Experience

Utilicast

• United States
• Utilities
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Energy Consultant

  • Jun 2012 - Present

  See client work below (June 2012 – Present) See client work below (June 2012 – Present)



Southwest Power Pool

• United States
• Utilities
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Settlements SME (SPP Markets+)

  • May 2023 - Present

  Utilicast Consultant (contractor for SPP) Settlements SME for the Southwest Power Pool (RTO) Markets+ Project - assist in Settlements related protocol and Tariff discussions & changes for the Markets+ SPP offering. Utilicast Consultant (contractor for SPP) Settlements SME for the Southwest Power Pool (RTO) Markets+ Project - assist in Settlements related protocol and Tariff discussions & changes for the Markets+ SPP offering.



California ISO

• United States
• Utilities
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Settlements SME (CAISO GE System Upgrade)

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Utilicast Consultant (contractor for CAISO) Settlements Subject Matter Expertise and Configuration Author support for Settlements GE Upgrade project Utilicast Consultant (contractor for CAISO) Settlements Subject Matter Expertise and Configuration Author support for Settlements GE Upgrade project



Xcel Energy

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Settlements SME (SPP WEIS)

  • Jun 2022 - Jul 2023

  Utilicast Consultant (contractor for Xcel Energy) Energy consultant & Settlements Liaison for the Southwest Power Pool (RTO) Western Energy Imbalance Service (WEIS) Market Project - go live April 2023 for Xcel. Assisting Xcel with parallel testing in preparation for the WEIS using Adapt2, Oati and the SPP Portal to submit meter data, validate and shadow all WEIS settlements. Utilicast Consultant (contractor for Xcel Energy) Energy consultant & Settlements Liaison for the Southwest Power Pool (RTO) Western Energy Imbalance Service (WEIS) Market Project - go live April 2023 for Xcel. Assisting Xcel with parallel testing in preparation for the WEIS using Adapt2, Oati and the SPP Portal to submit meter data, validate and shadow all WEIS settlements.



Black Hills Energy

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Settlements SME (SPP WEIS)

  • Jan 2023 - Jun 2023

  Utilicast Consultant (contractor for Black Hills) Energy consultant for the Southwest Power Pool (RTO) Western Energy Imbalance Service (WEIS) Market Project - go live April 2023 for Black Hills. Utilicast Consultant (contractor for Black Hills) Energy consultant for the Southwest Power Pool (RTO) Western Energy Imbalance Service (WEIS) Market Project - go live April 2023 for Black Hills.



Colorado Springs Utilities

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Settlements SME (SPP WEIS)

  • Apr 2022 - Sep 2022

  Utilicast Consultant (contractor for CSU) Energy consultant & Settlements Liaison for the Southwest Power Pool (RTO) Western Energy Imbalance Service (WEIS) Market Project. Assisted CSU with parallel testing in preparation for the WEIS using PCI and the SPP Portal to submit meter data, validate and shadow all WEIS settlements. Utilicast Consultant (contractor for CSU) Energy consultant & Settlements Liaison for the Southwest Power Pool (RTO) Western Energy Imbalance Service (WEIS) Market Project. Assisted CSU with parallel testing in preparation for the WEIS using PCI and the SPP Portal to submit meter data, validate and shadow all WEIS settlements.



Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc.

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Settlements Architect & Analyst (SPP WEIS & CAISO WEIM)

  • Jan 2020 - Mar 2022

  Utilicast Consultant (contractor for Tri-State) Energy consultant & Settlements Liaison for the Southwest Power Pool (RTO) Western Energy Imbalance Service Market (WEIS) Projects. Assisted Tri-State with preparation for WEIS go-live using Adapt2 and the SPP Portal to validate meter, offer and settlements data. Utilicast Consultant (contractor for Tri-State) Energy consultant & Settlements Liaison for the Southwest Power Pool (RTO) Western Energy Imbalance Service Market (WEIS) Projects. Assisted Tri-State with preparation for WEIS go-live using Adapt2 and the SPP Portal to validate meter, offer and settlements data.



Southwest Power Pool

• United States
• Utilities
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Settlements SME (SPP WEIM & SPP WEIS) and IT Architect/Developer

  • Jul 2012 - Dec 2020

  Utilicast Consultant (contractor for SPP) Energy consultant, Technical Lead & Settlements Liaison for the following projects: -Western Energy Integrated Marketplace (WEIM) Settlements System Project -Settlement Management System (SMS) Replacement Project -Western Energy Imbalance Service (WEIS) Project Responsibilities include: Assist in managing the design, development, testing support, and defect resolution for the Settlements and Post Validation software solutions. Assist in managing the design, development, testing support, and defect resolution for all Settlements systems. Manage weekly migrations outlined by the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle). Assisted in the GE Settlements (formerly known as Areva/Alstom) E-Terra Settlements product upgrade and Symphono replacement projects. Assisted in the testing and development of WEIS charge code and determinant equations in the new Settlements system installed by Symphono. Work closely with the IT team in various development areas using Oracle, Informatica, Java, Jira, GIT, Python, SAS and SQL data mining. Assist the business and IT with defining scope and budget for various projects. Design and develop various settlements processes for the Settlements business from a bid-to-bill standpoint. Show less



Capco Energy Solutions

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Lead Senior Consultant

  • Apr 2012 - Jun 2012

  Client work - Luminant Energy (ERCOT Nodal Go-live 2010) – (July 2008 – June 2012)Lead Senior consultant, architect and developer for the Nodal Shadow Settlements and Third Party Settlements system which is used to shadow ERCOT (www.ercot.com) daily and real-time charges to Luminant Energy. Managed back-office India resources with day to day SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) tasks and migrationsArchitect and development responsibilities include Oracle database design and DBA tasks, Oracle stored procedures, Oracle DDL/DML/ETL, Alstom E-Terra Settlements System (ETSE) installation & configuration, Mathematica installation & configuration on Unix and Windows, BIRT installation & report development, Espresso job scheduling, and Java development with GWT (Google Web Toolkit) Show less

• Senior Consultant

  • Oct 2010 - Mar 2012

  Client work - Luminant Energy (ERCOT Nodal Go-live 2010) – (July 2008 – June 2012)See "Lead Senior Consultant" description above.

• Consultant

  • Jul 2008 - Oct 2010

  Client work - Luminant Energy (ERCOT Nodal Go-live 2010) – (July 2008 – June 2012)See "Lead Senior Consultant" description above.



AT&T

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Network Planning & Engineering Intern

  • May 2007 - Aug 2007

  Assisted in implementing the AT&T single-sign on (Global intranet login) to the NP&E web page, which provided interactivity to the AT&T intranet Created multiple pages in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to help improve the NP&E team website Developed Excel Macros in the visual basic programming language, which helped improve process flow and quality assurance within NP&E Assisted in creating training video tutorials for clients using Adobe Captivate Assisted with improving various DSL and Capacity Management issues Show less