Phillip Christopherson

About Phillip Christopherson

I am a visionary Business and Economic Development Executive with two decades of…

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Energy Capital Economic Development

   Jun 2014 — Present

   Addressed a lack of fiscal responsibility, vision alignment, and community engagement from poor previous management, transforming company into a sound organization well-respected locally and statewide • Collaborated with Board of Directors to develop mission, vision, and values reflective of organization • Maintain tight fiscal control, regularly evaluating and revising budget to ensure expenditures align with revenue • Develop close working relationships with community, business, and political leaders to advocate for and guide local, regional, and statewide economic development and businesses activities • Testify and report to legislative committees and SLIB members • Manage and guide staff and volunteers to accomplish organizational and individual goals • Develop and negotiate leases, contracts, subcontracts, and other legal documents • Recruit and develop new business through personal outreach, creative advertising, trade show participation, partnerships with other ED organizations, and response to Wyoming Business Council leads • Develop, implement, and manage long term strategy and operational and project budgets • Rebuilt organization bringing it into compliance with local, state, and federal non-profit regulations • Resolved budget crisis due to prior administration mismanagement, implementing tight cost controls to grow assets from $551k with in accounts receivable, to $1.6M with $0 in accounts receivable over 5 years • Created, monitored, and ensured compliance with project budgets and schedules • Created Advanced Carbon Products Innovation Center concept and obtained local, state, and federal funding for project to support existing local industry while diversifying economy and developing new business • Developed concept and implemented plan for FUEL Business Incubator which will increase demand for coal as a source of carbon for creating value-added products and will generate new business

Skills

• Operations Management
• Project Planning
• Proposal Writing
• Lean Manufacturing
• Community Outreach
• Leadership
• Business Strategy
• Public Speaking
• Nonprofits
• Organizational Development
• Program Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Project Management
• Management Consulting
• Policy
• Entrepreneurship
• Economic Development
• Training
• Grants
• Fundraising
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Team Leadership
• Leadership Development
• Business Planning
• Marketing Strategy
• Competitive Analysis
• Executive Management
• Manufacturing
• Team Building
• Product Development
• Strategy
• Public Relations
• Budgets
• Government
• Business Development
• Public Policy
• Community Development
• Budgeting