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Lexington, Ky, Us

Fayetteville, Ar, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Ensured the seamless delivery of electric power from utilities to newly established data centers across Asia. Including played a major role in the successful launching of a new region in Malaysia, ensuring that the power infrastructure was in place and a reliable and efficient supply was available.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Ensured the seamless delivery of electric power from utilities to newly established data centers. Played a pivotal role in the successful implementation of power infrastructure, guaranteeing a reliable and efficient supply to support the operations of cutting-edge data centers across the US.

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Generation and Power Delivery with focus on grid modernization including system protection, controls, solar and energy storage. Integral member of new technologies team with priority of achieving goal of sustainable and carbon free future.

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

Technology Integration and Innovation with primary focus of energy storage. Successfully installed and began operation of industry leading utility owned battery energy storage system as non-wires alternative to line reconductor project. Detailed evaluation of MicroGrid Suppliers.

Guelph, Ontario, Ca

Manage EPC of 50MW Solar Power Plant ($150M) including contracts, permitting, easements, finance, design, procurement, construction, quality, commissioning, utility interconnection and regulatory compliance. Applied extensive working knowledge of regulatory aspects for electric utility transmission and distribution systems as well as distributed energy resources. Technologies include Mitsubishi Gas-Insulated Substation, Schneider CONEXT Inverter, PVSYST, Siemens WINCC SCADA, Meiden PLC

Yokohama, Jp

Ichthys LNG Project ($34B)Combined Cycle Power Plant ($1B)Darwin, AustraliaResponsible for Electrical, Telecom, Instrumentation & Control, ICSS, Regulatory Compliance (Australian Standards), Cyber Security, Hazardous Area Equipment, Interface and Risk Mitigation. Coordinated and directed electrical, instrumentation, control and building disciplines throughout various project stages including leading integration of systems involving hardware and software . Conducted design reviews, HAZOPS, Cyber Security Risk Assessments, Electrical Systems Studies and review of Subcontractor/ Vendor documents. Responsible for resolution of Technical Deviations and Queries, monitor/control of project schedules/budgets and evaluating/processing Change items with both Client and Subcontractor. Specific major equipment technologies include Yokogawa Centum DCS, GE Frame 6 Gas Turbine combined cycle with HRSG and duct burners, GE SC4 Steam Turbine, MARKVIe and MARKVIes turbine control, GE control equipment, SMART GRID IEC 61850 driven Power Distribution and Control System (PDCS)

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Manage group of O&M field engineers, Energy Management System (EMS) personnel, Maintenance Data System (MDS) personnel, network systems personnel and communication engineering. Responsible for design/operations/maintenance of the SMART GRID MODERNIZATION including substation relay/controls, communications systems, EMS, MDS and network systems. Also responsible for the network security of the cooperative and reliability and safety issues with the utility system infrastructure. Applied extensive working knowledge of industry safety codes, industry standards, good utility practices and utility operations. Project Highlights: Responsible for the cooperative's SMART GRID effort from envisioning to technology development to implementation to successfully obtaining a $12 million dollar grant from DOE to complete SMART GRID projects. Built and rebuilt teams into cohesive, technology-savvy and efficient groups to accomplish departmental and company goals and directives. This included using existing personnel to their utmost ability and hiring new personnel to fit properly into the company/department/team. Managed many substation upgrades, EMS upgrade, communication system fiber/microwave upgrade, and MDS development projects. Worked with entire western grid utilities to develop and maintain a model of the western electric grid. Technologies included ASPEN, POWERWORLD, PSLF, SUBNET Solutions, Kelman TRANSFIX Online DGA, SEL Protection/Control/Communication devices, Alcatel digital microwave and fiber equipment, Siemens Spectrum EMS, Cisco networking, Instep eDNA/PRISM

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Electric Transmission Cooperative providing energy to customers located in Arizona and California.Senior Transmission O&M Field Engineer Provided operations and maintenance support, commissioning of substation and generation projects, system protection studies, and relay/SCADA/control design for upgrade projects using modeling and simulation tools MATLAB, ASPEN, POWER WORLD, CAD. Directed union field technician personnel and for one year managed collective bargaining unit apparatus technician group.

Sierra Vista, Az, Us

Electric distribution cooperative providing energy to customers located in southern Arizona.Planning/Design Engineer Provided planning studies, transmission/distribution line design, underground design, substation design and operations/maintenance support for line and substation crews using modeling and simulation tools Synergi, Milsoft, CAD. SCADA system administration and design. Managed engineering technicians. Engineering Supervisor Supervised group of staking engineers, planning/design/operations/maintenance engineers, right-of-way personnel and engineering technicians. Project Highlights: Led effort for three year construction work plan including planning studies, field recon, operations review, load forecasting, RUS coordination and study publishing Designed 69 kV transmission line for highway project line relocation Completed design, development (including coordination with vendor), and management of the company's first SCADA system. This included peak shaving development and operation which we successfully and continually shaved peak on a monthly basis significantly reducing the cooperative's monthly peak demand costs. Responsible for planning and engineering support for system wide underground electric distribution replacement and modernization.

Consulting firm providing facility electric design and project management for major semiconductor manufacturers in the Phoenix areaSystem Protection and Design Engineer Provided system protection studies, standards review and facilities design for commercial and industrial customers using system modeling and simulation tool SKM PowerTools. Project Highlights: Provided site system protection study and feasibility study for replacement of all 15kV/480V substations at Motorola 52nd Street facility

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Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative providing energy to distribution cooperatives in the state of Kentucky.System Protection and Power Quality Engineer Provided protection, control and SCADA design for substation and generation plant projects. Performed short circuit and coordination studies using ASPEN One liner modeling and simulation software. Commissioned new and upgrade substation and generation projects including controls checkout, SCADA checkout, breaker and transformer tests. Performed power quality audits and provided problem resolution for member cooperatives and their residential/commercial/industrial customers using such high-level modeling language tool as EMTP. Project Highlights: Commissioned 138 kV/34.5 kV substation providing power to major steel recycler. Commissioned peaking gas turbine power plant connecting to grid at 138 kV Investigated and resolved power quality voltage dip issue at coal mining operation Investigated and resolved harmonic resonance issue for industrial customer PRIOR SERVICE

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Performed Short-Circuit Analysis, Time-Current Coordination Studies, Harmonic Analysis. Verified electrical design to comply with relevant NEC, ANSI, etc. standards.

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Engineering