Bill Seely Email & Phone Number

Remote

- Created a custom Edge Model Runner for deploying high-speed analytics on-site for statistical analysis and predictive maintenance, along with interface libraries to allow model developers intuitive use of platform data.- Built custom Industrial Internet-of-Things solutions for clients, enabling high speed edge data collection and analytics, data storage and modeling in the cloud, and clear and simple user interfaces to operate complex platforms.

Greenville, South Carolina, United States

- Principal Software Architect for Onshore Wind Turbine Controls.- Brought software development principles and practices to a newly created software team by writing standards, leading training sessions, and mentoring developers and technical leaders.- Created a unit testing framework, instituted code reviews, and set up DevOps infrastructure to improve scalability of the software product.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

- Delivered $40 million value through development of a new thrust control algorithm for GE’s next generation wind turbine platform.- Created software for loads simulations and certification; wrote tuning procedures and documentation to enable engineering to maximize the value from the new algorithm.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

- Designed, modified, and installed digital solutions and advanced controls to analyze, optimize, and control the next generation of power plants using GE's state-of-the-art Predix platform.- Designed an improved overspeed algorithm which allowed the rotor to be redesigned with less expensive materials, leading to an unprecedented cost savings for every gas turbine sold.- Improved market competitiveness of GE controls software by creating a new modular application software architecture, allowing the controls team to improve the speed and quality of customer software.- Designed, programmed, and deployed multiple solutions in GE's Operations Optimization and Asset Performance Management suite, including Virtual Battery, Startup Optimizer, and Efficiency Optimizer.- Improved quality and quantity of invention disclosures while serving on the patent evaluation board by lending my expertise on the patent filing and writing process to peers.- Instructed peers and early career engineers, formally and informally, in group and individual sessions on a wide variety of topics, including practical and theoretical controls, data analysis, programming concepts and languages, and power plant fundamentals.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

- Designed, modified, and installed advanced controls for heavy duty gas turbine power plant systems, including combustion turbine, steam turbine, and heat recovery steam generator sub-systems. Worked on full scope of projects from concept to field validation.- Created multiple GE OpFlex software solutions including OpFlex Attemperator Control, and OpFlex Fast Start.- Designed model-based controls software for multiple heavy duty gas turbine engines in the GE fleet, including the 9FA.05, 9HA, and 7HA designs.- Developed and led execution of test plan for model-based controls on the 9HA and 7HA gas turbines at GE's full-speed full-load test stand.- Instructed early career engineers in four different lectures each year on the topic of analysis and design of control systems.- Served on the patent evaluation board and as an expert contact for the intellectual property landscape committee.

Greenville, South Carolina Area

- Designed and managed automation projects from concept to startup ranging from single-axis servo press and verification systems to multi-axis high-speed pick and place applications- Designed systems to conform to safety regulations, requiring analysis of failure modes and consideration of controller observability to allow for detection and handling of faults- Met with customers to define requirements for future projects and to support past projects - Provided technical support to sales engineers during quoting process

Roanoke, Virginia Area

- Assisted in design and construction of smallest known Autonomous Underwater Vehicle- Modeled vehicle subsystems in Matlab/Simulink for testing variouscontrol systems- Designed, tested, and fabricated a compact power system for aminiature AUV

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Engineering

- Focus: Control Systems, Embedded/Realtime Systems, Software Engineering

Master Of Science, Electrical Engineering

- Thesis: Development of a Power System and Analysis of Inertial System Calibration for a Small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle - Focus.