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As the Principal of Pate & Associates, I bring over 29 years of experience working directly with industry leaders across the electric, natural gas and water utility industries. The culmination of that knowledge and expertise allows us to provide a myriad of services to help you move forward.Expert Advisory Committee member to the tech transfer offices at Carnegie Mellon and University of PittsburghHands-on experience in operational management of electric, gas and water distribution systems. Hands-on team development and mentoring expertise.Best in class meter reading management and operations.Best practices in corporate level benchmarking.

Demonstrate exceptional leadership through drive of marketing processes focused on sale of iCon electricity meter products and systems. Oversee development of promotional, advertising, and sales support materials, and manage and disseminate sales information. Facilitate development of technical manuals, develop product specification documents for preparation of RFI’s and RFQ’s, guide pricing plans, and manage internal and external product projects. Coordinate regional and national trade show and industry association meetings.Realized annual product delivery expansion of 83%. Facilitated increase in shipping of iCon electric meters from more than 390,000 to more than 7 million during tenure.

I was a member of the program committee that offered presentation opportunities for new utility technologies to present at Utilimetrics for its utility members.

Provided excellent direction of engineering operations of South Bend-Elkhart electric distribution system. Optimized 9 Distribution Engineers and 6 clerical Distribution Administrators, as well as service area involving 125,000 customers.

Achieved outstanding oversight of round-the-clock operations of South Bend electric Distribution Line Department serving more than 75,000 electric customers and businesses in South Bend and Northwest Indiana. Guided 3 Line Supervisors and 23 Distribution Linemen, provided fiscal oversight, performed union contract management, and addressed customer needs and concerns.Led department with more than 225,000 annual man-hours to first ever 1 year record of 0 lost-time accidents.

Collaborated with manufacturing teams in preparation of products for production. Oversaw development, production and commercialization of meter pager technology. Marketing lead for internal and external teams focused on delivery of wireless solution products for use in electric metering business. Guided product team in technology roll-outs. Facilitated final development, testing, and production readiness of S4e pager module used in S4e C&I meter family.

Established and meet project team and client expectations with focus on leadership of internal teams in development of Utility CRM Touch Point identification and documentation.

Bs, Bachelors Of Science In Electrical Engineering Technology

Emba, Executive Masters Of Business Administration

Ms, Masters Of Science In Human Resources Management & Development