Susan Perkins  – Senior Consultant –  Los Angeles

Ms. Perkins has served in an energy financial advisory capacity for
numerous public power and gas entities including MEAG and MGAG
in Georgia, Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW), California Department of
Water  Resources  and  the  City  of  Austin, Texas. She has assisted
municipal  energy  clients  in  raising  over  $11 Billion in structured
debt financings.

Susan  has  over 10 years experience with Deloitte, JP Morgan and
Merrill  Lynch  with  specialties  in  finance  strategies  and  structured  transactions,
utilizing  her  strengths  in  financial  statement,  cash  flow,  and credit analysis and
benchmarking.

Ms. Perkins  has  an  Economics  Degree  from UCLA and received her MBA with a
concentration in Finance from Columbia Business School.

 

Phil Minick  – Senior Consultant –  Los Angeles

Mr. Minick  has  14  years experience managing multiple energy related
call centers, including inside sales, direct marketing, customer service,
quality  assurance,  collections  and back office operations. For the past
12  years,  Phil  was Director of National Sales Operations for Commerce
Energy, a national retail marketer of electric and natural gas.

Phil has also worked on consulting engagements in renewable energy,
deregulated  energy  markets,  energy  conservation,  smart  meter  technology,  demand
response and CRM solutions.

To provide clients with just the right skill set required for an
engagement, we utilize our proprietary network of over 350
independent experienced energy professionals.

Each independent has been fully vetted. When assigned to
an  engagement,  the  independent  will  be  supported  the
same  way  our  staff is and will work under direction of one
of  our  Principals.  Whether  staff  or  an  independent  is
assigned to an engagement, it is seamless to the client.

Our clients benefit because:

• we put the right resource on the job, not just whomever
  is available
• the client always gets consultants with relevant direct
  experience
• if desired, clients can hire our independents permanently,
  we even help

 

Tracy Morgan  – Principal –  Los Angeles

Ms. Morgan  has 18 years of experience in  the deregulated electric and
gas  back  office,  risk  management,  operations  and  related software
marketplaces. She specializes in applying business processes, market
rules, and management strategies to create efficient operations that are
supported by relevant technologies. She has assisted numerous energy
clients in achieving success in these areas.

Tracy  also  has  ISO/RTO  markets and settlements, energy accounting
and  reconciliation,  software selection and implementation experience
and is an ISO 9001 Certified Auditor.

Ms. Morgan's energy industry experience has included Director of Energy Accounting
for  Commerce  Energy  Group, Project Manager/Senior Consultant for Nexant, Senior
Analyst  for  Sempra  Energy  and  Director  of Energy Services and Regulatory Affairs
for Utilisource.

 

Nancy Young  – Senior Consultant –  Houston

Ms. Young  has  over 20 years experience in commercial business
administration  management  and operations, including a decade in
the energy industry. She has demonstrated effective client interface
skills, strong  organizational abilities, dynamic computer skills, and
exceptional communications skills in each project in which she has
participated.


Nancy's utilities experience includes Detroit Edison and Portland General Electric.
In addition, she has worked with suppliers such as Commerce Energy Group and
Liberty Power Corp in the areas of back office process analysis and Sarbanes-
Oxley and regulatory compliance.

Her experience includes the California and Oregon electricity markets, as well as gas
and power on the East Coast and in the Midwest. Additionally, Nancy has led complex
branding and marketing projects for multiple clients including, most recently, World
Energy Solutions.

 

Rebecca Schlanert –  Senior Consultant – Los Angeles

Ms. Schlanert is a 10+ year veteran of the deregulated gas and electric
regulatory  environment.  She  specializes in  market  assessment and
market  rules and how they apply to marketing and operational aspects
for market participants.

Rebecca  has  managed  full  regulatory  efforts  for  an  independent  energy  marketer,
researching and participating in regulatory proceedings and developing and managing
compliance processes. In addition, she was responsible for new product development
and all market licensing.

Ms. Schlanert is experienced in the development of economic and market models for
the evaluation of various go-to-market options and for use in regulatory proceedings.

 

Paul Maffa  – Senior Consultant –  Boston

Mr. Maffa has 25 years of natural gas expertise, including sales,
purchases,  transportation  optimization,  capacity  management
and pipeline/storage analysis on both a short and long term basis.

Paul's experience encompasses leading natural gas companies, such as Citizens
Gas Supply, US Generating, BP Energy Co. and Integrys Energy Services, Inc.

 

Steve Hinton – Principal – Boston

Mr. Hinton is a Senior Consultant and Mechanical and Systems
Engineer  specializing  in  analysis simulation and optimization
of energy transport and generation systems. He is a registered
professional engineer with first-hand knowledge of the design,
construction, and operation of utility plants and infrastructure.

Steve has a wealth of experience in natural gas pipeline acquisition evaluations,
capacity release market assessment and pipeline transaction data management.

 

Joe Marsilii  – Senior Consultant –  Washington, D.C.

Mr. Marsilii is a seasoned C-Level  executive  with 30 years
energy industry experience with both large corporations and
emerging-technology  start-up companies. He  has  managed
complex  projects  and enterprises including teams over 100
and annual budgets of more than $80M.

A smart grid solutions expert, Joe has designed, managed, and implemented all
aspects  of  utility  transformation  to a "true" smart grid, including managing the
successful  integration  of  disparate systems and technologies using standards
based protocols and TCP/IP onto a convergent, normalized platform.

Joe is a licensed  Professional  Engineer  with  direct,  hands-on  experience  in
HVAC and building energy system design, operation, and management for energy
conservation and load reduction. He  is  an  information  technology  expert  with
experience  in  the  integration  of  emerging  voice,  data,  metering  and  billing
technologies to deliver on the vision of a future-proof smart grid.

 

Edward Ferris – Senior Consultant – Philadelphia

Mr. Ferris  specializes  in  organizational strategy and global human
resources and is skilled at building high performance organizations.
Previously  he  held  executive  Human  Resources positions at Del
Global  Technologies  Corp.,  ABB,  General Signal Corporation  and
British Telecom with responsibilities spanning some 44 countries on six continents.

Through his career, Edward has led high-return organizational change initiatives, guided
businesses  through  merger,  acquisition  and  culture shift and established  innovative
and enduring human resources practices that shaped competitive advantage and drove
business improvement. Edward graduated from Manchester University in England, and
holds two postgraduate diplomas in human resource management.

A frequent speaker and writer on global business and organizational strategy, his work
has  been  featured  in a number of textbooks, journals and magazines. Mr. Ferris also
teaches  Globality,  Global  Human Resources and Organizational Strategy at The New
School University's Milano Graduate School in New York City.

 

Sue Brodeur – Senior Consultant – Boston

Ms. Brodeur  is a  Senior Consultant with extensive engagement
experience in business process design, systems implementation
project  management, database  management and administration,
quality  assurance  and  program  development,  electronic
communications, and ANSI X12 EDI implementation.

Sue's latest projects have included Sarbanes Oxley IT compliance initiatives,
outlining key control gaps, management  reporting, and compliance solutions.

 

Laura Curran –  Principal – Los Angeles

Ms. Curran brings 20 years of experience in strategy and operations
with services and technology organizations, including Ingram Micro,
Microsoft, The Nature Conservancy,  and Lexis/Nexis, working with
major software firms, the City of Los Angeles and WalMart.

Laura is an Adjunct Faculty member at UC Irvine teaching Supply Chain Sustainability.
She  has  developed  sustainability  strategies  and  programs  including  distribution
optimization for retail and web channels, and methods for the reduction of energy use,
transportation miles, emissions, and packaging.

She received her MBA, Operations, University of Virginia, Darden School of Business.

 

Tom Crews –  Principal – San Diego

Mr. Crews has over 25 years of executive level experience, including
as CEO of two venture capital-backed energy management companies,
Pentech  Solutions  and  Envenergy, Inc.  He also served as CEO of a
venture  capital-backed  medical  device  company,  SynergEyes, Inc.,
maker of a unique hybrid contact lens.

Most  recently,  Tom was a Managing Director of Shoreline Partners, a San Diego-based
investment bank. During his career, Tom has raised in excess of $100 million in private
equity and venture capital in various industries. He also has experience as a corporate
attorney and commercial banker.

Tom earned his JD and MBA degrees from the Ohio State University, and his BA in
Business Administration from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.

 

Eric Alam  – Principal –  Houston

One of Skipping Stone's founding partners, Mr. Alam has over 25 years
experience in leading and managing businesses in the energy industry.
He  is  skilled  in  the  areas  of sales force leadership & development,
strategic  business  planning,  financial  and  physical  energy  product
development, trade and risk management, software sales and implementation, mergers
and asset integration, as well as training.

In addition to holding executive positions with World Energy, Commerce Energy Group,
Tenneco,  Enron,  and  Pennzoil,  Eric  founded  a strategic  consulting  firm  to support
activities which included  executive mentoring  and advisory services to energy CEOs
and Executive  Management  teams. Currently Eric is a Principal at Skipping Stone, as
well as President of Balanced Footprint.

 

Greg Lander – President – Boston

Mr. Lander launched Citizens Energy with Joe Kennedy, which  grew
to  become  one  of  the  largest  energy  retail  marketers  in  the  U.S.
Greg also founded a successful technology company and was one of
the first to build a data center in the energy industry.

Currently, Greg  is  President  of Skipping Stone, President of Capacity Center, an energy
technology and data center operation, and a founding member of GISB, an energy market
standards board.

 

Peter Weigand – Chairman / CEO – Los Angeles

Mr. Weigand has been a successful entrepreneur in the deregulated
energy markets for over­ 25 years. Peter has been CEO of Commerce
Energy Group, a gas and electric retail marketer that he successfully
took public and grew into the largest  public  retail energy marketing
company in the U.S. He was also COO of ACN Europe, a consumertelecommunications
company with operations in 15 EU countries.

Peter founded Skipping Stone, a professional  services and technology company focused
on renewable energy, clean energy technology, and energy marketing clientele. Peter was
honored as an Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young in 2002 and his companies have
been named several times in various "fastest growing" lists, including the Inc. 500.