ABSTRACT

Mr. Sheridan will give an overview of past versus current overall engineering needs:
- Fields of demand (and fields in decreasing trend)
- Local and Regional needs
- National shifts
- Industry requirements (utilities, Consultants, A/E firms, manufacturers, etc).
- Long-term stability trends in different industries and regions.

He will then suggest the required skill sets for current and future needs:
- Technical strength and experience needs (pockets of shortages/surpluses).
- Is the technical degree enhanced by the business degree.
- How best to leverage experience, graduate degree, multiple degrees.
- Non-technical attributes that enhance the technical degree (language, portability, etc.).
- Resources for the engineer wanting or needing to make a change.

Tony will discuss energy marketing and trading, one of the emerging opportunities in the field, from the practical and operational perspective of LG&E Energy Marketing. LG&E Energy Marketing is part of a corporation with over $5 Billion in assets, with control of over 11,000 MW of generation, and a nationwide presence in all the NERC regions.

He will provide an Overview of the Changes in the "Utility Industry" including:
- The New Industry
- Federal and State changes
- Regional changes
- Power Marketing
- The New Profession.

He will also discuss Louisville Gas & Electric - A utility that has made the change to an "Energy Company"; The role of the "engineer" in the new "energy industry" with emphasis on traditional skills; information flow constraints; skill set, experience, opportunities for growth; stability; long-term employer/employee relationship; compensation strategies in the new environment.

A short tour of PPPL will be given by Mr. Alexander Ilic after the talks.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Mr. Sheridan is the owner of Sheridan's Consulting Services, NJ.

Tony is a Regional Marketing Executive with LG&E Energy Marketing. Before joining LG&E Energy Marketing he was employed by PSE&G as Manager of Wholesale Power Marketing. Prior to that he was a financial and engineering consultant with Raytheon, where he held national and international responsibilities in areas of independent power production, power marketing, regulation, economic audits, utility planning and project development. He also worked with Public Service Company of New Mexico and American Electric Power with responsibilities in system planning and financial and strategic planning.

He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from New York University, a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from The New Jersey Institute of Technology and an MBA from New Mexico University.