Virginia Bennitt, Programmer Analyst III

Thought that the subject matter was interesting and relevant to our environment, the subject matter was made both entertaining and understandable.

Earlene Burris, Senior Credit Analyst

Very difficult subject, but the humor and analogies made it very interesting.

Matthew D'Luzansky, Mktg & Econ Dev Analysis Consultant

Found the course to be excellent intro to industry.

Wayne Dobberpuhl, Senior Marketing Engineer

I really enjoyed this class. Joel's mixture of accounting and light hearted humor was just the right mix. The discussion was very relevant.

Dave Drummond, Account Executive

Kept students involved and made a dry subject interesting.

Robert C. Eggimann, Title Accountant

David Garcia, Manager Residential Energy

Good Prep. Good Info. Excellent Presentation.

Bill Gardner

Provided detailed insight into philosophy of accounting principles for various purposes. Good job of outlining strategic decision process for benefit of the company.

Andre Gib, Senior Marketing Analyst

I left the workshop with a good understanding of utility financing. The workshop left me feeling confident of my skills. It gave me some good ideas on how to improve my work. Excellent.

P.A. Guay

Detail and analogies were very good. Examples very good, excellent presentation.

Mary Heinrich, Title Accountant

Good instructor. Very good material. Relevant. You can ask questions.

Roger W. Kidd, Senior Analyst

Joel had a good handle on APS and its problems and related the course to them.

Frank Kostyun, Consultant Engineer Teacher was very knowledgeable and interesting.

Warren C. Kotzmann, Senior Attorney Quality of instruction is excellent - Knowledge of other utilities and case examples is superb.

Paul Maybaum, Account Executive Joel was fabulous! The stories and illustrations were easy to follow and pertinent. I was able to understand all the details and make the leap to conceptual differences and implications - which is what I was after.

Brian Moore, Programmer Analyst IV Excellent instructor. Cleaned up basic accounting concepts. Keyed on "Real world examples". Overall one of the best training courses I have had in the past 10 years.

Steve Morris, Program Development Overall this was time well spent and I was able to walk away with a good understanding of utility accounting principles. Very worthwhile. I will promote this course to all utility personnel.

Beverly Powel This is the first time I really had a sound explanation of the finance side of the utility business.

Mike Powell The class was informative, interesting and fun. It kept my attention.

Ram N. Prabhakar Dr. Joel Berk is very well informed on the subject, highly articulate and witty. He held the attention of the class the entire day. Highly recommend it for all supervisors & other personnel in the utility industry.

John Schmadeke Relevant to APS direction, cleared up many of my misconceptions. Great job!

Martin Simmons, Senior Account Executive Great job of making a rather dull subject very interesting. Jokes and stories made it a fun 3 days.

Barbara Gail Smith, Senior Rate Analyst Every utility analyst should know what drives corporate decision-making, the reasons specific decisions are made, & the possible outcomes of those decisions. This course covers each of these important points clearly and in an easy to understand manner.

Michael Spielman, Applications Engineer III Easy to understand. Very entertaining.

Stephen Sullivan, Senior Application Engineer Joel did an excellent job with a tough subject. He's very well versed in finance & accounting for utilities.

Stephen Summerville, Group Segment Manager This course helped me to better understand rate making principles and how several finance procedures can be used in utility financing. The information was very understandable, and was also very relevant.

Scott Swanson, Rate Analyst Joel has an enlightening way to bring home complex finance & accounting techniques using real world examples.

Judy Swartz, Senior Coordinator It was a very worthwhile investment both from a time and money perspective. The instructor did a terrific job of keeping the subject interesting.

Donald J. Unser, Marketing Engineer This workshop will allow me to lead my customers to decisions that will benefit both them and my company!

William D. Wolfe Excellent approach to a potentially dry and boring topic.

Elizabeth Yeamans, Acct Executive PERFECT! Loved the "war stories." Made what could have been bone-dry come to life. Excellent on all fronts.

Company D. Craig Walling, Plant Manager The course covers a tremendous amount of material and is kept very interesting.