Current Position
Director of engineering and energy management for 7-Eleven Corp. "I manage and direct the design, engineering, and implementation of energy conservation strategies and utility optimization initiatives across the company's 6,600 stores in the United States and Canada to drive bottom-line utility cost savings."

Savings Graces
"During the past 20 years, I've developed more than $600 million in energy conservation projects and helped sell and implement $123 million of them. The lifecycle savings from those projects is worth about $250 million."

Why NYIT?
"I had received acceptances at four or five universities. I happened to call NYIT and had a long discussion with Robert Amundsen, chair of the energy management department. I was thoroughly impressed and didn't think about going anywhere else after that."

Favorite NYIT Memory
"Receiving the John Theobald Graduate Achievement Award."

Obstacle Course
"The biggest obstacle facing the energy industry is a lack of awareness of the energy savings potential in corporate America. It is possible for many companies to save tens of millions of dollars in energy costs without much effort. And such programs will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions." These benefits are possible, he adds, if companies employ the right people to run their energy and sustainability programs. "This is where educational institutions such as NYIT can help by graduating qualified professionals and creating awareness."

Favorite Movie
"Gandhi, the story of one frail man leading hundreds of millions of people in an era when televisions didn't exist. He won independence for one-seventh of the population of the world."

Favorite Television Show
America's Funniest Videos

Last Book Read
Limited Liability Companies for Dummies by Jennifer Reuting

Favorite Pastimes
"Skiing with my kids in winter and gardening in summer."

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