Biography jon F. Sorenson
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BIOGRAPHYJon F. SorensonJon Sorenson is President of JFS Energy Advisors, an exclusive energy consulting firm focused on customer specific/oriented projects such as pipelines and distribution, utilities, procurement, energy efficiency, sustainability, generation management and development, etc. Prior to JFS Energy Advisors, Mr. Sorenson was a President/Chief Operating Officer and Managing Partner at Competitive Energy Services (CES) from April, 2003 through May of 2015. Mr. Sorenson led a team in procuring and managing more energy load than any third-party entity in Northeast and Atlantic Canada, over two billion dollars in energy spend, growing the firm 5-fold in sales and energy under management. His experience includes retail and wholesale electricity and natural gas marketing, oil and bio-fuel procurement and hedging, fuel arbitrage, risk management, forecasting, conversion analysis, strategy development, distributed generation, renewable procurement/assessment/development, sustainability and regulatory work in the US and Canada. Prior to CES, Mr. Sorenson was retained by WPS Energy Services, Inc. (WPS) to provide retail marketing/business development, regulatory and strategic services. WPS, now Integrys Energy, was a $ 5.0 billion energy services company, formerly a subsidiary of WPSR, has over $14.0 billion in assets. In this role, he started, developed and managed the natural gas operation in New Brunswick, Canada, the first licensed marketer, which became the largest retail and wholesale marketer providing natural gas in the Province. In addition, Mr. Sorenson assisted WPS in their Maine operation in power and natural gas marketing, wholesale origination and modeling, and focused on strategic issues both at the regional and corporate level. Previously, Mr. Sorenson was an original executive officer (CMO) for SmartEnergy, Inc., a mass-market energy services company providing electricity and natural gas service to customers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, where the Company secured over 120,000 mass-market customers, with a valuation peak of $87 million. SmartEnergy, Inc competed with New Power (Enron) in the mass market space and was the first ever retail energy provider where you could secure your energy over the Internet, before being sold to its largest shareholder Alliant Energy. Mr. Sorenson built an extensive background in telecommunications prior to his entry into the energy field. Jon held the positions of Division President with Shared Technologies Cellular, Inc., and Chief Operating Officer at PTC Cellular, Inc., a subsidiary of Peoples Telephone Company, both public companies. As an officer and/or partner of multiple companies, he has been part of teams that have secured over $100 million in venture capital, participated in two public offerings, developed the business plans and growth models to exceed expectations and/or implemented turn-around strategies. Mr. Sorenson is currently active on the energy committee and serves as Co-chair of the program for the Annual Energy Conference of the New England Canadian Business Council, the most distinguished cross border energy conference in North America. He is President Elect as well as serving as a Board of Director for the Council. Mr. Sorenson has served on the Board of Directors for the New Brunswick Natural Gas Association, the Board of Directors for E-Energy, an emerging technology and transactional-based energy technology company in the natural gas industry, and is a member of the Maritimes and Northeast Tolls and Tariff Work Group (M&NP – TTWG). A graduate of the University of Maine with a degree in economics and finance, Mr. Sorenson serves on the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association (UMAA), on the Board of Advisors for the College of Engineering and recently completed a three-year term as Chairman of the Board for the School of Business, Public Policy, Management and Health. Sorenson was recognized by former University of Maine President as well as former President of Connecticut Board of Regents, Robert A Kennedy, receiving the distinguished Stillwater Society Presidential Service Award for his contributions to the University in both Alumni Relations and Energy Management. 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