Experience

PowerRunner

• United States
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant, Utility Strategy and Technology

  • May 2022 - Present

  • Responsible for leveraging experience as a thought leader in the utility industry to advise clients on strategies for technology solutions, especially to address challenges in electric transmission and distribution presented by distributed resources including renewable generation and electric vehicles. • Responsible for assisting clients with implementing technology solutions, especially analytics solutions in electric transmission and distribution planning and operation.• Responsible for performing process and technology impact assessments of various industry transformations, especially FERC Order 2222, for utility clients.



Copper Run Distillery

• United States
• Distilleries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  Copper Run Distillery is the first legal distillery in the Ozark Mountains since the prohibition ended in 1933. Nestled between overgrown oak trees in the Ozark Mountains, sits one of the best kept secrets in Missouri: Copper Run Distillery, a small business growing deep roots. Copper Run is a small-batch craft distillery that favors quality and stands firmly aligned by its slogan, small-batch BIG PASSION.The Copper Run family of spirits is heavily influenced by local resources, the pure limestone-rich water, the famous Missouri white oak barrels, and the ever changing climate in the Ozarks create a unique distilling and maturing environment but that alone’s not enough to justify the popularity of our products! The secret lies in our distillation techniques and methods that we have developed over the past 10 years; that allow us to make smooth and wonderfully tasting whiskey and rum right out of the still, making the barrel ageing process a mere flavoring and conditioning technique.



Ameren

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Director ITOT, Digital Field Services and Innovation

  • Jul 2018 - Apr 2022

  • Responsible for Leading the Digital teams supporting Ameren’s Nuclear and Fossil Generation, Transmission, Electric Distribution and Gas Operations business lines providing strategic technology solutions in Grid of the Future, Asset Utilization, Capital Utilization, Workforce Utilization, Secure Energy Production and Field & Grid Analytics.• Responsible for developing Grid of the Future digital strategies including DERMS, advanced apps for Distribution Operations (FLISR, VVO, SE, CA), Non-Wires Alternatives, intelligent grid devices and edge computing.• Oversaw the conversion of Ameren’s GIS system to ESRI and the digitization of paper documents including plat maps and service cards.• Oversaw the transformation program to convert field work processes from paper to mobile digital technology including integration across asset management, work management, scheduling, mobile map enablement and compliance.• Responsible for delivering leading analytics solutions utilizing AMI data including Network Topology, predicting transformer and grid device failures and detecting gas leaks.• Responsible for leading and directing the planning for the FERC 2222 technology implementation.

• Director, Transmission Technical Services and Operations Planning

  • Jan 2012 - Jul 2018

  • Responsible for all aspects of Transmission Operations except real-time control desk including outage and contingency planning, operation and support of EMS system, hardware infrastructure, cyber security including NERC CIP compliance, control room displays and supporting technologies and real-time modeling (SCADA, Network).• Directed the development and support of all applications for Ameren Transmission business unit including project management, asset management/GIS and SharePoint applications• Led the development of statewide business process standards for the IL retail electric market.• Chairman of the IL Communications Protocol Working Group (CPWG) responsible for developing and maintaining EDI standards for the IL retail electric and gas markets• Directed the creation of the Gas Settlement System for the Ameren IL retail gas market• Developed numerous settlement protocols for MISO markets (energy, capacity, FTR, ARR) in retail choice zones• Directed the redeployment of Ameren’s MISO energy market settlement system for AMI

• Manager Transmission Services Business Center

  • Jan 2001 - Dec 2011

  • Integrated Ameren’s transmission settlement system into the MISO “Day 1” transmission market• Directed the development of Ameren’s Meter Data Management system that prepares and submits meter data to MISO for “Day 2” Energy Market settlements• Integrated the transmission and energy market settlement methodologies and procedures during the acquisitions of Central Illinois Lighting Company (CILCO) and Illinois Power (IP)• Directed the development of load profiling, estimating and forecasting methodologies for transmission and energy market settlements• Directed the development of the Ameren’s Auction Supplier Settlement System used for settlement with winning bidders in the New Jersey style auction used in Illinois since January 2007.• Represented Ameren in numerous regulatory proceedings at both the Illinois Commerce Commission and FERC including submitting written testimony and providing oral testimony• Developed retail rate design methodologies, performed transmission pricing calculations• ICC and FERC reporting

• Supervisor, ARES Business Center

  • Jan 1999 - Dec 2000

  • Represented Ameren in the regulatory proceedings related to the opening of retail choice in Illinois• Lead Ameren business designer for the settlement system used for transmission and energy imbalance settlement with Alternate Retail Electric Suppliers (ARES)• Developed the rate design methodology for Ameren’s first market-priced retail tariff

• Forecaster, Corporate Planning/Resource Planning

  • Feb 1997 - Dec 1998

  • Prepared long range load and revenue forecasts for corporate budget• Analyzed and enhanced the monthly unbilled revenue calculation

• Engineer, Nuclear Licensing and Fuels

  • Aug 1986 - Jan 1997

  Developed and enhanced the methodology for constructing accurate computer models of the Callaway reactor core including benchmark calculations, statistical analysis of results, developing mathematical formulations to verify results and developing procedures.



Westinghouse Electric Company

• Nuclear Electric Power Generation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineer, Core Engineering

  • Aug 1984 - Jul 1986

  Reactor physics design of the Callaway Nuclear Power Plant. Reactor physics design of the Callaway Nuclear Power Plant.