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I have worked in the electric utility industry since my undergraduate college days, including electric utilities, national energy laboratories, and related vendors and consulting firms. I have extensive experience working for and with electric cooperatives and public power systems.

Helping electric distribution utilities and their vendors understand and act on revolutionary industry restructuring

Greenwich, CT, US

Lecture on changing technology and business models for electric distribution utilities to professionals and executives of rural electric distribution cooperatives.

http://smartgrid.ieee.org/

Through the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative, the Grid Engineering for Accelerated Renewable Energy Deployment (GEARED), program was created to build a training and education framework that grows the expertise and preparedness of current and future electric utility sector professionals – specifically to accommodate high penetrations of solar.

Experienced, expert professional: consultant, executive, board member, speaker, authorSpecializing in Energy, Communications, Information Technologies and related Business Strategy and Operations.Houston Lighting & Power- Engineer - Energy Production, Systems Engineering, System Planning Power Technologies, Inc - Consultant - Software.

Abilene, Texas, US

Began as VP Business Development, then VP Business Development & Marketing responsible for"Internal Business Development" - Assist with strategies and systems to support rapidly growing business - CRM, CFM, HR, strategic planning"External Business Development" - Business partnerships, marketing, sales, industry relationsNow Director Smart Grid Strategies.

http://smartgrid.ieee.org/

Herndon, VA, US

Began as VP Emerging Technologies, then VP New Business Opportunities, finally VP Competitive IntelligenceCompile, organize, maintain, analyze, make available enterprise, customer and competitive intelligence;Investigate & evaluate new & emerging technologies: Broadband over power linesWiMaxWireless virtual network operationsVoIPSatellite.

CEO for late stage startup company that produced a telephone based automatic meter reading (AMR) device for electric utilities.

Management Consulting for energy, telecomm, IT, and technology clients.

Herndon, VA, US

As "outside" director advise board on business strategy

Responsible for Cap Rock Electric's wholesale power supply contracts and services, including transmission services.Responsible for Cap Rock Electric's state and federal regulatory and legislative activities.Responsible for Cap Rock Electric's unregulated business activities.

New holding company subsidiary of Cap Rock Electric Cooperative. Holdings included:New West Fuels - oil & gas exploration, production, marketingNewCorp Resources - wholesale power marketingOffice building in Midland, Texas

Director of new business initiative at C H Guernsey & Company. Develop, market, sell and support geographic information system software.

Provide engineering, regulatory and management consulting services to utilities, C&I utility customers, state and federal agencies, and related businesses.

Albuquerque, NM, US

Manage solar photovoltaic R&D projects

Develop and apply computer software for electric utility planning and analysis.

Investigate coaxial pulsed, high-voltage corona energy content for application to electrostatic precipitators.

Student Engineer in Cooperative Education Program then Engineer upon graduation. Assignments in Energy Production, Substation Engineering, Systems Engineering, Systems Planning.

Houston, TX, US

Linear Algebra, Basic Electric Circuits, private tutoring

Ms, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science, Summa Cum Laude, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Undergraduate Study, Electrical Engineering

Education record

High School, Math / Science College Prep

Bsee Summa Cum Laude, Electrical Engineering