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BOSTON----Andrew W. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. The lack
of a top performing team leads to lack luster results and missed milestones. Teams do not just happen.

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In addition, he
spent five years serving the senior executive leadership team of AEP. CEOs know that creating an "A" team provides a crucial foundation for
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Patterson,
formerly senior vice president of Corporate Development at American
Electric Power (AEP), has rejoined Mercer Management Consulting as a
director in the firm's utilities consulting practice. He is based in
Atlanta .

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During
his 16 years as a management consultant, ten have been spent
consulting directly to the energy utility sector. It is part of the Mercer consulting arm of Marsh + McLennan
Companies, the global professional services firm (ticker symbol: MMC)
that is listed on the New York, Chicago, Pacific , and London stock
exchanges.

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com) helps CEOs build top performing
teams.
However, they soon discover that their 'team' does not share a common vision,
disagrees on goal prioritization, and that usually leads to distrust,
political agendas and productivity loss.

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Patterson is the author of Electrical Producers Research Institute
(EPRI) management primers describing Distribution Channel Strategies
and Business Portfolio Strategies and has also been published in
Public Utilities Fortnightly and Electrical World.

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Mercer Management Consulting is a leading global strategy and
operations consulting firm with 22 offices in the Americas, Asia, and
Europe.

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His client work at Mercer focused on the major energy
utilities across North America. Despite its desirability, achieving this objective
frequently proves elusive and frustrating for many top executives. Inherent to the process are
strategic issue identification, self and group observation, conflict and
creativity balance and skills for group-managed teams.

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While at AEP from 2000 to 2004 , Patterson helped address key
strategic and operating issues in senior roles that included senior
vice president of Corporate Development, senior vice president of
Retail Mass Markets, and vice president of Strategic Analysis.

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He is a
much-sought-after speaker, having participated in more than 30 energy
utility industry panels.
"Most CEOs hire smart and capable people to join their management teams.

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Patterson brings extensive experience working with energy utility
industry clients in the areas of strategic planning, mergers and
acquisitions, operations effectiveness, and asset valuation.

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, Interfuse Associates,
founded in 2003, (http://www.

About Interfuse Associates
Interfuse Associates offers organizational assessments, provides training
in effective communications, stress reduction and conflict resolution ,
orchestrates team building and group cohesiveness, facilitates strategic
planning and leads management teams to success.

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Andrew W. Patterson Rejoins Mercer's Utilities Consulting Practice

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Prior to joining the senior executive team at AEP, Patterson was a
vice president with Mercer Management Consulting , based in Los
Angeles.