Professionals
Our consulting professionals are highly qualified, with deep industry expertise, and many years of relevant experience. They are committed to the satisfaction of our clients. This adds up to value provided.
Dan V. Jackson - Dallas, TexasManaging Director - (SEE FULL RESUME)
Mr. Jackson received his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and has approximately 22 years experience in consulting for telecommunications and regulated utilities clients. Mr. Jackson has provided advice to dozens of public and private sector clients on telecommunications, water and wastewater and regulated utilities issues. His services have included economic impact studies, pro forma financial analyses, rate and cost of service studies, market and competitor analyses, system and demographic analyses, operations reviews, system valuation studies, and the economic feasibility of desalination as a water treatment alternative. Additionally, he has completed several water and wastewater rate studies and financial plans for communities along the US-Mexico Border for the North American Development Bank. He has conducted dozens of public hearings in front of ratepayers and City Councils to explain the rationale behind proposed rate adjustments. These cities have been as diverse as Texas/Arizona/Mexico border communities, resort towns, high-income suburbs, major cities, and rural communities. Mr. Jackson has provided expert testimony on his opinions before state court, federal court, and public utility commissions.
Robert E. Young - Portland, OregonManaging Director - (SEE FULL RESUME)
Mr. Young is a nationally recognized expert in all phases of economic and financial analysis for regulated industries. He was a pioneer in the development and use of linear programming models (optimization or least-cost planning models) for electric utility resource planning and rate design, developing such a model for Portland General Electric in 1980. Subsequent adoption of linear planning models by other utilities, commissions and public interest groups led to wide spread use of linear programming and other forms of optimization models by utilities throughout the US for the determination of future resource requirements. Mr. Young has provided expert testimony on cost allocation and rate design before the Oregon Public Utility Commission, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC), the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Recently, Mr. Young prepared an expert report and reply report in a contract dispute between two aluminum companies before the International Chamber of Commerce, International Court of Arbitration. He successfully completed several far-reaching engagements for BPA, including a comprehensive assessment of their fiber optic strategy, a review of their financial strategy, and development of an information systems architecture plan for the Transmission Business Line (TBL). Mr. Young advised TBL on development of new transmission billing, metering, scheduling and contracts systems. He has also provided strategy consulting to US Generating Co. and PacifiCorp. Mr. Young has assisted large high-tech manufacturing companies with negotiating open access electric power sales agreements, and advised a large independent power producer on electric power pricing issues for a proposed new aluminum smelter. Mr. Young has taught a variety of classes on engineering economics, regulatory economics and accounting, rate of return, cost allocation and rate design, and economic and financial analysis at utilities throughout the Pacific Northwest. Mr. Young has broad-based background in regulated industries and brings over 25 years of experience in a wide variety of issues.
JoLynn Rains - (SEE FULL RESUME)
JoLynn Rains is a Principal Consultant with Economists.com. She has worked as an Economist in the electric and natural gas industries for the past 13 years. Mrs. Rains has advised national retail customers on issues relating to electricity budgets, evaluation of electric and natural gas tariff applications and review of contracts with private parties, utilities and property management companies. She has been involved in extensive statistical research, data compilation and analytical review for natural gas and electric restructuring projects throughout the United States. She has provided quantitative and qualitative research, analysis and support for testimony filed before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Oregon, Washington, Utah and California Public Utilities Commission. Mrs. Rains has managed RFP issuances and responses and made recommendations for clients in the procurement of natural gas and electricity in the deregulated market place.
Ms. Schafer is a Senior Consultant with Economists.com. She brings extensive customer service experience from the telecom and utiltities industries. Her ten years of private sector consulting experience inludes involvement in numerous water, wastewater and solid waste rate studies with Economists.com as well as the development of operations infrastructure, process and procedure development, and soft skills assessment and training for clients in a wide range of private sector industries. She holds an MBA degree in Marketing and Management from the University of Phoenix and a BS in Business Administration from Indiana University.
Mr. Clapsaddle is a 25-year veteran of the telecommunications industry, servicing clients for both Economists.com and as president of Telecom Consulting Services. In this capacity he has designed and implemented single and multi-location telecommunications systems, and has provided advisory services throughout the southwestern US and Latin America. He is the founding member and Past President of the Shared Telecommunications Association of Texas. His general management experience includes senior-level positions with both large and small telecommunications companies. Mr. Clapsaddle began his career at Southwestern Bell. He served as President of US Metroline Services, a competitive local exchange company. Finally, he was General Manager for Sharecom-Austin LP where he significantly improved company performance in order to facilitate a successful sale of the company. Mr. Clapsaddle is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.
Mr. Dennis is the Chairman of the Microelectronics Department of Portland Community College. He is also a Principle of Steaming Kettle Consulting and a Principal Consultant for Economists.com. He has served on the faculty of PCC since 1995, and before that was an Associate Staff Member of MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory. During his career he has enlisted companies such as Intel, Wacker Siltronic and Maxim to donate materials, begin scholarship programs and enhance recruiting efforts. He has lectured in courses ranging from basic analog and digital electronics to robotics and semiconductor processing. He received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University.
Mr. Fuller has over twenty-five years experience in large-scale information systems design, development, and implementation. He also has extensive experience in accounting and administrative department organization, operations, and productivity; information systems strategic planning; and, information technology management. He has directed numerous information systems projects for both public and investor-owned utilities. He was previously a partner in the international accounting and consulting firm Deloitte and Touche, where he was the national director of information technology consulting to the utility industry. He received his Masters degree from George Mason University and is a Certified Management Consultant.
Mr. Goebel has over twenty five years experience in economic forecasting, cost-benefit evaluations, cost accounting, rate development, mathematical and statistical analyses, resources allocation studies, long-term financial projections, computer modeling, and service measurement systems. He has conducted market condition and feasibility studies for both public and private agencies. Additionally, he has had considerable background in developing, implementing and operating public works management systems and has managed one of the largest public works organizations in the Pacific Northwest, the City of Portland, Oregon. The unique combination training and experience in economics and practical expertise gained in a highly productive public works career makes his leadership on projects an essential ingredient for their success. The rate and contract methodology that Mr. Goebel pioneered in Portland pioneered is still employed by the City to this day.
Mr. Harrison is an accomplished energy and utility services corporate strategist who has been at the forefront of industry transformation for twenty years - initiating mergers & acquisitions, guiding technology-driven business ventures, creating innovation customer and partnership relationships, and assisting corporate officers in pursuit of global expansion. He received his BA in Economics from Stanford University and worked with CH2M Hill, Inc. as a consulting economist where he specialized in rate structure developments for utilities and performing resource-based business studies. Mr. Harrison obtained his MBA from Harvard University and worked for PacifiCorp and its predecessor and affiliated power, coal and telecom companies in a variety of leadership roles. He spearheaded market-based initiatives, managing Market Research & Planning department activities that encompassed new product development, competitor analysis and major account management. Follow a role directing line management and operating functions for one of three key geographic regions of the company, he became Business Strategy Manager, leading a team that provided strategic planning and analysis to the CEO and senior officers of the company. In this role he supervised the evaluation of acquisition targets, forged business alliances with venture capital and global equipment makers and was instrumental in laying the strategic groundwork for PacifiCorp’s evolution to a global energy company. To implement this strategy, he was tapped to head the firm’s business development initiatives in Latin America. From a Sao Paulo base, he managed the work of due diligence teams comprised of teams from European, American and Latin American interests and their bidding strategies for major assets of the newly privatized Brazilian power sector.
