In my role as the Director of Fuels, Power Marketing, Contracts & Settlement at OUC, I am privileged to lead our journey towards achieving Net Zero Carbon goals. Crafting strategic visions and roadmaps, I've driven negotiations for long-term renewable power purchase agreements, ensuring sustainability and cost efficiency. My role involves formulating and guiding strategies for leading Fuels, Power Marketing, and Contracts & Settlement Business Units, ensuring their alignment with organizational objectives. Overseeing the Florida Municipal Power Pool (FMPP) operational planning process, I've prioritized reliable and economic operations, while optimizing profitability at the wholesale level. Moreover, I develop and execute fuel procurement and transportation strategies for various resources, including coal, natural gas, fuel oil, and alternate fuels. Implementing financial hedge portfolios has been crucial in stabilizing short and long term fuel price exposure, contributing to our financial resilience and success.

As Manager of Power Marketing, I've been at the helm of operational planning and energy marketing optimization. My role involved overseeing the daily unit commitment process, where I analyzed modeling results and provided actionable insights to both external customers and internal stakeholders.Collaborating closely with the Energy Control Center (ECC) and fuel agents, I forecasted fuel consumption to maximize economic efficiency while addressing operational challenges. Monitor ECC activities ensured our system operated reliably and economically. Additionally, I spearheaded negotiations for purchase power agreements, fostered strong relationships with stakeholders, and managed personnel development initiatives, ensuring seamless energy receipt and delivery.Below are my Key Contributions in this role: Developed market-based strategies, optimizing OUC and FMPP portfolio for profitable excesscapacity/energy sales and cost-effective purchases, ensuring reliability. Provided current, high-quality strategy recommendations and analysis to FMPP committees and OUCexecutives. Evaluated complex energy transactions, securing favorable terms aligned with FMPP and OUCobjectives. Led FMPP committees, subcommittees, task forces, and ad-hoc working groups as subject matterexpert, assuring efficient operations and addressing continuous improvement opportunities. Orchestrated coordination among OUC and FMPP business units to achieve strategic objectives andproject completion. Maintained optimal energy marketing staffing levels for on-call services and emergency response,particularly during events like hurricanes.

During my tenure as an Energy Marketer, I took charge of independently executing unit commitment, next-day energy marketing, and hourly energy marketing tasks. I meticulously managed requests from multiple FMPP members, ensuring cost-effective solutions while maintaining unit/resource availability and testing requirements. Crafting native load forecasts for FMPP balancing authority involved evaluating diverse weather forecasts. I integrated transmission service provider offerings into daily operational plans across various FMPP areas, maximizing profit and savings in external wholesale energy markets. Additionally, I developed optimized daily operational plans, delivered reports to network transmission providers, and provided invaluable subject matter expertise on economic dispatch and daily resource planning to FMPP committees. My role also involved leading ad-hoc analyses, acting as a liaison with power marketing and software providers, and representing Power Marketing (FEM) on FMPP (sub) committees and task forces.Below are my Key Contributions in this role: Spearheaded operational planning for FMPP, encompassing load forecasting, unit commitment, fuelusage recommendations, transmission optimization, and wholesale energy trading. Analyzed short-term bulk power market, contributing to team that generated $4.6M in revenues($1.1M profit) from power sales and $1.4M in purchased power savings for FMPP in FY14. Conducted analyses of power production opportunities, crafting marketing proposals for RFPresponses. Engaged with transmission planning personnel to establish methodology for transferring economyenergy within FMPP. Advised FMPP Generation System Operator on optimal generation mix for near-term, effectivelycommunicating marketing deals and critical information. Developed and maintained software tool for calculating distribution of energy resources within FMPP,enhancing member capacity determination

While serving as a System Operator, I spearheaded the operational planning, monitoring, and coordination for both transmission and distribution systems. I took charge of executing the operation ofJEA balancing area, maintaining seamless communication with field personnel throughout. I was responsible for issuing clearances and managing tags for both energized and de-energized lines andequipment, always prioritizing safety during all operational and maintenance tasks.Below are my Key Contributions in this role: Executed system dispatch and market coordination tasks, developing, monitoring, operating, andreviewing outcomes. Directly and continuously monitored electrical transmission and distribution system, taking necessaryactions as per JEA procedures to mitigate system disturbances. Attained NERC Reliability Coordinator operator certification and completed system operator trainingprogram.

As an Engineer II & Engineer I in Bulk Power Operations, I spearheaded the execution of daily and weekly economic dispatch planning for generation units. My role involved strategically managing power sales and purchases to harmonize with system load demands. By conducting comprehensive analyses of estimatedfuel costs, demand forecasts, unit availability, and limitations, I optimized operational efficiency. I alsoformulated price estimates for monthly power transactions by integrating insights from demand forecasts, historical demands, fuel cost projections, and expected unit availability. Additionally, I conducted real-time, day-ahead, and long-term power flow and contingency analysis studies, where I developed and implemented mitigation strategies for potential contingencies.Below are my Key Contributions in this role: Upheld power reliability through efficient coordination of maintenance-related outages fortransmission and distribution lines, transformers, and other equipment. Drafted, revised, and reviewed bulk power operations procedures aligning with NERC standards,conducting analyses, and preparing documentation to demonstrate compliance. Functioned as representative for JEA in various FRCC committees and working groups, contributing toefforts in meeting NERC standards and assuring reliability of bulk electric system. Influenced strategic decisions by delivering comprehensive cost research and analysis, contributingvaluable insights to decision-making process. Recognized expertise led to selection for cross-training colleagues, showcasing proficiency, skills, andcapacity to collaborate effectively with diverse personalities.