Performing R&D in the area of advanced modeling, simulation, and system optimization in support of defense research programs.

Software Product Manager for Siemens PTI Grid Analysis Tools (PSS®E and PSS®MUST)Product Releases:• Research industry trends and customer requirements• Lead software development teams through the market requirements• Manage product road maps and release cycles• Develop business cases and pricing• Manage product R&DProduct Marketing:• Manage marketing materials and sales presentations• Conduct webinars on releases and product road maps to customers• Provide Sales Team with tools for demos and value propositionsProduct Training:• Ensure the inclusion of the product features and functionality into training offerings• Primary Instructor for PSSE/Python Automation CourseProduct Development:• Design and develop software components and models for PSSE and other products in the suite.

Transmission Planning Consulting:• Perform transient stability, steady-state, and transfer analyses for various customers.• Automate Study processes using Python, VBA, and other tools. Power Systems Course Instructor:• Primary Instructor for the Python/PSS®E and PSS®MUST courses.• Updated course materials to make content more relevant for real-life users. Software and Model Development:• Assist with dynamics model development for custom built transient stability models.• Assist with User Group Meetings by presenting features of PSS®E and PSS®MUST.

Modeling and simulation courses.

Transient Stability Analysis:• Primary engineer for performing transient stability studies for NERC and NRC compliance. • Company representative on the regional dynamics study groups.Transmission Expansion Project Development:• Lead engineer for the planning of two 600 MVA, 230 kV transmission substations.• Assisted in the $500M transmission expansion plan for the interconnection of 2400 MW of nuclear generation on SCANA’s transmission system.Model Development:• Responsible for overseeing the model development for all powerflow, short circuit, transient stability, and loss models for SCANA’s transmission network.• Developed and maintained a database application for managing all transmission equipment related to model development.

Activities:• Developing computer models of electrical, magnetic and mechanical devices• Assembling, simulating and analyzing large system models• Researching and developing new simulation methods, solvers and tools to make system modeling more accurate, efficient and intuitive.Summary of Models Developed:• Power Electronics (rectifiers, inverters, power converters)• Electrical Machines (DC, single and polyphase AC with full mechanical coupling)• Semiconductor Devices (diodes, transistors)• Magnetics (windings, cores, etc.)• Signal Flow (LTI system models, digital filters)

• Assisted in the development of the application framework for USC's Virtual Test Bed Simulator Project (VTB), a multi-disciplinary simulator for the modeling of complex engineering systems.• Built complete library of SPICE compatible electrical device models and LTI control blocks • Developed resistive companion dynamic-phasor network solver and a set of three-phase power system device models