Resourceful, innovative CEO Electric Utility Operator, Renewable Energy Strategist, and Cooperative Member Specialist with proven success in predicting, and developing utility business strategies that have driven and grown companies to market leadership positions obtaining record growth and profitability. Verified success in creating 'strategic action blueprints' including specific utility tactical plans that disrupts markets delivering leadership, and record-breaking growth. Consistent ability to create and adapt utility products and services with unique competitive winning differentiators.Talent for excelling in dynamic, demanding and changing regulatory utility environments. Strong leadership, excellent negotiation, and strong communication acumen. Ability to collaborate on projects with various operating partners, stakeholders, members, communities, unions, and regulators that improve effective business relationships. Physicist/Subject Matter Expert advancing the frontier of electric cooperatives, renewable energy, electric grid, battery backup, fiber optic broadband, IT, SaaS, GPS, Data Center, IoT, AI, SD-WAN & Session Smart Routing SD-WAN, Satellite and Wireless.Experience Highlights• Responsible for installing and upgrading power and broadband service to over a million customers.• Conceived and implemented leapfrog technology decreasing cost of installing network infrastructure by 50%.• Electric Smart Grid, SCADA, and AMI Meter Innovator.• Team Developed world’s first high resolution OTDR (fiber optic radar) whereby launching light from a single fiber end can detect breaks within 2 inches. • Wildfire Protection Strategy Developer including member relations and rules of engagement.• Hydro, Nuclear Power & Renewable SME/planner.• Local, state, and national electric utility regulatory interpreter, forecaster, and influencer.• Homeland Security Infrastructure Advisor (Pentagon, US Capital, World Trade Center Complex).Skills• Visionary Innovative Strategic Business Planning & Achievement Specialist.• Staff Development, Team Building, Member/Community Approval Process & Leadership.• Budget Administration/ Finance Management/Cost of Services Strategist.• EV Charging Station Planning, Pricing & Co-op/Member Adoption Strategies. • Union Negotiation Specialist.• Project/Program Management.• Continuous Quality and Safety Improvement Professional. Six Sigma, KPIs, MITs.
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