Mr. Balcom is a proven leader in the Energy business with over 30 years of experience. As a senior leader at ABB, Mr. Balcom was responsible for the negotiation, financial and technical oversite of global supply contracts with the world’s largest oil and gas companies; Shell and ExxonMobil. Mr. Balcom was a Global Product Manager for ABB’s ANSI product offering inclusive of all Research and Development efforts.
Mr. Balcom started up a division of Cummins Northeast Inc. as General Manager and successfully led the group to profitable growth for 10 consecutive years. Mr. Balcom was responsible for the overall management, product definition, risk management, design and construction of CHP energy systems, and life cycle maintenance contracts. As Director of Account Management for NSTAR (formerly Boston Edison), Mr. Balcom led a team of Account Managers and the top 800 NSTAR customers through the transformation in the Electric Deregulation industry in Massachusetts. Mr. Balcom created and implemented leading business practices that are utilized to this day. Mr. Balcom was the Manager of Energy Marketing and Sales for Trigen Energy responsible for all customer interconnection designs, energy sales, contracts and customer service.
Mr. Balcom began his journey as a mechanical engineer with Shooshanian and Crowley Engineering. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Western New England University and MBA from Framingham State University. Mr. Balcom held a Professional Engineers license in mechanical engineering in MA from 1993 to 2012. Mr. Balcom was a commissioned officer in the US Army Reserves and is a guest lecturer at the Simmons College Graduate School of social work.