Member of the Senior Leadership team. Accountable for all growth-related activities, including sales, marketing, client services, account management, delivery and business development.

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Provided strategic management and operations improvement services to businesses, utilities and governments.- Operations strategy for business processes and systems. Implemented process improvement programs across enterprise-wide stakeholder teams, standardizing practices and increasing revenue.- Energy portfolio management for complex demand, e.g., hospitals, business parks, university campuses. Offering energy solutions across both supply and demand to maximize efficiencies and realize costs savings/avoidance.- Regulatory strategy, market and competitive analysis. Analyzed various regulatory strategies, made strategy and policy recommendations across electric transmission system stakeholders.- Evaluation of emerging technologies, for example, battery storage analysis and integration strategy.

Designed, implemented and drove innovation program across global National Grid account, including UK, U.S. and India. Managed client and partner relationships. Coordination point for all innovation delivered to client. Managed $1M budget.

Develop and drive market and industry strategy, manage business planning and industry programs.Integration point person for Global Industry Leader, Global Core Consulting Team Leadership and IBM cross brand industry leads. Responsible for developing and driving market and industry Managed resource pool of up to 30 consultants, most being offshore.- Oversaw the development and global release of IBM’s Smart Grid deployment methodology which was key to scaling smart grid expertise and facilitating growth of IBM’s Smart Grid solutions; Smart Grid solution signings grew from $2M to over $500M in 3 years.

Focused on supporting utilities clients with implementation of new technologies and systems to improve end user services• Initiated and led the development of a benefits tracking tool that allowed for alignment and on-going communications of Smart Grid technologies, functionalities and benefits across 4 operating regions• Key functional consultant lead in work and asset management system implementation across 4 generating sites and support functions.• Performed benefits realization with focus on Business Performance Management to identify and implement $250 million of savings over 10 years for utility with operating areas that span 9 states across Northeast U.S.

Led client project teams that assisted North American and European utilities clients in understanding their business strengths as related to both regulated and unregulated markets in which they do business. • Managed programs that assisted existing and developing Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) in tariff design and implementation of billing settlement systems. • Performed market research of electric distribution technologies and systems, including automated meter reading (AMR) and outage management systems (OMS).

Developed and drove corporate, worldwide energy market strategies growing energy practice over 300% by bid volume in 14 months. Worked with Fortune 500 clients and responsible for first-time markets (natural gas, electricity, fuels). Coached North American market making teams on repeat commodity bids and supported sales executives on key energy procurement accounts. Trained Europe and Asia Pacific teams. Led a team that defined and implemented performance measures across Account Management and industry-aligned organizations.

All positions focused on increasing company competitiveness in deregulated environment, serving both wholesale and retail electric markets. Achieved experience and exposure across all aspects of utility value chain - Corporate Rate counsel - Managed cross-department litigation issue teams on market power, environmental and affiliate relationship standards. Analyzed financial impacts of various deregulation strategies. Supported both internal and external witnesses.- Electric Distribution – Initiated process improvement for outdoor lighting, resulting in increased annual revenue of $1 million, an effort that involved over 250 associates statewide.- Electric Transmission - Represented PSEG on PJM committee that developed rules for wholesale electric capacity market.- Engineering Division - As a metallurgical engineer, planned, organized and executed reverse engineering of large industrial valves resulting in savings of $1.5 million.- Research & Testing Laboratory - Performed in-lab and on-site failure analyses on utility components from all departments, e.g., power generation, gas distribution, electricity distribution. Member of IBEW Union.