About Us: Our People: Partners:
Richard D. Starkweather, Partner
Rick Starkweather has been a management consultant for more than 18 years and has consulted with companies in a variety of industries. His areas of expertise include strategic and business planning, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory strategy and rate case support, organizational and operations improvement, financial analysis and budgeting, and benchmarking. Prior to joining ScottMadden, Mr. Starkweather was a consultant with Deloitte Consulting. He has extensive experience in the healthcare and chemical industries and helped lead the start up of two companies. Mr. Starkweather received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Recent Assignments
- Validated the achievement of annual merger synergies targets for a combination utility to support its retail rate case filings. Quantified savings levels by line item consistent with original multi-year savings model and drafted supporting direct testimony
- Developed a new business model for the transmission function of a southeastern utility. The model facilitated improved alignment of organizational functions, business plan goals, performance metrics and budgeting priorities to optimize system reliability and expenditure levels
- Conducted a comprehensive review of the performance management process for a federal power agency, including a review of current performance metrics, incentive compensation goals, and business planning and performance monitoring processes
- Assessed a new general ledger system for a regional electric and gas utility in light of a pending rate case. Analyses included historical O&M trends and a detailed year-to-year FERC account variance analysis to support pre-filed testimony
- Completed a detailed distribution benchmarking study for a mid-Atlantic electric utility to support the definition of annual performance goals and budgeting targets
- Developed a comprehensive, market-driven business strategy and several tactical tools to support successful strategy implementation for a Canadian electric utility
- Provided support to the functional area merger integration teams of two nuclear generation companies, which included developing new organizational structures and staffing targets, reporting templates, and project management tools
Recent Articles and Speeches
- Rate Case Resurgence, 9/19/2005
- Rate Case Preparation and Management, EUCI Rate Case 101 Conference, May 2006
- Rate Case 201: Putting Theory Into Practice, (Mock Rate Case Workshop) EUCI Rate Case 101 Conference, May 2006
- Perspectives on Benchmarking, EUCG Spring Conference, April 2005
- Strategies for the New Regulatory Compact, EEI Strategic Issues Conference, October 2004
