Main point of contact for clients of The Exo Group, performing various freelance and consulting assignments related to marketing, strategy and research.

• Led Market Analysis function for Composite Production Systems, a division of Shawcor, providing support for the global sales and marketing teams.• Provided market sizing and multi-year forecast for Strategic Business Plan.• Provided competitive intelligence, VOC, NPS, and organized customer forums. Created marketing material to target competitive threats.

• Modeled long term power price forecasts in the US, with focus on the WECC and Eastern Interconnect market using Ventyx Market Power, a precursor to ABB Velocity Suite.• Provided commodity fuel analysis to support trading desks. Assisted management efforts to identify opportunities and constraints for asset development. Performed ad hoc analysis on variety of subjects, e.g. green technologies, emissions, competition.

• Performed analyses to forecast technical benefits and financial risk of proposed projects and planned outages, verifying the projections after completion.• Utilized project-oversight database tool to analyze proposed projects and outages with $50K+ spend. Provided B/C ratios, cost/schedule variations, ROI, etc. to drive decision making and process improvement.• Managed project installations for various generation stations nationwide, including several environmentally sensitive projects.• Worked as a liaison between generation stations and Engineering Technical Services providing integrated solutions to technical problems utilizing internal and external resources, along with project management.

• Supervised and trained shop craft employees in repair and maintenance of locomotive and car operations according to BNSF policy and labor agreements.• Collaborated with terminal management of this critical hub to create and implement safe, efficient work processes for car dept. Conducted safety and productivity audits, measured accuracy, established metrics/measurement tools. Promoted use of Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies.

• Supervised consultants and contractors involved in generating station engineering and construction projects. • Oversaw project management, interaction with contractors, predictive maintenance, design and construction at 5 electrical power plants (natural gas and coal-fired) located primarily in Iowa.