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Education and Certifications BS Electrical Engineering Kansas State University (1986) Rankin c@\x� 5 i� b•"T Don Senior Associate Mr. Rankin is an Electrical Engineer and experienced utility manager with 19 years leading Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Utility Operation and Maintenance, Capital Programs and Customer Service Operations. He is an innovative big picture thinker with strong analytical reporting skills. He developed utility business plans for reduced costs, improved services, and sustainable asset replacement that was tied to financial capacity. Relevant experiences and background include: • Serving as a water subject matter expert for multiple advanced meter infrastructure (AMI) assessments • Planning and executing technology programs related to AMI and meter data management systems (MDMS) that meet water utility goats and objectives • Matching advanced reporting capability to meet utility goals and objectives, while preparing analytical reports for AW related projects for water and electric utilities • Developing and accessing responses to request for proposal (RFP) documents and technology procurement efforts especially in analytical reporting and business intelligence • Producing utility bitting system data visualization reporting tools to facilitate on -demand charts and graphs of utility customer bitting information • Creating utility billing data discovery and audit tools for utility revenue enhancement • Successfully obtaining modest multi -year utility rate increases • Establishing project tracking toots for complex, multi -discipline, multi - project tracking • Developing wastewater combined sewer overflow plan that minimizes regulatory exposure • Successfully addressing community red water issues resulting in drastic reductions of customer complaints • Creating an asset management strategy for complete life cycle planning of water, wastewater, storm water and levee utility infrastructure • Directing major rehabilitations of water and wastewater plants Project References • Winston Salem, NC (Water Business Intelligence Reporting) • Long Beach Water Department, CA (Water AMI Assessment, Business Intelligence Reporting) • Long Beach Gas fx Oil Department, CA (Developing cost allocation model to access charges to multiple AMI / MDMS users) • Alameda County Water District, CA (AMI Assessment and Evaluation of existing AM[) • Chelan County Public Utility District, WA (Assessment Evaluation) • WaterOne, KS (Water RFP Development and Vendor Assessment) • Mesa, AZ (Water, Gas, Electric AMI Assessment) • Palo Alto Utilities Department, CA (Water, Gas, Electric AMI Assessment) • Oceanside Water Utilities Department, CA (Water AMI Assessment) • New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, LA (Water system Assessment) • Fort Worth Water Department (Business Processes Assessment)