William D. Patterson - Mr. Patterson was appointed Senior Vice President on March 17, 2006. Mr. Patterson joined us as our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2005. Mr. Patterson earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Princeton University and a Masters of Business Administration degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 1978. From January 2003 to January 2005, he served as Executive Advisor to Concentric Energy Advisors, a private firm located in Marlborough, Massachusetts, providing financial advisory and consulting services for utilities. From June 2001 through January 2005, he provided financial advisory and consulting services for utilities as President of EnSTAR Management Corporation, a company which he founded. Although Mr. Patterson continues to serve as President of EnSTAR, he has not provided any services on EnSTAR's behalf since he joined Pennichuck. From February 2000 to June 2001, he was CFO of Enermetrix, a Maynard, Massachusetts-based early stage software company focused in the retail energy industry. He previously served for over 15 years as a senior investment banker at E.F. Hutton, Shearson Lehman and Smith Barney, where he headed the firm's corporate finance practice for utility companies. Mr. Patterson is 52 years old.
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