Experience

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  Central Iowa Power Cooperative

  • United States
  • Utilities
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Senior Resource Planning Analyst

    • Nov 2020 - Present

    Monitor the MISO energy and capacity market developments by attending committee meetings and reading applicable documents to determine the impact on reporting requirements and business strategies. Monitor changes within the industry, technology, markets and regulatory framework to identify impacts to the organization. Prepare and provide resource data to MISO for annual capacity registrations. Monitor CIPCO's resource adequacy position and recommend resource plan additions. Participate in integrated resource planning through interaction with other internal departments.Provide analytical support for power supply options. Review power purchase agreements and monitor compliance on existing and new resources within those agreements. Manage the counterparty process and coordinate the development of master agreements with new counterparties.Lead CIPCO's avoided cost development and preparation. Update energy accounting requirements on a monthly basis. Perform data analysis in related aspects of the business by working with business intelligence tools to improve efficiency. Review and analyze monthly and annual reports. Prepare and deliver presentations to our board of directors or cooperative managers on related material impacting overall organizational decisions.

  • Manager of Data Services and Business Intelligence

    • Jul 2018 - Nov 2020

    Manage the organization's Business Intelligence activities to meet current and future business needs. Work with all areas of the Cooperative to understand the information needs of the business and provide the strategic, analytical and technical direction required. Develop a Business Intelligence roadmap and regularly update as the business transforms. Design, develop and maintain reports and analytical tools used to deliver information to the Cooperative for informed business decisions.Supervises and implements CIPCO’s energy translation systems to support billing and load analysis while managing team and departmental operations. Responsible for ensuring high data quality is maintained and the data is organized to meet current and future business requests. Leads the preparation of the monthly operating report summarizing demand and energy data by substation and cooperative; oversees the preparation of demand and energy data for cooperative power bills. Supervises production of special demand and energy reports as requested by cooperative personnel, member systems, or other utilities.

  • Business Intelligence Supervisor

    • Jan 2018 - Jul 2018

    Manage the organization's Business Intelligence activities to meet current and future business needs. Work with all areas of the Cooperative to understand the information needs of the business and provide the strategic, analytical and technical direction required. Develop a Business Intelligence roadmap and regularly update as the business transforms. Responsible for ensuring high data quality is maintained and the data is organized to meet current and future business requests. Design, develop and maintain reports and analytical tools used to deliver information to the Cooperative for informed business decisions.

  • Business Intelligence Analyst

    • Jun 2016 - Jan 2018

    Work with all areas of the Cooperative to understand the information needs of the business and provide the strategic, analytical and technical direction required to meet the identified information needs. Develop a Business Intelligence roadmap and regularly update as business transforms. Responsible for ensuring high data quality is maintained and the data is organized to meet current and future business requests. Design, develop and maintain reports and analytical tools used to deliver information to the Cooperative for informed business decisions.

  • Data Management Analyst

    • Mar 2013 - Jun 2016

    Translate meter data in to usable data for billing and other essential reporting functions ensuring the accuracy of the data. Provide support to meter technicians and member cooperatives for meter installations, decommissioning meters, or fixing meter issues along with supporting temporary substation shutdowns. Develop and maintain a data warehouse for the Enterprise Risk departments data. Utilize Cognos as our Business Intelligence tool for processing, mining and reporting the data. Maintain market and weather databases and update reporting for those on a monthly basis.

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  Verizon

  • Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

  • Senior Analyst

    • Aug 2000 - Mar 2013
    • Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

    Analyze business and financial trends of billing and order entry systems. Leverage proactive billing audits identifying billing errors. Analyze, design and test program and process improvements. Represent Billing Quality Assurance on billing system and order entry enhancement and migration pro...

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  B&T Golf Equipment

  • Management - Owner

    • Jun 1996 - Dec 2001

    Supervised all facets of the business. Coordinated inventory management with suppliers. Prepared financial statements for quarterly and yearly sales. Interacted with customers professionally to ensure total satisfaction.

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  Cedar Falls Utilities

  • Information Systems & Energy Services Intern

    • May 1998 - May 2000

    Generated Excel spreadsheets for business anaylsis. Maintained Access database about service performed on computers. Researched, recommended, and trained employees on computer peripherals. Performed energy audits to improve energy efficiency on homes.