and electronic tags as well as the ability to track each of the electronic tags through the transmission system.Responsible for working with transmission customers to evaluate and correct electronic tagging problems in a timely and efficient manner in order to be within predetermined timing deadlines.Monitor Actual Transmission Capacity (ATC) data to ensure the resources and loads were matched on each of Tri States paths and adjust as necessary according to current system operating conditions.Responsible for reviewing each electronic transmission tag that entered the Tri-State system and either accept or deny it based on current transmission line capacity as well as contractual obligations. Apply knowledge of the Tri-State contracts and business practices as well as Western Electric Coordinating Council's (WECC) policies concerning curtailments, recalls, and posting of ATC and outages.Monitor OATI WenSAS software for transmission path curtailments via Unscheduled Flow Reduction Procedures and, if needed, curtail affected paths. Clearly and concisely record all actions in an electronic dispatch log. Enter and maintain nightly and daily reports as well as perform transmission studies and enter findings in an Excel Spreadsheet.Answer switchboard in order to check field personnel in and out of facilities.

Westminster, Colorado

It was my responsibility to complete a self-motivated, self-guided training program in system operations ranging from basic electric principles through emergency operations in accordance with specific milestones and guidelines.I was responsible for obtaining my North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Certification, which involves being prepared for emergency situations, and being aware of all NERC and Department of Energy (DOE) reporting requirements and complying with all reliability standards.

Leadership And Development

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism