Ops Plus, Inc / Ops Engineering LLCAn Introduction

Mission Statement

• Ops Plus’ long-term mission.– To become the regional leader in utility design, high voltage

diagnostics and support services.– To operate Ops Plus in a manner that promotes and maintains “Safety

First” as a culture and attitude at work and at home.– Try to use words that will help direct the growth of your company, but

be as concise as possible.

Ops Plus BackgroundOps Plus, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and originally specialized in “Outsourced Procurement Services”, thus the “OPS”.

Since the inception of the Company, our goal has always been to provide the absolute best in outsourced services.

The “Plus” indicates our willingness and ability to expand our services outside of the Procurement specialty, today primarily servicing the utility market.

The Team

• Bridgette Pregliasco - CEO and majority owner • Debbie Conway - VP and minority owner• Dwayne Buckles – Business Development Manager• Paul Lee – Safety Manager & LG&E-KU Contract Manager• Jack Kastensmidt – Engineering Manager• Eddie Miller – Metering Manager• Tammy Mercer – Human Resources manager

Areas of ExpertiseUtility Design Services• Electric & Gas• Civil Engineering• Telecommunications• Water & Wastewater

treatmentElectrical Design & Engineering• Energy Efficiency• Power Quality Analysis• Power Factor Correction • Energy Consulting

• Peak Demand/ShiftSurveying Services• ALTA surveys • Right-of-Way Acquisitions • Topographic Surveys

Equipment Diagnostics• Infrared Inspections• Oil Samples Analysis

Contract Specialist

Market Summary

• Summarize your market in the past, present, and future.– Our clients include major investor-owned utilities and

telecommunications companies, municipal and public power organizations, electric cooperatives, as well as private commercial, industrial and manufacturing companies.

– Review those changes in market share, leadership, players, market shifts, costs, pricing, or competition that provide the opportunity for your company’s success.

Opportunities

• Identify problems and opportunities.– State consumer problems, and define the nature of product/service

opportunities that are created by those problems.– Contract Specialist for large utilities looking to outsource all or part of

departments.– Mid-sized commercial and industrial clients that need energy savings

but don’t want to go thru a full audit – Looking for low hanging fruit– Similar companies looking to partner to provide synergy and joint

venture opportunities

Business Concept

• Summarize the key technology, concept, or strategy on which your business is based.

Corporate philosophy

• Outline your company’s competitive advantage.

Our corporate philosophy is simple: we partner with our clients to help ensure their success and we do it safely. Integrity and a passionate commitment to quality and safety is at our core, and we’ve assembled a proven team of engineers, designers, project managers and technicians with experience in all areas of power, energy, water & wastewater and telecommunications design and engineering to help us exceed client expectations.

Goals and Objectives

• List five-year goals.• Expand utility related capabilities• Grow more regionally with future offices in Lexington,

Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Nashville• State specific, measurable objectives for achieving your five-

year goals.– List market-share objectives.– List revenue/profitability objectives.

Financial Plan

• Outline a high-level financial plan that defines your financial model and pricing assumptions. – This plan should include expected annual sales and profits for the next

three years.– Use several slides to cover this material appropriately.

Resource Requirements

• List requirements for the following resources:– Personnel– Technology– Finances– Distribution– Promotion– Products– Services

Risks and Rewards

• Summarize the risks of the proposed project and how they will be addressed.

• Estimate expected rewards, particularly if you are seeking funding.

Key Issues

• Near term– Identify key decisions and issues that need immediate or near-term

resolution.– State consequences of decision postponement.

• Long term– Identify issues needing long-term resolution.– State consequences of decision postponement.

• If you are seeking funding, be specific about any issues that require financial resources for resolution.

Our Clients & Partners:

American Synthetic Rubber Co.

Cemex USA

Critical Systems, LLC

Dart Container Corporation

Duke Power Corporation

East Kentucky Power Cooperative

Eaton Corporation

General Electric Appliance Park

Hexion Specialty Chemicals

Kentucky Utilities

Louisville Gas & Electric Co.

Metropolitan Sewer District

Midwest Switchgear Services

Nolin RECC

UPS

Square D

Wal-Mart

Ops Plus Clients & Partners (cont):