Experience

Utilicast

• United States
• Utilities
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Mar 2017 - Present

  Idaho Power EIM Implementation - Metering and Settlement SME

• Software Engineer

  • Dec 2016 - Mar 2017

  Southwest Power Pool Engineering Hub project - an online tool supporting reliability and planning operations

• Market Analysis

  • Oct 2016 - Mar 2017

  CENACE - CDMX Market Assessment for the US Department of State



Utilicast

• United States
• Utilities
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Jan 2008 - Jul 2016

  Little Rock, Arkansas Area October 2015 - present: SPP Integrated Marketplace Settlement implementation of protocol revisions: Eligibility for Start-Up Cost Recovery, Product Substitution, Ancillary Service Override & Enhanced Combined Cycle. March 2015 - October 2015 SPP Integrated System Footprint expansion required system enhancements supporting data management, settlement and internal reporting of energy transactions related to Federal Service Exemptions. Phase also included work to enhance… Show more October 2015 - present: SPP Integrated Marketplace Settlement implementation of protocol revisions: Eligibility for Start-Up Cost Recovery, Product Substitution, Ancillary Service Override & Enhanced Combined Cycle. March 2015 - October 2015 SPP Integrated System Footprint expansion required system enhancements supporting data management, settlement and internal reporting of energy transactions related to Federal Service Exemptions. Phase also included work to enhance settlement system for various member driven protocol changes. March 2014 - March 2015: SPP Phase II Integrated Marketplace system Requirements, design and settlement software delivery for pseudo-tied congestion and losses, long term congestion rights, regulation mileage and market-to-market coordination of reciprocal flowgates. 2012 - March 2014: SPP Integrated Marketplace settlement system requirements, design and delivery Lead developer in implementation of settlement software for Day-Ahead and Real-Time Energy / Operating Reserve markets to include congestion hedging instruments, revenue sufficiency guarantees, over-collected losses, demand response and grandfathered entitlements. Also developed a shadow settlement system to be used in generating expected results for vendor testing. 2010 - 2012: SPP Integrated Marketplace settlement protocols and application architecture Participated in member development of settlement protocols. Chiefly responsible for creating a calculation model and training materials demonstrating settlement functions. Led the training program for stakeholders and participants. In preparation for the project phase developed a strategic plan for the system to stage, filter, dimension and normalize settlement input for presentation to the calculation engine. 2008 - 2010: SPP Settlement System replacement Transition of Energy Imbalance and Transmission Settlements from LODESTAR to Areva e-terrasettlements system and IN-sourcing of back office functions. Show less



Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)

• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Settlement Lead

  • Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Indianapolis, Indiana Area Energy & Operating Reserves Market implementations Architect of the market settlement system, deeply involved in shaping & implementing additions & changes to market rules. Led development team in continuous performance tuning, maintenance & enhancement of the settlement system and ancillary services market implementation. Held a participant facing role in stakeholder forums. Created reporting platform and developed market analysis in areas such as Revenue Sufficiency Guarantees… Show more Energy & Operating Reserves Market implementations Architect of the market settlement system, deeply involved in shaping & implementing additions & changes to market rules. Led development team in continuous performance tuning, maintenance & enhancement of the settlement system and ancillary services market implementation. Held a participant facing role in stakeholder forums. Created reporting platform and developed market analysis in areas such as Revenue Sufficiency Guarantees, Revenue Neutrality Uplift & Over-Collected Losses. Show less



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • Jun 2000 - Jan 2005

  Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area 2002 - 2004: Midwest Market Initiative. As the MISO market settlement system lead I managed a team of developers in configuration of a highly modular solution utilizing LODESTAR Rules Language and PL/SQL components, including system interfaces, execution architecture, business rule implementation, .xml output and integration of settlements with customer care and the commercial operations portal. I consistently received the firm’s highest performance rating and was NERC certified in system… Show more 2002 - 2004: Midwest Market Initiative. As the MISO market settlement system lead I managed a team of developers in configuration of a highly modular solution utilizing LODESTAR Rules Language and PL/SQL components, including system interfaces, execution architecture, business rule implementation, .xml output and integration of settlements with customer care and the commercial operations portal. I consistently received the firm’s highest performance rating and was NERC certified in system operations - reliability. GridSouth RTO March 2001 – September 2002 Design and build of LODESTAR settlement system – multi-client commercial operations system support. Electric Reliability Council of Texas June 2000 – March 2001 Maintenance of LODESTAR zonal data aggregation & settlement systems - configuration of publish / subscribe system integration application Show less