Our Transmission & Distribution (T&D) practice area focuses on the cost and performance effectiveness of all technical, operational, and commercial elements of electric and gas utility networks. Our professional services include the following:
- T&D operational improvement initiatives, with special focus on electric reliability assessment and improvement programs, Asset Management assessments, methods, processes, organizational design, and supporting tools and technology,
- Transmission and Distribution Capital and O&M planning, budgeting, and program design
- Work management and contractor management
- Electric T&D system planning and strategy, including Smart Grid and Micro-Grid technologies
- Fleet investment, management, and operations
- Network or Grid Modernization strategy and planning initiatives that include investment, regulatory, and operational dimensions
Transmission & Distribution Team
Nick Davey
Mark Paulik
Joseph Wargel
Jim Seibert
Jeff Wolfrom
Jeff Cummings
Holly Sheets
Darin Johnson
Nick Davey
Nick Davey serves our Transmission & Distribution practice with 30 years of operations and general management experience in the electric and gas utility industry. He has held several leadership positions inside utilities including running major distribution dispatch centers and running T&D regions for large urban utilities. He holds a B.S. in Engineering from Widener University, and an M.S. in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Mark Paulik
Mark Paulik serves our Transmission & Distribution practice area with over 20 years in the electric utility industry and over 18 years in various business and management roles. He has expertise in engineering and construction for utility distribution and transmission systems, capital project management, and technical/commercial procedure writing. He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois Champaign and an M.B.A. from Northern Illinois University.
Joseph Wargel
Joseph Wargel supports our Transmission & Distribution practice with more than 15 years of enterprise-level IT experience that has been focused on big data structures and advanced data visualization techniques that he originally gained in the banking and capital markets industries as both a management consultant and as a corporate manager. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Information Systems and Operations from Indiana University.
Jim Seibert
Jim Seibert supports multiple practice areas with a 25-year career advising clients in the global energy and utilities industries. His experience with electric, gas, steam, and water utilities on 4 continents has spanned power production, T&D, customer service, and corporate support services. He is a frequent speaker and noted author whose industry views are published in Public Utilities Fortnightly, The Wall Street Journal, Pipeline and Gas Journal, and World Energy and has presented testimony in multiple U.S. and international regulatory proceedings. He has a B.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University, an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Jeff Wolfrom
Jeff Wolfrom has worked for a large investor-owned public utility for over 35 years in electric and gas operations where his career spanned roles as an engineer, supervisor, and manager working in engineering, construction, operations, maintenance, and emergency restoration operations. He has extensive experience developing new work methods, procedures, and safe work practices. He now uses his industry experience and knowledge to assist utility clients to develop operational procedures and plant safety practices in electric power generating stations. Jeff has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lafayette College and an M.B.A. from Widener University.
Jeff Cummings
Jeff Cummings supports multiple practice areas with over 30 years of management consulting experience. He has an extensive background in engineering, strategic, and operational planning for utilities in North America and Asia. He has recently focused on T&D network modernization, electric system cost and service level performance through comparative analyses (benchmarking), and the integration of best practices, project and portfolio management, reliability and risk mitigation, capital investment prioritization, and asset risk strategy. He earned an M.S. in Operations Research from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and a B.S. from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.
Holly Sheets
Holly Sheets supports multiple practice areas with her experience as a management consultant in a multinational firm and as a project manager for a growing independent energy company. In both her consulting and corporate management roles, she led several enterprise initiatives and post-merger integrations and has supported executive leadership with strategic planning and portfolio management. Holly has a B.A. in Business Administration and Marketing from Texas A&M International and an M.S. in Marketing from Texas A&M University.
Darin Johnson
Darin Johnson serves both our Generation and Transmission & Distribution practice areas with 15 years of asset management experience in risk analysis, capital planning, and life-cycle cost analysis for electric T&D, water/wastewater, and hydroelectric generation facilities. Darin is a licensed Professional Engineer of the state of Washington and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington.