Management Consultant
Adrian Woolcock
ProSidian Consulting LLC.
Charlotte,NC
31
Years of experience
Work History
MANAGING PRINCIPAL. Management Consulting.
18 Years 1 Month- Focusing on clients in the following industries: Energy (Oil & Gas | Power & Utilities); Banking & Financial Services; Industrial/Commercial; Consumer Products; Automotive, Pharmaceutical, Real Estate (including Construction, Hospitality, & Leisure); and Telecommunications. Developing and delivering solutions for Risk & Energy Management, Compliance, Business Process Improvement, IT Effectiveness and Talent Management. Key areas of client service include strategic operations & Process Improvement, enterprise risk, energy & Sustainability management, strategy, compliance, and General Project Management.
PRINCIPAL. Energy Practice.
7 Months- Focusing on clients' needs in the following industries: Industrial, Commercial, Banking, Energy, and Utilities. Developing and delivering solutions such as Business and Functional Requirements in support of Trading System Implementation, Trading Analytics, Enterprise Risk Management, Energy Risk Management Strategy, Operations and Process Improvement, Compliance & Transaction Monitoring, FERC/NERC/CFTC/ISO Compliance, and General Project Management.
Sr. Manager Energy Trading & Risk Management Pract
2 Years 3 Months- Delivered support for clients requiring enterprise risk management, gas and power trading, M&A due diligence, hedging strategy reviews, business continuity, and process improvement in oil and gas, utilities, and chemicals. Produced anchor platform and presentation deck content for six service lines, creating consistent industry positioning and clear capability messaging across assurance, risk advisory, finance and performance management, tax advisory, tax reporting and operations, and transaction advisory services. Enabled sector initiatives through Office of the Chairman collaboration, network tracking, best-practice sharing, thought leadership development, major market-bet activity in oil sands, alternative energy, LNG, and NOC, leadership forum support, community outreach with NABA, AABE, and other organizations, and proposal pursuit plus engagement delivery support.
Sr. Associate Energy & Utilities
2 Years- Delivered support for enterprise power and gas risk assessments, hedging strategy reviews, Department of Defense business transformation, Business Management Modernization Program, Sarbanes-Oxley 404 auditing, IT general controls, system access auditing, energy trading system auditing, energy sourcing, business continuity management, enterprise risk management, and reporting. Strengthened audit readiness across energy trading, system access, and compliance control areas. Contributed to business transformation, continuity planning, and enterprise risk reporting initiatives.
CHIEF ENERGY BUYER.
1 Year 2 Months- Energy procurement/trading on daily and monthly Nat Gas & electricity markets, including purchasing responsibility for natural gas commodity, transportation, and storage; natural gas scheduling; and monitoring and reporting of energy market trends and corporate energy consumption. Energy Accounting & portfolio management. Maintaining and enhancing corporate energy database. Worked on cross-functional teams focused on sourcing coal, WTI, #2/#6 Fuel Oil, and other commodities for use in paper products manufacturing plants nationwide. Responsible for all aspects of Nat Gas ($150 MM) and Electricity ($127MM) spending for 62 facilities.
REAL TIME ENERGY TRADER.
7 Months- Responsible for hourly financial and physical power trading and dispatch of various generating assets in the North Central US. Identifying/capitalizing on arbitrage opportunities available within and between regional markets. Running economic dispatch models to optimize portfolio returns and issue start-up/shut-down orders. Utilizing industry tools such as the OATI/OASIS tagging system to facilitate physical power flows. Maintaining a daily deal log of hourly sales, purchases, and transmission interchange energy transactions. Responsible for analyzing and evaluating complex energy transactions to ensure that all relevant aspects, including energy pricing, transmission, counterparty, and contractual terms, are favorable to and consistent with company guidelines. Gathering and disseminating critical market information between real-time and forward desks. Continuously monitor electric energy markets to maintain a working knowledge of price, availability, and demand for electric energy in the interconnected electric system. (COMED/AMERN/SWPP)
ASSOCIATE. Deal Structuring / Management.
5 Years 11 Months- Worked with WHSE and Retail groups to develop customer-centric value propositions. Structured commodity solutions for bundled outsource and large commodity projects in Texas. Analyzed data received for use in standardized models for pricing commodities and projects. Worked with deal teams in coordinating commodity solutions. Validated notional pricing with the commodity desk and underwriting in the preliminary and executable deal stages. Defined and managed processes, priorities, and expectations for new power transactions in the ERCOT region: $5.50 MM on 56 transactions in the fourth quarter; $4.74 MM on 47 transactions in 3rd quarter. Identified, analyzed, and priced embedded derivatives and risk components for power transactions involving fixed-price and heat-rate swaps, options, and Swaptions. Created heat rate swap and power Swaptions models.
ANALYST. GLOBAL ENERGY SERVICES EXECC.
5 Months- Worked on special projects as assigned by the Office of Exec:
- 2001 EES Budget Planning.
- EES California Crisis Taskforce
- Space Management Initiatives: Identified and facilitated the realization of $5.9MM in cost savings.
- Sourcing Risk Management: Collaborated with GSS and IAM Best Practices Group to develop sourcing initiatives for capturing organizational efficiencies and savings. Curve development
- Customer Satisfaction: Developed a Cost Matrix to be utilized in Gutenberg deals priced for Service Requests.
- Counterparty Evaluation / New business development.
- Xcelerator-Project Norton: Worked w/ New Business Ventures to research and analyze optimization/commercialization of utility infrastructure to solve Last mile bandwidth issues. Collaborated w/ EBS Bandwidth Risk Management to determine the commercial viability of the venture. End-to-end value proposition addressed managed gigabyte issues along with quality of service (QOS), latency, and security
ANALYST. GLOBAL COMMODITY RISK MANAGEMENT.
1 Year- Priced gas and electric risk management instruments for commercial/industrial customers in regulated and deregulated states.
- Built models for consumption forecasting and financial modeling; provided backcast comparisons of customer baseline versus Enron structured offer.
- Provided broad-based energy structuring support to EES Underwriting Gp. to ensure project risk modeling in ENE risk book.
- Verified energy measurement and savings for Demand Side Management (DSM) Gp.
- Developed energy and power price forecasts through communication with commercial, technical, and regulatory teams.
- Wrote energy analysis reports.
- Provided day-to-day support and ad hoc reporting for Structuring and Origination groups.
- Worked with Rates and Tariff desk to analyze and update rate forecasts.
- Served as commodities risk/structuring point of contact on key aspects of deal valuation.
- Recommended risk mitigation strategies to enhance deal value.
- Structured and managed pricing of large outsource and commodity deals.
Sr. PLANNING SPECIALIST. OTS ADMINISTRATION.
3 Years 1 Month- Served as company comptroller to coordinate/administer yearly expense and capital budgets with +/- 5% accuracy on a budget of $30 MM.
- Prepared monthly analysis and evaluation of actual expenses versus yearly budget plan.
- Performed quarterly current estimates of committed/projected expenditures including revisions to original plan assumptions.
- Aided departmental budget tracking, provided assistance/analysis on trending, making corrections and providing general guidance to dept. managers.
- Managed the Timesheet Reporting system for time and attendance input and reporting capabilities.
- Provided oversight/reconciliation of BI-monthly payroll, OTS monthly billings, and monthly close processes.
- Point of contact for all coding issues, payroll fallout, and other accounting issues on behalf of internal customers.
- Administer processes for setting up and estimating work orders.
- Interface with external customers on behalf of internal customers on billing issues, work order charges, and direct/indirect costs.
- Coordinate with the Director of Administration to prepare quarterly operating reports, business reviews, and board presentations to GPG upper management.
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT ANALYST, PROCUREMENT.
1 Year- Created research and analysis tools for the maintenance and development of National/Regional Purchasing Agreements.
- Developed Market Baskets on purchases and conducted audits on NPA vendors.
- Analyzed reports from MSA, DocView, and DSS to capture Enron expenditures.
- Researched and analyzed savings from NPA pricing.
- Assisted in the selection of commodities for possible NPA/RPA's.
- Worked with contracts group in targeting Enron expenditures.
- Group Webmaster; Developed and maintained department information, training materials, Newsletters, and Directory of Approved Manufacturers on the Intranet. Facilitated and developed programs to automate and streamline the distribution of vital information to field personnel and the Central Distribution Centers (CDC's).
- Created and monitored benchmarks of expenditure with Women and Minority Owned Businesses (WMBE) suppliers.
- Developed and ran reports on expenditure by commodity.
- Created and provided training and manuals to field personnel on new and updated systems; assisted in personnel training.
- Identified and recommended opportunities to reengineer processes and procedures. Performed special projects as required.
Education
Certificate of Project Management
MBA - Finance
B. A. - Managerial Studies and Sports Management
Skills
OATI Software and Trade Agent
Systat
ORACLE
Reflection 4 for Windows
UNIX
Lexis-Nexis
DocView
DSS
HTML
MSA
MS Office Suite
Lotus Notes
Zai' net
Nucleus
Epsilon.
Affiliations
- American Power Dispatchers Association
- Houston Producers Forum
- Young Professional In Energy
- Junior Achievement Volunteer
- Urban Business Initiatives
- National Urban League Young Professionals
HONORS & ACTIVITIES:
Rice University Football Scholarship 1991-1996: NCAA Commissioner's Honor Roll 1995 & 1996., Rice University Volunteer for Youth program, Industrial Energy Consumers of America, Association for Energy Economics, Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund Mentor (Washington DC), National Association of Black Accountants, The Mint Museum Romare Bearden Society, National Black MBA Association, Hope Initiative for Inner City Redevelopment, Charlotte Chamber Of Commerce - Legislative Agenda Task Force, Leadership Charlotte Class XXXII, Metrolina Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) Minority Business Enterprise Input Committee (MBEIC) Chair, Board Member - Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Council (CMSDC)
Disclaimer
References Available Upon Request
Timeline
MANAGING PRINCIPAL. Management Consulting.
ProSidian Consulting LLC.
10.2008 - CurrentRead More
PRINCIPAL. Energy Practice.
SunGard Consulting Services.
03.2008 - 10.2008Read More
Sr. Manager Energy Trading & Risk Management Pract
Ernst & Young, L.L.P.
12.2005 - 03.2008Read More
Sr. Associate Energy & Utilities
KPMG LLP
12.2003 - 12.2005Read More
CHIEF ENERGY BUYER.
MeadWestvaco Corporation.
10.2002 - 12.2003Read More
REAL TIME ENERGY TRADER.
NRG Power Marketing Inc.
03.2002 - 10.2002Read More
ANALYST. GLOBAL ENERGY SERVICES EXECC.
Enron Corporation.
02.2001 - 07.2001Read More
ANALYST. GLOBAL COMMODITY RISK MANAGEMENT.
Enron Corporation.
02.2000 - 02.2001Read More
Sr. PLANNING SPECIALIST. OTS ADMINISTRATION.
Enron Corporation.
01.1997 - 02.2000Read More
ASSOCIATE. Deal Structuring / Management.
Enron Corporation.
01.1996 - 12.2001Read More
PROCESS DEVELOPMENT ANALYST, PROCUREMENT.
Enron Corporation.
01.1996 - 01.1997Read More
George Washington University
Certificate of Project Management
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University of Houston, Bauer College of Business
MBA from Finance
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Rice University
B. A. from Managerial Studies and Sports Management
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