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Management Team

John Zbihley President
John Zbihley, President of OnDemand Energy, has over 30 years of energy industry experience and is an expert in energy procurement, production, delivery, and energy efficiency program development for businesses. Through his leadership at OnDemand, they have grown their services platform to serve over 5,000 business and 15,000 residential clients who are reducing their energy bills by more than $50 million annually. John has extensive facility and engineering energy management experience. He also has had various leadership roles and senior-level management responsibilities for DQE's OnDemand Energy, ValuSource Energy and Duquesne Light Company subsidiaries. Mr. Zbihley earned his M.S. in Industrial Administration (MBA) from Carnegie Mellon University, with concentrations in marketing, finance and entrepreneurship. He also studied engineering, economics and math at The Pennsylvania State University, where he received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.

John Bodine Vice President, Sales & Business Development
John Bodine has 25 years of experience in business development, strategic planning and sales execution within the retail energy and information technology industries. John's most recent experience in the retail energy sector involved the development and implementation of energy programs for OnDemand's various affinity partners and associations. The over-arching goal of these affinity energy programs is to provide the greatest array of choice for energy purchasing in each respective electric distribution company (EDC), while simultaneously educating the marketplace on energy deregulation. Prior to joining OnDemand, John was instrumental in taking a sophisticated energy risk management product, normally reserved for large, industrial clients, and implementing the risk management platform for small commercial pools and aggregations. John also led the sales efforts in the PJM market for one of the energy industry's largest third-party energy suppliers. John has a B.A. in Mathematics from St. Vincent College and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University.

George Goss Vice President, Energy Management Services
George Goss has been with OnDemand since 1995. George leads OnDemand's Energy Management Services sales and operations. He has over 35 years of experience in the energy industry, and has held various leadership positions in the electric contractor industry. George also established two successful private energy service companies -- Conserve Electric and EMC. George holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University.

John Morris Director, Technical Services & Regulatory Affairs, PE, CEP
John Morris has over 35 years of experience in the regulated and deregulated energy industry. Prior to joining OnDemand, John served as Project Manager of Rates and Regulatory Affairs for Duquesne Light Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At Duquesne, John was responsible for Cost of Service studies, electric rate design and tariff issues, and worked extensively with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. He was a key participant in rate design of unbundled retail tariffs into transmission, distribution, generation and stranded costs. John was also responsible for coordination of key regulatory filings, coordination of PA PUC management audits, preparation of testimony and served as a witness for cost-of-service filings to the PA PUC. John is a registered Engineer with the State of Pennsylvania. John has a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and an agricultural engineering degree from West Virginia University.

John Welch Corporate Advisor

John Welch has over 35 years of experience in the energy industry. He has held senior executive positions in natural gas, electric and complementary energy-related industries. His career began in 1974 at Equitable Gas Company, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based vertically-integrated natural gas company. After 21 years of service, he left Equitable Gas Company as president to launch DQE Holdings into several new complementary energy-related businesses. One of those businesses was OnDemand Energy. Mr. Welch has spoken both domestically and internationally in areas related to competitive marketing, data retrieval technology and corporate development, and has been published in numerous energy-related trade journals. He has industry experience in the privatization of utility assets in Australia, the Pacific Rim, South America and Europe. Mr. Welch has served on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Gas Association, Research Advisory Committee of the Institute of Gas Technology, the Advisory Board of the Ford Motor Corporation Alternative Fuel Vehicle Initiative, the Marketing Advisory Board of Duquesne University, and served as vice president of the Advisory Board of The Pennsylvania State University - New Kensington Campus. He earned a B.S. in Environmental Resource Management from The Pennsylvania State University, completed the Ventures and Mergers graduate program at Northwestern University, and is a certified Green Roof Professional.


Don Wukich Director, Education Market Services
Don Wukich manages OnDemand's school district Intermediate Unit consortiums and higher education energy programs. Don also takes on a leading management role within OnDemand's professionally managed energy pools/solutions division. Prior to joining OnDemand in 2010, Don was a leader in managing one of the nation's first natural gas consortiums, consisting of approximately 150 school districts as well as non-public schools, municipalities and churches in Western Pennsylvania. Over the past 20 years, participants have saved in excess of $70 million through participation in this consortium. Don has also been involved in the deregulated electric market since 1997, where the electric consortium saved over $38 million.

Christian R. Silveira Manager, Sales & Mass Market Operations, CEP

Christian joined the OnDemand team in 2010. His ten years of experience in the Finance & Banking industry and as a small business owner of an independent brokerage company have prepared him for his current leadership role. Driven by his desire to lead by example and his hands-on management style, Christian always meets customer and client demands while maintaining exceptionally high quality customer service. Under Christian's leadership, OnDemand has experienced steady growth and consistent market expansion. Christian is a licensed Certified Energy Professional (CEP) and is a 2001 alumnus of Malone University, where he earned a B.S. in History.


Phil Orend Director, Marketing & Sales Coordinator
Phil Orend joined OnDemand Energy in 2006. He has extensive background in the manufacturing and industrial customer market segment. In his former position as a sales account manager in industrial lubricants, he was responsible for savings his clients over $40 million dollars in annual operating costs in the first 3 years. Mr. Orend also has significant experience with large non-profit organizations with leadership positions including President of the Hopewell Area School Board and a Trustee of the Board at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Midland PA.

Denise Edeburn Director, Accounting & IT Services

Denise joined OnDemand Energy in October of 2010. Denise has over 20 years of experience in accounting spanning a variety of operational roles. Her career has included positions working for several of Pittsburgh's large local businesses: Pitt-Ohio Express, UPMC and DSI. She also has been able to augment her accounting experience as an IT consultant for the Pittsburgh Airport Authority, Wabtec and HUB 1 and as a Senior Business Systems Analyst for Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy. She is a graduate of Duquesne University with a B.S. in Accounting/Business.



 
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