Summary

Highly motivated and productive Leader, Developer, Project Manager, Salesman and Asset Manager with extensive experience in business development, new project origination and development, acquisitions, management of assets during start-up and operational phases, construction, engineering, design and installation of major projects and associated support facilities. Highly proficient in:


· Leadership of Organizations and Projects
· Sales and Sales Support
· Optimization of Assets
· New Site (“Green field”) Development
· Engineering and Design
· Portuguese and Spanish Languages

Possessing a wealth of business and engineering experience in managing multiple projects within a specified scope, timeline and budget. Excellent leadership abilities having demonstrated a creative and logical approach to problem solving, with strong communicative and interpersonal skills and clearly showing an enthusiastic desire to develop solutions that benefit all parties. Strengths in leading and negotiating have resulted in the creation of substantial shareholder value and significant increase in “bottom-line” profits.

Experience
Forship Engenharia Ltda 2003 - Present
A leading Commissioning and O&M services provider for offshore platforms and generation facilities.

Commercial Advisor - providing commercial and technical representation in North America and Internationally.

Power Quality Solutions 1990 – Present
Electrical Engineering/Consulting
From 2002 to present
· Sales and sales support for Penpower power plant commissioning services in Brazil
· Engineering consultant support for Billitier – electrical contractor
From 1990 to 1992 activities included:
· Sales - Representation of several electric equipment manufacturers.
· Electrical consulting for GE, Manufacturers Hanover, Innovative Technology, Ford.
· Owner’s engineer on two combined cycle power plants in Virginia and Florida.
· Recruited by Edison Mission Energy as Asset Manager (1992) based on performance as electrical consultant

Cogentrix Energy Inc. 1998 – 2002
A leading Independent Power Producer with interest in 28 power generation facilities in 14 states
with a net generation of 7,800 megawatts - Charlotte, NC.

Vice President – Development, Charlotte, NC 1999 - 2002
Managed the overall development process identifying potential power plant sites, securing the land, coordinating the permitting and directing the commercial negotiations of gas-fired power generation plants throughout the U.S.
· Led the front-end and mid-process development effort for $700,000,000 - 1000 MW gas-fired power plant in central Oregon.
· Initiated the successful development of a $450 million dollar – 810 MW power plant in Louisiana resulting in a major increase in company net worth and megawatts. Performance bonus received.
· Made major contributions in the siting and development efforts for 810 to 1100 MW plants in Ohio, Indiana, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Florida and Mexico. Obtained 25 land options.
· Assigned as a troubleshooter to resolve problems with an ailing Mexican development project.

Director – Cogentrix do Brasil, Sao Paulo, SP Brazil 1998 – 1999
Director of the Cogentrix satellite office, hiring and managing three in-country employees.
· Provided in-country expertise in the development efforts for gas, oil and bagas fueled power generation plants.
· Recognized for efforts in reducing losses in the ultimate suspension of the efforts due to macroeconomic reasons – currency devaluation.

Sumitomo Corporation of America 1995 – 1998
A world-wide trading company with offices in New York – headquartered in Tokyo.

Vice President and Technical Director, New York, NY
Managed the Limited Partnership (LP) interests of Sumitomo for two Independent Power plants as well as led efforts to acquire and develop power generation facilities both domestically and internationally.
· Represented the LP interests of company in an 80 MW waste coal plant and a 20 MW geothermal plant. Influenced the lowering of operating costs by the General Partner.
· Directed the financial and technical evaluation efforts for numerous acquisition opportunities.
· Responsible for development efforts for coal and gas-fired plants in the Czech Republic and Brazil.
· Hired away by Cogentrix for the Brazil development effort.

Edison Mission Energy 1992 – 1995
A leading Independent Power Producer with a net equity in excess of 23,000 MW.

Asset Manager, Fairfax, VA
Directed management of five gas-fired and waste coal power plants in three states. Guided the efforts of three Executive Directors.
· Successfully negotiated settlement with site lessor resulting in $13,000,000 benefit to project.
· Completed construction closeout negotiations with plant constructor resulting in $12,000,000 savings.
· Restructured bond remarketing arrangement resulting in savings of $1,000,000.
· Negotiated holdback release with major equipment manufacturer resulting in additional spare parts and extended warranty which benefited the power plant project’s long-term viability.
· Effectively managed fuel supply contracts – gas and waste coal benefiting the overall profitability and reliability of the generation facilities.

General Electric Company 1974 - 1989

Senior Management and Lead Engineering Positions, Schenectady, NY and Internationally
Acted in the capacities of Proposal Manager, Project Engineer, Proposal Group Manager, Lead Electrical Design Engineer and Field Engineer for electric generation and associated power delivery projects.
· Successfully directed the efforts of engineering, estimating, construction and financial groups in the preparation of multi-million dollar international and domestic power plant proposals as Senior Proposal Manager.
· As Manager of Proposal led the engineering and design efforts of seven direct reports and dozens of matrix employees for 3.5 years. Recognized for increasing the volume of business from $1 million plus to over $3 million and for exceeding net income targets by 33% each year.
· Acting in the capacity of Project Engineer, directed the engineering and design effort for a $70,000,000 project in Egypt with an engineering budget of $3,5000,000.
· Effectively led efforts as Lead Electrical Engineer for the design of numerous Middle-East, Caribbean and domestic gas and steam projects directing the work of several engineers and designers
· Supervised the installation and start-up of critical power delivery equipment and communication systems in Brazil and Venezuela as a GE Technical Advisor.
Education and Professional Development


- BS – Electrical Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
- PE License – NY, PA, MA
- Advanced Studies – Union College and GE-Crotonville
- Field Engineering School – General Electric Technical Services
- Real Estate License – North Carolina
- ISO 9000 Certified – Lead Assessor