TAVA MANAGEMENT UPDATE
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From: Bonzo3 (AOL MOTLEY FOOL)Jul 10, 1998 12:31 EDT
TAVA has assembled an impressive array of top line management:
John Jenkins - CEO. Hired in '95 to turnaround the company. Extensive technology background. Holds both Engineering and Law degrees
Ken Owens - VP Business Development (former Director of Systems Integration at Flour Daniel)
Doug Kelsall - CFO (Former CFO & VP of Finance at ESI, Computer Software.
Kevin Fallon - COO (former President of ACS - a company TAVA acquired in '96)
Tom Bruhn - GM, Consulting Division (former Director of Business Development at Raytheon Automation) [C.K. SIDEBAR: This was news to me!! Good move on TAVA's part.]
Rick Cowles - Heads TAVA/Beck Alliance (one of the foremost authorities on Y2K problems within the Utility industry)
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FOR MORE ON TAVA MANAGEMENT SEE:
Message 4005641
Rick Cowles joined the TAVA team after the above was compiled.
RICK COWLES, leading Y2K utility expert, joined TAVA|R.W. BECK April 29 as Director, Industry Solutions/Sales. Rick is widely regarded as the leading expert on Year 2000 issues within electric utilities. He is the author of Electric Utilities and Y2K and maintains the highly regarded "Electric Utilities and Y2K" companion website: euy2k.com
Prior to joining TAVA|R.W. BECK, his extensive analysis of the Y2K issues in the electric utility industry was featured weekly in his column in Westergaard 2000. ARCHIVES: y2ktimebomb.com
Cowles had been the Utilities Year 2000 Program Manager for Digital Equipment Corporation prior to joining TAVA|R.W. BECK.
He began his career in the commercial electric utility industry in 1980, performing consultancies at various nuclear power stations, after having served six years on nuclear submarines in the U.S. Navy. In 1983, he joined Public Service Electric & Gas in New Jersey at the Hope Creek Generating Station. Over his 14 year career at PSE&G, Mr. Cowles served in a variety of capacities in the plant operations, engineering, licensing, materials management, and corporate business integration groups.
On May 14, 1998 Rick Cowles spoke in front of the Senate Subcommittee on Science and Technology, addressing problems in the electric utility sector.
TESTIMONY: house.gov
Cowles to Chair August 10-11 Year 2000 for Electric Utilities Conference Remediation and Contingency Planning for Y2k Problems
SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
- Kathleen Hirning, FERC CIO
- Jared Wermeil, NRC
- Kay Lawrence, EPA
- Rick Cowles, TAVA|R.W. BECK
and many other electric industry Y2K experts.
TOPICS DISCUSSED:
- Developing Your Year 2000 Action Plan: Where are the greatest risks?
- Getting on the fast track to remediation: Saving months and $$$
- Lessons learned: PSE&G's, TransAlta's and PECO Energy Power
- Company's Experience with Year 2000 Remediation
- Contingency Planning for Year 2000: Threats to the Power Grid,
- Key Transmission Interconnects, Power Pools and More
- Mitigating your Legal and Financial Risks
euy2k.com
Cheryl
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