Experience

Tice Electric

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  Managing the Power Resources and Service Departments. Managing the Power Resources and Service Departments.



PacifiCorp

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Region System Operations and Dispatch

  • Sep 2016 - Mar 2018

  Oversight of all sub-transmission and distribution operations at control centers in Portland, OR, and Salt Lake City, UT; responsible for achieving corporate performance targets, including: reduction of customer minutes lost and switching errors; increased effectiveness of customer communication during planned and unplanned outages; improved operator staffing model with increased Union collaboration; improved operator training program; participation in and documentation of event review and lessons learned initiatives; issuance of new department policies as well as overhaul of existing policies to improve operational efficiency and consistency between the control centers.

• Director, System Operations Services

  • Nov 2011 - Sep 2016

  System Operations Services is responsible for NERC operator certification administration, training development and delivery; system operations’ policy gatekeeping; capital project coordination/administration; documentation control/administration; and application support; served as Program Manager for a four-year $36m project to replace the Energy Management System; core participant in all phases of the project: planning, requirements analysis, vendor selection, feature development, factory/site acceptance testing, quality assurance documentation, and system go-live; the new EMS enhanced overall system performance, availability and security, while providing advanced situational awareness tools for operators (early warning detection, visibility, troubleshooting; generation and outage).

• Director, Project Services

  • Sep 2008 - Nov 2011

  The Project Services group includes the Cost Engineering group and is further responsible for tracking and managing all major engineering project deliverables which includes all NERC compliance items as they relate to engineering; manufacturer accrediation program; managing long lead material procurement and real estate acquisition as detailed by the ten year plan; and other engineering project management activities that fall outside the construction project management scope.

• Manager, Cost Engineering

  • Sep 2006 - Sep 2008

  Responsible for providing cost control support throughout the entire business. This includes developing estimates for transmission service requests, generation interconnection requests, and major substation and transmission projects; reviewing design drawings to perform material take-offs and determine resource requirements; developing pricing schedules with quantities and target pricing; reviewing proposal evaluations and change orders and participating in negotiations that support the competitive bid process with contractors for construction and maintenance projects including EPC managed projects. My responsibility is to manage the resources of the group to meet the requests of our customers by ensuring the timely delivery of accurate cost estimates, pricing schedules and other cost control support.

• Project Manager

  • Aug 2001 - Sep 2006

  Responsible for coordinating, monitoring and managing concurrent distribution and transmission project teams and resources in the successful development and execution of capital projects. Primary duties include leading and managing the planning, organization, integration, construction and completion of capital projects throughout the entire project life cycle within the approved spending; developing and leading project teams in defining the goals, scope, approach, budget and risks of each project and reporting this information throughout the life of the project; and forecasting cashflows to aid in the overall management of the capital budget.



Black & Veatch

• United States
• Engineering Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Substation Design Engineer

  • Jul 2000 - Jul 2001

  To work with customers, project managers and other design engineers in the engineering, procurement and construction of high voltage transmission and distribution substations and lines. Duties included, but were not limited to: designing overall physical substation layout; designing and preparing schematics and wiring diagrams; writing specifications, determining bidders lists and awarding contracts; checking and approving as-built drawings and communicating between customers, sub-contractors, suppliers and internal personnel.



AREVA T&D

• Stafford, England

• Project Manager

  • Mar 1994 - May 2000

  To coordinate, monitor and manage all large power (132kV and above) transformer activities within the business unit. Duties included, but were not limited to: Ensuring all project costs are kept within agreed budgets, ensuring timely performance in accordance with the contractual (both commercial and technical) requirements and to act as a focal point for all communication with and between the customer, sub-contractors, suppliers and internal personnel. To coordinate, monitor and manage all large power (132kV and above) transformer activities within the business unit. Duties included, but were not limited to: Ensuring all project costs are kept within agreed budgets, ensuring timely performance in accordance with the contractual (both commercial and technical) requirements and to act as a focal point for all communication with and between the customer, sub-contractors, suppliers and internal personnel.