Robert Gunnin

Experience

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  ICF Consulting

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Vice President Energy Risk Management

  Accomplishments:• Generated over $1 million in consulting revenues in one year spread over three engagements.• Developed a hedge program for a $500 million manufacturing company.• Modeled the risk for a newly acquired portfolio of generation assets for a $1.5 billion utility.• Structured retail marketing risk management strategy for a new unregulated retail marketing subsidiary of a $2 billion utility

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  DTE Energy Trading

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

  Director of Generation Trading

  Accomplishments:• Saved over $45 million over the previous year by developing the strategy for covering the summer capacity shortfall.• Increased profits by over $5 million by training traders.• Established an options trading desk that added $2 million in profits.• Increased gross margin profits by $280,000 in two weeks trading my virtual generation dispatch model.

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  Commerce Energy Group, Inc.

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2007

  Vice President Energy Supply

  Accomplishments:• Improved portfolio profitability by over 15% steadily over four years• Saved over $20 million in gross margin by providing input for system requirements and helping with system implementation.• Wrote and implemented the company’s Risk Management Policy which created the structure to identify, measure, monitor, mitigate and report risk.• Added 6 new energy suppliers after I established the process to contract with new suppliers.• Transacted over $100,000 in renewable energy credits to be in regulatory compliance. Show less

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  Monterey Capital & Trade, Inc.

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2014

  Principal Consultant

  Accomplishments:• Managed natural monthly gas supply and storage for a $150 million energy retailer.• Wrote and implemented a Risk Management Policy for a 400 mcf/day natural gas producer and retail marketer. • Advised over 10 energy retailers and municipalities on fuel supply pricing and hedging strategies.• Designed a finance and risk management organization for a start-up Global Development Bank based on benchmarking against other three other multilateral development banks.

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  The AES Corporation

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2018

  Director Risk Management

  Accomplishments:• Helped sustain operation of a 180 MW power plant by applying the methodology I developed to quantify multiple qualitative risks.• Created action plans for 10 closely monitored risks after categorizing over 400 responses to the company risk survey.• Managed over $10 million in risk by measuring and reporting positions using Monte Carlo simulations to calculate Gross Margin-at-Risk.• Started a program to match company-wide risk appetite to achieving earnings forecast based on the concept I developed.• $3 billion US Business Unit approved the Risk Management Policy I wrote.• Established a counterparty reporting process for over 50 counterparties by developing a Counterparty Credit Policy.• Made over $3 million hedging forward spark spreads after I proposed and obtained approval from the Risk Management Committee. Show less

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  Strategic Sanitation Services, Inc.

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2023

  Director of Finance

  Accomplishments:• Reduced annual budget preparation time by over 25% by implementing a financial forecasting system. • Reduced payroll and accounting processing time by over 20% by simplifying the processes.• Saved over 15% of plan expenses by establishing a new employer sponsored 401(k) Plan.• Established a new $250,000 bank line of credit as part of a new banking relationship I developed. • Reduced insurance premiums by over 10% while increasing insurance coverage.

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  VUCA Risk Consulting LLC

  Jan 2024 - now

  Principal Consultant

  Risk management consulting services including enterprise risk, commerical, credit, market and liquidity risks.