1 DON E. AMUZIE P.E.
SUMMARY
A Program Manager, Supervisor with PG&E a major California investor owned gas and electric utility. In this position I successfully oversaw program and project managers respectively, responsible for delivering Integrated Design Side Management (IDSM). A California registered professional mechanical engineer (ME) with undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley and masters at San Jose State University both in Mechanical Engineering and MBA in Management from Golden Gate University in SF. I am currently seeking a location manager position.
PROVEN ABILILITIES AND RESULTS
Program Management
Directly oversaw all aspects including budget management of PG&E’s $30 Million Standard Performance (SPC) Program. Supervised team of 10 program management staff. Coordinated activities of various stakeholder groups including inter-utility group. Developed marketing materials to address customer needs and delivered training to support program implementation to nonresidential customers. Managed contracts for external resources. Assured project compliance with program and corporate goals, policies and procedures. Developed supporting CPUC filings, resource plans, budgets, and schedules. Managed team of 10 Project and program Managers who worked closely with corporate and institutional customers to identify and scope energy efficiency projects within their facilities and assisted them in financing these projects through PG&E. Projects include lighting, HVAC, processes, refrigeration and food preparation.
Developed Standard Performance Contract – Demand Response (SPC-DR) program policies and procedures, manual and collateral materials (e.g. Laundry Ozone) through leadership role in new construction and retrofit projects.
Increased program participation by 10% by raising awareness through meeting with 75 PG&E Account Managers in local offices, talking with customers directly, and presenting at over 20 energy efficiency events.
Exceeded goals by managing a highly motivated team of program and project managers respectively, with high performance, trust, goal oriented, commitment to excellence and stability.
Project Management
Assiduously worked with renewable power developers (interconnection customers) to interconnect their facilities to PG&E’s electric grid.
Developed and oversaw energy efficiency retrofit projects for the highly successful UC-CSU, Fresno, SF and Kern-Bakersfield Energy Watch Partnerships respectively by identifying projects, estimating costs, energy savings and incentives, prioritizing projects for cost effectiveness, completing projects, and pre and post field inspections.
Successfully performed customer energy efficiency studies for customer facilities and developed action plans for implementation
Delivered Standard Performance Contract (SPC) program policies and procedures, manual and collateral materials in collaboration with other major California IOUs. Piping design for a coal gasification project including equipment sizing 2 Managing Customer/Client Relations
Effectively managed and accelerated iDSM, competitive and other PG&E services to major high rise office buildings, Military Facilities and the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) facilities like CCSF Unified School District.
Recognized as outstanding performer for turning around a tenuous PG&E relationship with City and County of San Francisco (CCSF) by working with CCSF’s Hetch-Hetchy staff to create an atmosphere of trust and cooperation.
Achieved Energy Management Awareness within customers’ facilities— speeding operation efficiency by keeping customers engaged with our offerings.
Problem Solving/Analysis
Improved SPC program participation by 15% as a pragmatic problem solver by managing and reviewing energy efficiency projects, making program clearer and easy to understand and dealing with technical and administrative problems
Reduced the outstanding projects from over 50% to less than 5% as a take-charge manager by facilitating control of outstanding SPC projects and working with program stakeholders. Successfully marketed energy efficiency to SF largest hotels and major retailers by working with customers.
EXPERIENCE
PG&E, Program Manager Supervisor, 2006 to 2010
PG&E, Senior Program/Project Manager, 2001 to 2005
PG&E, Account Manager, 1980 to 2001
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
• Clemco Engineers, San Francisco, CA – Product Development Engineer • Kaiser Engineers, Oakland, CA – Piping Design Engineer EDUCATION and LICENCES
MBA, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, CA.
MS, Mechanical Engineering, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA. California Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer (PE)