Brian Burgin
Louisville,KY
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven risk management professional with over 20-years of experience in developing and executing commodity risk strategies for diverse client portfolios. Proven track record in leading teams, optimizing risk strategy decision-making, and enhancing operational efficiency. Skilled in integrating renewable projects, preparing and presenting market fundamentals, and liaising with key stakeholders to communicate risk and secure organizational buy-in. Adept at managing global portfolios, negotiating contracts, and developing innovative tools to improve risk management processes.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Director, NAM Risk Management
Schneider-Electric
08.2023 - Current
- Lead a team of six risk managers and analysts to develop and execute commodity risk strategies on behalf of a diverse book of client portfolios with aggregate energy spend of nearly $1 Billion.
- Facilitated the development of innovative tools that optimize risk strategy decision-making, enhancing employee efficiency by approximately 15% and increasing effectiveness of our risk management processes.
- Serve as part of the senior leadership team, aligning global service delivery, defining service language, developing new services, and prioritizing technology enhancements to boost operational efficiency and consistency.
- Lead a global team to integrate renewable projects into traditional brown power generation strategies.
Senior Risk Manager
Schneider-Electric
11.2012 - 08.2023
- Facilitate the creation of tailored risk management purchasing strategies in alignment with unique client corporate risk profiles.
- Prepare and present complex fundamentals of crude oil, crude products, natural gas, and electric power (both brown + green) markets to help clients identify portfolio price risk and quantify commodity exposures to optimize strategy execution.
- Liaise with clients' internal key stakeholders to outline market strategies, communicate risk, and coach on best practices to secure buy-in at all levels.
- Frequently support CM and Sales teams in prospect presentations on Commodity Services delivery as well as supporting discussion in other operational areas of Sustainability Business.
Client Energy Manager
Summit Energy Services
10.2009 - 11.2012
- Managed a global portfolio representing an annual revenue of $1.5MM, with an annual energy spend of $500+MM.
- Responsible for understanding the basic operation of the individual clients and prospects including their business operation, key contacts and their respective roles, market risk tolerance and their industry pressures.
- Responsible for the expanding scope of work, as well as client contract renewal and negotiations, with a client retention rate of 100%+.
Sourcing Analyst
Summit Energy Services
12.2006 - 10.2009
- Manage strategic purchasing for a natural gas and electric power supply portfolio composed of industrial and commercial end-users in the deregulated markets of the Western United States.
- Conduct and coordinate Request for Proposals (RFP’s) through multiple and diverse supplier contacts.
- Document and present supply recommendations to clients through written deliverables and direct means.
- Negotiate natural gas and power supply contracts on behalf of large industrial and commercial end-users.
Supply Analyst
Constellation New Energy-Gas Division
05.2006 - 10.2006
- Extensive experience day trading and basis trading on multiple pipelines across the U.S.
- Expected to be alert of changes in cash markets and forward basis markets to optimize assets and to take advantage of arbitrage opportunities.
- Managed assigned pipelines forward position by tracking physical supply purchases, financial purchases, and index purchases versus customer demand. Expected to stay within a ten percent supply/demand risk tolerance.
- Executed spot and term transactions with many diversified counterparties.
Scheduling Analyst
Constellation New Energy-Gas Division
08.2004 - 05.2006
- Responsible for the daily nomination of natural gas to large industrial end-users through North American pipeline system.
- Assist in the analysis of pipeline grid and associated cost structure and provide savings based on most cost-efficient routing of supply.
- Required to maintain consolidated report of aggregated customers by utility/pipeline to assists the company’s Operational Analysts in deciding daily transactions.
- Contributing author in “FMA Market Update”, a publication that determines importance of economic, meteorological, and geopolitical issues used to set hedging strategy given to FMA and CNEGD customers.
Marketing Analyst
Constellation New Energy-Gas Division
08.2003 - 08.2004
- Interpreted daily economic factors and market data to create and implement short- and long-term natural gas purchasing strategies to meet customer demand.
- Served as the customers’ main point of contact to explain impact of utility and pipeline operational tariff and flow restriction information.
- Responsible for the development and presentation of natural gas consumption reports, inventory reports, daily flow reports, NYMEX hedging, and financial statements to internal departments and external clientele.
- Assisted Energy Sales Consultants through research of prospective markets and maintenance of current accounts.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance
University of Louisville
Louisville, KYSkills
- Project management
- Strategic leadership
- Analytical thinking
- Coaching and mentoring
- Team collaboration and leadership
- Critical thinking
- Relationship building
- Contract management
- Data analysis
- Negotiation
- Risk analysis
- Financial management
Accomplishments
- Several Dean’s List distinctions, 1994-2000.
- Awarded Air Force Achievement Medal for outstanding achievement 1995, 2004.
- Awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal for support of Operations Southern Watch and Enduring Freedom during a deployment to Prince Sultan Air Base, KSA 2002.
- Awarded the Kentucky Merit Ribbon for exceptional service from October 2002 – August 2004.
- Graduate of “The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People” course.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, Proficiency in MS Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint and financial based software such as Bloomberg, ProphetX and Reuters.
Timeline
Associate Director, NAM Risk Management
Schneider-Electric
08.2023 - Current
Senior Risk Manager
Schneider-Electric
11.2012 - 08.2023
Client Energy Manager
Summit Energy Services
10.2009 - 11.2012
Sourcing Analyst
Summit Energy Services
12.2006 - 10.2009
Supply Analyst
Constellation New Energy-Gas Division
05.2006 - 10.2006
Scheduling Analyst
Constellation New Energy-Gas Division
08.2004 - 05.2006
Marketing Analyst
Constellation New Energy-Gas Division
08.2003 - 08.2004
Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance
University of Louisville
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