Executive Vice President/Sr. Engineer:           Max Bartholomay  

                                                                                    mbartholomay@ceg-engineers.com

                                                                                    651-463-6388

P.E., MSEE 1985, BSEE 1983, North Dakota State University. Experience includes System Engineer for Dakota Electric Association and Planning Engineer for Cooperative Power Association.  Specialties are distribution system analysis, planning, and system protection.  Mr. Bartholomay has been responsible for all of Dakota Electric’s system planning studies, both on staff and as a consultant, for the past 10 years.  Other recent projects include a Connexus Energy Backfeed Study, Goodhue Cooperative Long Range Plan and Construction Work Plan, Cass County Cooperative Substation Evaluation, and the Great River Energy Long Range Transmission Plan.

Vice President:       Jim Hanson

                                    jhanson@ceg-engineers.com

                                    651-244-9747

P.E., BSEE 1974, North Dakota State University. Experience includes Engineering Technical Services Manager for Dakota Electric Association and Project Engineer for Cooperative Power and Basin Electric.  Specialties are distribution engineering and operations, substation engineering, management and business practices.  Recent CRN experience includes co-author of the Voltage Regulator Buyers report, a Load Management White Paper, and technical review of several CRN publications.  Presentation experience includes NRECA and DA/DSM presentations on Distribution Automation and SCADA, and Distributed Generation presentations at regional power conferences.

Vice President/Sr. Project Manager:     Pete Malamen         

                                                                        pmalamen@ceg-engineers.com

                                                                        651-463-6250

P.E., MSEE 1973, University of Minnesota, BA 1971, St. Olaf College. Experience includes engineering and operations responsibilities for McLeod Cooperative Power Association and Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative. Specialties are planning and design of transmission and distribution lines and substations.  Mr. Malamen has prepared planning studies for the Municipal Power Systems of Litchfield and Redwood Falls, MN and Watertown, SD, as well as his previous co-op planning experience.  Recent training presentations include NESC training for Dakota Electric field design staff and distributed generation interconnection requirements presentations at regional power conferences.

Vice President/Senior Project Engineer          Vince Granquist

                                                                                    VGranquist@ceg-engineers.com

                                                                                    651-463-6350

P.E., BSEE 2000, Iowa State University. BSOE 1991, Wayland Baptist University.  Experience includes work as Project Engineer at CEG and prior work as a Senior Construction Manager for Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, Iowa. Specialties are substation design, engineering for generator interconnection and design, SCADA projects and construction management and planning services for wind farm electrical systems. Mr. Granquist leads CEG’s efforts on wind turbine generator projects ranging from small single turbine projects to large wind farms. Recent projects include the first utility scale wind turbine owned by a college (Carleton College, Northfield MN), design of several wind farm substations, and turnkey design-build projects for wind farm substations and collection systems in Minnesota and North Dakota.

Other Staff includes:

Project Engineers

Electrical Designer

CAD Techs

Admin/CAD Tech