Led the Chicago Management Consulting Delivery organization. Responsibilities include:• People leadership and career development for 60+ associates• Engagement staffing recommendations, matching and support• Workforce budgeting - promotions, bonus, merit increases• Hiring management (hiring manager) and compensation decisions• Associate performance management• Management and development of people managers• Leading and facilitating local learning opportunities• Change management and communication of firmwide messagesDelivered numerous client facing engagements in a leadership capacity. Highlights include:• Program and project management• Business analysis and process design• Operations within regulatory frameworks• Process improvement and optimization• Strategic execution of OKRs • Application of project SDLC, COTS and agile delivery methods• Regulatory finding remediation• Vendor evaluation, analysis and selectionDeveloped, piloted and iterated on the Delivery Excellence function at a $25M, 90+ person account.

Managed all facets of the utility company energy efficiency program and coordinated all program activities from program inception to realization of energy efficiency goals to post verification exercises.Planned marketing strategies and conducted outreach campaigns to raise program awareness, communicated program features to new and existing participants, planned and conducted training for trade allies and other market channels, performed market segmentation analyses, and developed program collateral materials.Actively sought out direct-to-customer consulting work, energy efficiency projects across multiple market segments and utility energy efficiency programs to increase revenue and size of the Midwest office.Participated on and led proposal teams to actively pursue new projects and programs. Past highlights include winning a multi-million dollar energy efficiency program contract.Collaborated with technical service providers, utility company representatives and program participants to develop engineered energy efficiency measures that were technically feasible, translated into quantified energy savings, aligned with program participant’s ROI limitations and met program requirements.Was responsible for the oversight of 13 independent technical service provider organizations.Designed and developed energy efficiency programs as the utility representative such that utility customers realized financial savings through developed energy conservation measures and the utility company met state mandated efficiency goals.Provided reviews of energy and peak demand savings calculations that were in accordance with the program requirements. Acted as the primary communication channel and coordinator between utility company staff, program participants and service providers.Coordinated team members, addressed customer inquiries, performed database management and incentive processing, tracked project milestones and performed budget management and reporting.

Developed qualified leads generated by business development operations into viable energy projects that matched the customer’s energy initiatives.Scoped out broad level energy ideas and formulated detailed plans of action for implementation and realization of short and long term energy goals.Performed analysis of current building systems and compared to new technologies to generate returns on investment associated with new technology implementation.Utilized cost estimating and energy analysis techniques to estimate total building operational savings to justify project funding and continuation.Identified and coordinated available internal and external resources to meet customer project requirements and realize theoretical energy savings.Interpreted retro-commissioning information and applied data to develop new energy projects to achieve superior building performance.Assisted building Owners in the facilitation and implementation of energy projects via performance contracting, turnkey solutions, commissioning initiatives and retro-commissioning projects.Project Highlights:Developed cash flow analysis, ROI calculations and associated proposals for energy savings performance contracts between $500,000 and $15 million.Developed energy conservation measures on a large retro-commissioning project that resulted in 12%, 14% and 29%, electrical utility savings over three buildings and 43% thermal savings.Developed energy conservation measures for a $13.15 million energy saving performance contract for a Midwest municipality that predicted an annual savings of $1.41 million.Developed quantitative selection metrics for qualifying municipalities to be considered for energy saving performance contracting that was adopted company-wide.Negotiated multiple master agreements with local utility to become a technical service provider.

Planned for and scheduled teammates for project specific roles based on skill level and client fit in order to accommodate studio workload.Supervised the Chicago healthcare mechanical team.Led a team of engineers as the project manager and client contact for various projects to deliver a high quality product on time and on budget.Marketed to owner and architect groups for upcoming project involvement.Trained new employees in updated design techniques and achieved significant improvements in their productivity.Skilled at organizing multiple projects concurrently, defining project priorities, and delegating tasks.Experienced in human resource procedures with respect to employee review, goal setting, work history documentation, problem identification and remediation.Participated in strategic plan creation related to the direction of healthcare group.