Established in 1998, Global Energy Partners is a premier provider of energy and environmental engineering and technical services to utilities, energy companies, research organizations, government/ regulatory agencies and private industry.

Global’s offerings range from strategic planning to turn-key program design and implementation and technology applications.

Global is an employee-owned consulting organization committed to helping its clients achieve strategic business objectives with a staff of world-class experts, state of the art tools and proven methodologies.

Over the last decade, the organization has worked with more than 100 major clients, establishing a proven track record of providing clients with exceptional performance and cost effective, high quality results.

The mission of Global Energy Partners, LLC is to be a premier provider of:

• Energy efficiency and demand response solutions- long-range planning, program design and implementation
• Energy use technology applications- assessments and demonstrations
• Energy use optimization for commercial, industrial, municipal and agricultural energy users
• Integrated Resource Planning and DSM planning, development and regulatory interface

To our valued customers: utilities, energy companies, research organizations, government/ regulatory agencies and private industry.

Global was formed in 1998 as a joint venture of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the Gas Research Institute, and DMJMH+N, an international A&E firm and part of the AECOM family of companies, to address energy efficiency market transformation initiatives. In January 2000, Global acquired NEOS Corporation, an energy consulting firm that had been working with utilities, private industry and government agencies since 1984. In 2005 EPRI became the sole partner of Global Energy Partners. Then in 2006 Global became an independent, 100% employee owned company.

Global is proud of its rich history and valuable affiliations. Global continues to do significant work with EPRI on a contractual basis including recent studies on National energy efficiency potentials, Advanced Technologies for Energy Efficiency in Residential and Commercial Buildings; Technology Research Opportunities for Efficient Water Treatment and Use; Market Assessment for Client’s Power Generation Technology and various technology assessments.

Global continues to be involved in programs that were developed in our early days with EPRI such as the continuous update of the DEEM database and delivery of sector-specific end-use energy programs.

Our world-class team of energy industry executives, engineers and economists offer broad and deep expertise to clients.

Ken Gudger
Chairman of the Board

Mr. Gudger serves as Chairman of the Board of Global and was instrumental in its formation in 1998. Mr. Gudger provides principal-level support to clients in strategic management consulting, market assessment and development, and utility restructuring and market transformation.

For over 15 years Mr. Gudger held numerous senior management positions at Southern California Edison Company in transmission, substations, distribution, customer service, energy efficiency, and marketing. In 1991, Mr. Gudger assumed executive leadership of Southern California Edison's Energy Efficiency Program. As Vice President of Energy Efficiency, his organization developed a reputation as a nationwide leader in the energy efficiency industry. Through his leadership, his organization received special recognition from energy customers, national and state legislators and regulators, and various special interest groups such as the Natural Resources Defense Council. After leaving Edison in 1996 he provided advice and consulting services to those involved in the new and emerging deregulated American electric energy industry.

Mr. Gudger holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from California Polytechnic University and has taken graduate courses in Management from University of Southern California.

 

John A. Kotowski, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Kotowski, the CEO of Global, has over twenty-five years of experience managing and directing major technical support service contracts for commercial clients and government entities. Prior to Global's acquisition of NEOS Corporation, Dr. Kotowski was owner and President of NEOS, which he founded in 1984.

Dr. Kotowski has been directly involved in various energy related technical support and technology development/applications for electric and gas utilities and commercial/industrial clients. These efforts have focused on energy efficiency, demand side management, load management, energy and water conservation, environmental studies, and energy systems technology development and application. In addition, Dr. Kotowski has directed key market analyses, strategic planning, and marketing implementation activities for commercial clients. Most recently, Dr. Kotowski has been involved in assisting utility clients and large energy end-users in developing energy and environmental efficiency improvement strategies.

Dr. Kotowski has also been directly involved in engineering evaluations, feasibility analyses, and the design, development, and operation of key resource management and alternative energy utilization projects. In addition, he has provided written and oral Expert Witness Testimony regarding utility resource planning and demand-side management before public utilities commissions.

Dr. Kotowski holds a B.S. in Chemistry from St. Mary's College and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Boston College.

 

Jane V. Kotowski
Chief Financial Officer

As CFO of Global, Ms. Kotowski is responsible for corporate administration, management of corporate policies and procedures, and human resources. She negotiates and administers all Global contracts and subcontracts, and is responsible for implementing Global's cost and pricing structure. Ms. Kotowski provides oversight for financial planning, accounting management, including in-house preparation of financial statements, reports, and corporate annual operating/business plan. With administrative management responsibilities for multi-year, multi-million dollar cost-type federal government contracts, she has had extensive experience meeting rigorous audit requirement (e.g., Defense Contract Audit Agency) as well as state and federal compliance requirements.

Prior to Global's acquisition of NEOS Corporation, Ms Kotowski was co-owner and Vice President of NEOS. Ms. Kotowski has experience providing infrastructure development and implementation services to start-up companies. She was instrumental in the formation of the Photovoltaic Services Network, Inc. a non-profit utility member organization and was one of the co-founders of Altair Energy LLC, a solar energy services company.

Ms. Kotowski holds a B.A. in Arts and Education from Holy Names College.

 

Patricia Hurtado
Vice President

As a Vice President for Global Energy Partners, Ms. Hurtado manages the firm's Technology Applications Division. Ms. Hurtado oversees the management of five Technology Application Programs: the Agriculture Production and Food Processing Program; the Commercial, Residential, and Healthcare Program; the Industrial Program, the Water and Wastewater Program, and the Demand Response Program. These membership programs identify, evaluate, and demonstrate the application of energy efficiency technologies and beneficial electrotechnologies to help energy companies enhance their relationships with their energy use customers. Ms. Hurtado provides project management for studies that involve technical, economic and market-related aspects of the electric utility sector, including energy efficiency technology applications, electrotechnology applications, identification and analysis of new products and services, market potential of distributed resource solutions, and renewable power services.

Prior to joining Global and NEOS, Ms. Hurtado was an independent consultant in South America for three years where she conducted studies to restructure the energy distribution sectors of several public utilities, evaluate the technical and economic potential of privatization, and design privatization procedures for electric utilities. Ms. Hurtado was an associate with Barakat & Chamberlin for four years where she provided demand-side management analysis, utility resource and strategic planning, forecasting, and rate design and analysis for the firm's utility clients.

Ms. Hurtado holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. She is also a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) in California.

 

Mark Reedy, P.E.
Vice President

As a Vice President with Global, Mr. Reedy provides project management for assignments involving program design, program implementation, energy conservation measure analysis, distributed generation feasibility studies, rate analysis, rate design, building analysis and engineering modeling. Mr. Reedy was the Project Manager for three highly successful, third-party, turn-key energy efficiency programs that cost-effectively reduced consumer annual energy consumption by 34,502 MWh and 4.8 MW.

Prior to joining Global, Mr. Reedy spent six years with DMJM preparing feasibility studies and evaluating the use of microturbines and reciprocal engines using different fuels to reduce consumer's electric costs. Mr. Reedy has worked with various gas combustion turbine manufacturers to develop marketing strategies aimed at the distributed generation market. In addition, Mr. Reedy has worked with a number of electric utilities to identify and qualify distributed generation projects.

Prior to joining DMJM, Mr. Reedy was the Manager of rates and regulatory affairs for Plains Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative where he supervised a multi-functional team to develop revenue requirements, cost-of-service studies, rate designs, and testimony associated with rate case filings. For fifteen years, Mr. Reedy held positions of increasing responsibility at Wisconsin Electric Power Company where he implemented a large demand-side management program, developed innovative business plans, designed electric rates, and prepared economic analyses.

Mr. Reedy holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado and is a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Wisconsin.

 

Ingrid Rohmund
Vice President

As a Vice President for Global Energy Partners, Ms. Rohmund manages the firm's Energy and Planning Analysis division. Ms. Rohmund provides project management, for studies related to energy efficiency planning and energy efficiency demand response program design. Ms. Rohmund has two decades experience modeling and performing statistical analysis of energy use at the national, regional, and utility service-area levels to understand how customers use energy today and to estimate how that is likely to change as a result of demographics, technology advances and innovation, building codes and equipment standards and utility programs.

In support of these analysis projects, she has initiated and executed dozens of large-scale market research efforts for utilities across the U.S. Ms. Rohmund also directed development of several software tools, including energy-analysis software, building simulation software, technology assessment software, and end use forecasting models.

Ms. Rohmund received BA degrees in Economics and Political Science from the University of Californian at San Diego and an MBA degree from the University of California at Irvine.

 

Gregory A. Wikler
Vice President

As a Vice President for Global, Mr. Wikler conducts technical, economic and financial assessments related to the electric and solid waste industries. His expertise addresses contemporary industry topics including energy efficiency program planning, environmental assessments, public/private partnership development, renewable energy technology assessment, waste-to-energy program development, and assessment of electric industry liberalization and privatization initiatives.

Mr. Wikler most recently has directed collaborative studies for the private utilities and the industry institutes relating to planning and evaluation of energy efficiency measure and program initiatives. He also manages projects related to demand response program implementation. Mr. Wikler is assuming the role of program manager for EPRI's Market Driven Demand Response research program. Mr. Wikler has consulted to the electric power industry for over 18 years. He has previously held positions with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, the World Bank, NEOS Corporation and Barakat & Chamberlin.

Mr. Wikler holds an M.S. in Economics and an M.S. Urban Planning from the University of Oregon and a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Davis.

 

Suzanne Stevens
Financial Controller

As Global's Corporate Controller, Ms. Stevens is directly responsible for all in-house corporate accounting and monthly financial statements including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, invoicing, state and federal government reporting. Ms. Stevens has provided development and implementation level accounting services for the startup of a corporation. Ms. Stevens coordinates project management reporting activities in support of Global's technical staff. She also assists with the administration of all corporate employee benefits plans.

Prior to Global's acquisition of NEOS Corporation, Ms. Stevens had twelve years of experience at NEOS in the capacity she holds at Global. Ms. Stevens provided all accounting and financial management functions for the Photovoltaic Services Network, Inc., a non-profit utility member organization.

Ms. Stevens has a B.S. in Accounting from the California State University, Hayward.