Oversaw daily operations of plant and facility involved in building custom-designed concrete forms for hydro dams. Directed all stages of construction process from raw material suppliers to shipping agreements. Hired, trained, mentored, and supervised 45-50 staff including safety officer, quality assurance/quality control specialists, and production manager. Coordinated and guided construction of two new buildings & added seven three-ton overhead cranes. Procured and monitored millions of dollars of inventory.• Transformed 12-person crew/company with no structure and expanded to 50 constructing new structures. • Built culture resulting in waiting list of 30-40 qualified people.• Improved safety industry scores by more than 100% and reduced Workman’s comp insurance by 50%.• Saved a million dollars by changing the way we purchase inventory.• Moved to a VMI system that allowed CEI to pay upon consumption, NET 30

Building the first DC underground Transmission line in the USA

Take care of the day to day operations of a 60 Mega-Watt wind farm. Includes High Voltage and Substation work as well as land owners and contractors. Maintain budget, employees and daily, weekly monthly reports on time every time.

Led operations for 50 mega-watt wind farm. Maintained safe HV and switching at substations (28 Vestas V100 1.8MW, 80 meter hub). Formed and sustained partnerships with Vestas personnel, vendors, and leadership team. • Gained immediate trust and confidence from offsite owners.

PROJECT MANAGERAdministered two manufacturers’ service/maintenance contracts and 25-40 staff and sub-contractors. Led operations for 300 mega-watt wind farm. Safely maintained substation, 8 miles of overhead collection 34.5Kv lines and 22-miles of 345Kv transmission lines. (62 Mitsubishi 2.4 MW and 72 Repower/Senvion 2.05 MW 80 m. hub). Engaged advanced planning and scheduling concepts into facility maintenance. Created long-term strategies to reach maintenance excellence. • Maintained 98% availability and production with 2 turbine contractors. BOP operations for 300 Mega-Watt Wind Farm and responsible for safely maintaining substations.  Maintain effective working relationships with other personnel, vendors, and the management team.  Responsible for integrating advanced planning/scheduling concepts into facility maintenance. Develop long-range plans to achieve maintenance excellence. Fair/equitable management of laborers. High Voltage and Substation work, Schedule outages

Wind energy, Getting the highest production from the wind every day! By using my business background, in harmony with my Technical background.

Cloud County Community College, Concordia, KansasWind Energy Technology Certification: Areas of Study · SCADA · Substation and Voltage Regulations· Wind Turbine Siting · Data Acquisition & Communications · Electrical Theory & Electronics · Mechanical Systems & Lockout/Tagout · Wind Energy & The Wind Industry · Airfoils and Composite Repair · Networking & Computer Technology · Field Training & Project Operations · Motors, Generators and Alternators · Transformers · Hydraulics · Crane Safety & Tower Rescue · Blue Prints & Employability · Wind Farm Safety & OSHA Supervisory and budgeting experience · Conducted safety and technical training · Provided customer service and public presentations · Performed inventory management · Implemented and maintained communications contracts · Experience with recruitment and hiring of professional and technical personnel · Benchmarking performance of assets · Technical problem solving · 10+ years of Operations and Maintenance experience · Interface and coordinate projects internally and externally · Develop strong relationships with customers, vendors and internal teams