MELANIE MAN
Mobile: 484-***-**** Email: *******.***@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
. 6 Years progressive experience in Wholesale and Retail Energy
Markets and Operations in RTOs/ISOs including PJM, SPP, ERCOT,
IESO, SERC, NEISO and MISO
. Results orientated team player with excellent interpersonal skills
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EXELON GENERATION, Kennett Square, PA; Feb 2007 - present
Trade Floor Analyst, Trading & Origination; Jul 2008 - present
. Trading Operations
o Actively support traders in analyzing strategic power trading
opportunities including analysis on balancing and ancillary
service bidding, spark spreads, optimal heat rates and financial
impact of outages
o Schedule power for ERCOT, SPP, SERC and PJM in a timely and
accurate manner following ISO operating protocols and the EEI
agreement using systems such as nMarket, OATI and PJM eSuites
o Track Schedule Control Error and interface with ERCOT
representative to dispute interval failures
. Strategy & Performance Analysis
o Calculate daily, weekly and monthly P&L for units and trading
strategies to understand results of operational and trading
decisions
o Lead cross functional team and successfully implemented new
metrics for performance measurement
o Present weekly analysis and reports to senior management on fuel
prices and power market trends and portfolio financial
performance
o Support contract management group in optimizing management of
Power Purchase Agreements by creating and implementing tools to
measure and track performance of counterparties
o Initiate other analysis including PJM capacity EFORp
calculations, capacity bidding strategies and hydro unit
optimization
Risk Analyst, Risk Management; Feb 2007 - Jul 2008
. Design and implement risk control procedures and reports including
total retail electricity purchases and customer renewal tracking
reports
. Ensure all bilateral commodity transactions are accurately
captured and confirmed in internal ETRM system
. Enforce risk control policies, including trading limits,
delegation of authority and credit violations
DIRECT ENERGY, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Aug 2004 - Feb 2007
Energy Portfolio Analyst, Product Structuring & Portfolio Management
. Manage large customer base by providing various analysis on mark
to market, gross margin, revenue, consumption load, supply
position for management decision making
. Prepare daily Ontario and Manitoba gas price indicators for
pricing of fixed price contract customers
. Create monthly natural gas & electricity market reports detailing
changes in market price, material regulatory developments and
other relevant market analysis
. Build and implement quantitative tools, such as Regulated Pricing
Plan forecasting model
ONTARIO POWER GENERATION, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Summer 2001 and
Summer 2002
Analyst, Corporate Finance
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
PJM SYSTEMS OPERATOR CERTIFICATION (in progress); ERCOT OPERATIONAL
SEMINAR 2009, 2010
THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO, London, Ontario, Canada
Bachelor of Administrative and Commercial Studies, with Honors, 2004.
Major: Finance and Economics.