Capgemini announced on Tuesday that Jude Del Percio has joined its utilities outsourcing practice as a senior manager to expand the development of Capgemini’s asset optimization solutions for the energy industry in the U.S and Canada.

“Adding Jude Del Percio strengthens Capgemini’s commitment to its asset-optimization team,” said Amin Bishara, vice president and business development leader for Capgemini’s utilities outsourcing practice in North America. “Merged utilities must create business value and reduce their operating costs by maximizing such plant metrics as reliability and availability, while minimizing others, like equivalent forced outage rate and unit heat rate. Capgemini has the deep industry expertise needed to assist this intensive effort as the industry gets ready for consolidation.”

Del Percio brings more than 30 years of experience working in heavily regulated asset-intensive industries. He comes to Capgemini from Enviance, Inc., a California-based startup specializing in EHS compliance based solutions, where he served as vice president responsible for new sales in the northeast across multiple industries including chemical, pharmaceutical, energy and utilities. He has previously held management positions at Consolidated Edison of New York, American Electric Power, and TENERA. Del Percio’s experience ranges from construction and operation of nuclear power stations to business process improvement and project management, and he has a considerable background in regulatory affairs, corporate compliance and nuclear power.

Over the years, Del Percio has implemented software applications of massive scale and complexity that have yielded dramatic cost savings and service improvements for utilities. He has also built a track record of success in business process improvement, while simultaneously helping companies improve their regulatory performance.

“Jude will add new dimensions of thought leadership and innovation to address utility market dynamics in the high-growth area of asset management,” Bishara said. “He will bring significant value in overseeing the implementation of business solutions designed to help utilities maximize productivity from operations, control costs, and maintain regulatory compliance.”