Utility Partners of America

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UPA gives a warm welcome to Tim Wilson as our new Senior Director of Financial Planning & Analysis. Tim brings more than 25 years of progressive experience in finance and accounting, including over 15 years in leadership roles. He is a Certified Public Accountant and his background spans budgeting and forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and enterprise reporting across complex organizations. Most recently, Tim served as Senior Director of Finance at InfraSource, a Quanta Services company, where he spent more than nine years growing through roles of increasing responsibility in corporate finance. His depth of experience in utility construction finance makes him a strong fit for UPA as we continue to build the internal infrastructure that supports our growth. Please join us in welcoming Tim to the team. We're glad to have him.

UPA is thrilled to welcome David Taylor as our new Vice President of Estimating & Commercial Strategy. With 28 years of experience spanning electric delivery operations across substations, transmission, and distribution, David brings a depth of expertise. His background covers the full estimating lifecycle, from project scoping and bid development to team leadership and client partnership, with experience across capital and system improvement projects at Southern California Edison, Mears, InfraSource, PSE&G, and Brink Constructors. David's proven ability to lead estimating teams, build client relationships, and drive business development makes him an exceptional addition to UPA's leadership. Please join us in welcoming David to the team. We're excited about what's ahead.

To close out Construction Safety Week, we're sharing how UPA uses data-driven decisions to build a driver safety program that ensures every driver goes home the same way they came in. Read the full blog here: https://lnkd.in/eDf_DVJy

Every incident we read about starts the same way. “It was supposed to be a routine job.” Safety exists to challenge that assumption. At UPA’s 811 Safety Summit, our Safety Manager, Justin Bratcher, put it directly to the executives in the room: the standard in the field is the one leadership has permitted. When safety is led from the top, it becomes instinct in the field. And when it becomes instinct, it becomes culture. Actively reinforce this standard by asking how safety was confirmed before asking how fast the job was completed. If safety is treated as negotiable at the top, it will be compromised in the field. But when leadership makes it non-negotiable, incidents stop before they start. The standard you tolerate today is the incident you explain tomorrow. At UPA, safety is the foundation of everything we do and the communities we serve. Safety is proven by the lengths we're willing to go for a zero-injury culture.

Congratulations to Mike on receiving a UPA Excellence Coin at Leominster. These challenge coins represent on-the-spot recognition for embodying UPA's values and the One UPA–One Team mission. Mike, we are proud to celebrate with you! Your 161 installations pushed the team over 50,000 for the month of April. And a special acknowledgment to Quinton for the leadership and support that helped make it happen.

We are proud to recognize Construction Safety Week 2026. The national theme this year is “All In Together”. At UPA, that theme resonates because it reflects how we operate. Our foundation is One UPA – One Team, and out of that foundation, safety is our core value. When we operate as one team, we look out for each other, and we bring everyone home safely. This week, we recognize our field teams, supervisors, and safety leads. Thank you for showing up with consistency and a commitment to safety. #SafetyWeek2026 #UtilityConstruction

This is what happens when utilities and contractors align around a shared mission. Grateful for SMUD’s partnership, their leadership and their commitment to reliability, community and workforce development.

Proud to share that UPA has completed a meter upgrade project for Sacramento Municipal Utility District SMUD, reaching 191,000 installations at 100% completion, ahead of schedule and under budget. Read the full update here: https://lnkd.in/eWqpKzHk

From the desk of our CEO, André Foster Safety is not a checklist. Every morning our crews head out across communities nationwide, the standard is always the same: go home the same way you came to work. That does not live in a manual. It lives in daily habits, in how people make decisions in the field, and in a culture that treats lessons as something to apply, not just document. At UPA, we are building an organization where accountability and discipline are not reactive. We do not wait for something to go wrong to ask what we could do better. That question is built into how we operate every day.