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David Adams

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David Adams is a director with ScottMadden, Inc. and has a diverse career background spanning several industry verticals including energy, utilities, and consumer packaged goods.  Over the past twenty years he has consulted extensively on meter-to-cash, customer care, information technology and finance and accounting functions with energy clients across North America. David has program managed several multi-year technology implementations, advised clients on the transition to shared service and outsourced service delivery models, and managed customer service operations for a retail electric provider in Texas’ competitive electric market.  Prior to joining ScottMadden, David was vice president, global delivery for a leading provider of outsourced customer care services to energy industry clients.  He started his career with FirstEnergy, where he held several marketing and customer care positions, including leading several of the company’s early demand side management and energy efficiency programs.  David earned a B.B.A. in marketing from Eastern Michigan University and holds an M.B.A. from Case Western Reserve University.

 
 
 
Specialties
 
 
Recent Assignments
 
 
 
 
 
 
Specialties
  • Business planning
  • Operations improvement and process redesign
  • Project and change management
  • Cost reduction analysis and implementation
  • Outsourcing advisory services
  • Information technology management
  • Shared services design and implementation

 

 
Recent Assignments
  • Developed and implemented a shared services governance model to drive operational improvements across a utility client’s supply chain, human resources, finance and accounting, and information technology functions
  • Developed and negotiated the commercial framework, including master services agreement and statements of work for a multi-year utility customer care business process outsourcing initiative
  • Led the build-out of a new 100-seat call center and facilitated the “re-badging” of 50+ service agents in support of a ten-year, $180M outsourcing contract for a retail electric provider in Texas
  • Directed a utility customer care organization which included management of a 90-member call center operations team, a 50-member application support team, and an $8.5M annual expense budget
  • Led the development of strategic plans for a utility’s finance and accounting and information technology shared service organizations
  • Conducted a benchmarking study and leading practice assessment of a client’s finance and accounting shared service function
  • Program managed a CIS implementation and data conversion initiative to migrate from the client’s SAP CCS application to a Peace CIS platform
  • Developed and negotiated with the service provider, service level agreements for a 60 FTE billing and credit/collections offshore delivery initiative
  • Led the development of a management reporting system to monitor the distribution utility client’s compliance with ERCOT and TX PUC market rules
  • Program managed the entire lifecycle of a multi-year customer care technology implementation and business change initiative to support a client’s entry into Texas’ competitive electric market
  • Led the development of labor strategies and supported contract negotiations for a utility client’s unionized hydro, nuclear and fossil generation operation and maintenance employees

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contact Information
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(404)814-0020
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