Experience

Dakota Electric Association

• United States
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Distribution System Operator

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  Responsible for the safe, reliable and efficient management of the electric distribution system Responsible for the safe, reliable and efficient management of the electric distribution system



Xcel Energy

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Distribution Operations Coordinator

  • Mar 2013 - Feb 2017

  Schedule, coordinate and construct switching procedures for electric distribution outages, provide support to distribution and transmission control centers, external customers, and construction and maintenance departments, and prepare various switching related reports

• OMS Data Integrity Technician/Approver

  • May 2011 - Mar 2013

  Extensive review and reconciliation of power outage records, including feeder and above level: Accurately approve orders with correct information primarily related to cause, customer counts and duration, GIS data updates focusing on maintaining and improving quality of field data

• Mapping Technician II

  • Nov 2008 - May 2011

  In addition to Mapping Technician I responsibilities and skills; Training duties and substantial GIS-WI conversion project support including Data Scrub lead and Data Acceptance lead

• Mapping Technician I

  • Feb 2008 - Nov 2008

  Interpret, update and correct electric, gas and land base facility information residing in mapping related databases (including OMS), map reproduction, ownership of various tracking tools, assistance with the establishment and maintenance of mapping standards, and substantial support of Design, Dispatch and OMS personnel



Xcel Energy / Entegee Engineering

• OMS Electric Order Approver

  • Feb 2007 - Feb 2008

  Extensive review and reconciliation of power outage records: Accurately approved orders with correct information primarily related to cause, customer counts and duration, GIS data updates focusing on maintaining and improving quality of field data

• Data Integrity GIS Technician

  • Dec 2005 - Feb 2007

  GIS data updates of electric and gas facilities, GIS electric and gas connectivity edits in relation to customers