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UtiliPoint Speaking Resources

Bruce R. Robinson
Chairman

Mr. Robinson is the senior corporate officer responsible for strategic planning services at UtiliPoint®. He directed the strategic planning and acquisition activities of two New York Stock Exchange Corporations. The author of QuickStrategy and Strategic Acquisitions: A Guide to Growing and Enhancing the Value of Your Business, Mr. Robinson has completed over 40 acquisitions and has significant experience in corporate management at the board level. He actively invests in high technology businesses and co-owns two electronic instrument companies in addition to his investment in UtiliPoint®. He holds a BSEE and an MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Robert C. Bellemare, P.E.
President and CEO

With 20 years of experience in the utility business, Mr. Bellemare advises clients on asset valuation, financial modeling, strategic planning, public issues management, and pricing products and solutions. He previously worked for Fortune 500 utilities in a variety of capacities including managing director of energy services, director of market research, wholesale trading and operations, research and development, distribution engineering and power plant engineering. His experience includes working in one of the largest coal plants in the northeast as well as helping to manage some of the largest solar and wind research projects of their time. Mr. Bellemare was co-lead of the unregulated business merger integration team for the AEP-CSW merger. Recently, he completed a study for a utility client in which the economics of new generation, transmission and energy efficiency investments were contrasted and examined. Mr. Bellemare is frequently quoted in the press and makes public presentations on energy issues, with recent forums including CNBC, the World Energy Council, Energy Risk Mutual and industry regulators. He is a registered professional engineer and holds a master's degree in electric power engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Jon T. Brock
Chief Operating Officer

Senior Strategy Advisor: Mr. Brock has experience as a COO of a utility services business, with a focus on IT services and strategic intelligence. He also has experience in utility business design, business plan development, utility metering services, outsourcing and infrastructure design and development. As Director of CSW retail services, Mr. Brock directed the activities of a large public utility as it entered into the competitive retail energy markets.
Education: BS, Management Science and Computer Systems, MBA
Focus Areas: Utility IT Services, Market Intelligence, Outsourcing, and Marketing

Gary M. Vasey, Ph.D.
Vice President, Trading & Risk Management Practice

Over the course of a 20-year career, Gary has acquired extensive experience in the energy and utilities industry. His professional background includes spells with BP Exploration, Price Waterhouse, Cap Gemini Sogeti, Sybase, and TransEnergy Management, prior to founding and building his own energy consulting company, VasMark Group. VasMark was acquired by UtiliPoint ® International in January 2004. Gary now has responsibility for managing and building UtiliPoint's ® Trading & Risk Management Practice where he and his colleagues have served over 50 companies with insightful industry analysis and consulting serves across North America and Europe.

Ethan Cohen
Director, Utility and Energy Technology, UtiliPoint

Mr. Cohen leads the Utility and Energy Technology Practice and provides custom management consulting, marketing consulting, and energy and utilities industry analysis. Mr. Cohen's current research focuses on the nexus between IT and business process improvement and optimization. Mr. Cohen has recently been engaged in utility information technology and business prudence audits and is working with a select number of companies on business process outsourcing projects and asset management projects. Prior to joining UtiliPoint International, Mr. Cohen was a manager at Blue Ridge Partners, Research Director of Energy and Communications at Aberdeen Group, and a Senior Analyst with The Yankee Group, where he built the first energy technology focused market research and advisory practice. Mr. Cohen holds an AB with subject honors from Vassar College and an MA from Brandeis University.

Patti Harper-Slaboszewicz
Director, AMR/Demand Response

Ms. Harper-Slaboszewicz provides business case development, market research, strategic planning and consulting in the areas of AMR, Demand Response, and AMR Data Management as part of the UtiliPoint International’s Utility and Energy Technology practice. Ms. Harper-Slaboszewicz wrote the UtiliPoint AMR Report providing benchmark information on the business case for AMR, future rate plans of electric utilities, and AMR data management. Ms. Harper-Slaboszewicz formerly was a member of the Frost and Sullivan energy consulting group, and also worked at Utility.com, a competitive energy service provider, and at PG&E, a large electric and gas utility in California. She holds a B.A. in mathematics and an M.A. in economics from the University of California Berkeley.

J. Christopher Perdue
Director, Market Research

Perdue directs UtiliPoint's market research efforts which result in special reports/analyses for corporate clients. In addition, Mr. Perdue's expertise includes forecasting of load, economic development, financial consulting, research, and retail solutions development and support at energy companies. Mr. Perdue has work experience at Excelergy, Duke Solutions, Central and South West, and Gulf States Utilities. Mr. Perdue most recently served at American Electric Power in roles with the software and technology company Excelergy. He holds a B.B.A. in Economics from Belmont College and a M.A. in Economics from Vanderbilt University.