Experience

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  Satori Energy

  • United States

  • Sr. Consultant

    • Mar 2017 - Present
    • United States

    Expanding practice helping C&I and Institutional manage, understand and quantify business risk associated with the procurement of electricity and natural gas. Accepting new clients with operations in Illinois.

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  Carbonless Community

  • 5454 S. Dorchester Ave., Chicago, IL 60615

  • President

    • Feb 2013 - Present
    • 5454 S. Dorchester Ave., Chicago, IL 60615

    I recently completed a client engagement that included purchasing tens of thousands of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). The volume of the purchase wasn’t unusual – but the unit price and total dollar cost were. The total cost was about six times what we would have paid as few as two years ago for the same number of RECs. As RECs have been the “go-to” carbon mitigation instrument for corporate carbon footprint accounting for decades, I decided to do some investigating to see if there was some other carbon-mitigation vehicle that could complement the use of RECs. My findings are included in the enclosed white paper I wrote on “Re-assessing Carbon Mitigation Strategies.” In response to our findings, we are working diligently with Colleges, Universities and Businesses offering carbon mitigation alternatives that better meet our clients’ environmental and social justice goals in a more cost-effective manner.

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  Energy Choices, P.C.

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Vice President

    • 1998 - Feb 2013
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Co-founded energy consulting firm to assist Illinois clients make the transition to retail open access of electricity. Main responsibilities: Strategic Planning, Market Development, Writing Newsletter (Energy NewsFlash) and Managing Client Engagements. Provided tens of millions of dollars in savings for clients from the many opportunities afforded by energy market deregulation.

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  University of Chicago

  • Director of Energy Planning and Management

    • May 1991 - Jan 1998

    Strategic planning for utilities managment and cost containment. Responsible for reducing and controlling UofC’s $20 million annual utility budget.