Principal Electrical Engineer for LG&E/KU in the Transmission Operations Engineering and Outage Coordination department with a current primary focus on maintaining the Operator Training Simulator (OTS), developing training scenarios for NERC certified System Operators, and assisting with maintaining the Transmission system model. Prior experience in the Transmission System Operations department includes handling aspects of NERC compliance related to Transmission Operations, providing Real-time support for System Operators, and managing the Transmission Outage Application (TOA) software. Obtained my NERC System Operator certificate in April 2015In my previous job role for over 16 years I was an experienced Sr. Electrical Engineer with background in dynamic instrumentation and measurement, Machine control, electronic hardware / software design, and IT hardware / software support. Major projects include Accu-Tip slug assembly machine control system design, simulated recoil machine control system, barrel vibration measurement system, multiple firearm robotic cycling machines including a handgun cycling machine that cycles an autoloading handgun slide at fired velocities, free recoil measurement system, autoloading shotgun bolt velocity measurement system, multiple EtronX (electric primer) firearm electronics designs, EtronX ammunition assembly and testing systems, other undisclosed EtronX related projects, multiple IT projects.On the side enjoy mixing live sound music for a local band and enjoy the outdoors.
Listed skills include Instrumentation, Engineering, Software Installation, Labview, and 35 others.