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J. Robert Hipps joined Commerce Energy as interim chief financial officer (CFO) in July 2007. Mr. Hipps is a partner and member of the board of managers of Tatum, LLC, an executive services and consulting firm. While at Tatum, he served as CFO of Southstar Energy, the parent company of Georgia Natural Gas, a natural gas marketer, and interim CFO for the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia.
Earlier, Mr. Hipps was senior vice president of finance and CFO of National Services Industries (NSI), a diversified New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) company. He previously served as vice president and controller, and vice president and treasurer of General Signal Corporation, a Fortune 300 company and producer of electronic and electrical control systems. Prior to that, Mr. Hipps was vice president and treasurer of Neptune International Corporation, a NYSE company involved in fluid measurement and water pollution control equipment.
Mr. Hipps began his career in the small business department of Price Waterhouse & Co.'s New York office. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University. He received his CPA certification in New York state. | 