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 25 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.
Rebecca
Schafer
- Dallas,
Texas
Senior Manager - (SEE FULL RESUME)
Ms. Schafer is a Senior Manager 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.
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.
