James Harvey Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, United States

I support growth and strategy in the energy and utilities sector and I contribute to account leadership and business development.

Greater Denver Area

• At PA, I focused on business development and oversight for critical client technology and business initiatives including enterprise digital transformations, data analytics strategy, customer experience transformations.
• Coordinated the advancement and development of PA's Utility Analytics team; developing offerings, collateral, methodologies, sales strategies, staffing/recruiting plans, identifying and pursuing target accounts.
• Provided leadership and account management across multiple US utilities.
• Contributed to the development and execution of sector strategy in North America, including go-to-market plans and offerings.

Greater Denver Area

• At Accenture, I served as a Client Account Lead within Accenture Utilities, expanding Accenture’s presence at key accounts in the West and Pacific Northwest.
• I expanded my capabilities in ACN’s digitally enabled utility value chain offerings to include Enterprise Analytics, Customer Experience, Utility Strategy and Managed Services.
• I contributed to post-acquisition integration efforts to maximize retention and increase revenue for ACN’s utilities practice over the two-year business case (the results exceeded business case targets in revenue and.

• As a Partner, I contributed to the expansion of Structure's portfolio of accounts in the US West, adding new clients while overseeing and expanding business at existing long-term clients. As a Member of the Board, I.
• Added 5 new Utility and Energy Market customers with sales across all of Structure’s practice areas
• Oversaw client relations, delivery accountability and quality assurance, financial and budget accountability, risk management and personnel management
• Assisted with the evaluation and selection of technologies to support business operations (e.g., Performance Management and Learning Management Systems)
• Contributed to development of reusable project accelerators and methodologies
• Helped develop a formal internal mentoring system, and a business analyst training and certification program for new hires.

• Promoted from Manager, to Senior Manager, and later to Director at Structure, I focused primarily on program management for critical client technology initiatives. In addition to project execution, my responsibilities.
• Business development, overall client relations, delivery accountability and quality assurance, financial and budget accountability, risk management and personnel management.
• Helping clients successfully execute complex programs and portfolios of smaller projects.
• Communicating with client senior leaders, ensuring appropriate staffing, managing project risks and issues and driving projects and programs to completion.

I was responsible for the daily optimization of the company’s portfolio of generating assets in California (~ 3000 MW’s); established and executed short-term trading strategies for day-ahead energy and ancillary services in the deregulated California electricity markets, assisted in setting long-term forward strategies, optimized unit dispatch to serve.

• At Delta
• I assisted in administering and advancing the airline’s jet fuel hedging and risk management program to minimize exposure to fuel price swings.
• I was responsible for executing trades with major financial organizations and major oil and products suppliers.
• I enhanced the airline’s jet fuel price forecasting methodology to provide an improved assessment of fiscal year expenses for budgeting and planning.
• I was part of the team responsible for negotiating prices and making procurement arrangements for system-wide jet fuel requirements and ground-support vehicle fuel (unleaded and diesel).

Mba, Decision Sciences

Bba, Management