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Dave Adams

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David Adams is a partner with ScottMadden and has a diverse career background spanning several industry sectors, including energy and utilities, the federal government, and consumer packaged goods. Over the past 20 years, David has consulted extensively with clients across North America and has program managed rate and regulatory filing processes; led several multi-year technology implementations; guided numerous business planning and strategy engagements; advised clients on business process and information technology (IT) delivery model improvements, and managed the delivery of software and services of an offshore service provider. Prior to joining ScottMadden, David was vice president of global delivery for a leading provider of outsourced technology services to the energy industry. He has also consulted for both Xansa and Navigant Consulting where he specialized in energy industry restructuring and the transition to a competitive marketplace. He started his career with FirstEnergy where he held a number of marketing and sales management roles. David earned a B.B.A. in marketing from Eastern Michigan University and received an M.B.A. from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.

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Recent Assignments

  • Program managed the design and construction of a $100 million campus to provide a new “hub” for a client’s facilities, supply chain, transportation, and transmission and distribution business units. Served in an advisory capacity to the client’s program manager providing subject matter expertise on large capital project management practices and ensuring adherence to schedule and budget
  • Supported the development of a real estate and facilities strategy to identify long-term opportunities to optimize the company’s real estate portfolio considering post-pandemic work models, facility age, and condition
  • Program managed the construction of primary and backup transmission control centers required to manage real-time operations of a client’s new transmission system. Facilitated an integrated approach to planning and execution across independent work streams, including engineering, procurement, construction, technology, operations, and compliance
  • Led an audit of a client’s engineering and construction management practices to identify control gaps and risk points within key operational processes. Identified improvement opportunities and provided recommendations for addressing gaps and strengthening controls and oversight
  • Provided expert support of an engagement to develop recommendations for improving a company’s real-time distribution operation functions, considering greater penetration of automation and staff skills required to manage technology advancements
  • Led the development of a feasibility study on behalf of a transmission utility to evaluate options for constructing control centers to manage independent transmission assets spread across multiple ISOs/RTOs. Drawing on regulatory and local construction market data, a final report was developed to highlight costs, benefits, and risks associated with various alternatives
  • Led an audit of a client’s procurement, sourcing, and contract management practices to identify control gaps and risk points for mitigation. Provided recommendations for addressing gaps and improving controls/oversight of critical practices
  • Program managed a multi-dimensional supply chain transformation initiative for a major electric generation utility to improve effectiveness and efficiency of asset management, strategic sourcing, materials management, contract management, supplier quality, and employee development practices
  • Program managed rate case and regulatory filings for a client’s electric, gas, and steam business units; drafted witness testimony, conducted quality reviews of rate filing documentation, reconciled budgets and cost-of-service models with funding requests, and managed regulatory filing project schedules and delivery adherence
  • Developed written testimony for a client’s advanced metering infrastructure witness panel in support of a recent electric and gas rate case filing with the New York Public Service Commission
  • Program managed the development of the governance framework required to manage a portfolio of projects supporting the client’s role in New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) program; provided strategic guidance on distributed system platforms and integration of distributed energy resources

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