Building a new and dynamic organization under Summit to support our clients' regulatory, compliance, and pipeline integrity needs in a constantly changing environment.

I am responsible for the leadership, strategic direction, and technical expertise of the regulatory administration function for Public Service Company of Colorado, an operating Company subsidiary of Xcel Energy. In this role I support the revenue recovery of over 1.5 million electric and natural gas customers and $1 Billion in revenue through leadership and oversight of the development and litigation of key regulatory filings. I provide written and oral testimony on behalf of the Company and… Show more I am responsible for the leadership, strategic direction, and technical expertise of the regulatory administration function for Public Service Company of Colorado, an operating Company subsidiary of Xcel Energy. In this role I support the revenue recovery of over 1.5 million electric and natural gas customers and $1 Billion in revenue through leadership and oversight of the development and litigation of key regulatory filings. I provide written and oral testimony on behalf of the Company and act as the Company representative with regulators, key stakeholders, and government agents. I work with various organizations throughout the Company including Community Relations, Government Affairs, Corporate Communications, Gas Strategy, as well as electric Distributions, Transmission and Generation in order to support and translate state and federal regulations and tariffs. I ensured compliance with state and federal regulations including all monthly, quarterly, and annual filings, and Company compliance with tariffs. Show less

Provide oversight and technical expertise for five functional areas within Black Hills Natural Gas Utility that provide technical support to field and corporate operations. Responsible for strategic leadership to employees charged with the safety, reliability, regulatory compliance, and monitoring of the transmission, distribution, storage and gathering assets of the company.

Provide strategic leadership, direction and technical expertise to the Engineering and Technical Services Department within SourceGas Operations including: Engineering, Pipeline Integrity, GIS and Asset Records, Measurement, Environmental Health and Safety, Technical Training, Codes and Standards, and Construction Project Management.

In this role, I led a multi-jurisdictional regulatory department that interfaced with state and federal regulators, as well as ensured compliance with environmental and financial state statutes in a private, multi-jurisdictional company, with subsidiaries in three states. I acted as the liaison with various state regulatory agencies, legislative representatives and community agents. In addition, I advised executive management and the sole investor on impacts of various business transactions… Show more In this role, I led a multi-jurisdictional regulatory department that interfaced with state and federal regulators, as well as ensured compliance with environmental and financial state statutes in a private, multi-jurisdictional company, with subsidiaries in three states. I acted as the liaison with various state regulatory agencies, legislative representatives and community agents. In addition, I advised executive management and the sole investor on impacts of various business transactions, and presented written and oral testimony in multiple regulated cases. Developed growth strategy for the Regulatory Department, and completed a reorganization of roles that included hiring of two new managers under my direction. Show less

Responsible for state and federal regulatory compliance for all subsidiaries of Summit Utilities.

Responsible for development and organization electric and wholesale electric regulatory dockets. Provided testimony as a technical witness in annual resource planning and renewable energy dockets.

Performed failure analysis and various metallurgical and non-destructive testing on coal-fired, natural gas, and hydro power plants within the Xcel Energy Fleet.