Structure Consulting Group, Melbourne, FL, USA: October 2012 to April 2013Project Manager, Subject Matter ExpertProject Manager for a large OMS replacement project for a major Midwest utility. Responsible for establishing the requirements, budget estimates and resource requirements for the OMS replacement/upgrade project based on evaluation of the current capabilities of the existing system and interfaces, future needs and industry state of the art capabilities.

Worked closely with Product development and Marketing organization to develop strategy and the roadmap for Smart Grid Solutions and ensure that it is executed per plan. Strategic advisor to GM of T&D Automation business, setting the global strategy for Smart Grid, SCADA, EMS, DMS and OMS product portfolio. Work with existing and future electric utility clients to help them established the T&D automation roadmap and strategy, recommend the products and functions within the framework of Smart Grid and Enterprise Integration, advise on strategic positioning of the portfolio and developing business case for T&D automation.Key Accomplishments: • Championed the business case for an inorganic acquisition and positioned GE as a leading DMS vendor• Orchestrated revival of existing OMS product line which resulted in several new and upgrade contracts in 2010- 2012• Recommended specific enhancements to the existing EMS and DMS product portfolio which made them competitive worldwide and resulted in several major multi-million dollar contracts.

Selected Work Experience:NDPL, Delhi, India, Enterprise wide Automation projects: As project manager, prepared a Strategic Automation Roadmap Report. Defined the roadmap for SCADA, EMS, DMS, SA, OMS, TCS, GIS, Communications Infrastructure, control center design and Enterprise Integration. Conducted SCADA, EMS and DMS international-vendor capabilities workshop for the executives. Prepared technical specification for the recommended solutions. PG&E, California, USA, Distribution Automation Architecture of the future: Led the effort in defining system architecture of the Distribution Automation initiative, advanced power distribution application requirements, evaluated proposed vendor solutions and recommended the best fit solution.NPPD, Nebraska, USA, Transmission and Distribution Operations Synergy and Communications study project: Project Manager and Lead Consultant to review the current SCADA/EMS and Distribution SCADA system operations and recommend potential synergies for combining the two operations, creating a backup control system for the EMS and adding advanced DMS applications. Analyzed various options available and recommended the roadmap along with costs for the recommended solution. DCEN, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Rehabilitation of Dushanbe City Electrical Networks Feasibility Study:Reliance Energy, Delhi, India, Operations Automation ProjectBSES, Mumbai, India, SCADA/EMS/DMS System UpgradeNSTAR, Boston, USA, SCADA/EMS/DMS UpgradeChelan County PUD, Washington, USA, SCADA/EMS/DMS Upgrade LyF, Mexico City, Mexico, SCADA/DMS, OMS/CMS and TCS ReplacementComEd (Exelon), Chicago, USA, OMS and SCADA/EMS/DMS Replacement PacifiCorp, Portland, USA, EMS/SCADA ReplacementPEPCO, Washington D.C., USA, System Automation Study

SIEMENS/EMPROS, Minnesota, USA: March 1983 to April 2001 Global Product ManagerLead Global Product Management initiative for DMS solutions. Analyzed and evaluated market requirements with input from existing and future customers, emerging industry and technology trends, industry conferences, and user group meetings to develop solutions that meet the market needs. In collaboration with European colleagues, developed business cases and budgets for Siemens’ Spectrum/PowerCC based application suite of SCADA/EMS/DMS products, including: Advanced DMS applications, Outage Management, Information Model Manager, Historical Information Storage Manager, Dispatcher Training Simulator, and several other applications for electric utilities in the global marketplace. Responsibilities also included technical discussions and negotiations with customers, management and review of proposal/bid preparation team. Provided market requirements feedback to global marketing and development organizations. Extensive travel to Asia, Europe, South America, Australia, and Africa.Conducted several technical requirements discussions and gave technology trend presentations to existing and potential utility customers including EPM (Columbia) , CPS (USA), FECSA (Spain), Hong Kong Electric (China), Oslo Energi (Norway), NSP (USA), Chugach Electric (USA), EDF (France), Meralco (Philippines), PEA and MEA (Thailand), TPC (Taiwan), EDB (Yugoslavia), ERZ, and Iberdrola (Spain), FP&L (USA), LYFC (Mexico), ENELVEN (Venezuela), IEC (Israel), EEA (Egypt), AEPCO (USA), and Duke Power (USA).