Russ Hantho Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Ab, Ca

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Whether it's renewable energy, renewable natural gas, hydrogen or other low carbon energy services, we utilize our continental presence to offer prospective clients and existing customers flexible, cost-effective solutions to manage their energy and decarbonization needs. TC Energy aims to leverage the size and scale of our energy network and trading platform to be the premier source of low carbon energy for the North American industrial, natural gas and oil sectors.

Calgary, Canada Area

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Calgary, Canada Area

Hantho Energy offers marketing, business development and strategic consulting services for the energy sector. Helping companies to identify and deliver on business opportunities and create strategic initiatives and action plans to deliver financial results.

Calgary

Prospecting and evaluating corporate development initiatives.

Calgary, Canada Area

Prospecting and pursuing business development initiatives to capture power generation and un-regulated transmission projects across Canada.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Led team in the marketing of power supply products to the Alberta wholesale market including oil and gas, industrial, municipal, and commercial sectors. • Marketed, prospected, and negotiated multi-year power supply deals (financial and physical) with both existing and new clients. Power products included monthly and multi-year fixed products, heat rate swaps, and load following products.• Exceeded management goals and expectations in number of deals, mega-watts per deal, number of clients, and transaction value. Continually grew the business year over year. • Developed marketing strategies, and new power products and services.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Led power transmission business development teams which individually assessed the potential of two major power transmission projects within Canada, and a proposed transmission line (NorthernLights) from Alberta to the US Pacific Northwest. • Assessed the technical and economic viability of transmission proposals in collaboration with governments, private enterprises, and utilities.• Developed strategy and managed the NorthernLights transmission project to a business decision outcome.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Managed and negotiated commercial issues and disputes associated with the Sundance Power Plant (units A and B) and the plant’s power purchase arrangements (PPAs).• Managed and resolved issues with TransCanada’s large long-term customers that contracted under the PPAs.• Oversaw and managed the AltaGas commercial partnership associated with the Sundance B unit. • Lead due diligence and commercial participant in the acquisition of the Sheerness PPA ($585 million).• Marketed the NorthernLights transmission project.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Coordinated and facilitated the development of a new Strategic Plan (mission, vision, and key strategies) with TransCanada's executive team. Approach involved scenario planning, SWOT and external trend analysis, business planning, financial modeling, and asset evaluation. • Strategic process led to TransCanada executive redeploying financial and management resources on existing strategic "pipe and power assets" within the northern tier of North America. Execution of the strategy led to divestment of non-core assets including most of the international business division and the gas marketing business; positioned TransCanada with a strong balance sheet, and drove the ability to pursue new strategic options and increase shareholder value. • Facilitated creation of the corporate strategy document and communicated the roll-out to the organization creating stronger employee engagement.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Led adoption of new marketing initiatives including Marketing and Promotion Plans, Market Positioning, and Customer Need studies. • The Market Research department conducted competitor analyses, customer product/service research, and identification and evaluation of strategic issues (service and pricing models). Competitive analyses and customer research yielded insights with respect to strategy and policy development, issue management, and decision making.• The Marketing Planning group created and executed promotional activities, developed customer communications and surveys, and produced marketing collateral.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Led the pipeline merger team in what, at the time, was the largest merger in Canadian history based on asset value. The team consisted of Director level employees from both NOVA and TransCanada who represented human resources, engineering, marketing, customer service, communications, and finance. • Led the team in formulating the new organization’s vision, organizational structure, key goals and strategies, and the specific actionable items to achieve goals.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Managed staff and commercial accounts of potential and existing gas transmission shippers.• Developed and marketed new pipeline projects including Viking and Nexen; led customer event planning and promotional material development.• Led a team of 20 individuals from across TransCanada’s Mainline and created the Mainline Business Plan; a strategic document which set goals and objectives, and established a work plan for the pipeline division for a 3 to 5-year period. • Led a multi-functional team to develop and execute on new pipeline services including Short Term Firm Transmission service (STFT). Guided and facilitated the approval of the STFT transmission service through the National Energy Board process.

Master'S Degree, Economics

Bachelor Of Commerce

Bachelor Of Science, Biology