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STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Energy industry economist and analyst with broad experience in both the private and public sectors covering exploration & production, refining & marketing, transportation and utilities. Results-oriented approach to business strategy, analysis, and forecasting with proven management skills. Combines analytical ability with a capacity to communicate complex, technical issues to a wide range of audiences.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Energy economics
Strategic planning
Competitive analysis
Financial and risk analysis
Project appraisal and feasibility
Regulatory, tax and policy analysis
Market and business forecasting
Statistical/econometric methods
Organizational design
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Led analysis of regional gasoline distribution network for a large international petroleum company including the financial impact and benefits of acquiring a regional refinery and pipeline infrastructure.
* Saved $20M and assured a tight schedule by redesigning a critical project for the Dept. of Energy.
* Developed a detailed financial and planning model to assess the implications of the introduction and expansion of a new technology serving retail energy markets.
* Led team designing a new organization for a natural gas unit of a major international energy company to drive change, leverage best practices and contract synergies, and increase performance.
* Analyzed the midstream and retail market opportunities for natural gas liquids and propane gas for a major international energy company, and developed strategies for market entry.
* Designed, developed and managed the innovative Federal "royalty-in-kind" program, where royalties from Federal oil and gas leases are paid as a share of production and then marketed to the public. Program grew to market 75,000 barrels of oil and up to 900,000 mcf of natural gas/day.
* Developed and led an effort with the General Services Administration to create and structure a Federal "utility" taking Federal natural gas production direct to Federal end-use customers.
* Lead major study of the long-term competitiveness of advanced-technology nuclear power in the US that included financial and economic modeling, price and generation capacity forecasting, regulatory impact analysis, and senior industry interviews.
* Lead effort to fill the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve with 28 million bbls of Federal royalty oil.
* Managed a program bringing energy and environmental regulatory, market and institutional development advisory services to Eastern European countries.
* Developed and managed McKinsey & Company's World Oil Outlook and oil market forecasting.
* Analyzed the divestment options and the world copper markets supporting the $4.5bn sale of British Petroleum's Minerals division.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Booz Allen and Hamilton, McLean, VA 2001-present
Senior Associate, Global Energy Practice
Provide strategic management and economic consulting services to energy industry clients around the world. Assisted four of the largest global energy companies build and strengthen businesses from upstream operations to downstream marketing. Enterprise risk/security strategies for utilities and energy companies. Energy policy and regulation.
Minerals Management Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 1997-2001
Special Assistant to the Director (Presidential Appointee)
Senior advisor to Interior Dept. officials on oil & gas markets, energy policy and regulation. Negotiated and developed major regulations and polices with oil & gas industry, FERC, the States, and Congress; developed the innovative "royalty-in-kind" programs, drafted speeches and congressional testimony.
Sentech, Bethesda, MD 1996-1997
Senior Economist/ Program Manager
Consultant to Dept. of Energy and other organizations on energy and environmental issues. Work included fuel cells, distributed generation, renewable energy, utility de-regulation and energy policy.
Agency for International Development, Washington, DC 1994-1995
Project Manager/Policy Advisor
Contractor to USAID to manage energy and environmental policy projects in Eastern Europe, and developed industrial and residential natural gas substitution projects.
NUS, Division of the Halliburton Company, Washington, DC 1992-1994
Senior Economist, Energy Group
Advised industry and the Dept. of Energy on energy, environmental, regulatory and policy issues.
Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 1991-1992
Senior Economist
Lead energy economist in special studies policy unit focused on national energy and environmental policy.
McKinsey and Company, Washington, DC 1989-1991
Energy Associate
Developed corporate strategies, and market and financial analyses for leading world energy companies.
British Petroleum, p.l.c., London, England and Cleveland, OH 1986-1989
Senior Economist, Corporate Planning
Financial Economist, BP Finance International, Financial Planning Branch
Developed corporate financial strategy including corporate structure, hedging and liability management. Analyzed oil markets, tax issues, regulations, and energy policy. Developed US E&P investment strategy.
EDUCATION:
M.Sc., Economics, 1986, London School of Economics, London, England
Economic theory, finance, development economics and econometrics. Presented research on optimal natural resource tax and royalty regimes in developing countries.
Guest Graduate Student, 1985, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Energy, resource and environmental economics, and development economics.
M.S., Mineral Economics and Mining, 1984, Columbia University, New York, NY
Energy, mineral, and environmental economics, finance, and resource engineering. Research on international commodity agreements and environmental compliance in the U.S. energy industry.
B.S., Engineering, 1982, Columbia University, New York, NY
Materials science, engineering, mineral economics, and economics
Other Training:
Investment Management Programme, 1988, London Business School, London, England
University of Vienna, 1984, International economics, politics and law, German. Strobl, Austria
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
International Association for Energy Economics: President, Washington, D.C. chapter, 1997 and 1998; Program committee - International conference, 1995 and North American conference, 1996.
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