Experience

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  Electric power research institute (epri)

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2005

  Director, power delivery and markets

  Responsible for managing the research and development of innovative products and knowledge-based services to improve power delivery operating efficiency, and to create the power delivery system of the future.

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  Pg&e

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Director

  Director, Electric Asset Strategy 2005-2008 Responsible for long- and short-term T&D planning and budgeting the expansion and maintenance of PG&E’s electric transmission and distribution system- Responsible for long and short term transmission and distribution plans- Successfully managed capital and expense budgets totaling $1.6BFrom 1972-1997:Director San Francisco ReliabilityResponsible for developing, implementing and managing a reliability program to improve the electric reliability in San Francisco- Developed improvement plans including substation and underground distribution cable and equipment replacement- Improved reliability indices by 25% in second year of the programDirector, Grid Maintenance and ConstructionResponsible for managing the engineering, construction and maintenance of PG&E’s 18,000 mile transmission (60-500Kv) and substation system- Organized and managed the electric transmission, engineering, maintenance and construction business for PG&E- Recognized 30% overall annual cost efficiencies within two years- Instituted predictive-based maintenance systems improving asset management Show less

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  Quanta technology, llc

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2015

  Senior director, west coast operations

  - Participated as a project developer, project manager, and/or team member on projects involving process improvement, technical roadmap development, new technology implementation, review of long-term improvement plans, and system or equipment problem resolution.- Specific projects included PV integration impacts on distribution systems, PEV impact analyses, grid modernization through the integration of new technologies, Smart Grid road mapping

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  Nexant

  Apr 2015 - now

  Vice president

  Consult on photovoltaic (PV) integration impacts on distribution systems, plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) impact analyses, grid modernization through the integration of automation and other new technologies, and Smart Grid road mapping. Representative projects include: --- High Impedance Fault (HIF) Detection and Identification using SmartMeter Data — PG&E --- Grid of the Future Roadmap — Commonwealth Edison --- Distribution Restructuring and PV Roadmap — Exelon --- Distribution System PV Impact Studies — PG&E --- T&D Master Plan — Macau CEM --- Smart Grid Roadmap — Macau CEM --- PEV Impacts on the Electric Distribution System — Confidential Client Show less