Senior Lead Settlements Analyst September 2018 Victoria Pierson joined ACES in 2014 as a Settlements Analyst. “I was working and living in Chicago, but looking for a change,” Victoria recalls, “I grew up near Chicago and love the city, but I found the pace of a smaller city like Indianapolis to be more attractive.” When contemplating moving, a former employee recommended …
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Arash Zafari
Manager of Reliability Engineering March 2019 Arash Zafari, ACES’ Reliability Compliance Specialist, migrated to the U.S. fromIran in 2008 and received his U.S. citizenship last year. He moved to Indiana tostudy electrical engineering at Purdue University and shortly after college moved to Indianapolis to pursue work in the power industry. “I started my career as a settlements …
Graham Becher
Executive Director of Portfolio Strategy April 2019 Graham Becher is Executive Director of Portfolio Strategy at ACES. Graham and the rest of the Portfolio Strategy team provide ACES’ Members and Customers with mid- to long-term strategic portfolio recommendations. Graham started his career at ACES in May 2007 as a real-time hourly trader. “I had just completed …
Alex Huff
Portfolio Director June 2019 Alex Huff, an ACES employee since 2005, transferred from ACES’ headquarters in Carmel, Indiana to ACES’ East Regional Trading Center (RTC) in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2017 and is currently serving as the Portfolio Director for the Eastern Markets. “I joined ACES as a Term Trader and have since spent time …
Courtney Stooksbury Parker
Associate General Counsel and Director of Legal Services July 2019 Courtney has had a connection to electric cooperatives most of her life. Growing up, her father managed municipal and cooperative utilities in Tennessee and South Carolina. “I remember being a kid and making chili and brownies for linemen when they were out doing restoration work. The linemen would work …
Chris Armstrong
Training Manager September 2019 In 2013, Chris Armstrong had just earned his MBA from Taylor University and was looking for a career change. “I went to Indiana University for my undergrad and a few of my friends that I still kept in touch with were working for ACES. They all had great things to say about the company, …