Midlothian Associates Inc. (Midlothian) is a specialty consulting firm that is dedicated to providing management consulting services, mainly to the energy, utility and construction industries.

Midlothian focuses on managing the strategic, organizational, operational, and people challenges of companies and institutions that are undergoing structural, financial and organizational change.

Whether caused by start-up, acquisition, merger or industry change, many organizations develop adequate strategies but often fail at the critical implementation stage. With our proven experience and success in handling these issues in multiple industries, we can help ensure success by providing assistance with strategy development, implementation and change management.

We have particular experience with mergers, acquisitions, and start-ups including assisting foreign companies who are developing businesses and joint-ventures in the USA.

We provide services to the following industries and organizations:

	Energy/Utilities
	Construction, Real Estate and Development
	Foreign Companies starting up in the USA
	Public Agencies
	Not for Profit Organizations

Our Associates have specific experience in handling the challenges that each of the above businesses face in today’s corporate climate. If you presently are in one of these segments and have a problem, or need assistance with a project, contact us and let us assist you in reviewing your requirements.

We have associates with specific expertise in:

	Generation(Fossil,Renewables,Nuclear)		Operational issues
	Transmission		Environment
	Distribution		Emergency Preparedness
	Customer Service		Safety
	Mergers and Acquisitions		Labor Management
	Start-ups		Personnel Issues
	Divestitures		Strategy
	Restructuring		Organizational Structure
	Downsizing		Change Management
	Reliability		Leadership development
	Asset Management		Mentoring
	Operational Issues		Team Building

Our associates bring specific experience in each of the above areas. If you have a problem or project in any of the above areas, contact us and schedule a time to review your needs and prepare a plan to help you move forward.

We bring specific experience in:

	Technology Transfer and Implementation		Operational Issues
	Labor Relations		Personnel Issues
	Communication		Strategy
	Organizational Structure		Change Management
	Leadership Development		Team Building

We have been involved in multiple foreign start-ups in the USA and can assist you in successfully managing the many issues and decisions that lie before you. We have experience with British, French, German, and Italian companies – contact us and schedule a time to discuss how we can help move your business forward.

We have hands-on experience with:

	Succession Planning
	Attracting and Retaining Talent
	Mentoring
	Executive Coaching
	Decision Making
	Team Building

Our associates have:

	Developed and implemented workforce regeneration plans.
	Developed and implemented succession plans.
	Developed and implemented team building efforts, covering all levels of management and organized labor, to increase productivity.
	Developed and implemented new decision making process in response to changed market conditions.
	Carried out executive coaching assignments.
	Participated in mentoring programs.
	Developed and implemented a cooperative improvement program to improve relationships between management and organized labor.
	Handled the multiple people and team building issues related to multiple mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

We can lead improvements in:

	Decision Making
	Change Management
	Employee Effectiveness
	Employee Communications
	Process Management
	Workforce Regeneration

Our associates have:

	Reorganized the generation and trading business of a major utility in response to changed market environment.
	Successfully managed multiple right sizing projects with minimal legal and management issues.
	Developed and implemented a new decision making process in response to changed market conditions.
	Implemented Process Management programs.

We have proven hands-on experience and can assist in resolving strategic, organizational, operating and people issues related to:

	Start-Ups
	Mergers and Acquisitions
	Joint Ventures
	Divestitures
	Downsizing
	Restructuring

Our associates have:

	Negotiated and operated three USA/European energy and environmental joint ventures and technology transfers.
	Successfully completed the sale of a 5,000Mw generation and trading business; including people, union, and real estate.
	Restructured the core power delivery business of a major utility.
	Played major roles in two utility mergers and acquisitions.
	Project managed many major projects including large fossil and renewable power plants.
	Implemented leading customer service technologies.
	Implemented utility asset management, reliability and safety programs
	Played leading role in restructuring of of steel fabrication and erection business

We have proven hands-on experiences with:

	Labor/Management Cooperation
	Redefining Work
	Multi-skilling and Cross Training
	Mentoring
	Aging Workforce and Workforce Regeneration

Our associates have:

	Developed and implemented a cooperative improvement project between management and organized labor.
	Developed and implemented a business literacy program jointly taught by management and organized labor.
	Successfully negotiated with organized labor on both the divestiture and acquisition of major businesses.
	Developed and implemented multi-skilling and cross training programs with organized labor.
	Negotiated multiple labor agreements.
	Developed and implemented multiple contingency plans in support of negotiations with organized labor.

We have associates with specific experience in:

	Arbitration and Mediation		Environmental Issues
	Mergers and Acquisitions		Organizational Structure
	Start-Ups		Change Management
	Joint Ventures		Leadership Development
	Restructuring		Mentoring
	Labor Management		Team Building
	Divestitures		Personnel Issues
	Strategy		Safety

Our associates bring particular experience in each of the above areas. If you have a problem or project in any of the above areas contact us to schedule a time to discuss how we can help you move forward.

Midlothian Associates Inc. (Midlothian) is a specialty consulting firm that is dedicated to providing management consulting services, mainly to the energy, utility and construction industries. More specifically:

“We Manage the Challenges of Change”

Midlothian focuses on managing the strategic, organizational, operational, and people challenges of companies and institutions that are undergoing structural, financial and organizational change.

Whether caused by start-up, acquisition, merger or industry change, many organizations develop adequate strategies but often fail at the critical implementation stage. With our proven experience and success in handling these issues in multiple industries, we can help ensure success by providing assistance with strategy development, implementation and change management.

We have particular experience with mergers, acquisitions, and start-ups including assisting foreign companies who are developing businesses and joint-ventures in the USA.

The principal in Midlothian is William J. Sim President and CEO. Prior to founding Midlothian Mr. Sim was Senior Vice President of Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI), a regional energy holding company that provides utility service to more than 1.8 million customers. PHI is the parent company of Potomac Electric Power Company(Pepco), an electric utility serving Washington, D.C. and suburban Maryland; Delmarva Power, an electric and gas utility serving Delaware and the rest of the Delmarva peninsula; and Atlantic City Electric (ACE), an electric utility serving southern New Jersey. Mr. Sim was responsible for utility operations across all PHI utilities and in addition served as President and CEO of Pepco and ACE.

Mr. Sim joined Potomac Electric Power Company in 1977 from the construction industry as Manager, Generating Construction. He served as President and COO of the American Energy Division of Potomac Electric Power Company subsidiary Potomac Capital Investment Corporation (PCI) from 1987 to 1991 where he was responsible for PCI’s non-regulated generation businesses including their renewable energy business (solar, waste and hydro).In this role Mr. Sim negotiated, started-up and ran PCI’s joint ventures and partnership agreements with Italian, German and French companies.Mr. Sim was elected Vice President, Operations and Construction, Potomac Electric Power Company, in 1991 and became Vice President, Power Supply and Delivery in 1994. He became Group Vice President, Generation, in 1997. In 2001, he became Senior Vice President, Power Delivery, responsible for all aspects of transmission and delivery of electricity to Potomac Electric Power Company's customers.

He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is a 1968 graduate of the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland. He holds a master's degree in business administration from Loyola College in Maryland.

Mr. Sim has numerous professional affiliations. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Williams Industries a NASD steel fabrication and erection company in Manassas Virginia, a member of the Board of Visitors, A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland; and a member of Leadership Washington, Class of 2003. He also serves as Chairman of the Washington Building Congress; and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Round House Theatre. He has also served on the Metropolitan Board of the Greater Washington Boys and Girls Club; is Past Chairman, Loyola College MBA Alumni Fundraising Campaign; Past Chairman, Pepco United Way Campaign; and Past Chairman & Founder, Soccer Association of Columbia, Maryland. He is also a member of the inaugural class (2005) of the Howard County Maryland Community Sports Hall of fame and has been named a Globalscot by the First Minister of the Scottish Parliament.

The other associates of Midlothian have specialties in fields such as

	Generation .
	Asset management
	Customer Care
	Environment
	Finance
	Transmission
	Distribution ( overhead and underground)
	Substations
	Emergency Management
	Construction
	Change Management and operational improvement
	Labor Management and Personnel issues
	Leadership development and Team Building
	Communications

In many industries including energy , utilities , construction and real estate , as well as in some cases Public Agencies and Not for Profit institutions we can enhance our clients own capabilities and provide them with assistance in specific projects because we bring proven talent and experience and

“WE ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS”

We can provide:

	Business Strategy
	Proven Technical Expertise
	Organizational Structure and Implementation
	Change Management and Operational Improvement
	Labor Management and Personnel Strategy and Implementation
	Leadership Development and Team Building

We have experience in rendering these services at all stages of an organization’s existence and can provide proven assistance with, acquisitions, start-ups, and mergers .In the case of mergers we have been involved with both due diligences prior to a merger and the all important implementation issues after the closing of the merger. Our experiences also include the many issues related to divestitures including the crucial focus on the labor and personnel factors.

We can provide such assistance because we have first hand experience of dealing with the many issues and stresses that these and other types of change can bring about.

Check us out we may just be the spur you need to take your business or team to the next level.

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