About Us: Our People: Partners:

Christopher Vlahoplus, Jr., Partner

Chris Vlahoplus has been a management consultant for 15 years, specializing in strategic and business planning, organizational restructuring, and management models.  He has assisted more than 20 companies.  His primary areas of focus include nuclear power generation, electric utility and gas LDC operations.  Mr. Vlahoplus earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of South Carolina, an M.S. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Prior to joining ScottMadden, Mr. Vlahoplus worked in nuclear safety at Duke Power Company.

Recent Assignments

• Developed a merger integration readiness plan for a nuclear generation organization
• Performed an organization and staffing study of an unregulated generating company
• Provided integration support for the merger of two nuclear companies, including transition management, savings analysis, standard plant organization and staffing, and integration plan completeness review
• Performed benchmarking studies for several distribution and transmission organizations, including a collaborative panel of distribution utilities
• Supported the development of a strategic plan for an unregulated generating company
• Implemented a business planning process for a large multi-utility energy delivery organization
• Supported a nuclear fleet-standardization effort covering standard processes, organization, and staffing
• Established a key performance indicator structure for an energy delivery organization. The project included distribution, transmission, customer service, and energy services
• Developed a business/marketing plan for a newly established nuclear operating company, which included a plant acquisition evaluation model for candidate screening, a due diligence process and support for the evaluation of two proposed nuclear management services contracts, and organization design
• Supported the development of a product management focus on outdoor lighting to grow profitability and serve as the example for managing energy delivery product lines
• Provided integration support for the merger of two electric utilities, including service company formation

Recent Articles and Speeches

• The Team Playbook: Six Rules for Developing and Sustaining and Effective Playbook, 9/1/2004
• “The Team Play Book,” Electric Perspectives, September/October 2004
• “The New Wholesale Electricity Trading Model,” Power Finance and Risk, July 2003
• Don't Forget the Distribution Utility, EEI Strategic Issues Conference, October 2002
• Attaining High Performance after Mergers & Acquisitions, American Nuclear Society Utility Working Conference, August 2001