Energy Trader, Energy Marketer, Energy Business Development, Oil and Gas Trader, Oil and Gas Marketer

I am currently investigating opportunities in the GCC countries in the Oil and Gas industry with a focus on commodity trading and/or business development of energy infrastructure including power plants, LNG, oil or gas pipelines.

3/06 – Present TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd. Westborough, MA
3/07- Present Sr. Northeast Term Energy Trader
• Actively trading Over-The-Counter, on The ICE and NYMEX exchange 5 years out the forward curve:
• Natural Gas: NYMEX swaps and futures contracts
• Crude Oil: Residual Oil Swaps (#1 NYH and # 6 NYH 0.3HP)
• Electricity products: Spark spreads, Heat Rate, Power spreads (On/Off, rolls, zonals and across pools)
• Regional focus: New England Masshub, New York (zone J, G, A), PJM Western Hub
• Actively managing a 4,000 MW merchant asset portfolio in Northeast USA including
• 650 MW natural gas/oil combined cycle in Rhode Island
• 550 MW Hydro Assets on Connecticut River
• 2,500 MW natural gas/oil combined cycle in New York City
• 250 MW Wind Farm in Maine
• Responsible for a Daily Portfolio VAR limit of 20 million dollars
• Responsible for managing TransCanada’s 2,000 MW Northeast retail electric load book
• Responsible for managing TransCanada’s 1,500 MW Northeast wholesale electric load book
• Direct reports: Junior Northeast Power Basis Trader and Power Originator
• Actively involved in building and improving in house trading tools
• Actively involved in modeling input to various generation asset models, PPAs and structured products
• Played critical role in the $2.85 Billion Ravenswood power plant acquisition in New York City providing key energy, ancillary and capacity revenues forecasts

3/06 – 3/07 Sr. Structured Power Originator
• Set and executed business development plan expanding TransCanada’s wholesale electric load services for the first time to utilities in Northeast US
• Awarded more than 8,000,000 MWh in annual wholesale load RFP’s across utilities in Northeast US
• Negotiated and executed electricity supply deals with more than 100 large commercial and industrial customers in New England
• Developed, negotiated and executed structured power supply deals Assisted acquisition group with market revenue forecast and modeling analysis on more than 15 power plant acquisition opportunities in the Northeast US
11/03 – 3/06 NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation Westwood, MA
7/04-3/06 Sr. Power and Gas Supply Analyst
11/03 – 7/04 System modeling Analyst
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1/08 – 12/09 Boston College-Carroll School of Management Chestnut Hill, MA
Master in Business Administration, concentration Finance, GPA: 3.76

8/01 – 8/03 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, GPA: 3.87
Thesis Topic: Investigation and Evaluation of the Deregulated Electricity Market in New England

7/97 - 7/01 American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

9/84 - 7/97 Notre Dame de Jamhour High School Beirut, Lebanon
French Baccalaureate-Mathematics Option