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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Supported the development and testing of Advanced Electrical Power Systems for the US Navy ship programs: * - Secret level security clearance * - Completed High Voltage Safety training course at Calhoun MEBA Engineering School (course MEBAMD-219) * - Studied and learned systems with 3-phase voltages up to 4160 VAC. * - Worked with a diverse range of equipment including DC/DC and DC/AC solid state converters, solid state relays, motor drives, transfer switches, and overcurrent protection. * - Performed engineering projects related to electrical power distribution systems, electric drive, and solid state converters.

Delaware, Ohio, United States

Expert knowledge of product line Lithium Ion (LiON) energy storage systems:• Provided escalation and configuration support for Vertiv HPL, Samsung 128S, 136S.• Developed documentation, command guides, and tools to configure and diagnose systems.• Assisted with solving problems on the factory floor.• Worked with Sales to support RFQ responses and Witness Test demonstrations.• Met with cross-company departments to share project status information.• Evaluated third party products being considered for portfolio resale positions.• Updated and maintained interconnection wiring diagrams.

New Kensington, Pa

Implemented customer specifications under rigorous time schedules to meet functionality and delivery commitments• Engineered unique Medium Voltage drive solutions• Customized drive operating programs• Wrote documentation and utilities (in Excel and Perl) to facilitate design accuracy and consistency• Selected individual components as required• Responded to changing customer requests and requirements• Participated in operational and acceptance testing on the factory floor• Team environment with sales, project managers, drafters, purchasers, engineers, and factory personnel• Quickly learned to integrate well with corporate systems and processes

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Interpreted complex customer functional requirements and created deliverable LVMCC solutions at an electrical distributor with a line card including Rockwell Automation and 50+ other electrical vendors• Designed and completed technical solutions for 1000+ LVMCC RFQ’s in support of commercial sales goals• Programmed bridge macros and scripts that reduced an RFQ class response revision time by 50%• Initiated original internal procedures that significantly increased Request for Quotation response quality and clarity• Interfaced with stakeholders at all levels throughout multiple stages of the system and response design process• Resolved issues that arose during system design and implementation efficiently and effectively• Climbed to attain the demonstrated position of most knowledgeable LVMCC in-house technical resource• Acquired extensive product line breadth and depth of knowledge• Maintained accurate and useful records of all opportunitiesELECTRICAL PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE• Low Voltage Motor Control Centers (LVMCC)• Industrial Three Phase Power• Full Voltage Non Reversing Starters (FVNR)• Full Voltage Reversing Starters (FVR)• Variable Frequency Drives (VFD)• Molded Case Circuit Breakers (MCCB)• Soft Starters• Overloads• Arc Flash• Power Monitors• Ethernet Layer 2 Switches and Layer 3 Routers• Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS)• Power Supplies• Surge Suppressors• Power Transfer Switches• Control Power Transformers (CPT)• Eutectic Heater Elements• Power Factor• Power Contactors• Harmonic Filters• NEMA and IEC• Voltage Sag Correctors• Industrial Control Devices• Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Contributed to a nationally respected team of network engineers delivering leading edge research and production networking services to National Science Foundation grant awarded researchers and large university campuses serving 170K+ users• Project managed network core upgrade from Cisco to Juniper routers, implementing and expanding customer offerings• Project managed uninterruptable power specification and installation in industry leading computer equipment room• Chaired the collaboration between national conglomerates from regional optical networks (The Quilt) to incorporate internet services and provisioning guidance of integrated internet systems• Administered and maintained internet operations and equipment that served nationally dispersed researchers and users at Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania State, and West Virginia Universities. Advised the Director of Networking on internet functions, upgrades, and strategies for upgrades and new equipment procurement and implementation

Greater Pittsburgh Area

System Administrator duties for all departmental Macintosh computers.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Hardware repair and maintenance duties for Digital Equipment Unix workstations.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Responsible for life cycle testing of new lead acid battery plate formulations.

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Activities and Societies: Kiltie Band, Ballroom Dancing, Bluecoats Drum And Bugle Corps

Computer Aided Drafting Applications (Edd-120)

Students will develop skills in computer based drawing. Create working drawings for engineering applications. These drawings include.

Programmable Logic Controllers (Rbt-235)

Introduction to programmable logic controllers. Topics include terminology, relay logic programming, connection and control.

Power System Analysis (Ee-1769)

Introduction to modern power systems and methods of analysis. Transmission lines, network representations, network solutions, balanced.

Electric Machinery (Ee-1771)

Application of magnetostatics to the design of magnetic circuits, actuators, sensors, and rotating electric machines. Performance.