Brandon Bass, PE, MBA

Questioner
DISC Type : c

Generation Procurement Engineer at Southern Company Services

Greater Birmingham, Alabama Area, United States

Overview

Brandon is a Generation Procurement Engineer at Southern Company with deep expertise in environmental compliance and chemical engineering. A licensed Professional Engineer with an MBA, he has a history of managing large-scale capital projects and performing due diligence for natural gas, solar, and wind power generation projects.

Outside of his professional work, Brandon is passionate about philanthropy, actively supporting charitable organizations like neverthirst that focus on providing clean water to communities in need. He also follows the application of emerging AI technology within the energy sector to enhance efficiency.

He co-authored and presented a technical poster on the Greenhouse Gas Mandatory Reporting Rule for the oil and gas industry.

Personality Overview

Value Seeker

Not Easily Convinced

Price-Sensitive

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.  It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions. They prefer to fully evaluate every situation.

Topics They Care About

Environmental Compliance
His career includes extensive experience in air permitting, emissions calculations, environmental due diligence, and regulatory analysis for various industries.
Renewable Energy
He has evaluated environmental risks and developed mitigation strategies for solar and wind power generation projects at Southern Power.
Capital Project Management
As a former Project Engineering Manager, he led teams in executing capital project plans and managed multi-year site capital spending.

Media Appearances

Brandon has no verified media appearances

Work History

2-2025
Generation Procurement Engineer at Southern Company Services
5-2022 - 2-2025
Project Engineering Manager at Avanti Polar Lipids
10-2018 - 5-2022
Project Engineer at PPM Consultants, Inc.
9-2017 - 9-2018
Project Siting Engineer - Environmental at Southern Power
6-2011 - 9-2017
Air Quality Consultant at ERM: Environmental Resources Management

Education

2019 - 2021
Master of Business Administration - MBA from LSU Shreveport
2006 - 2011
Bachelor of Science (BS) from Louisiana State University

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Insights For Selling To Brandon

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Emphasize on objective proof of ROI, help them do a thorough evaluation
  • If you have a lower priced product compared to the competition, call out the same
  • Back up any claims with data and numbers

DONT's

  • Don’t depend too much on anecdotal evidence, it reduces their confidence
  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Brandon is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Brandon

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Brandon move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can Brandon take some risk or not?

  • If they believe that they have analyzed the situation well, they can take a little risk.

You And Brandon

Personality Compatibility


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