Director Of Business Development
Energy Transfer / Southern Union / Cms Energy
Accountable for generation, evaluation, and negotiation of business including new service offerings, system expansions, joint ventures, and asset acquisitions. Responsible for identification and establishment of new business relationships and development of services for new customers to enhance market position. Created pro formas, precedent agreements, structured, negotiated, and closed deals. Sought out potential business and development opportunities on national scale to add to bottom line earnings. Subsequently performed high-level due diligence on utilities, pipelines, natural gas storage developments, and environmentally green opportunities.• Engaged in negotiations for $130MM in gas transportation service contracts. • Identified and developed new client sector. Negotiated and closed deals that resulted in $30 MM in incremental revenue.• Initiated and closed $4MM deal with new utility customer despite significant political and local obstacles • Actively managed all financial, operating, and development tasks of $40MM gas storage partnership to ensure costs were controlled, cashflow was maximized, and regulatory or operating risk issues were mitigated. Planned, developed presentations for, and ran semi-annual partnership meetings. Made recommendations to, and implemented subsequent decisions of, partnership.