Tom Tribone

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nationality = American

Tom Tribone is the founder and current CEO of Guggenheim Global Infrastructure Company [ [http://clarenpower.com/our_advisors.html The Claren Advisors ] ] , a firm that is dedicated to the owning and operation of energy and infrastructure projects around the globe. [http://www.guggenheimpartners.com/news/ggi.pdf]

Tribone previously served as Executive Vice President of the AES Corporation [ [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/AES+Promotes+Four+Executive+Vice+Presidents+to+Chief+Operating...-a082518020 AES Promotes Four Executive Vice Presidents to Chief Operating Officers. - Free Online Library ] ] before he left that position to start his own company, Franklin Park Energy. He served as CEO of Franklin Park for several years. [http://www.guggenheimpartners.com/news/franklinpark.pdf]

Management Style

Tribone has been written about by authors such as Robert H. Waterman, author of "What America Does Right". [http://books.google.com/books?id=T1-RRvYT8qoC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=what+america+does+right,+tribone&source=web&ots=PHGCQRapWP&sig=FRMA92hQyiVXkk3vWouQCr5lx_s&hl=en#PPA30,M1] Waterman has written of Tribone:

But Tom Tribone is one of those people who resist the "status quo". He has a large chunk of what I call the "Columbo" factor: Like Detective Columbo on the old television show, if something doesn't make sense, Tribone asks why and keeps asking until he gets an answer that does make sense. In this case, what didn't make sense was the plant's output pattern. It ran twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and it had its good days and bad, but it almost always did better on weekends. During a good weekend, in fact, the productivity rate came very close to the plant's 3 million pounds per month capacity.

To Tribone, this was an amazing statistic -- the weekend blip. What was it about weekends? The conclusion was inescapable. The plant did better -- two times better -- when he wasn't around. Once he learned this the plant began setting production records. "The most effective direction I could give my people was simply to log the orders that came to the plant and convey that data," Tribone says. "These folks knew how to run the plant. If they knew what the customer wanted, and didn't have too much interference from me, they got it done."

In Robert M. Grant's case study, "AES Corporation: Rewriting the Rules of Management," [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/grant/docs/17AES.pdf] Grant relayed a quotation put forth by Tom Tribone on the subject of teams and corporate motivations:

"Teams imply friendship; not only the ability but the desire to work together. Starting with the wonderful example set by the original AES team, Roger and Dennis, working together in small groups has been a natural way to get big things done while preserving the dignity of each person."

Board Membership

PLCA -- Powerline Communication Association

CAEM -- Center for Advancement of Energy Markets [ [http://www.caem.org/Content/IDEAS%20Foundation/Ideas%20Board.HTM IDEAS Board of Advisors ] ]

USETI -- US Environmental Technology Institute

ARG/Am Chamber -- Argentine American Chamber of Commerce

Br/US Chamber -- Brazil US Chamber of Commerce

ITCF -- Inter-regional Transmission Coordination Forum

EPSA -- Electric Power Supply Association

AES China Generating Company

Cemig S.A. Board of Directors [ [http://finance.google.com/finance?hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en-us&q=CIG&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=we CIG - Companhia Energetica Minas Gerais (ADR) - Google Finance ] ]

Disco of the Future Forum

CECA -- Consumers Energy Council of America

IEDC -- International Energy Development Council

Northern Virginia CYO Athletics Board of Directors [ [http://nvjcyo.org/softball/Soft.htm NVJCYO Softball ] ]

Education

Tribone received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Chemical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and both his MBA and Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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