Experience

American Gas Association

• United States
• Natural Gas Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director, Operations and Engineering Services

  • May 2018 - Present

  - Lead the Gas Utility Best Practices Program - Staff Executive for Transmission Measurement Committee - Support Peer Reviews - Lead the Gas Utility Best Practices Program - Staff Executive for Transmission Measurement Committee - Support Peer Reviews



Xcel Energy

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager of Gas Control

  • Sep 2004 - Jun 2017

  - Control Room Management- Reliability Authority for Xcel's PSCo natural gas system- Represented Gas Operations on process improvement for gas fired generation- Incident Leader for gas emergency events- Control Room Management Plan (CRM)- Control Room Management Audit- Control Room Management Revisions

• Manager of Gas Supply

  • Oct 2003 - Sep 2004

  - Manage purchase of natural gas for Xcel Energy SPS electric generation- Purchase natural gas- Manage client relationships with multiple generating plants and interstate pipelines

• Manager of Steam Production

  • Feb 2002 - Oct 2003

  - Manage Denver Steam Plant- Supervise plant operations- Manage plant maintenance- Manage union and non-union employees- Planned and directed successful execution of annual plant overhaul on time and under budget- Created algorithm to forecast plant gas usage based on weather



Western Gas Resources

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager of Gas Control

  • Jul 1999 - Feb 2002

  - Manage natural gas schedulers - Developed thorough knowledge of pipeline network - Advise Marketers on transportation pathways - Manage natural gas schedulers - Developed thorough knowledge of pipeline network - Advise Marketers on transportation pathways



PG&E Energy Trading

• Oak Brook, IL

• Account Manager

  • Oct 1997 - May 1999

  - Manage client relationships - Design natural gas packages and related financial products - Combine futures and options with term gas packages - Establish company presence in a new sales region - Generated significant revenue from new customers in the first year - Manage client relationships - Design natural gas packages and related financial products - Combine futures and options with term gas packages - Establish company presence in a new sales region - Generated significant revenue from new customers in the first year



NIPSCO Industries

• Merrilville, IN

• Various

  • Feb 1982 - Oct 1997

  Various positions in Engineering and Operations - Negotiate contracts - Manage reliability of peak-day supplies utilizing supply, storage, and transportation capacities - Streamlined gas supplies purchasing process and contracts - Led a design team in the creation of an energy management software system - Sold unused pipeline transportation capacity - Negotiate pricing and contracts - Authored business plan for formation of an unregulated subsidiary to develop trading partners - Gas Control Coordinator - Monitor and administer natural gas tariff - Manage billing, and storage accounting for the 50 largest industrial customers - Manage the Gas Meter Management software system design and development - Manage customer relationship for Commercial and Industrial businesses - Design and build Compressed Natural Gas Meter - Successfully defend patent application of Compressed Natural Gas Meter - Design gas distribution systems, regulator and metering stations Show less