About Utilivate Technologies, LLC
Utilivate has over 24 years of experience in energy management and environmental solutions - - energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, and plant-based nutrition - - providing services nationwide to organizations as varied as BMW Manufacturing, Exelon, Ameren Illinois, Northwestern Medical Center, and Illinois Cook County municipal government.
Utilivate is unique in providing its portfolio of targeted and highly complementary sustainability solutions.
Business Tools & Processes
Utilivate's proprietary, core business tools underpin its service offerings and facilitate exceptional performance and service delivery:
ADOPT Innovation Management Process: A proprietary approach to identify, manage, and solve complex energy efficiency and broader business challenges using a customized and integrated stage/gate innovation management methodology. The process ensures that critical business/strategic, technical/scientific, market, legal, financial, and political/regulatory questions that will impact the successful outcome of challenging projects are asked and answered at key stages of the assignment.
Project Management Office (PMO): Our Center of Excellence targets internal business processes and organizational project management as part of an ongoing effort to achieve operational excellence and, in turn, true customer delight. The industry standard, PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) is used in conducting the ADOPT PMO activities.
E-Business Infrastructure: A web-based innovation/project management system is used by Utilivate staff to plan and manage projects and report on progress towards deliverables.
Credentials
Utilivate team members have earned Professional Engineer (PE) status and the following national credentials as certified by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE): Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and Certified Building Commissioning Professional. Staff have completed U. S. Department of Energy Superior Energy Performance training and earned the prestigious Plant Based Nutrition Certification from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies.
Affiliations
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA), Illinois Energy Efficiency Stakeholder Advisor Group (IL SAG), Plantrician Project- Service Provider, T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies
Certifications
Minority Business Enterprise – M/DBE (State of Illinois, County of Cook, City of Chicago), HubZone (Federal), SBA 8a (in process). Approved Vendor (Chicago Park District, Chicago Transit Authority, City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools).
Leadership
Marlon McClinton, Founder and President & CEO of Utilivate Technologies, leads a team of engineers, scientists, energy managers, plant-based nutrition researchers, and other professionals. Marlon leverages over twenty five years of experience and leadership in energy management, R&D performance, executive management, and product commercialization for the energy/utility and other industries.
As creator of Utilivate’s Whole Enterprise Approach to strategic energy management, Marlon has helped many organizations throughout Illinois and the United States achieve sharp reductions in electricity and natural gas usage. Further, Marlon has provided expert advice and resources to organizations and their employees and customers interested in adopting proven information on the benefits of whole food, plant-based dietary patterns.
Marlon, as an appointee of Governor Pritzker, serves on the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board (IWIB) and chairs both its Executive Committee and Continuous Improvement and Accountability Committee. Marlon was also appointed by Governor Pritzker to the Illinois Community College Board and State of Illinois Energy Workforce Advisory Council. In addition, Marlon serves on the Advisory Council of the University of Illinois Masters in Energy Engineering Program.
Marlon has earned his BS in Engineering from the University of Illinois, MS in Materials Science from Northwestern University, and MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Marlon has also earned the prestigious Plant Based Nutrition Certification from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. Marlon has served as Adjunct Professor at Northeastern Illinois University and Governor State University in Illinois. Marlon is a sought-after lecturer on sustainable energy performance and whole food, plant-based nutrition with a special focus on African ancestral dietary patterns. Marlon has presented his ground-breaking ideas and research at multiple national conferences and other forums.