Tampa Electric Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of TECO Energy, Inc. (TECO), which is a subsidiary of Emera Inc., a geographically diverse energy and services company headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

He is responsible for the development and execution of corporate and asset acquisition and divestiture transactions for Tampa Electric and its affiliated companies. Significant transactions that he has supported include the $6.5 billion sale of TECO to Emera Inc. in 2016, the sale of TECO Coal in 2015, the $950 million acquisition of New Mexico Gas Company in 2014, the $228 million sale of TECO’s Guatemalan generation assets in 2012 and the $405 million sale of TECO Transport in 2007.

Prior to joining the Business Strategy, Policy and Analysis department at TECO, he worked at TECO’s independent power subsidiary, TECO Power Services, Inc., arranging over $1.875 billion in non-recourse financing for power projects and TECO’s Treasury department on a variety of corporate finance activities. Prior to joining TECO, he worked in the investment banking department at Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated in New York.

He has an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in Economics and Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont.