Dan Scholz

Experience

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  Goodnight Consulting, Inc.

  May 2011 - Feb 2021

  VP-Project & Pursuit Management

  Advising blue chip Energy & Utilities clients around the world on strategic HR issues including: o Creating an Integrated Post-Construction Workforce Plan for a major new nuclear program including detailed job position roadmaps o Developing a detailed operations staffing workforce plan and relational database tool for a Finnish energy startupo Supporting a Canadian nuclear client with detailed functional staffing benchmarking and workforce planning advisory in support of their rate case application processo Identifying 800 redundant and unnecessary positions for a major US utility through benchmarking and organizational design, and developing a change management plan for their successful outplacemento Identifying understaffing of over 1,000 people across a fleet of generation assets to o Developing detailed staffing and organizational models for several new nuclear reactor designso Building the HR strategy for the shutdown of a US nuclear power plantProduct Manager for the Goodnight Consulting Nuclear Staffing Database and Organizational Library with detailed information about the headcount and organizational structures of nuclear plants around the worldLeading dozens of successful management consulting engagements with duties including:o Supervising project administration, data quality, analysis, development of deliverables, and client managemento Leading client interviews, workshops and working sessions to obtain, collate, and analyze client information Show less

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  Entergy

  Apr 2015 - Jun 2016

  Nuclear Sustainability Plan Interim Manager

  Seconded role supporting the Entergy Nuclear HR Organization’s People Workstream of a multi-billion-dollar fleet recovery project:o Led extensive resource management-related consulting work including workforce planning, organizational design, onboarding program development, and support with programmatic rollout to the siteso Led the workstream tasked with identifying the numbers and functions of skilled labor via a detailed staffing benchmarking and workforce planning effort o Served as interim senior manager of the “People” pillar of the project during an extended absence of the full-time managero Served as de facto Scrum Master on numerous Agile Scrum-style workshops with cross-functional teams to help develop plans and targetso Evaluated the impacts of collective bargaining agreements with labor unions on staffing plans Show less

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  Arthur D. Little

  Feb 2021 - Sept 2022

  Principal

  Serving ADL’s diverse client base on important projects including: o Assessing the staffing and workforce implications of building Small Modular Reactors on brownfield coal siteso Developing a Post-Merger Integration Plan for a Private Equity client acquisition of an energy services company o Leading an engagement with a major trading house client in acquiring a services company in the power sectorLeading ADL’s US Energy & Utilities team with highlights including: o Led the Mentoring Program for the US office o Outreach and support to the US Energy & Utilities industry to grow ADL’s US footprint Show less

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  KPMG US

  Sept 2022 - Feb 2023

  Strategy Consultant & Senior Advisor - KPMG LLP

  Supporting KPMG’s Power & Utilities group in programmatic support and business development efforts with a focus on Human Capital Management-related projects.

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  Indeavor

  Feb 2023 - now

  Leading Indeavor's Energy team offering cutting-edge workforce management solutions to energy and utilities clients.

  • Key Account & Energy Sector Lead

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Energy Sector Lead

    Feb 2023 - Oct 2023