1. Edward E. Calder
1936 Harbortown Drive 772-828-9748
Fort Pierce, FL 34946 calder.ed@gmail.com
Electrical Management Profile: Multi-disciplined business development/operations management professional with
over twenty years of progressive hands-on leadership contributions to marketing strategy, operation programs,
project turnarounds, client and labor relations, negotiations, budgets, safety, purchasing, and cost control.
Accomplishments: Generated multi-million dollar profit growth through:
• Providing expertise in electrical, telecommunications, mechanical, construction safety, and regulatory power
distribution and computer systems. Leading business expansions by challenging individuals and organizations
to continually produce the competitive edge. Designing business strategies, programs, and alliances by
providing organized and motivated growth implementation plans.
• Cultivating comprehensive customer relations with global corporate senior executives, architects, engineers,
general contractors and distinguished state/local committee members. Achieved 20% statewide workers’
compensation savings.
• Implementing project turnarounds including a $17 million telecommunications/data project for Digital
Equipment Company, Vermont Marble mineral processing plant and a major construction project of Marriott
Hotels solving complex labor and financial problems. Creating initiatives for safety, cost control, and efficiency
by reducing over $220,000 on insurance premiums for Electrical Contractors, Inc. (ECI) with a program that
cut accident rates from 15% to 2%. Enhancing productivity with new computer estimating systems and sales
support databases and designing tracking program for ECI estimators.
Licenses/Training/Certifications:
Master Electrical License: VT,
Massachusetts Electrical Journeyman’s License
National Code Review Certificated
Apprenticeship Electrical Training School
Technical School and US Navy
MS Project, Word, Contract Manager, 30 Hour OSHA - OSHA29/CFR - CPR/AED Course
Electrical Management-Wind Farm and Substation Experience 1988-2013
2014 Orlando Utility Commission/Power Engineers Up grade two 230kV circuits that feed the Orlando
Internation Air Port including a new pump control house for the oil filled under ground portion of the circuits.
• 2012 PPL SRP Project Dunmore PA 500kV Transmission Line/Greenfield 500kV Substation/Burns McDonnell.
• 2011 NU NEEWS Project Springfield MA 345kV Switching Station Greenfield Site / Burns & McDonnell.
• 2010 PSE&G Linden NJ 230kV Substation upgrade-138kV Substation upgrade Burns & McDonnell Eng.
• 2010 Susquehanna/Roseland PSE&G/Burns & McDonnell Transmission Line replacement project. (responsible
for all construction activities including all electrical work) Burns & McDonnell.
• 2009 Chain of Lakes, ME – TransCanada (responsible for installation and testing of all tower wiring including
tower grounding system)
• 2008- Lincoln, ME – First Wind (responsible for sub-station construction and all civil works)
• 2007- Ellensburg, NY – Horizon, DH Blattner (responsible for 120 wind turbines including the collection
system, sub-station and transmission line)
• 2006- Prairie Star, MN – Horizon, DH Blattner (109 wind turbines including collection system, sub-station and
transmission line)
• 2006- Nolan, TX – Horizon, MSE, DH Blattner (responsible for sub-station construction and all civil works)
• 2001- Waymart, PA – Florida Power and Light, MSE, DH Blattner (responsible for sub-station construction and
all civil works)
• 2001- Meyersdale, PA – Florida Power and Light, MSE, DH Blattner (responsible for sub-station construction
and all civil works)
• 2000- Palm Springs, CA – MSE AES (Sea West) (responsible for sub-station construction and all civil works)
• 2000- TXU (Ercot) 52 substation upgrade MSE (retrofit of 52 sub-stations, construction, and all civil works)
• 1999- Rumford, ME 230 MW plant MSE Calpine (engineering and construction of 230 MW power plant)
• 1999- Tiverton, RI 230 MW plant MSE Calpine (engineering and construction of 230 MW power plant)
• 1988-1993-Windsor Locks, CT- Cianbro CH Dexter Corp (construction of co-generation power plant)
• 1988-1993-Preston, CT – AES Brown & Boveiri (construction of waste to energy power plant)

2. Experience
Contract Consultant (Mystic, CT) 2005-2009
• Directed electrical installation and testing of 250 plus wind turbine generators
• Directed construction and testing of 4 wind farm collector systems and sub-stations
• Identified and corrected workforce and project deficiencies restoring project schedule
• Improved contractor and subcontractor relations significantly advancing project workflow
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MSE Power Systems, Inc. (Albany, NY) 1999-2005
Vice President Operations/Partner
• Directed new business development initiatives across the organization; managed customer relations
• Developed and implemented quality assurance programs
• Managed contract and subcontract development and negotiations
• Researched vendor qualifications, selected and supervised contractors
• Identified troubled project area and created remediation strategies
• Supervised the administrative execution of projects across the business portfolio
Precision Power, Inc. (Hamden, CT) 1998-1999
Vice President (promoted from Director of Business Development and General Manager)
• Achieved $3.5 million in new contracts within first ninety days which was a result of two 115KV switch
yard projects
• Reduced overhead by $900,000; restructured the estimating department increasing sales by $6 million
• Implemented new focus on service department, resulting in improved customer relations
• Restructured commission program making individual incentives more aggressive and fair for sales staff
• Researched and identified potential companies for acquisitions in line with a short-term strategic plan
Enabling PPI to become a holding company
Edward E. Calder & Associates (South Glastonbury, CT) 1993-1998
President/Owner
• Restructured ECI into a successful design/construction business
• Provided senior consultant services to Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC); turned around a $17 million
data telecommunications project for their major client-State of Connecticut
• Produced significant cost-saving initiatives for DEC with analysis of systems and processes, along with the
development of resourceful solutions to critical project problems
• Served as DEC expert witness for contractual obligations; liaison to senior executives to develop a
marketing program for their northeast division
Electrical Contractors, Inc. (Hartford, CT) 1987-1993
Vice President of Business Development
• Provided leadership in strategic planning, market expansion, and communications. Developed promotional
materials and coordinated client/professional relations; spearheaded major trash recycling, co-generation,
pharmaceutical, telecommunications, and senior citizen projects
• Established client relations that generated $17 million dollars in new business; increased sales from $7
million to $24 million dollars in a five-year recessionary period, maintaining profit margins and tripling
bond capacity
• Skillfully negotiated certified installer contracts with global industry leaders, including AT&T, DEC, and IBM
• Created a computer estimating system tracking jobs and win/loss ratios by dollar volume, estimator
hours, and an informational sales support database
Holcomb Electric (Newington, CT) 1986-1987
Senior Project Manager
• Created significant new business with responsibilities in marketing, sales, public relations, and
business development; directed operations during management transition

3. Awards/Community Involvement
• Business Council Steering Committee-Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce
• State Legislation Committee Member-Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce (lobbied State
legislators and achieved 20% statewide savings in workers’ compensation benefits)
• Health and Safety Award, State of CT Workers’ Compensation-Division of Worker Education
• Fifty Grand Award-Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce and KPMG Peat Marwick (placed 7th
out of 1500 applicants during tenure at ECI-recognized as one of the nation’s most successful
privately held companies)
• ECI annual award finalist recognizing growth in privately-held companies