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Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Planned, scheduled, coordinated and implemented the STEM annual TAME Math and Science Competition-Dallas Chapter attended by 100-150 middle through high school students. Directed 8-10 engineering and science professional in facilitating the "Engineering Project" activities performed by TAME student participants.Coordinate and chaperone 20-30 Dallas Chapter student qualifiers to the State TAME Math and Science Competitions hosted at multiple Texas universities.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Coordinated selection, vendor negotiations and renewals of a $2 million annual software license budget for the Fossil Generation and Mining organizations.Advisor and mentor to the business analysts on effectively evaluating/documenting existing business process and identifying improvements to increase efficiencies and grow profitability.Key interface with the PMO for budgeting, scheduling and execution of projects and activities for the Fossil Generation and Mining organizations.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Account management lead for TXU/Luminant Power responsible for generating new business and resolving issues related to proposal development and project delivery for a $3-5 million annual client development budget.Manage software system development and integration projects through all phases of project life cycle - analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post-production handoff.Responsible and accountable for the coordinating the activities/priorities of a staff of 3-6 business analyst and 3-5 developers in delivering Luminant FES technology projects.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Managed a staff of two analysts and one developer in reducing the customer variances between the billing system of a deregulated electric utility and the Electric Market Operator created by data processing issues. Resulted in a 96% improvement (70,000 to 2,500) in a portfolio of 2.6 million customers.Managed the activities of Data Risk Management in maintaining customer data synchronization between TXU business systems (Load Forecasting, Retail Billing, Accounting, and Market Settlements) minimizing data processing errors and improving the accuracy of business transactions.Developed the requirements and managed the IT implementation of system enhancements due to revised electric market EDI protocols (Texas Standard Electronic Transaction version 2.1) for TXU Energy Trading.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Project Lead for a staff of 10 on integrating inbound EDI transactions to manage the downstream billing and energy supply requirements of an 80,000+ GWH and $5 billion electric portfolio. Included processing EDI transaction volumes of 200,000/day and creating business rules and procedures to minimize errors.Managed data exchange contract requirements and EDI delivery issues between TXU Energy Trading and 3rd party competitive retailers. Supported TXU Energy Trading in signing new business and establishing/maintaining relationships. Directed a group of quantitative analysts and IT programmer/developers in analyzing system operation, identifying/correcting problems, and EDI data maintenance for the Retail Integration System (LodeStar).

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Directed a staff of six in preparation of legal documentation (testimony/schedules) for Power Supply Operations in corporate support of a successful Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) $5 billion rate filing and fuel reconciliationServed as Witness Coordinator for Power Supply Operations in preparation of the direct testimony and schedules associated with a PUCT rate filing and fuel reconciliation ($5 billion).Coordinates the operational implementation of TXU energy tariffs between Power Supply Operations, Rates/Load Research and Marketing/Customer Service.Worked directly with Public Policy and Regulatory in responding to the PUCT questions on the effects of deregulation on system operations.Chaired a Working Group that developed an executive training presentation describing two possible scenarios in a deregulated electric industry (POOLCo vs. Bilateral Agreements).Reviewed company policies/standards and business units’ requirements identifying integration opportunities.Performed detail studies identifying the least cost alternative of transmission and generation maintenance.

Bachelor’S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

12 Hours, Computer Science Engineering