As Executive Vice President - Technology and Operations, Dale has built a team of talented professionals with expertise in product development and software applications engineering combined with a deep understanding of the energy industry. Over the course of 25 years in the energy industry, Dale has held executive and senior management positions at PG&E Energy Services, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and E-lecTrade, a start-up company offering a web-enabled marketplace for large energy wholesalers. His technical expertise includes wholesale and retail electricity and gas trading, risk management processes and systems, customer energy usage data acquisition and data management, utility tariffs and cost structures, web-enabled user interfaces, and load aggregation, analysis and forecasting tools. Dale holds a Masters in Business Administration from Saint Mary's College and a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University, Chico.