Meet the Team

CEO & Founder

Paul M. Simon

Paul has thirty years of experience in the utility industry, beginning with his employment at Delmarva Power in March 1997. He spent six years at Conectiv Energy’s power plants, contributing significantly to the commissioning of five power generation facilities and numerous critical systems. During this period, he advanced quickly to Lead Maintenance Operator at the Hay Road Power Complex. Paul’s technical foundation includes nearly 2,000 hours of formal classroom training and extensive hands-on field experience in power generation, operations, and commissioning. At 27 years old, Paul was serving as Lead Maintenance Operator running a crew of four to operate and maintain the Hay Road Power Complex and the associated remote turbine generators.

Early in his career, Paul was active in the union, serving as a shop steward for IBEW Local 1238. He later expanded his involvement by successfully running for a position on the union executive board and serving a three-year term. As Assistant Business Manager, appointed at age thirty-two, he was the youngest in Local 1238’s history. After his term as Assistant Business Manager, Paul was elected Business Manager of Local 1238, where he demonstrated leadership courage, managing five separate labor agreements. He led negotiations through some of the most challenging periods in the union’s history. His leadership guided members through plant closures, layoffs, severance programs, a work stoppage, and workforce transitions, ensuring fairness, dignity, and long-term resiliency for affected employees.

Under Paul’s leadership, Local 1238 became the first utility local in the country to implement the IBEW Code of Excellence, setting a national benchmark for professionalism, accountability, and safety culture. This transformation elevated Local 1238 into the contractor of choice at his represented utilities across the region. Paul managed a full-time staff and numerous shop stewards, strengthening labor-management relationships and elevating workforce performance.

Paul transitioned to Pepco Holdings Inc. at age thirty-eight, working as a mid-level executive in Labor Relations in HR, handling negotiations, policy development, union agreements, and high-level investigations. After three years, he returned to Delmarva Power as a Senior Project Construction Manager, overseeing large capital projects and a team of 14 construction managers while ensuring excellence in construction, safety, and contractor performance.

He spent three years as a Senior-Level Construction Manager before transitioning to the role of Senior Project Manager outside Delmarva Power. Leveraging his extensive technical and leadership experience, Paul excels in EPC project management, totaling more than fifteen years — ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and according to scope. Paul has successfully completed hundreds of projects in transmission, distribution, substations, and renewable energy. Over the past twelve years, he has managed utility construction projects across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, with project values ranging from $50,000 to $1 billion.

Paul’s unique experience includes first and second chair experience in both union and company negotiations. He has acquired journeyman-level skills as an electrician, mechanic, operator, and commissioning team member in power generation. His management expertise includes overseeing bargaining unit employees, management personnel, and company contractors.

A recognized expert in early-stage project development, Paul evaluates conceptual designs to determine constructability, cost, feasibility, and risk — helping owners and developers make informed investment decisions and avoid downstream execution challenges.

Paul is the CEO and Founder of Simon Consulting LLC, a disability-owned business enterprise (DOBE). Simon Consulting LLC leverages Paul’s experience and the relationships he has established over his 30-year career to provide the highest level of consulting in the industry. Along with a small full-time staff, Paul has built a consortium of experienced, proven, high-level performers who work with him extensively to cover all aspects of utility construction, power generation, data center construction, and energy policy. He is active in the disability community, donating time and resources to help others succeed in managing their challenges, successfully acquiring resources, and leveraging their talents.

President/COO

Paul J. Simon

Paul Simon is a respected labor leader, business executive, and advocate for working families whose career spans decades of service in union leadership, community engagement, and workforce wellness. He is especially passionate about advancing mental health and wellness for all and serves as a peer support advocate and consultant dedicated to expanding access to meaningful, stigma-free care.

Paul retired on May 1, 2014, after 10 years as a full-time Union Business Manager for Delmarva Power and 17 years as an International Representative with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). He served in the IBEW 3rd District Office in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, as Assistant to the Vice President for 5 years before becoming a Field Representative in October 2002.

As a Field Representative, Paul represented union members throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware across all classifications at various utilities, including clerical and customer service professionals, as well as gas, electric, and HVAC field employees. His work centered on contract negotiations, grievance resolution, labor-management relations, and protecting the rights and livelihoods of working men and women.

Since retiring from the IBEW, Paul has continued to serve the workforce through executive leadership, entrepreneurship, and wellness advocacy. As President/COO and co-owner of Simon Business Solutions, LLC, he is a strong advocate for no-cost, unlimited access to quality mental health treatment for working men and women. He has also served as Senior Vice President – Finance at Archer Utility Construction Services, LLC, and as Agency Coordinator for Combined Insurance (a Chubb Company).

Paul’s commitment to service extends well beyond the workplace. He has served on the Executive Committee and Board of the United Way of Delaware, on the Board and Political and Legislative Committees of the Delaware AFL-CIO, and on Political and Utility Committees of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO while lobbying elected officials in Harrisburg.

Throughout his career — from union halls to executive offices — Paul Simon has remained steadfast in his commitment to protecting workers, strengthening organizations, and advancing mental health and wellness initiatives. As a passionate peer support advocate and consultant, he continues to champion innovative solutions that provide accessible, high-quality care and improve the lives of working men and women everywhere.

Vice President, Power & Utility Consulting · EIT, PMP

Stephen J. Partridge

Stephen J. Partridge is a Senior Project Manager and Electrical Engineer with more than thirty years of experience delivering complex utility, power generation, refinery, and industrial infrastructure projects. A proven leader in substation engineering, power distribution, EPC coordination, and outage planning, Stephen has managed large project portfolios and guided multidisciplinary engineering teams across nuclear, fossil, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical facilities.

Stephen has spent the last 9 years supporting Delmarva Power as a Senior Project Management Consultant, where he oversees more than one hundred substation projects spanning breaker, disconnect switch, power transformers, relay upgrades, and CCVT/PT programs. He manages engineering deliverables, budgets, schedules, procurement, contractor contracts, and outage coordination while leveraging Asset Suite 8 and WPT Clarity for project controls.

His engineering background includes leading the electrical design of the Cambria Cogeneration Project, Blackstone/ANP Combined Cycle Project, and Husky Lima Refinery Sulfur Recovery Unit for KBR; designing pipeline pump and metering station power systems for CSD Engineers; and supporting Merck’s Powerhouse Engineering group. Earlier in his career, Stephen managed major utility and industrial projects for Sargent & Lundy, including electrical engineering for the NYPA In-City Generation Project — eleven LM6000 units totaling 500 MW and $750 million TIC.

Stephen’s experience also includes refinery substation engineering, ethanol plant electrical design, hazardous area classification, SCADA upgrades, reliability assessments, and construction QA/RFI support. He began his career in engineering roles with Raytheon, Day & Zimmermann, and Sharp Design, and served as a Communications-Electronics Officer, achieving the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve while supervising a 40-soldier platoon.

Stephen holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Widener University and maintains PMP certification, EIT credentials, and extensive technical training across power systems, digital technology, and negotiation.