Ron Blume is Vice President and Energy Practice Director at DYONYX. Ron has over 35 years of extensive energy and electric utility industry experience in engineering, information systems, finance, construction and project management, business process reengineering and organizational analysis. He has been instrumental in leading the development of competitive methodologies and building a team of seasoned senior consultants. He has led over one hundred SCADA/DCS and NERC related security-compliance projects, including industry leading work with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) as well as with a number of the largest electric utilities in North America. As a talented and tenured professional, Ron has been actively involved in utility deregulation and has provided expert testimony in rate case proceedings. Ron continues to actively participate in industry committees and forums and ensures that all associated engineering, operations, and business requirements are incorporated within the DYONYX work scope and deliverables consistent with the mission of every project.
Earlier in his career Ron designed electrical power systems for generation and transmission facilities while at Burns & McDonnell. He subsequently spent a number of years at Central Illinois Public Service in cost, schedule control, and project management functions for power generation construction projects. While at TERA Corporation, Ron managed multiple information management systems projects for Illinois Power, Central South West, Entergy (Middle South), Frito Lay, General Dynamics, and other utility entities. He later served as the Manager of Information Systems Planning for all of the Texas Utility (TXU) companies.
He founded Business Systems Engineering, Inc. a leading provider of work management services for both Fortune 500 companies and municipal entities. He has designed and developed information systems that can effectively handle business operations, including records management, materials management, maintenance and work management, project scheduling, cost control, accounting and budgeting functions. Ron joined DYONYX in 1999 and has since served as the Vice President and Director of the Energy Practice. Ron received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Missouri. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas. |