30 years experience in the electricity sector in the Caribbean region, working in the electric utility, generation equipment supply and IPP sectors.Extensive experience with diesel engine generating plant (principally Caterpillar/MaK and Wartsila) and associated electrical and control systems, and electrical transmission and distribution systems to 138kV.Extensive experience with both grid-scale and distributed solar PV. Excellent working knowledge of other renewable energy technologies including wind, biomass, hydro and geothermal.Significant experience in regulation of vertically integrated electric utilities in the Caribbean.Completed training with PURC/World Bank International Training Program on Utility Regulation and Strategy, and Advanced International Practices Program: Energy Pricing, at the Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida, Gainesville. I was also invited back as a guest presenter at several PURC Utility Regulation and Strategy training courses.Executive management experience at the CEO level of a vertically integrated electric utility with 200+ employees.Former Director of Grenada Electricity Services Ltd. and Dominica Electricity Services Ltd.Extensive experience with technical planning and management processes including:Preparation of technical and commercial specifications;Preparation of tender documents;Contract administration/management of international turn-key construction contracts (FIDIC);Dispute resolution.Specialties:Large diesel engine generating plant operations;Diesel power plant construction contracts;Operation of grid-scale solar PV facilities;Evaluation/application of renewable energy technologies to small island power systems - technical and economic/commercial aspects.Regulation of small-island vertically integrated electricity utilities.
Listed skills include Power Generation, Engineering, Renewable Energy, Contract Management, and 26 others.