Faye Allicock, Associate Analyst

Very good seminar. Fun, informative, educational. Relaxes atmosphere facilitated discussion. Real life examples.

Peter Andolena, Lead Planner Instructor

does an excellent job keeping attention and flow of class high.

Eric Aprigliano, Manager Project Engineering

Instructor was knowledgeable and kept the seminar light & entertaining.

Peter Baker, Director

Good general overview. I enjoyed the material and found it worthwhile.

Mark Baranello, Director Maintenance Svcs Dept

Excellent material preparation. Excellent jokes.

Brenda Cahalan, Manager Corporate Insurance

Made a tough topic easy to understand.

Len Calone, Plant Manager

Very comfortable presentation. Good interchange with students. Joel made a difficult and dry subject enjoyable and learnable.

Laura Charles, Analyst

This seminar has enhanced my knowledge of the balance sheet income statement and other accounting forms. I highly recommend this seminar. An enjoyable and fun way to learn accounting.

Doug Crocker, Performance Improvement Manager

Comprehensive, thorough and most of all, a dry topic was made interesting.

Colleen Devine, Senior Engineer

Instructor's in-depth knowledge of subject matter & present day examples made the course very enjoyable for such a complex topic.

Jim Flannery, Plant Manager

Good examples, good sense of humor, simplistic approach to understanding the four sets of books and their implication to our business.

John Franceschina

Excellent instructor. Joel knows more about than most of the employees.

Bonnie Habyan, Lead Representative

Helped us understand our annual report.

Patrick Hogan, Director

Material was well laid out, very clear & the examples were excellent. Excellent instructor.

Frank Lombardo, Lead Analyst

Good dialogue with class. High level of understanding.

Dave Lotsbom, Cost Analyst

The material is very relevant to our company. The pace of the course and presentation of material are excellent. The stories are very interesting and help illustrate the points. The jokes help in keeping a relaxed atmosphere.

Suzanne Mannarino, Manager

Comprehensive overview of utility accounting, an area not within my expertise. Understandable & well presented.

Ashton Mohammed, Senior Analyst

Joel Berk was brilliant in his presentation. Through his unique style he makes the learning process very easy. (Ashton did not give permission to be quoted)

Tony Petrosillo

I have a new appreciation for the Finance Group and their involvement in preparing the annual report.

Tom Quartuccio

Joel was able to tie all the materials to current material that is taking place every day.

Bill Quigley, Manager Financial Solutions & Tech.

Joel's command of the subject matter is excellent as well as the delivery of good jokes.

Denise Reshard, Senior Accountant

One of the most helpful parts of this class was that Joel used information. It made the subject matter very relevant.

Lauree Ricketson, Intern

Fun & energetic delivery of otherwise extremely heavy material.

Erwin Schaub, Operations Manager

Mr. Berk's entertaining style keeps the class interested and lively.

Timothy True, Maintenance Services

Gave me a better view of utility economics & what has to be done to help the bottom line.

Gerri Whitehead, Director Key Account Sales

Provided a thorough understanding of basic principals of utility accounting practices & terminology.

C.W. Arnott, Marketing & Advertising

Excellent presentation and material content. Insight into ratemaking and financial reports.

Michael J. Augustine, RRD

Excellent. Made a dull topic interesting.

Mark Baramello, Div Manager IC Division

Excellent. Very productive, fast-paced and interesting. Jokes weren't bad either!

Ron Barane

Joel was an excellent facilitator who brings a difficult subject down to simple to understand items. Bravo! Better than any college accounting courses.

John Barrett, Supervisor

The many situations & anecdotes presented not only made the class more enjoyable, but offered clear insight into pitfalls as well as opportunities created in a regulatory environment.

Tracey Bell, Staff Engineer

Excellent. It was information which was extremely useful to me, and it was presented in a manner which made the material both relevant and understandable.

Frank Bellantoni, Division Manager

I found it to be very interesting, very informative and well within my capabilities even though I do not have an accounting background.

Gary Bennett, Call Center Manager

Joel did a great job in breaking down the financials to a practical point of view that was easy to understand. I was able to pick up a lot from the diverse professions of attendees within the class.

Jane Bergen, Field Engineer Staff

Presented in an interesting manner, covered a lot of material effectively in a short time period. Most material was very relevant.

Anthony Bobelis, Res. Dev. & Dem.

Excellent presentation--pulls ideas that I was previously exposed to nicely together.

Patrick Braddick, Budget Analyst

Joel has a great sense of humor while explaining points. The topics were covered completely and remained interesting the whole time.

James Brennan, Plant Manager NPT

I learned about the subject-professor was extremely interesting and made accounting fun (a hard thing to do).

Joanne Buckley, Accounting Staff

I feel Professor Berk touched base on many topics in the short space of time. The notes were self-explanatory and clear, and Prof. Berk went out of his way to show how each subject affects our daily lives. Excellent!

Bonnie J. Burton

Excellent. Involved, knowledgeable professor and good visual aids.

Daniel Cavanaugh, Consumer Analyst

Material flows well. Dr. Berk's style of delivery is easily understandable. The course doesn't overwhelm you technically.

Coleen Ceriello, Corporate Planning

Excellent. I have heard very favorable comments about this course and concur with all of them.

Victor Courtien, CCSD

Instructor made material easy to understand and kept my interest.

Stephanie Crawford, Division Mgr - Ops Comp Div

Ken Daly, Mgmt Recruitment Administration

Teacher made the course. A tough topic, but an excellent overview. Very relevant to BUG. Well planned.

John DiStefano, Materials Management

Excellent. It wasn't bogged down with details and useless accounting techniques, but instead, got across some broad and useful principles. The instructor was knowledgeable and able to keep the interest of the group.

Ray Dunn, Budget Coordinator

Data presented excellently with HUMOR, which kept interest high.

S.W. Ehrlick

The course covered topics useful to my work and kept me awake at all times. (Need more be said?)

Ralph Fannizi, Chief Engineer

Excellent. A knowledgeable lecturer in a subject that has been something of a mystery to me.

Michael Fazio, Mgr. Oper Analysis Dept

Very good explanation in laymen's terms of various company financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, etc.) Level of sophistication was good for the participants in the course.

Gina Fedele, Market Analyst

I got a lot out of this course and really enjoyed Joel Berk's presentation. I think it will be extremely valuable to me in my work.

James Finnerty, Division Manager

Presented in an extremely relevant manner. Answered some very specific questions. Dr. Berk does an excellent job in keeping things interesting. The overall result of my attendance is that I felt much more comfortable with this material.

Robert Ganley, Engineer

Instructor was very knowledgeable. Examples used were real cases we could relate to.

Jon Gold, Cost Analyst

Excellent presentation and organization.

Cornelius Goltermann, Division Mgr Electric Lines

All material presented was done so very professionally and in an understanding way. The Makeup (what goes into) LILCO rates was very interesting and the various ways certain decisions affect those rates was very interesting.

John Gorla, Supervisor Collection Control

Instructor's complete knowledge of subject and ability to hold our attention a strong point.

Michelle L. Gugel, Planning & Control Analyst

Joel made sense out of the complex & different world of utility accounting like no other accounting class I've ever taken. Should be required for all utility managers.

Tom Hernandez, Engineering

Workshop has given me valuable insights into finance, accounting, rate making, the importance of proper project decision making. It is basically my first exposure to utility finance and I enjoyed it greatly.

Robert Kascsak, Mgr Fossil Plant Engineering

Course was very enjoyable, your humor was greatly appreciated.

Tom Kavanaugh

Joel Berk was an excellent instructor who had a complete understanding of the subject matter.

Andrew Kelemen, Research Analyst

Excellent. The instructor's explanations provided insight into many of the topics that I am responsible for in my position.

William Kinneary, Gas Operations

It was very well delivered, all participant questions were patiently answered and I actually learned quite a bit. I felt involved and actually forgot about what was supposed to be happening back in my office.

Gus Klidas, Team Lead Sales Support

Understanding and appreciation of a complex subject. Slow down by increasing from 3 days to 4 or 5.

Victoria Lau, Associate Programmer Analyst

I feel the strong point of this workshop was the instructor Joel Berk. He made learning the material easy and truly enjoyable. (Note: the stories and jokes helped bring certain points relevant to the course across.)

Young Lee, Assistant Product Manager

Highly relevant and valuable material.

Carole Livingston, Distribution

Most of the material was put in terms of everyday or well-known experiences so it was very easy to understand. Material was covered thoroughly enough to give understanding, but not in so much detail as to make the class sluggish.

Bernie Lynch, Internal Auditing

Excellent. It cleared up a lot of questions for me and helped to make me conversational "in matters dealing with rate case filings."

Paul Morris, Director Gas Sales & Marketing

Explained many of the financial/acct terms/techniques & "why fors" that are "taken for granted" w/within  LILCO. Excellent teaching method.

Martin Mullarkey, Manager

Dr. Berk made a complex, sometimes tedious subject enjoyable to study.

Art Olsen

I was able to learn a great deal in a short period. I have a much better appreciation for rate cases. It explained many mysteries.

Daniel Pate, Sr Supv Field Operations

I can review and look at 10Ks, annual reports and compare other utility's with my company.

Peter C. Plate, Trainee-Engineering

Excellent. Covered many different aspects of accounting, finance and economics with good examples in each.

Joseph Pradas, Financial Manager

Good blend of broad and detailed issues. Able to keep high level of interest.

Donna Pugliese, Budget Coordinator

The teacher was great. He explained all the topics clearly and added some humor to it.

Vincent Raiola

Complexities of rate making made understandable. Dr. Berk introduced subject in layman's terms.

Tom Riordan, Asst. Supv. Data Entry

Very light/easy approach to difficult-to-grasp material. Excellent jokes and stories. Surprisingly enough, the stories illustrated several key accounting points.

Gerald Rockower, Senior Research Engineer

Excellent. Provided level of understanding to topic without getting lost in accounting principles.

Tom Roden, Manager Performance Measurement

Was kept general so that it could be better understood by the non-accounting/finance people. Joel Berk did well to keep this boring topic interesting.

Philip Salvatore, Senior Engineer

Very important material, well presented and clear. Plenty of opportunity for questions.

Jose Sayo, Supervisor

Joel is very knowledgeable about finance and knows what he's talking about.

Erwin Schaub, Div Manager Special Services

Covered a lot of material in a pragmatic way, but interesting and well-presented. Dr. Berk is very knowledgeable in the field and a good instructor.

George Scherer

Dr. Berk is a personable, knowledgeable lecturer who whets a dry topic to become pleasurable.

Kenneth Smith, Internal Auditor

My interest was fueled at all times and there were no incidents of boredom.

Richard A. Walker, Div Mgr Work Methods Plan & Svc

Dr. Berk made this potentially boring and dry subject matter interesting and understandable. The instructor's delivery made the course.

William Wallace, Distribution

Instructor informative and interesting. Course format laid out in a systematic manner and progressed at the right pace.

Donald Wilkes, Manager Elec Prod Dept

A dull subject made interesting (didn't see anyone fall asleep). Reinforced and supplemented prior knowledge. Excellent presentation. Tied all the loose ends up for me.

Brian Woolgar, CCSD

Having taken an advanced MBA finance course in Cost of Capital, I know how boring the information can be. Dr. Berk was excellent!

Peter Yeung, Corporate Planning

The course material was taught at a pace that was digestible by the whole group.

Delivery M. Karen Linden, Paralegal/Office Manager

Presentation, interspersed with utility stories & jokes helped to keep a rather boring topic (finance) very interesting.

Delivery May L. Moy, Market Development Analyst

The strong point was Joel's ability to sight examples & explain them in layman's language. Everything presented in this case was done in such a way that it was easy to understand, which is a definite plus.

Robert J. Reith, Supervisor Cost Control

The workshop has cleared up some confusion I have had with regard to how capital is handled in the rate base.

Corp James Cross, Sr. Financial Analyst

It seems that Dr. Berk has an excellent knack for teaching in an enjoyable, memorable way. Lots of interaction, questions, comments from the group.

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