Phil Caffyn is a high-level expert, working in Caffyn Family Road Trip 3 on the position of Principal Transportation Officer since 2019. Phil has earned professional experience in more than 36 positions at different companies. Austin, Texas is the city, where the professional was known to live. Phil Caffyn's contacts are easily accessed through SoftwareOfficial on demand.
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Last updated Jun 04, 2024
Contact Information
Last Update
Jul 13, 2022
Email
ph**@utilityconsultants.co.nz
Location
Austin, TX
Company
Caffyn Family Road Trip 3
Workplace
Principal Transportation Officer
Work History
Principal Transportation Officer
Fantastic drive from San Francisco to Indianapolis to Lansing to Seattle and back to San Francisco. In a 2019 Dodge Challenger 350 Hemi with 8 miles on the clock. With no kids this time. Gre...
Jul 2019 — Aug 2019
Director
Totara Springs is a well established camp and convention facility located near Matamata in the eastern Waikato. I am 1 of the independent directors on the Board that reports to the Trust.
from Feb 2019
Director
CSC Buying Group is a member-based company that negotiates bulk purchasing discounts with suppliers of anything from food to building materials to automotive supplies, and then shares those ...
from Jun 2018
Electricity Industry Trainer
Teach 2 day course on Electricity Industry fundamentals. Although I am no longer teaching the 2 day course in person, the course content can be made available under license.
May 2010 — Jun 2018
Treasurer
Over-sight of book-keeping, budgeting and monthly financial performance. Kind of like the CFO.
May 2014 — Jan 2017
Authorised Contractor
Assists GHD's network regulatory and asset management practices on a project-by-project basis.
from Jul 2016
Principal Transportation Officer
We took the kids for a month long road trip across the US and back again ... 7,500 miles in a Dodge mini-van through 13 states. Experienced small town America ... some places that were like ...
Jun 2015 — Jul 2015
Member
Member of charitable foundation that provide loans to churches.
from Nov 2014
Member
Member of a charitable organisation that advises churches and which owns some church properties.
from Nov 2014
Treasurer
Treasurer for a growing church. Responsible for pretty much everything with a $ sign in front of it ... managing income, paying bills, managing long-term debt, budgeting etc.
Jun 2006 — Apr 2014
Chairman
Chairman of 52-room student hostel. Key achievements including maintaining revenues and strengthening balance sheet during the GFC which saw reduced certainty of student numbers.
2004 — 2013
Principal Transportation Officer
We took the kids across the US in a Chevy Traverse SUV for 12 days, followed by 12 days with family in Canada. Had a blast. The US bit of the trip was from San Francisco, east on I-80 to Che...
Sep 2012 — Oct 2012
Treasurer
Treasurer and previously deputy chairman at a kindergarten owned by a charitable trust. Was also a trustee, but retired from that role in December 2009. Key achievement was strengthening rev...
Jul 2003 — Dec 2009
Assistant Coach
Assistant coach of my son's soccer team. We won the competition for 2009 !!!
May 2009 — Aug 2009
Homework Help
Helping NCEA Level 1,2 and 3 kids with physics - motion, electricity, waves, magnetism (and finally learned about real and virtual images with concave lenses) etc. Really enjoying reconnecti...
Jul 2009 — Aug 2009
Senior Associate
300 Interpace Pkwy, Parsippany, NJ 07054
Lead regulatory advisor for Australia and New Zealand
Global hydro strategy and operations expert
Emerging technologies advisor
Advises global clients as required on emerging regulatory ...
from Nov 2007
Chairman
Established charitable trust to own church land and buildings, ongoing management of trust affairs including statutory reporting.
2002 — 2006
Chairman
Established charitable Trust to purchase land, established and managed building fund amounting to $1.3m, over-saw building of church with 180 seat auditorium, arranged debt-funding through t...
from Dec 2005
Member
Non-executive role - appointed member of Board committee, responsible for governance of 5 public hospitals employing 4,500 FTE staff and spending about $415m per year ... not bad going for a...
Feb 2002 — Jun 2005
Honorary Lecturer, School of Law
Guest lecturer in Energy Policy Reform
Mar 2004 — Apr 2004
Member
Member of branch exec for 1 year, responsible for organising guest speakers for branch functions
from 2002
Editor
Pipes & Wires is the monthly client newsletter from Utility Consultants which discusses policy, strategies, mergers and regulatory decisions in the electricity, gas and water sectors. This i...
from Mar 2001
Director
Consultant specialising in electricity and gas regulation and asset strategy
from May 1998
Assets Manager
3700 Paragon Dr, Columbus, OH 43228
Responsible for maintenance and capital works of a power network supplying about 32,000 customers. Responsibile for $11m annual budget and 12 staff.
Nov 1995 — Feb 1997
Investigations Engineer
Responsible for commercial and asset development investigations and projects for a group of thermal power stations. This morphed into an engineering projects management role in which I over-...
Jun 1991 — Nov 1995
Business Analyst
Seconded as a Business Analyst to compile the ECNZ long-term Capital Investment Strategy, which defined the generation capital projects that ECNZ planned to invest in.
Nov 1992 — Jun 1993
Contracts Supervisor
Seconded to establish and manage contracts to engage electrical, mechanical and instrumentation trade staff to rehabilitate a moth-balled 2 x 120 MW oil-fired steam turbine power station. Th...
Jun 1992 — Aug 1992
Assistant Engineer
Project engineer for a group of hydro power stations
Aug 1989 — Jun 1991
Assistant Engineer
Responsible for providing engineering and technical support to the operations, maintenance and capital works of a power network supplying 16,000 customers
Sep 1988 — Aug 1989
Engineering Cadet
This was my second summer holiday job. This included MIG welding brackets to mount cylindrical transformers on poles, digging the earth mat trenches for Gorge Road substation, rebuilding the...
Nov 1985 — Feb 1986
Engineering Cadet
As part of an Engineering Cadetship my first electricity job was as a fitter's boy at the Invercargill substation to obtain the 180 days practical workshop and engineering experience for my ...
Dec 1984 — Feb 1985
Various Electric Power Roles
Started off as an engineering cadet with the Ministry of Energy in December 1984 ... still in the industry 31+ years later advising clients at chief executive and general manager level. See ...
from Dec 1984
Wool Store Laborer
Placing fleeces into numbered bins as instructed by a wool classer, to separate coarse and fine wools. This was a step up from barrowing complete bales around the store. I think this might h...
Dec 1983 — Jan 1984
I Didn't Even Get A Title
I spent the May holidays in my 6th Form year writing a small BASIC program for calculating lighting levels and lamp ratings for a consulting engineering firm.
May 1983 — May 1983
Didn't Even Get A Title
Spent a week as an intern in a consulting structural and building services engineers' office. Learned the basics of civil drafting, a bit of land surveying and penetrometer testing.
Dec 1982 — Dec 1982
Education
2012 — 2024
2003 — 2018
2012 — 2012
2003 — 2009
1997 — 1999
1995 — 1996
1988 — 1988
1985 — 1987
1980 — 1984
1978 — 1979
1971 — 1977
Occupations
Executive
Director
Professor
School Principal
Operations Manager
School Administrator
Educational Manager
Skills
Energy
Strategy
Management Consulting
Risk Management
Business Process Improvement
Business Strategy
Electricity
Asset Management
Strategic Planning
Business Planning
Smart Grid
Gas
Power Distribution
Benchmarking
Regulations
Capex
Key Performance Indicators
Pas 55
Safety Management Systems
Price Regulation
Capex Practices
Risk Assessment
Smart Grids
Electricity Distribution
Electricity Transmission
Asset Strategy
Electricity Demand Forecasting
Electricity Network Planning
Independent Engineer
Writing Amp's
Embedded Generation
Gas Distribution
Gas Transmission
Electrical Plant Due Diligence
Managing and Funding Church Building Projects
Treasurer For Charities
Chairing Board Meetings
Public Health Care Governance
Overhead Traction Wires