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Austin, TX, US

• Manages and directs overall activities of field services that are responsible for constructing and maintaining the LCRA Transmission System and providing various services to internal and external LCRA customers
• Develops and implements departmental management systems, annual budgets, work priorities, related schedules, and long-term strategic plans
• Provides strategic planning and vision for overall direction of department and how its work accomplishes LCRA's mission
• Provides leadership and direction to staff. Hires, trains, promotes, assigns work, evaluates, and manages performance and handles all aspects of staff supervision. Maintains awareness of department issues and responds.
• Develops and/or implements policies and procedures.
• Manages internal and external resources to provide required services.

Hartford, Connecticut, US

• Responsible for the Distribution Design, System Resiliency, Single Pole Administrator, Graphical Information System (GIS) and Distributed Generation teams for Connecticut
• Oversee team of approximately 150 union and non-union engineers and technicians plus contract engineering services
• Develop and implement a $270 million-dollar capital program compromised of new customer, reliability, regulatory commitment, capacity improvements, resiliency, and basic business projects
• Create tactical and strategic distribution plans, projects and studies to ensure corporate goals are met
• Act as Planning Chief for CT during all weather-related and emergency events
• Drive a strong focus on safety through employee engagement initiatives and regular site visits

Perth, Western Australia, AU

• Leadership of professional employees that devise and implement an asset management plan for transmission and distribution equipment and protection systems ranging from 6 kV to 330 kV
• Devise/manage tactical (0-2 yrs), long (2-5 yrs) and strategic (beyond 5 yrs) asset management plans for transmission and distribution equipment and protection assets
• Represent the company as team leader and subject matter expert during external audits
• Cultivate relationships with internal and external stake holders to obtain support for division directives
• Align strategic options with business objectives to achieve optimal solutions
• Investigate Asset failures and perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA), using results of investigations to validate and if necessary refine asset strategy

Lewisville, TX, US

• Supervise and develop substation maintenance, engineering, drafting, and meter shop employees
• Organize operational and capital improvement budget along with accountability for ensuring that cash flows fall into projected budgets
• Identify and implement company policy and procedures in response to NERC requirements
• Prepare and engage in disaster/emergency response plans for transmission and distribution systems
• Lead process improvement teams utilizing Six Sigma methods with a focus on reducing operational costs
• Engage large industrial customers by giving presentations at users’ group meetings, working with them on power quality issues, and sharing best practices

Lewisville, TX, US

• Supervision and development of the high voltage metering group
• Prepare coordination and fault current studies
• Develop relay settings for new installs and additions to the transmission and distribution system
• Design new relay protection systems along with updates to existing equipment
• Provide fault support both in person and through the phone
• Prepare analysis of faults on the transmission and distribution system and identify equipment failures

Lewisville, TX, US

• Leadership and development of distribution planners for North Texas Business Units
• Manage electric substation and distribution construction projects
• Utilize the bid process for selection of material and contractors
• Ensure all new and retrofit construction meet current National Electric Safety Code (NESC), National Electric Code (NEC) and OSHA rules
• Perform electrical distribution (below 25 kV) planning and analysis - studies included load growth forecast, coordination studies, reliability and general system improvements
• Create budget based on distribution analysis, submitted and defended the budget to management

Lewisville, TX, US

• Assist all areas of distribution and transmission engineering
• Meet with residential and commercial customers on projects to gather information and troubleshoot issues
• Perform both emergency and scheduled maintenance on substation and distribution equipment
• Act as system dispatcher for Transmission and Distribution fault restoration
• Assist field technicians in installing new substation equipment
• Provide Power Quality Analysis for customer complaints

Masters, Business Administration

Masters In Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Bachelors Of Science, Electrical Engineering

Associate In Arts, General Studies