Patrick Reames to Head up UtiliPoint® International‘s Growing Trading & Risk Management Practice

UtiliPoint® International, Inc. (UtiliPoint) announced today that Patrick Reames has been appointed Vice President, Trading & Risk Management Practice. Patrick, who brings more than 25 years of energy industry experience, has a deep understanding, developed through hands-on experience and managerial oversight, of upstream and midstream oil and gas operations including exploration, production, gathering, gas plant operations, trading and risk management and pipeline operations.

HOUSTON (PRWEB) September 6, 2006

UtiliPoint® International, Inc. (UtiliPoint) announced today that Patrick Reames has been appointed Vice President, Trading & Risk Management Practice. Patrick, who brings more than 25 years of energy industry experience, has a deep understanding, developed through hands-on experience and managerial oversight, of upstream and midstream oil and gas operations including exploration, production, gathering, gas plant operations, trading and risk management and pipeline operations.

“We are extremely pleased that Mr. Reames has joined UtiliPoint to lead its growing Trading and Risk Management practice," said Jon T. Brock, COO, UtiliPoint International. “Mr. Reames will add expertise in the oil and gas ETRM sector while growing the utility business that UtiliPoint serves.”

Mr. Reames also has several years of energy commodity trading, transportation, and risk management experience with Amerada Hess, a Fortune 100 integrated energy marketing company. Over the last seven years, he has been focused primarily on information technology serving energy marketing. During this period, Patrick has served as an executive for several technology companies providing products and services to gas and power marketing organizations, most recently serving as COO of TradeWell Systems, Inc. In these roles, his focus has been on the creation and delivery of high value service products designed to ensure the successful implementation and on-going use of technology solutions. Mr. Reames has also conducted a number of studies and assignments for the UtiliPoint TRM Practice over the last several months.

Mr. Reames holds a B.S. in Business Administration – Finance from Oklahoma State University

Contact Information:

Patrick Reames

281-681-8020

About UtiliPoint® International, Inc.

UtiliPoint is a leader in providing analysis and consulting services to the energy and utility industry. Our 73-year history and over 500 clients worldwide have led us to currently operate as an energy and utility consulting and issues analysis firm. Our staff is comprised of leading utility and energy experts with diverse backgrounds in utility generation, transmission & distribution, retail markets, mergers and acquisitions, new technologies, venture capital, information technology, outsourcing, renewable energy, regulatory affairs, and international issues.

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