eric hanson

* Assisted in the development of a competitive business strategy for a vertically integrated utility. Scope included governance and decision making, stakeholder management, and a future state resource assessment * Assessed natural gas-fired generation development opportunities for a major competitive power generator * Performed initial due diligence on fossil plant maintenance contractors for a vertically integrated utility * Participated in a market-potential study for a Midwestern utility exploring future opportunities related to natural gas, specifically emerging technologies that will use natural gas (CNG vehicles/fueling stations, fleet vehicles, etc.) * Created communications package for a nuclear facility prior to an NRC site visit * Developed staffing model and analyzed employment practices for a transition and delivery company that had been targeted by state regulatory officials for high levels of overtime

* Developed, deployed and managed P4P (pay-for-performance) initiatives for 17 HMOs and 135+ hospitals for Wisconsin Medicaid Agency resulting in multimillion dollar yearly savings * Created program methodology and multimillion dollar financial structure * Redesigned Wisconsin Medicaid program’s strategy to achieve synergies across the Department’s policy goals * Presented policy recommendations to Department and communicated final policy decisions to Federal Medicaid officials to ensure regulatory approval * –Experience negotiating data exchange policies and procedures between conflicting stakeholders

* Analyzed short and long term financial impact of $63 billion state budget on state finances, bond ratings and individual state agencies (2007 and 2009 biennial budget) * Developed legislative strategies that were aligned with caucus priorities * Tailored and executed crisis specific mitigation plans in response to negative public relations stories and events involving legislative members

Performed a detailed workload analysis for a company that owns and operates multiple nuclear generation sites that was exploring opportunities to reduce costs by centralizing several engineering activities -Assisted a nuclear operator in developing a centralized outage organization. Support included identifying work that could be transferred from individual stations to the centralized organization, developing a change management plan to ensure a successful transition, and creating a comprehensive multichannel communications plan to inform impacted parties of the change -Supported the development of a business plan focused on entering the U.S. water market: water rights, water services, and water production -Provided overall project management support for a vertically integrated utility’s finance organization that was formalizing/documenting its governance structure (i.e., governance, oversight, support, perform responsibilities) and implementing a formal business planning process

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Activities and Societies: Four year letter winner and two year team captain of the UM-Madison Men’s Soccer Team, Four Time Academic All-Big Ten Honoree

Activities and Societies: Class of 2013 Student Advisory Board Member