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Carmel, Indiana, United States

Oversee the operations, maintenance and capital improvements of the IMPA wholly owned and operated generation facilities and act as liaison to IMPA jointly owned facilities.• Oversee development and approval of O&M and capital budgets for all IMPA generation facilities:• Three (3) combustion turbine plants (419 MW)• One (1) coal peaking plant (90 MW)• Three (3) jointly owned coal fired base load plants (IMPA share – 525 MW)• Fifty (50) solar parks (196 MW-AC)• Maintain regulatory compliance with all applicable NERC, IDEM and EPA standards and permits• Coordinate the maintenance programs for IMPA-owned and jointly owned generation to ensure optimum availability of resources to meet member loads.• Direct the maintenance, including preventative and predictive maintenance, of IMPA owned and operated generation facilities.Solar development, design and construction responsibilities.• Manage all aspects of site identification, due diligence, permitting approvals and acquisition negotiation for twenty-three (23) projects (106 MW-AC) of new solar installation. Tasks include evaluation of zoning restrictions, floodplain, wetland, electrical interconnect evaluation, geotechnical report and Environmental Site Assessment (ESA).• Oversee site layout and design. Responsibilities include internal and external engineering coordination, equipment request for quote review and selection, labor contractor and site construction manager selection.• Grow and develop an O&M team as the installed fleet scales. Direct the O&M strategy for a fleet of solar parks that are geographically distant. This strategy is all inclusive, ranging from vegetation management to PM/PdM programs to remote monitoring and control capabilities.

Carmel, In

Zimmer Power Plant Moscow, Oh

Cincinnati, Oh

Moscow, Ohio

Recruited to oversee FGD capital budget planning and project execution. Developed scopes of work and managed projects aimed to increase FGD reliability and improve gypsum marketability. Created project management procedures and documents to assist project managers and station leadership in project documentation, execution, communication and turnover.- Led a cross functional team of department heads and stakeholders to develop a five year budget plan for capital and O&M projects for four plants areas: FGD, I&C, Material Handling and CEMS

Muskogee, Ok

Selected to pioneer a new role, combining technical project management, team leadership and financial planning to ensure alignment of engineering activities with overall corporate goals for OG&E’s flagship coal plant in Oklahoma. Established, lead and mentored a team of sixteen individuals including six engineers and three non-engineering staff and a supervisor over six planners. Serve as a liaison between internal resources, corporate engineering and supply chain. Develop, execute and monitor strategic plans with a focus on maintenance, process improvement and performance optimization. - Spearheading an R&D partnership program with Emerson, a plant DCS vendor, allowing the plant to test and validate software and other products, thereby deepening the strategic relationship and simultaneously modernizing the plant. - Played a key role as Plant Champion in the plant receiving the Emerson Ovation User Group’s 2014 Award for Overall Excellence in the Power Division for a highly successful, Multimillion dollar project with Emerson, completed on time and on-target. - Successfully transformed strategic planning, enabling corporate operations to accurately develop projections from two weeks to multiple years.

Muskogee, Ok

Recruited to focus on process improvement and troubleshooting related to controls and commissioning. Partnered with operations to optimize production capacity, assess performance and ensure environmental and regulatory compliance. Served as plant liaison on project steering teams for environmental projects (including vendor evaluation and selection) valued typically between $15M to $20M and in one case in excess of $1.5B. - Selected as one of six engineers to participate in the inaugural class of an internal leadership development program. - Resolved equipment performance issues, which if left unattended would have led to significant compliance issues. 04/12 - 07/13: Plant Engineer

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

- Served as commissioning engineer for startup and tuning of selective catalytic reduction systems, coal pulverizers and boilers. - Conducted field testing including evaluation of boiler performance, air and gas flow measurement, pulverizer fineness testing, selective catalytic reduction system tuning and dry sorbent injection. - Performed engineering studies including fuel switch studies for a 500 MW B&W Radiant Boiler and a 750 MW B&W Universal Pressure (supercritical boiler) at loads other than design. - Expanded role to include two years of R&D with selective catalytic reduction technology and catalyst development.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Of Science Chemical Engineering