William A. Walker

Vancouver, Washington 98686 

 

Summary

 

Twenty eight years’ experience in utility and energy operations, business management (union and non-union), project management, sales/marketing, negotiations, investigations and risk management.  Key strengths include communications, analysis and evaluation, training development and implementation, sales, innovation, team building and leadership.

 

Accomplishments/Skills

 

Project Management

·         Directed complex projects from concept to fully operational status.

·         Goal-oriented, deadline driven individual with strong leadership experience.

·         Organized, highly motivated and detail-directed problem solver.

·         Strategic thinker with a creative view of the future.

·         Managed multiple projects in multiple locations against tight timeframes and budgets.

·         Familiarity with and ability to stay current with changing regulatory requirements.

·         Envision, define, design, develop and deploy measures for improvement.

·         Provide expertise based on previous experience to identify major issues facing clients to generate hypothesis against those issues.

·         Serve as a primary thought leader in the development of business solutions, develop conclusions and strategic recommendations, write final reports and assist with client presentations.

·         Identify opportunities for organization strategy services within a client organization or business area.

·         Serve as task lead for projects by managing delivery and client relationships. Participate in marketing activities, including whitepapers, proposals and capability briefings.

·         Demonstrated ability to build competencies in the areas of basic consulting, assignment performance and organization strategy.

·         Moved organizations to Best Practices within the energy industry in the areas of Safety, Unit Contracting, Lean Models, and New Technologies resulting in annual savings of $5 million while ensuring operational excellence.

 

Management and Supervision

·         Twenty eight years’ of energy leadership experience.

·         Managed a staff of 200+ employees across two states with a $20 million annual budget to coordinate award-winning company programs with energy personnel.

·    Designed creative recruitment practices to attract right-fit job placement in a competitive job market.

·         Mentored students on defining career and work related goals and objectives.

·         Sponsored and/or promoted union employees into Supervisory or developmental roles.

·         On-going coaching, mentoring, supervision and evaluation of staff.

·         Educate Supervisors and employees on company processes, polices, procedures, State and Federal regulations as well as employment and labor laws.

·         Trained some 2000 field employees in new and improved processes and procedures.

·         Negotiated, designed, implemented, and oversaw annual contracts with IBEW and UA Pipe Fitter.

·         Proven ability to work in unison with staff (union & non-union), customers and business partners.

·    A visible leader with shareholders, board members and the community in concert with senior management.

·         Proven communications professional adept in both routine and emergency roles.

·         Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, good interpersonal skills, entrepreneurial abilities.

·         Presentations to the Washington State Public Utility Commission.

·         Upholds the highest standards of professionalism, honesty and integrity.

 

Risk Management and Safety Leadership

·         Led by example and enforced all company policies and procedures to ensure a safe and productive workforce.

·         Oversaw and ensured compliance with all State and Federal regulations including but not limited to Department of Transportation, Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and Occupational Hazardous Safety Administration.

·         Instituted and managed proactive safety program initiatives resulting in over $2 million in annual cost savings.  

·         Lead investigator and negotiator for accidents resulting in damage claims.

 

Operations

·         Proven construction industry experience that includes a proven track record of successful negotiation skills relating to construction contracting.

·         Oversaw all functions of utility operations (power, natural gas and communications) with annual sales of $16 million.

·         Successfully designed, established and oversaw Open Pathway Tariff with the Oregon and Washington State Public Utility Commission.

·         Documented annual budgeted savings of $1-2 million for 10 years consecutively.

·         Managed and expanded the Portland General Electric and NW Natural Gas Unity Program.

·         Managed and implemented countless contractor construction units.

·         Key team member in strategic planning and resource alignment.

·         Designed a customer interactive feedback program, Service Solutions, with annual 82% response rate.

·         Invented Keyhole Tools for hard surface installations.

·         Active member of Call Before You Dig; designed and implemented the abandon facility program.

·         Selected to serve on Business Process Improvement projects and other efforts designed to enhance various company business practices.

·         Designed and implemented several Operations Training Programs.

·         Inspector, educator, and support for 10 person inspection team on a $3 billion 1900 miles gas main replacement program for People Gas and Light Chicago. Help design and conduct QA program that meets and exceeds Illinois Utility Commerce Commission. Observe and capture best practices for process improvement and reduction in total cost on billion dollar project.

 

Employment History

 

Jacobs Consultancy                                                                      Vancouver, WA                                                                      2009 to Present

·         Senior Consultant

                            People Gas and Light Chicago, IL             

                            Puget Sound Energy, Seattle, WA

 

Henkel’s & McCoy                                                                      Hillsboro, OR                                                                      2006 - 2008

·         Oregon Area Operations Manager                                                                                                                                           

Verizon

Portland General Electric

NW Natural Gas                                                                                    Portland, OR                                                                      2000 - 2006

·         Manager of Contracts & Distribution Operations             

 

Henkel’s & McCoy                                                                      Portland, OR                                                                      1982 – 2000

·         Manager of Operations

NW Natural Gas

Portland General Electric

Pacific Power and Light

Education and Training

 

·         Bachelor of Science, Wildlife Management, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

·         Continued learning’s through WEI, AGA, OUNC, OJUN, NESC

·         Emergency Response training.

Other

 

·         Appointed by the governor of Oregon State to reside on the Utility Notification Board and spearheaded the abandoned facility law.

·         First Oregon State Police Volunteer.  Operated a fix wing aircraft FLIR system, jet boat patrols, participated in presidential security and joint venture aircraft recovery operation.

·         Owned and operated the first ever NW Aquatic Birding Tours.

·         A member of the Board of Director’s for Northwest Resource Federal Credit Union during fiscal year 2008.

 

refernces

 

References are available upon request.

 

 

Project Lists of William “Bill” Walker

 

Listed below are projects that I was directly responsible for managing the P&L, estimation, and all liaison construction activities:

 

 

Conservation Initiatives

·         15,000 Unity Services (Joint partnership between PGE and NW Natural) ($6M)

·         Oil furnace decommissions switching to natural gas appliances (@Count)

·         Joint Underground (PGE, PPL, NW Natural, Comcast, Qwest, Verizon)

 

 

Gas Distribution

·         36,000 ($14M) new construction services including meter sets

·         1200 ($19M)miles of main installation 2”,4”, and 6”

·         30 ($13.5M) miles of 8” steel

·         15,000 ($18M) conversion services

·         Field design behind the meter applications

·         HDD numerous road and river crossings ($20 M)

·         Blanket contract for NW Natural (12 years)

·         Seasonal Peak blanket contract for Avista Spokane, WA (2 years) ($3M)

·         Inspector, educator, and support for 10 person inspection team on a $3 billion 1900 miles gas main replacement program for People Gas and Light Chicago. Help design and conduct QA program that meets and exceeds Illinois Utility Commerce Commission. Observe and capture best practices for process improvement and reduction in total cost on billion dollar project.

 

 

Electric Distribution and Transmission

·         50 miles reconductoring and pole change outs (Hourly)

·         Substation grounding (Hourly)

·         2400 (Hourly)miles of make-ready engineering for road and communication clearances

·         800 pole NEC compliance mandates contract ($.25M)

·         Numerous underground transformer section rebuilds due to cable casing faults

·         Numerous HDD road and river crossings

·         Yearly flagging contract for Portland General Electric, Portland, OR (2 years) ($.5M)

 

 

Communications

·         3000 miles of overhead CATV, installation, splicing, and activation ($79M)

·         200,000 buried CATV services drops ($20M)

·         100’s of Multi Unit Dwellings ($3M)

·         500 miles of fiber, plowing and drilling ($5.2M)

·         Uncountable telephone service installations both aerial and underground

·         20 cell tower installations ($1M)

·         Tele Data Installations for Sear, State Farm, and K-mart ($2M)

·         Century Telephone  Oregon service contract (2 years) ($10M)

·         Canby, Oregon Telephone service contract ( 1 year)($.5M)

·         Verizon Single source contract Oregon (1 year) ($8M)

·         Visalia, CA single source contract Central California (3 years) ($15M)

 

 

Administrative Projects

·         Designed “Safety First” program with Liberty Mutual that was rolled out nationwide

·         Sponsored the “Abandoned Facility Law” that was enacted into Oregon State Dig Law

·         Designed and implemented Key Hole Technology (gas service through a 12” key hole)

·         Co-authored the language for the Tariff in Oregon and Washington joint use trenching.

·         Designed the estimating data base for Timberline Software

 

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