Utilize my knowledge and skills to lead organizations\' strategies to produce uncommon results by increasing profits (Increase revenues and decrease COGS), and invent new marketplace offers.
MICHAEL MILLER, CEM, CEP, CRM
1212 E 135th Place
Thornton, CO 80241
Home: 303-280-9881
Cell: 303-887-9151
Email: energyexpertise[at]comcast.net
EXPERIENCE:
ENGAGE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, Thornton, CO. 8/2009 - Present
This is a startup company that provides web development and marketing expertise. The principal owners are Kathryn Miller and Michael Miller
Vice President/Chief Operating Officer
• Chief client is CH2M HILL an employee –owned Fortune 500 Company located near Denver, CO. It is a global leader in engineering, procurement, construction, management and operations for government, civil industrial and energy clients.
JOHNS MANVILLE 2005 – 08/2009
Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality building insulation, commercial roofing, roof insulation and specialty products for commercial, industrial and residential applications. Volume $2.2 billion
Global Energy Resource Manager
• Created supply and demand strategies.
• Led plant energy teams and set goals for their 40 worldwide manufacturing facilities.
• Developed new sourcing, efficiency, environmental and conservation opportunities. Budget $250 MM
• Developed unique initiative called Energy Mega Trends. ( Developed process to determine and act on events/drift in the future energy market and apply those to businesses to gain advantage)
• Created new global sustainability initiatives, traded carbon credits and negotiated energy supply auctions.
• Visited numerous plants (Meeting with Plant Managers and Energy Managers) as well as supplier/vendor meetings (Local utilities, gas and electric suppliers, E-ON, Honeywell and other energy vendors.
• Endeavored to realize market drift through energy publications and expertise from PIRA, Montel Internet Energy Services, E-On, CMAI, commodity reports, www.theice.com and marketers.
• Vendor Presentations - Brought forth vendors to meet with plant managers to assist with energy matters. These monthly meetings occurred with the plants and so far have included topical expertise in MotorMaster software, Compressed air (Ingersoll Rand), cooling tower energy savings, furnace energy savings, Honeywell, power quality and power reliability and leak detection.
BLUENERGY CONSULTING, Denver, CO 2003 - 2005
CEO/Principal
• Formed BLUEnergy in March 2003. Core business was to offer downloadable forms, tools and knowledge to those customer clients responsible for a company’s large energy budget. Company ceased operation after the US Department of Energy introduced its new online programs offering free forms and tools.
AIMCO Properties, Denver, CO 01/2002 – 12/2002
The largest residential investment trust (REIT) in the U.S., headquartered in Denver, CO) Volume $1.4 Billion. (In 2002, AIMCO’s national property occupancy rate dropped 5% and my position was eliminated
Vice President
• Recruited to AIMCO to reduce their operating expenses.
• Oversaw all facets of their energy related properties.
• P+L responsibilities for a $250 Million budget.
• Directed all decisions concerning budgets, forecasts, metering gas and electric purchasing and payments, conservation techniques. Water and sewer cost reduction and landscaping.
• Reduced energy associated costs by $14 Million.
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BALL CORPORATION (NYSE BLL) 1997 - 2002
Ball Corporation ($5 Billion) is one of the world’s leading suppliers of metal and plastic packaging to the beverage and food industries. The company also owns Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Ball Corp was a significant client of Dominion Resources and requested that I work on premises with Ball as the Director of Energy, implementing the Dominion Evantage program. In late 2001, Dominion Evantage/Dominion Resources decided to end the program, ultimately eliminating my position
Director of Energy
• Led energy initiatives that included the local power/gas companies for Ball’s 41 large industrial plants.
• Provided leadership in working with the various utility engineers on behalf of Ball Corp. resulting in $14 Million in savings.
• Procured gas and electric bids via RFP’s to buy energy at reduced costs.
DOMINION EVANTAGE 1995 - 1997
Dominion Evantage was established as a new non-regulated Energy Service Company (ESCO) by Dominion Resources
Industrial Account Manager for the Oil & Energy business
• Selected by Dominion executives to provide effective strategies for the new ESCO business with a focus on industrial companies in the Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Packaging, Tobacco, Air Separation and Lumber Industries.
• Developed selling strategies for the Evantage team of sales executives and consultants incorporating a sales portfolio geared to large industrial accounts featuring our products and services.
• Some of our products and services included Asset Management (Financing and leasing packages for energy services, Energy performance, third party Fuel Procurement (Gas, Electricity, Coal and Oil), Facility Construction, Substations, Generators et al.
• In addition to my expanded responsibilities, continued to promote our products and services to some of those key accounts that I had in my position as Commercial Engineer, such as, AlliedSignal and Philip Morris. This was expanded to a global level.
• Responsibilities included sales, new business development, energy related purchases, project management, legal issues, environmental credit trading, contract negotiation and energy price forecasting.
• Led the largest U.S. electric vehicle program for Dominion Resources.
DOMINION RESOURCES 1993 - 1995
Dominion Resources, a$15 Billion energy company, headquartered in Richmond, VA, is the nation’s largest fully integrated natural gas and electric power company.
Commercial Engineer
• Responsible for all aspects of specific key customer interface between Dominion and the customer ensuring good working relationships and customer retention. This included gas/fuel/electricity purchases, Global energy strategy development, Cost reductions, Water conservation, Contract review, Project management, On-site generation, Plant Manager and C-Level Strategist.
• Managed nearly 300,000 KW of industrial accounts, three of the top five accounts for Dominion Resources. Key customers included: AlliedSignal (now Honeywell) $ 35.5 Billion, Hoechst Celanese $28 Billion, Philip Morris $96 Billion, Georgia Pacific (now Koch Industries) $20 Billion, Air Products and Chemicals Inc. $16 Billion, Hercules (Specialty Chemicals), Coca Cola $125 Billion, Trigen Energy Corp., Martin Marietta, Lockheed Martin Corp.
VIRGINIA POWER/ NORTH CAROLINA POWER 1986 – 06/1993
VP/NCP eventually merged into Dominion Resources
Engineer Training Instructor 06/1989 – 06/1993
• Designed, developed and taught engineering training
• Instructed more than 1,500 employees, customers and vendors.
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• Authored and/or co-wrote twelve training manuals covering all aspects of utility design including:
• Authored six training manuals on soft skills improvement such as project management, interpersonal skills (Meyers Briggs, DISC), Dealing with Difficult Customers, Listening and Effective communication and Commitment Management.
• Completely revamped graduation criteria and knowledge from a 2 year Engineering program into 12 week intensive coherent performance based training. Increased the ROI by more than 70% per student while increasing knowledge scores.
Engineer 1986 – 06/1989
• Main customer interface to engineer power feeds to residential commercial, governmental and industrial customers.
• Project managed more that 800 power projects.
• Designed transmission, distribution and secondary power lines and infrastructures for
• Obtained easement, cleared rights of ways and filed the legal documents for these domains.
• Determined optimal transformer sizes, metering equipment, specified/ordered all construction materials and determined construction standards/equipment.
• Led construction crews during engineered jobs, power restorations and strategy sessions.
• Headed the speakers’ bureau, gave dozens of talks to groups within and outside my service territory and led safety demonstrations.
VIRGINIA CAR DEALERSHIP 1982 - 1986
Salesman
• Sold BMW, Mercedes Benz, Mercury and Lincoln automobiles.
• Ranked #1 BMW salesperson in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina
• Sold a new BMW to my eventual employer at Virginia Power. That sale opened the door for my career advancement in Energy.
EDUCATION
Virginia Tech, VA; BS Degree Nuclear Science and Engineering – 1982
Averett University – 1995; MBA Summa Cum Laude
The Aji Network: LEIP Program- Advanced Business Strategy (The Aji Network enables business professionals to produce competitive advantage, superior value and top 1% annual incomes. The LEIP Executive Education Program focuses on Leadership, Entrepreneurship Innovation and the Accumulation of Power) - 2007
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Six Sigma Black Belt – May 2007
CEM (Certified Energy Manager), National Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
CEP (Certified Energy Procurement Professional), AEE
CRM (Certified Carbon Reduction Manager), AEE - Testing 2nd quarter 2010
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