SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Energy Management
� Lead management effort for the largest non-IPP end user energy book in North America: 25 end use sites, 530,000 MMBtu/day gas use, 0.9 GW electricity use, 0.3 GW company owned/ �in the fence� generation and 15,000 TPD Oxygen use.
� Maintain relationships with 20+ gas and/or electric utilities.
� Lean and efficient management: The foregoing portfolio is managed with six full time employees.
� Initiated DSM and voluntary curtailment programs, yielding about $6 million per year in cost avoidance for impacted plants. Outsourced program to reduce cost and maintain strict headcount targets. (IL, IN, PA, MD)
� In concert with European colleagues, prepared pre-acquisition review of utility contracts for acquired subsidiaries in South Africa, Algeria, Czech Republic, Poland, and Mexico.
� Managed U.S. subsidiary's NOx allowance book, liquidating over $23 million in NOx allowances to date. The latest sales campaign sold $7 million allowances short against the box, yielding $1.55 million additional profit on a mark-to-market basis.
� Initiated Company's Greenhouse Gas strategy. This project involves identifying projects in former CIS countries that will yield carbon credits for sale. Current estimate: $83 million asset recovery. Apart from asset sales, carbon is now an explicit variable in long lived project financial analysis at the company.
� Leading several �green energy� projects: Landfill gas utilization (IL), three wind farms on company�s land footprint (IN, NY)
� Leading Company�sl USA energy conservation team. This broad based team has reduced our natural gas consumption by 6.6% and electricity consumption by 5.6% (2005 vs. 2006).
Risk Management
� Initiate and lead the Risk Management team for Company�s North American natural gas & base metals exposure. We manage a $3.6 billion/year notional risk, covering seven traded markets.
� Revised risk assessment strategy and tools to accurately reflect complex base metals exposure, reducing notional quantity at risk by about $175 million/year, and preventing large Nickel hedge losses in the 2007 & 2008 plan period.
� Developed FAS 133 tools and business processes for firm�s derivatives book. Firm was brought to full FAS 133 compliance in a three week project timeframe. Further refinements have reduced manpower requirements to 10 man-hours per month.
Govt. Relations/Govt. Affairs
� Former Chairman of the [INDUSTRY LEADING ENERGY ADVOCACY GROUP] I testified to the U.S. House Energy Subcommittee regarding N. American Natural Gas Supply.
WORK HISTORY
2001-Present Company 1 Indiana
Manager, Energy & Base Metals Procurement
Subsidiary of Company with annual sales of $20 billion. Manage supply chain, regulatory, and risk management aspects of company�s Energy and Base Metals spend. Reporting to VP Procurement.
2000 Company 2 Chicago, IL
Vice President of Sales and Marketing - U.S.
Vertical internet trading portal catering to the primary metals manufacturing industry. I led North American marketing efforts to enlist U.S. and Canadian metals manufacturers, as well as vendors for the portal. Reported to CEO.
1998-2000 Company 3 Indiana
Manager of Purchasing
Duties /reporting structure as described below.
1990-1998 Company 4 Chicago, IL
Section Manager, Purchasing
Directed commodity management of Energy, Metals, Capital, I.T., and MRO spend portfolios. Reported to VP Purchasing.
Project Manager, Corporate Development
Responsible for business forecasting, price modeling, import/export analysis, and business research for firm's senior management. Reported to VP, Corporate Development.
Energy Supply Manager, Purchasing
Managed company's energy buy. Develop post FERC 636 supply strategy that saved $34 million/year in natural gas costs.
Project Engineer, Energy Management & Planning
Developed and managed energy conservation projects throughout steel plant. Saved $1.9 million in steam and natural gas costs during first year of employment.
1987-1989 Self Employed Bismarck, ND
Consulting Petroleum Engineer
Performed petroleum engineering services for client base. Evaluated and closed 356 drainage cases for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, exceeding the annual output of three full time staff engineers. Developed Refuge oil field in Bottineau County, ND.
1981-1987 Company 5 Bismarck, ND
Manager of Operations
Managed oil and gas operations for independent oil producer in 6 states and provinces. Supervised 9 contract field personnel operating a 300+ well count. Increased daily oil production 300%.
1992 Kellogg/Northwestern University Chicago, IL
Masters of Management, Finance and Business Strategy
1978 Montana State University Bozeman, MT
B.S. Mechanical Engineering , graduated with Honors |
