Re: Ming Sit

Zimin,

Some feedback I have received on Ming.

Vince

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Pinnamaneni Krishnarao
05/22/2000 12:35 PM
To: Dennis Benevides/HOU/EES@EES
cc: Vince J Kaminski/HOU/ECT@ECT, Ronnie Chahal/HOU/EES@EES
Subject: Re: Ming Sit

Dennis:
I talked to Ming for only short time and am concerned about the cons Scott
mentioned. I would like to know what your assessment is like. Also, I would
like Vince, Ronnie & myself to talk to Ming over the phone. Can we call him
directly and talk to him? Please let me know how strongly you feel about
having him as a support person.

Thanks,
Krishna.
x35485

To: Pinnamaneni Krishnarao/HOU/ECT@ECT
cc:
Subject: Re: Ming Sit

Krisna:

Are you still interested in hiring Ming Sit, through the research group. If
so, please proceed and assign him to support EES. Please let me know if I
need to provide any information.

Thanks
Dennis
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James W Lewis
05/21/2000 11:44 AM
To: Dennis Benevides/HOU/EES@EES
cc: Scott Stoness/HOU/EES@EES
Subject: Re: Ming Sit

I like DB's suggestion. Let's do it.

Enron Energy Services

From: Dennis Benevides 05/19/2000 03:31 PM
Phone No: 713 853-9609

To: Scott Stoness/HOU/EES@EES
cc: James W Lewis/HOU/EES@EES
Subject: Re: Ming Sit

Got a little scared at your first sentence I read "He is no replacement for
Jay but he could be for Dennis B .."??.

Anyway:

I think he would be a good fit withing the group. Krisna has offered to hire
him in the research group, he has good programing background and is excited
about working for Enron instead of a Utility such as PacificCorp. He
expressed interest in applying his skill to make $$$$.

I suggest bringing him in in research as a first alternative. I see three
potential applications where we can use his skills to evaluate best longer
term fit:
Continuing Ronnie's model building role, but with a focus within Neil's group
to tie RM systems together
Bridge the lack of Phd Econometrics expertise we have as are result of the
departure of Anoush.
Risk Management Systems Infrastructure development.

Scott Stoness
05/19/2000 02:02 PM
To: James W Lewis/HOU/EES@EES
cc: Dennis Benevides/HOU/EES@EES
Subject: Ming Sit

He is no replacement for Jay but he could be a Dennis B employee.

Pros:
Engineer so would be good at math
His boss hired him a 2nd time (1at TXU and again at Pacificor again) so he
must be reliable
Phd in Economics and Engineering (good) from Stanford (ugh :) :) :) )

Cons:
Does not understand Tariffs. I asked him and he said he is not experienced.
I probed too and he does not understand regulatory that well.
Does not understand Ancillary Services (which is surprising to me since he
started out as an plant operation side of HK Power)
Has limited people management skills (he described 1 analyst he works with
that is not capable that he has to jump into the excel spreadsheet and fix it
for him and he cannot give him feedback because it is a utility mentality)
He is not a good communicator (I asked him to describe what he did in HK
Power and it took him forever to explain because he expected me to know that
plant operations meant planning the start up of oil plants).

Overall:
I suspect that he is a very solid guy when it comes to analysis but not
particularly creative or good at communication and leadership. He would be a
great support person.
I would hire for analysis but not as a potential leader.Go