Jim Yockey is a director with Baker Tilly’s development advisory practice. With more than 30 years of experience and expertise in the energy industry, IT industry and organizational governance with specialization in Native American Tribal contexts. Jim brings to his clients a combination of incisive research and analytical skills with high aptitude for innovative problem solving and process improvement in diverse cultural environments. Jim has proven success in energy project development, energy project finance, energy infrastructure development software and systems development and organizational transformation.
- Pioneered first Tribally owned electric utilities (non-BIA initiated)
- Created the first Tribally owned telecom/broadband company in the U.S. funded by New Market Tax Credit program
- Created the first Tribally owned power marketing company in the U.S.
- Identified and developed innovative community energy projects throughout the U.S. with an emphasis on renewable generation
- Provided thought leadership and training in board governance for numerous tribal and not-for-profit enterprises
- Worked as team leader to develop enterprise architecture and strategic plans for scalable nationwide front and back office trading platforms
- Provided strategic vision and integration plans for use of information systems and technology for Fortune 200 retail energy marketer
- Created platforms to provide business intelligence and data mining using artificial intelligence tools for the energy industry and financial markets
- American Hydrogen Association
- American Wind Energy Association
- Distributed Wind Energy Association
- Midwest Renewable Energy Association
- National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED)
- Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA)
- RENEW Wisconsin (RENEW)
- Published more than 20 technical papers and presented at numerous conferences throughout North America
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Tribal energy program review
- DOE, Regional Tribal Energy Workshop
- Mid-West Energy Research Consortium, Energy storage solutions
- National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, National Reservation Economic Summit
- RENEW, Renewable Energy Summit
- United South Eastern Tribes, Energy Conference
