Sharon Allan

About Sharon Allan

Recognized as a top decile leader where technology innovation as a result of macro industry drivers is paving the way for change in regulated and deregulated industries. Sharon is a visionary leader with strong operating skills, which has enabled her to define strategies, grow for-profit and non-profits businesses, and also turn-around struggling businesses and set them on a growth path. She is a transformational leader with a strong technology aptitude to spot, understand, and see trends that can be applied to the Industry Sector. Her specialty is providing advisory and strategy for how technology can be used to grow business, bridging the gap between technologies and the relevance to the business, and integrating the business transformation changes to create value while minimizing risk. She is a change catalyst and problem solver: listens and communicates well, quickly analyzes issues, builds consensus. Prized for high integrity.Sharon has over 30 years leading, advising, and collaborating with utilities, technology solution providers, government, investors, and National Labs. She has facilitated numerous multi-stakeholder meetings as well as strategic planning sessions. Her impact in industry has made her a sought after speaker around the world, and she has been quoted in Platts, Fortune, Financial Times, and WSJ.Sharon has performed due diligence on numerous M&A and implemented the merger after acquisition. Having run global organizations and held a P&L, she has strong operations and fiscal management. She is an Advisor on the Enertech Capital Board, and investor in growth-stage companies and Board member of the NCGreenPower. Her board service has led to successful business growth, innovative design thinking approaches, technology risk assessment, disruption adaptation, and thoughtful ESG reporting and engagement.Specialties: Business GrowthBusiness TransformationGlobal Operations ESGProfit & Loss ManagementManagement ConsultingCustomer Service OperationsBusiness Process DesignPortfolio prioritizationOrganization Design & Change ManagementBusiness & IT StrategyBusiness Development & Relationship DevelopmentTeaming & Alliance StrategyMarketing and Sales OperationsTechnology Commercialization

Experience

1. Advisory Board Member

   Enertech Capital

   Jun 2015 — Present

   Working with EnerTech Capital\'s portfolio companies.

Education

• University of Florida

  BS EE, Electrical Engineering

  1980 — 1984

• Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

  MBA

  2000 — 2002

• University of South Carolina

  Graduate studies in EE

• North Carolina State University

  Graduate classes in EE

Skills

• Strategic Planning
• IT Service Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Change Management
• Software Development
• Management Consulting
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• International Business
• Integration
• Business Intelligence
• Strategy
• Business Process Design
• Business Process
• Vendor Management
• IT Strategy
• Project Delivery
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Profitable Growth
• Smart Metering
• Business Transformation
• Energy
• Corporate Governance
• Business Process Improvement
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Analytics
• Telecommunications
• Business Strategy
• Enterprise Software
• Start-Ups
• Management
• Energy Management
• Manufacturing
• Program Management
• Energy Efficiency
• Ami
• Executive Management
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• CEO Succession
• Business Acquisition