Manager Power Plant

WILLIAM H. ADAMS, P.E.

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Plantation, FL 33324 Email: ****.*****@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Results-oriented Controller with extensive experience in budgeting, financial analysis, and forecasting.

Flexible and self-motivated Project Planner and Forecaster, able to schedule and execute, in a fast-paced,

customer driven environment. Team leader and player with excellent team building and coaching skills

who motivates and mentors staff to be promoted to the next level. Detail oriented who meets and

exceeds deadlines. Outstanding communication, presentation, and professional time management skills.

Strengths include:

Six Sigma Greenbelt Budgeting Expertise Process Improvement

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Certified Safety Conscious Procedural Efficiency

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Negotiation Skills Analysis Bottom Line Driven

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Military Experience Forecasting Managerial Finance

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, Miami, FL 1998 - Current

Controller/Sr. Business Analyst (2008-Present)

Six Sigma Project Leader for Inventory Control which resulted in a 1.4 million dollar savings.

Implemented SAP 6.0 project.

• 4 direct reports and 28 indirect reports,

• Manage a 13 Million Dollar Operations and Maintenance Budget and a 33 Million Dollar Capital

Budget for a 845 Megawatt Power Plant.

• Developed Operation Model Procedures, start up/shut down procedures, oversaw million dollar

overhauls of Combustion Turbines and Steam Turbines

• Responsible for a 6.7 million dollar warehouse

• Purchasing agent responsible for vendor negotiations and contract agreements.

Senior Financial Analyst (2007-2008)

Six Sigma Project Team for predicting and modeling New Service Accounts. Increased cost codes and

cost centers from 2 to 14 to accurately capture costs and allow for better analysis.

• Assembled spreadsheets, charts, and graphs for CEO and CFO to determine best allocation of

dollars for 2008 budget. Recommended and justified a cost per New Service Account that was

approved, without change.

• Developed and received approval for 2008 budget of $61M for 4 management areas.

Distribution Crew Manager and Resource Manager (1998 - 2007)

Directed and Coordinated 110 field bargaining personnel for Hurricane Wilma storm restoration effort.

Restored power to 85% of 305,000 customers in two week period for a three week restoration event.

• Executed annual operational budget of $14M, ensuring budget goals were met in 2 year period

and maintained goals in targets within set points.

• Interviewed and hired personnel for administration assistant positions, negotiated salaries, start

dates, and contracts.

• Conducted annual service center audits, ensuring all documentation, petty cash, and controllable

items were maintained and accounted for. Of the three years, only 5% of items required minor

correction action.

• Received, paid, and rejected contractor invoices for services rendered.

• Improved the turn-around time from job completion to payment from 9 months to 3 months.

• Ensured invoices were true and accurate and contractor work was to Florida Power and Light

Standards.

• Implemented a Safety Response Team in which 10 safety improvements were adopted in the

service center in a 3 month period. There were zero accidents for the remainder of the year due to

the improvements.

AMWAY CORPORATION, Ada, Michigan 1994 - 1998

Recycling Center Manager (1997 - 1998)

Managed two shift operation of 13 people in the sorting, bailing, warehousing, and transportation of

recyclable material.

• Rescheduled sorting operation in which in a three month period, the recycled percentage of

material improved 5% to a total of 80% of all waste.

• Negotiated a 10% increase in income for recycled material, price of material above book value.

• Created a computerized inventory for the selling of unused capital equipment.

Second Shift / Third Shift Maintenance Manager (1994 - 1997)

Directed the maintenance and upkeep of 65 buildings for the electrical, plumbing, HVAC equipment,

overhead doors, and other associated building repairs with over 4 million square feet of floor space.

• Received performance recognition award for decreasing down time of equipment by 10%.

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

Lieutenant 03, US NAVY, San Diego, CA 1988 – 1994

Instructor for Junior and Senior Officers Newport RI

Shipboard Communications Officer and Engineering Officer San Diego, CA

Tours of Duty: Desert Shield, Desert Storm

EDUCATION / LICENSES

Master in Business Administration(MBA), Finance

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering (BSME), Energy and Fluids

University of Texas, Austin, TX

Professional Engineering (PE) License

Private Pilots License

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