Joined the Company in 1979. Educated at the University of Minnesota and the College of St. Scholastica he is a Professional Engineer. At Minnesota Power: Started as a Transmission Planning Engineer and moved into resource planning and fuels planning. Was named Manager of Strategic Fuels Planning and then Manager and Director of Large Industrial Marketing. In 1998 he was named Vice President of Minnesota Power and in 2000 became Vice President-Strategic Initiatives and Chief Operating Officer of MPEX. Was named Senior Vice President Strategy and Planning in February of 2007. |