About Potelco

George Coleman has taken the role of President of the Potelco Group. Previously, George spent 17 years at PAR Electrical Contractors, Inc. assigned in various leadership roles and most recently as a Senior Vice President. George is third-generation in the trade and started in the industry as a Groundman for PAR in Phoenix, AZ. He also holds an MBA from Northern Arizona University. George calls the Northwest home with his wife and three children.

Craig Davis has been in the utility industry for over 50 years, serving in a number of roles with utilities and contractors throughout the Northwest. He has been with Potelco for the past 26 years and currently serves as Senior Vice President. Craig began his career in 1970 at Seattle City Light where he served his apprenticeship before becoming a Journeyman Lineman in 1974. He then worked as a lineman and foreman in construction and at Puget Power before moving into a management role in 1987. Since then, Craig has served as a general foreman, superintendent, operations manager and safety director before becoming Chief Operations Officer at Potelco in 1998. Craig currently focuses on business development and represents Potelco as a member of the Western Energy Institute, Northwest Public Power Association, Washington Rural Electric COOP Association, and the Western Labor and Management Public Affairs Committee (LAMPAC).

Mark works closely with all internal and external business functions within Potelco with an eye on continued growth including oversight of Potelco’s contractual obligations as they relate to the daily operations. Mark has 30 years of extensive construction and utility industry experience in program management and operations of T&D systems. As a leader, he has continually supported the safety initiatives and championed change to improve the safety culture within the construction industry. Mark had previously been the Director of Operations on the Puget Sound Energy contract prior to accepting his new role as Vice President of Potelco Electric in 2022. Prior to his director role, he served as an area manager for 10 years with responsibility for the daily functions to support the operation. Mark started his career with Potelco as a General Foreman in our Redmond, Washington base that operated line and civil crews. Prior to starting his career with Potelco, he was employed by Puget Sound Energy performing roles in engineering, risk management and district operations as a supervisor.

Scott was promoted to Vice President, Engineering & Special Projects in July 2022, his responsibilities include Northwest Regional Engineering and Special Projects. Scott’s utility career began at Snoqualmie Falls Hydro Plant with Puget Power in 1978. He soon moved into Substation Operations and received his Journeyman Wireman certification in 1986. Scott worked through many leadership positions over 33 years of service in Electric Operations at Puget Sound Energy before moving on to InfraSource Construction in 2011 as Director of Operations and then holding the same position, moved to Potelco Inc. in 2013. While applying his utility experience and leadership, Scott is critical to our success serving long term service provider agreements, client services and continued business development.

Luke’s power industry experience started 20 years ago. Eight of those years at a PUD in Oregon, and 12 in outside line construction, with most of it as Quanta companies. Luke is a Journeyman Lineman and lives with his family in Rathdrum, Idaho. His most recent role was Regional Operations Manager for PAR Western Line Contractors, LLC. where he supported the operations teams throughout the Western US. Luke is also an industry trainer and has worked recently with Quanta and Northwest Linemen College to develop and instruct the Power Industry 101 training. Luke is responsible for leading and developing our electric operational resources.

Bryan assumed the role of Vice President of Safety, Training and Risk in 2012 after working for the organization for seven years as the Director of Safety. Bryan has been working in various roles within the Safety & Health industry for the past 24 years, including Director of Safety & Risk Management for an underground construction firm and Manager of Corporate Safety for a Pacific Northwest power & gas utility provider serving over 1 million customers. In addition to a Bachelor of Science degree in Safety & Health Management; Bryan has served on the Washington State Dig Law Safety Committee, is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers and received his Certified Utility Safety Professional designation in 2012. Bryan’s primary responsibilities include the strategic planning and management of the safety, training and risk management functions of the organization.

Michael leads Fleet Operations for the Potelco Group, including Potelco Inc, InfraSource Services, LLC, BWI and RBC. Michael has over 16 years of utility leadership experience across many functional areas including Major Projects and Programs, Engineering, Fleet Operations and Sourcing. He holds a Master of Business Administration from UC Berkeley and a Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Tom joined the Potelco group as CFO in 2021. He is responsible for leading the finance and IT functions for the Potelco Group which includes Potelco Inc, InfraSource Services, LLC, BWI & RBC. He was previously with BP for twenty years in various senior finance roles leading diverse teams of people around the world. Prior to that he was a CPA with Deloitte working with large multi-national clients from their offices in Seattle, Switzerland and Norway. Tom has a degree in accounting from the Foster School of Business at UW Seattle and holds both CPA and CGMA certificates.