Brian Zard
Executive Director of Portfolio Management at ACES
📍 Tucson, Arizona, United States
Brian Zard serves as the Executive Director of Portfolio Management at ACES, where he specializes in comprehensive energy procurement and portfolio optimization. His expertise spans long-term resource planning, renewable contract execution, and trading to hedge portfolio costs. He holds a B. S. from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.
He has recommended an “all of the above” approach to resource adequacy, including new thermal generation, renewables, demand-side management, infrastructure, and markets.
Read the full overview →Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Executive Director of Portfolio Management
Job Level
Senior
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Personality Overview
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Priorities
Topics Brian cares about
Energy Portfolio Management
His entire career, from analyst to Executive Director, has focused on optimizing member and customer energy portfolios from long-term planning to real-time hedging.
Resource Adequacy
He speaks on how changing resource mixes affect resource adequacy and advocates for a diversified approach including renewables, thermal generation, and demand-side management.
Career
Work history
8-2023
Executive Director of Portfolio Management
ACES
12-2021 - 8-2023
Portfolio Director
ACES
4-2021 - 12-2021
Manager of Portfolio Management and Trading
Aces Power Marketing
11-2020 - 4-2021
Power Resources Manager
Pioneer Community Energy
4-2015 - 11-2020
Electric Resources Analyst - Power Supply
City of Roseville
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Education
2005 - 2008
B.S.
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
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