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Seattle, Wa, Us

Providing central operations engineering support and team leadership to a fleet of over 5,000 MW of wind, solar, and battery storage facilities across the United States focused on improving the safety and reliability of the facilities. Services include failure investigations, root cause failure analysis, procedure and policy development, turbine restoration, lift plan reviews, economic modeling, risk analysis, and decision analysis.

Washington, United States

Guiding divers to improve the health of the ocean through action. Responsibilities include teaching recreational divers the basics of ocean conservation through PADI’s AWARE program as well as organizing underwater marine life surveys to support the recovery of federally listed endangered species and ocean debris cleanups. Supporting local conservation groups and enabling citizen science through grant writing and execution.

Lynnwood, Washington, United States

Providing technical consulting services to renewable energy project developers, owners, operators, and other consulting firms supporting the decarbonization of the energy supply. Services include wind turbine technology due diligence, root cause failure analyses, Operation and Maintenance (O&M) cost modeling, and technical training.

Seattle

Support the wind turbine technology team within the asset optimization and management section with a focus on rotating equipment, system reliability, condition monitoring, as well as operations and maintenance (O&M) best practices and cost modeling.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Leadership role in supporting business operations and responsible for wind turbine performance metrics as well as regulatory compliance measures. Provided owners engineer support for GE, Siemens, Gamesa, Vestas, Nordex, Mitsubishi, and Suzlon wind turbines.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Provide engineering support for the operating wind fleet of 1700 MW focusing on reliability, lubrication, new technology review, project management, root cause analysis, end of warranty transition, and grid compliance.

Led the balance of plant engineering effort for three wind farm construction projects from design to commissioning including budgeting, project scoping and specification, collaborative design review, issuing material and service contracts, quality assurance, and reporting. Collaborated with internal resources and external vendors to successfully deliver over 360 MW of clean energy to external customers on time and under budget.

Supported the land-based combustion turbine fleet by managing overhauls and other maintenance and plant betterment activities, recommending upgrades, developed specifications & contracts, provided engineering dispositions, studies, and budget estimates to management. Worked on GE Frame 7B’s, 7EA’s, Alstom 11N’s, and Siemens 501FD1’s gas turbines and implemented a fuel oil tank inspection program to keep the company within EPA regulations.

Designed EDM tooling for turbine blades and buckets in Unigraphics that coordinates with the manufacturers’ requirements.

Extensive 3D modeling and design of product line for cast and fabricated water control gates.

Certificate, Offshore Wind

This certificate covers the broad range of disciplines involved in this industry, including technology and engineering, development.

Bach, Mechanical Engineering Technology

Continuing Education, Oceanography