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San Francisco Bay Area

Lead the software development and 24x7 support on Generation Management System (GMS) of OSI monarch™ to manage the combined-cycle power plants, wind and solar farms in ERCOT, PJM and CAISO markets.System administrator and 24x7 support for PI and RTU for the plant real-time data telemetry and archiving.Responsible for maintaining two full scale Disaster Recovery (DR) control centers for the real-time operations.Manage multiple network, system and service vendors to ensure… Show more Lead the software development and 24x7 support on Generation Management System (GMS) of OSI monarch™ to manage the combined-cycle power plants, wind and solar farms in ERCOT, PJM and CAISO markets.System administrator and 24x7 support for PI and RTU for the plant real-time data telemetry and archiving.Responsible for maintaining two full scale Disaster Recovery (DR) control centers for the real-time operations.Manage multiple network, system and service vendors to ensure the high availability of GMS applications and network for the real-time operations.Supersize and mentor other team members and consultants for GMS application development and system support. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

Provide 24x7 on-call support for the OSI Monarch™ EMS on SCADA and power applications including Automatic Generation Control, Economic Dispatch, FEP, ICCP, Calc, HIS and ITS in the SERC, SPP, PJM, NYISO and ISO-NE markets. Work closely with the commercial operations real-time desk and system vendors to ensure highly available, accurate and economic real-time control of NRG generation portfolios (coal, gas, hydro, oil, jet fuel) in northeast (6,910 MW) and south central (4,129… Show more Provide 24x7 on-call support for the OSI Monarch™ EMS on SCADA and power applications including Automatic Generation Control, Economic Dispatch, FEP, ICCP, Calc, HIS and ITS in the SERC, SPP, PJM, NYISO and ISO-NE markets. Work closely with the commercial operations real-time desk and system vendors to ensure highly available, accurate and economic real-time control of NRG generation portfolios (coal, gas, hydro, oil, jet fuel) in northeast (6,910 MW) and south central (4,129 MW).Analyze the real-time operating mode and provide the effective solutions to improve the CPS score.Improve the inadvertent payback logic for better control and economic results.Work with the plant engineering group to validate the unit heat rate curves, model with polynomial equations and generate the incremental heat rate curves for EMS.Analyze the unit frequency response for the generation fleet and coordinate with the plant control engineers to calibrate and tune up the boiler and turbine frequency regulation parameters.Key Projects:1. City of Conway and West Memphis Balancing Authority Project2. Cottonwood Power Plant Integration Project3. Plum Point Pseudo-Tie Project Show less

United States

Lead the production support team to provide 24x7 on-call support for the RANGER™ EMS Power applications including the Automatic Generation Control, Economic Dispatch, Fuel Flow Calculation and Market System Interface in ERCOT and CAISO markets. Develop and implement application software improvements, database changes and interface updates. Identify software bugs and deficiencies. Develop the solutions, test and integrate the fixes in EMS. Manage and maintain OSIsoft PI real-time… Show more Lead the production support team to provide 24x7 on-call support for the RANGER™ EMS Power applications including the Automatic Generation Control, Economic Dispatch, Fuel Flow Calculation and Market System Interface in ERCOT and CAISO markets. Develop and implement application software improvements, database changes and interface updates. Identify software bugs and deficiencies. Develop the solutions, test and integrate the fixes in EMS. Manage and maintain OSIsoft PI real-time data archiving system. Developed the application software interfacing with PI. Manage and maintain the Itron MV-90 xi metering data collection system, diagnosing and resolving the telemetry error and data mismatch.Work closely with the commercial operations real-time desk and system vendors to ensure highly available, accurate and economic real-time control of NRG diversified generation portfolios (nuclear, coal, lignite, gas, wind, solar, LaaR) in ERCOT (11,440MW) and CAISO (2,150MW).Understand the ERCOT and CAISO market operating procedures and protocols (real-time and day-ahead), power scheduling and dispatching, and plant operations.Manage the on-call schedule and vacation plan for EMS team to balance and schedule the resource for system support.Manage and supervise the “Ranger Classroom” training program for knowledge sharing among EMS team.Manage and supervise the regulatory compliance for EMS team, including IT Change Control Management, NERC CIP standards and SOX auditing.Key Projects:1. ERCOT Nodal EMS Project2. CAISO MRTU ADS Project3. Reliant Energy Retail (C & I) Integration Project4. Texas Wind Farm Project5. California Blythe Solar Project6. Hathaway RTU Replacement Project7. NRG TX EMS Disaster Recovery Project8. NRG EMS Consolidation Project9. EMS Documentation Project Show less

Irvine, California, United States

Played a technical leadership role in the full cycle of software development of Energy Scheduling and Accounting (ESA), Market System Interface (MSI) and Transaction Information Management (TIM) of Energy Management System (EMS).Developed Resource Scheduling (RS), Short Term Load Forecast (STLF), Automatic Generation Control (AGC) and Economic Dispatch (ED).Participated in the development of Dispatcher Load Flow (DLF), Contingency Analysis (CA) and Dispatcher Training Simulator… Show more Played a technical leadership role in the full cycle of software development of Energy Scheduling and Accounting (ESA), Market System Interface (MSI) and Transaction Information Management (TIM) of Energy Management System (EMS).Developed Resource Scheduling (RS), Short Term Load Forecast (STLF), Automatic Generation Control (AGC) and Economic Dispatch (ED).Participated in the development of Dispatcher Load Flow (DLF), Contingency Analysis (CA) and Dispatcher Training Simulator (DTS).Performed the factory acceptance test of SCADA functions (RTU Data Acquisition, Meter Error Monitor, System Error Accounting, Calculated Real-Time Data, Real-Time Calculations, System Recovery, Supervisory Controls, Load Shed/Restore, Trending, Alarms, Logging, Limited On-Line RTDB, Database Maintenance, Historical Information, Macro Sequential Controls, Operator Save Sets, Emergency Back System and RTU to RTU Link Exchange).Provided field commissioning, site training, tuning and installation support for EMS applications. Taught the training courses: Use of Power Applications, Power System Applications Software Organization, C Programming in RANGER and Fortran Programming in RANGER.Provided the knowledgeable field technical support for the complicated system issues such as server hard disk failure, Oracle data replication error, daylight savings time transition, customer data error, etc. Key Projects:1. California ISO EMS Project2. New York ISO EMS Project3. Austin Energy EMS Project4. Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) EMS Project5. Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL) EMS Project6. Vectren Energy Delivery EMS Project7. Detroit Edison Company (DTE) EMS Project8. PacifiCorp EMS Project9. Tacoma Power EMS Project10. Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) EMS Project11. DTE Energy EMS Project12. Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) EMS Project13. ITAIPU Hydroelectric Power Plant EMS Project14. Reliant Energy Genco EMS Project Show less

Irvine, California, United States

Accomplishments: brought to market the industry's first IPS introduction to routers. Grew IPS business from $60m to $200m. Introduced Cisco's first annuity based subscription service for IPS signatures. Pioneered the industry's first IPS blade to be integrated into switches that won Best of Show at Interop. Awarded patent for unique traffic diversion techniques for IPS inspection.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business/Office

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computers