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Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Managed operational aspects of active and future substations throughout Iowa. Oversaw contractor work of Testing and Commissioning new substation facilities including relay settings and equipment testing. Kept and maintained detailed database of all active and retired equipment along with procuring vital equipment for active and future substations. Responsibilities included facilitating and documenting regular site inspections including battery maintenance and replacement.

Pierre, South Dakota, United States

Responsible for the approximately 1800 bridges on the State Trunk System. This responsibility includes the hydraulic and structural design and plans preparation for new bridges, large culverts, and other highway related structures. Including analysis, rating, overload analysis, oversight for condition inspection, and design of rehabilitation plans for existing structures and construction engineering support services for all bridges and structure projects on the State Trunk System. In addition, provided technical design guidance, and construction engineering support services for the approximately 4000 bridges that are on the local government and county systems in South Dakota.

Pierre, South Dakota, United States

Managed all aspects of Project Development’s Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) including over 15 projects. Coordinated engineering and administrative duties between consultants, the public, Federal Highway Administration, Game Fish & Parks, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Corp of Engineers and State Historical Preservation Office among others. Duties included approving contracts, writing work orders and amendments, environmental coordination, right-of-way, utility, organizing the review of engineering plan sets and perform site inspections.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Integral member of a transmission and distribution department. Responsibilities included physical substation design, schematic creation, performing various analysis and writing technical reports. Clients included rural utilities and co-ops.

Farmington, Mn

Contracted to oversee design and construction of a 42-turbine wind farm in South Dakota. Performed grounding analysis and report creation for various mid-west wind farms. Created schematics for various wind farm collection systems. Completed compilations of cut sheets for wind farms detailing a complete list of parts for both collection system and distribution substation.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Design, develop, implement and analyze engineering systems. Perform design calculations, sketches, plan preparation, technical comparisons and similar technical work. Calculate and document protection and control secondary current limitations and equipment current ratings. Perform design and analysis of substation grounding grids. Prepare reports and client proposals. Revise and update substation arrangement plans and sections, cable conduit, bill of materials lists, equipment and connection plans to reflect proposed engineering designs.

Teach all aspects of audio production and engineering techniques on the latest state-of-the-art tools available. Teach Digidesign’s Pro Tools Certification courses: 101: Introduction to Pro Tools 201: Pro Tools Production Essentials210M: Music Production Techniques210P: Post Production Techniques

Mixing, voice-over, ADR, and sound design for local and national television commercials, video, and radio. Clients included Becker, Best Buy, Dyson, Farm Bureau Financial Services, Intersport, Miracle Ear, Pfizer, Science Museum of Minnesota and Target.

Worked on projects for major record labels, including albums for artists with Columbia, Elektra, Roadrunner, Epitaph and Gold Circle.

Bachelor Of Electrical Engineering

Introduction To Substation Design

Attended two-day training seminar presented by EUCI (Electric Utility Consultants, Inc.) covering various aspects of substation design.