Job Responsibilities
I joined the Power Generation and Supply division of Reliant
Energy to create a fuel market analysis group. This team uses
market fundamentals to develop fuel market strategies and improve
decision-making around the company's power generation and
pipeline assets. I lead and provide guidance of market trends
(e.g., supply/demand balances, price outlooks, LNG impacts, inter-
fuel competition, environmental regulations, and emission
pricing) around hydrocarbon fuels and power generation.
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Job Requirements
I hold a doctorate in Economics from the University of Virginia
and a BS from the University of Wyoming.
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Uppers
Access to senior management as an advisor on critical business issues; being
seen as an industry expert.
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Downers
Lack of professional demenor and ethics by members of the trading
organization.
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Lifestyle
10 hour days with decent flexibility around when the day starts; very little
travel; dress code is business casual with blue jeans on Fridays, but employees
feel free to wear blue jeans, sneakers, and/ot t-shirts whenever their boss isn't
in the office
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Compensation
Base = $130k; Bonus = 20% (based on corporate rather than group
or individual performance); no stock options.
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