Steve Collier:
CLASS OF 1970

Carlsbad Senior High SchoolClass of 1970
Carlsbad, NM
United States Military AcademyClass of 1974
West point, NY
Carlsbad Mid-High SchoolClass of 1968
Carlsbad, NM
Eisenhower Junior High SchoolClass of 1966
Carlsbad, NM
Monterrey Elementary SchoolClass of 1964
Carlsbad, NM
Steve's Story
Born in Alamagordo, NM July 19, 1952
Moved to Carlsbad 1955 when my dad took job as QC chemist at Southwest Potash
Lived on Bonita Street, then Dogwood Lane
Monterrey Elementary School
Eisenhower Junior High School
Carlsbad Mid High School
Graduated Carlsbad Senior High School 1970
Presidential (Nixon) apptmt to USMA, West Point
Medical discharge West Point Fall 1970
NMSU Carlsbad Branch 1970-1971
NMSU Las Cruces 1972-73
BSEE degree summa cum laude University of Houston May 1976
MSEE degree Purdue University Dec 1977
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow in
Engineering
Jackson Drug Store 1969-1970
Rasco-Tempo & Coronado Glass & Rose Gravel 1970-1973
Houston Lighting and Power Co 1971-76
Purdue Electric Power Center 1976-1977
Power Technologies, Inc., Schenectady, NY 1977-78
Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM 1978-79
C H Guernsey and Co, OKC, OK 1979-1989
Cap Rock Electric, Austin, TX 1989-1996
CHG Strategy Group, Austin, TX 1996-1998
IMDC, Austin, TX 1997-2002
Util-LINK, LLC, Nashville, TN 1999-2001
National Rural Telecomm Cooperative, Herndon, VA 2001-2006
Milsoft Utility Solutions, Abilene, TX 2006-present
Taught business planning and competit...Expand for more
ive strategy for the NRECA Management Internship Program in School of Continuing Education at University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 1982-2000. Now teaching same at University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Frequent author and motivational speaker . . . energy, technology, business strategy
On Twitter as smartgridman. On LinkedIn as stevenecollier.
Dad worked 40+ years at Southwest Potash>AMAX>Horizon Gold; after retirement worked for Eddy County Tax Assessor; died 2007
Mom passed away 2014.
Sister Denise is married to Dan Williams, living in Corona, NM.
Married first time in May 1973 in Houston, TX; separated in 1997, divorced in 2000
4 children
Rachel 11/16/78 artist;
Production manager for Kendra Scott in Austin, TX
Joel 12/03/82 Accountant
CFO for in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Lori 02/13/85 BA Psychnology UofTX,
speech pathologist in Austin
Ginna 07/11/88 attending Texas State
works for HomeAway in Austin, TX
Married 2000 to Allison Leigh Conley from Casey, IL. 3 children
Zoe 09/19/00
freshman at Vandegrift HS
Harper Leigh & Raine Allison 01/23/04
6th graders at Canyon Ridge Middle School
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