Management Manager

RISHI SADAGOPAN

Email: *****.*.*********@*****.*** Phone - 713-***-****

CAREER OVERVIEW

Seasoned leader, with in-depth experience in the Energy and Construction Industry. Proactive in leading many initiatives across energy disciplines and functional areas,

including Capital Management Program, Project Controls, Project & Cost Reporting, Performance Management, Financial Analysis, Balanced Scorecard, Construction

Management, Strategy Development & Planning and Budget Management. Education includes MBA in Finance and degrees in Civil & Environmental Engineering from

top ranked schools.

WORK EXPERIENCE

NRG ENERGY, Houston TX 2007 - Present

Manager – Financial Planning and Analysis – EPC Group

• Capital Projects - Managed and provided insight on EPC Capital Projects (Repowering, Environmental, and Renewable projects - $8 Billion) including monitoring and

reporting. Coordinated accrual information on projects, cost reports and variance reports. Developed dashboard reporting.

• Merger Integration – Led the GenOn & NRG merger integration efforts for Reporting.

• Performance Reporting and Strategy - Responsible for a number of performance reports for senior management such as EPC Monthly Reports, COO Quarterly

Presentations, CEO reports, Board Presentation, Earnings presentations, and Request for Expenditure approvals.

• Cost and Schedule Management – Direct & prepare cost reports for EPC projects. Strong interaction with project managers, procurement, project controls and

finance staff.

• Budgeting & Forecasting - Established a monitoring, forecasting and reporting process for the EPC G&A budget for senior management. Directed/managed the

2007 to 2013 Budget for the EPC business units. Provide monthly variance reporting. Departmental coordinator for preparation of the annual budget and quarterly

forecast updates and the annual business plan.

• Accounting Close - Participated in accounting close meetings and quarterly Controller Meetings. Supported accounting related activities such as labor reclass,

billing rates, accounting policy updates

• 10-K & 10-Q - Provided EPC commitments to be used for 10-K and 10-Q disclosure requirements. Other EPC disclosures provided as well.

• SARBOX and Internal Controls – Monitored on a quarterly basis.

• Policies - Provided active role in responding to internal and external audit queries and participated in the procedure/policy development and monitoring for EPC.

Participated in system implementation process.

• Technical - Mentored analysts. JDE/BPC/SAP experience.

DTE ENERGY, Detroit MI 2000-2007

Principal Financial Analyst – Financial Consolidation Group

• Capital Investment – Led the development and implementation of the Capital Investment Practice for DTE Energy. Developed Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model.

• Balanced Scorecard - Lead Coordinator for Enterprise Performance Scorecard Reporting and Analyses for Business Units and Corporate. Prior to this developed

and implemented the Balanced Scorecard for DTE Energy across all business units. Well versed with Energy Sector performance metrics.

• Accounting – Participated in monthly accounting activities.

• Modeling - Long Term Model Lead for the 5 year Financial Plan including development of IS, BS and Cash flows.

• PEP - Lead for Performance Excellence Process Improvement initiative. Tracked all projects for O&M, Capital and Cost Savings.

• Merger Projects - Directed prioritization of IT merger and non-merger capital projects. Performed due diligence on a number of IT projects.

• Lead Coordinator for the preparation of the 2007 Annual Budget for DTE Energy including Utilities and Non Utilities and the presentation for Board of Directors

• Lead for Quarterly Performance/S1/S2 Preparation and Review.

Principal Financial Analyst - Regulatory Policy and Operations

• Regulatory - Provided expert witness testimony for the $100 million 2004 Net Stranded Cost Case and Revenue Requirements for Electric Rate Unbundling Cases

• Responsible for providing the input for regulatory footnotes for the 10-Q/K SEC filings.

• Back Up for Revenue Requirement Witness for the Main Electric Rate Case.

• Worked with a team for the 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 Net Stranded Cost case for filing and testimony to the Michigan Public Service Commission.

• Assisted in the approval from SEC and the resumption of FAS 71for the generation business.

Senior Analyst – Strategic Planning and Development

• Strategy - Assisted in the establishment of Integrated Planning Process for DTE Senior Management.

• Utilized systems thinking in developing DTE Strategy and the Distributed Generation model for Energy Services.

• DTE/MCN Transition Management Group Team member: Merger Implementation Plan and Knowledge Management for DTE/MCN merger.

THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, Midland, MI Summer 1999

Intern

• Developed Customer Profitability Financial Model for $350 M Emulsion Polymer business

• Formulated Strategic objectives for financial model in consultation with Global Leadership Team, Controllers, Marketing, Supply Chain, and R&D

CITY OF KALAMAZOO, Kalamazoo, MI 1994-1998

Capital Projects Manager

• Managed complex capital projects. Overall responsibility for all phases of the Capital Projects construction

• Introduced Activity Based Costing for City services designed to save $6 million annually and received a recognition award by City

• Worked with 25 team members in $100 million budget preparation for City

RUST ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE, INC, Fairfax, VA 1990-1994

Consultant

• Identified business opportunities in water/wastewater resulting in $3 million contract with Frederick Co.

• Provided quality control at Mountain View landfill including methane gas collection

• Presented paper on "Objective Analysis of Collection Systems"

• Worked with management, contractors and field staff in the design and construction of a $2 million Wastewater Treatment Plant

RAO & ASSOCIATES, Madras, India 1986-1988

Associate

Developed new markets for the Real Estate business

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ann Arbor, Michigan Master of Business Administration (MBA- Finance)

VIRGINIA TECH Blacksburg, VA MS in Environmental Engineering

Awarded Edna Bailey Sussman Fellowship

• Developed computer model that enables energy (coal, oil, gas & electricity) data monitoring

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Madras, India BS in Civil Engineering

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