Lamond Williams, MBA,PMP

• Manage Supply Chain operations across AEP’s 11-state footprint, supporting coal, natural gas, hydroelectric, solar, and wind facilities • Manages storeroom personnel, long-range planning, material and resource budgets, and cultivated strong relationships with business unit leadership and key material suppliers • Develop and monitor KPIs for inventory budgets exceeding $200 million, creating executive summaries to highlight cost drivers and risks • Lead the creation of standard work processes using lean principles to enhance operational efficiency, capture cost savings, and reduce O&M budgets • Manages material contracts and supplier relationships with a focus on cost, schedule, and quality • Supports asset onboarding by providing resource requirements, managing capital budgets, forecasting maintenance spare parts, and establishing functional storerooms • Effectively collaborates with internal stakeholders, including Accounting, Generation Transformation Office, Regulatory, Engineering, and Project management • Lead training and development efforts for over 60 employees, fostering a positive culture and championing safety initiative • Collaborates with suppliers to understand supply chain constraints and work with business units to develop risk mitigation strategies for operational excellence • Solicited and evaluated RFPs for utility scale wind and solar for Purchase Power Agreements and Purchase Sale Agreements, pursued asset investment opportunities, and led analysis, due diligence, screening, and negotiation of definitive asset and power purchase agreements

• Direct the Material Services team within the Supply Chain Generation organization, overseeing all aspects of inventory management across Power Plant Operations, Procurement, and corporate inventory systems • Developed standard work procedures for inventory control and material services, setting and achieving optimization goals, demand forecasting initiatives and expediting for generation facilities • Analyzed and interpreted data to identify inventory gaps, providing guidance to align inventory levels with strategic objectives for over $200 million in assets • Collaborated with Procurement to align commodity purchasing and contracting strategies with inventory management goals • Led the Business Unit’s Zero Harm Safety Initiative, incorporating leadership safety training and Human Performance Indicators (HPI) into daily operations • Participated in sourcing events, contributing to blanket contracting strategies and pricing negotiations to drive value

Program Manager – Distribution’s Underground Network Monitoring Project • Managed cost, schedule, risk, and project performance for the Underground Network Monitoring Project, ensuring project objectives were met on time and within budget • Led cross-functional teams across IT, engineering, construction, accounting, procurement, and scheduling to execute installing underground network monitoring communication panels, underground transformers, transformer protectors, Telecom fiber build-out, SCADA system integration, and overall construction processes • Managed equipment manufacture performance reviewing delivery schedules, milestone payments, schedule risk and expediting of critical components • Established strong relationships with business unit leadership and provided monthly status reports to keep all stakeholders informed and support regulatory case filings • Oversaw outage scheduling, managed project budgets, and ensured successful project completion within scope, schedule, and cost parameters Program Manager – Grid Modernization Projects • Directed grid modernization initiatives across transmission, distribution, and telecom, ensuring alignment with program scope and regulatory requirements • Managed distribution substation projects, installation of transformers, circuit breakers, switch gear, surge arrestors, SCADA poles and automatic reclosers. • Defined outage requirements, coordinated outage schedules, and conducted construction contractor evaluations to ensure projects met service deadlines for regulatory rate recovery • Managed design and review of engineered drawings and specifications to ensure they met company requirements Project Manager – Renewables • Led a project team to complete a desktop study for solar facilities, developing the project scope and contracting strategy • Coordinated interconnection activities, led site walkdowns, and worked closely with the technical team to define operational requirements and parameters

• Managed long-lead procurement items; responsible for contract and schedule development; monitored cost, and expediting activities. • Managed the development of operating procedures, descriptive articles, and acceptance testing for environmental equipment at fossil hydro facilities. • Manage Engineering drawing review with 3rd party engineering firm and original equipment manufactures • Served as Program lead for engineering and installation of Fiberglass piping (FRP) and pipe supports. Worked with Architect Engineering firm, internal Engineering and construction around the design of systems, managed the procurement and fabrication efforts, monitored construction activities including contractor mobilization, safety, risk mitigation and action item tracking