Profile
Twenty plus years of hands-on technological and maintenance experience in the work force with ten years of supervisory experience, providing an in depth knowledge of, and superior abilities in, maintenance, maintenance management, and maintenance analysis. Experienced in managing operations and on-site production, assuring that projects are scheduled in a time frame that is manageable and accomplishable, completing projects as quickly, efficiently, on-time, on-budget, and as safely as possible, while producing a sound, superior product. A passion for the wind energy and other renewable energy industries beyond the last decade.
Work History
Assistant Site Manager of Erection and Commissioning 2007 to 2009
Acciona Windpower
Provided site management for 3 windpower sites – Tatanka, Glacier 1, and Red Hills; Assisted the site manager with his on and off site responsibilities of the project from inception, to completion; Coordinate, track, and receive transportation of wind turbine and related equipment from the port to construction site; analyze and asses material shortfalls and attrition to ensure replacements arrive in a timely manner; Have first-hand knowledge of delivery, erection, and commissioning of wind turbines; Ensured site data, financial reports, permitting, change orders, were updated, maintained, and processed in a timely manner; Created and maintained files for tracking the erection progress, deficiencies, priorities, logistics, and material needs; Ensured accurate documentation for billing and provided support for efficient accounts receivable; Develop and maintain relationships to coordinate and resolve issues both off-site with land owners and elected officials, and with on-site sub-contactors and with client management; Resolved conflicts between land owners and contractors; Resolved conflicts between transport contractors and project owners; Supervised as many as 8 Quality Assurances teams (16 people) to ensure timely project completion, ensure material availability and replacement, and direct teams to locations of greatest priority; Perpetuates an atmosphere conducive to high productivity and retention; Found clever, simple, cost and time saving solutions to meet OSHA regulations during erection; Nurtured a culture of safety and utilizing and improving best know methods; Analyzed operational needs to meet budgetary constraints; Functioned effectively under pressure in environments of rapid change and conflicting demands; Demonstrated a sense of urgency in meeting commitments.
Traffic Signal Technician 2006 to 2007
City of Ames, Ames, Iowa
Never having seen the complicated wiring and systems of a traffic intersection, yet able to draw on experience and repair and place back into service every prolonged problem that existed in the entire city within one week of starting; Service, maintain, program, and troubleshoot controllers, Preemption systems, video detection systems, and coordination software; Refurbish vehicular and pedestrian signal heads to new condition. Maintain associated signal facilities; Worked directly with the traffic engineer to identify deficiencies, collect traffic data, devise and implement solutions, and analyze effectiveness of solutions; Complete lower priority engineering projects while acting as engineering liaison. Acted as city representative and traffic engineer liaison while effectively resolving issues between landowners and city management.
Wind Technician 2006
Florida, Power, and Light, Garner, Iowa
Service, maintain, inspect, analyze, update, modify, and troubleshoot NEG Micon 750, NEG Micon 1.5, Vestas V-47, and GE 1.5 wind turbines. Duties include the upkeep of the turbines, writing maintenance procedures, coordinating schedules, conducting site status surveys, promoting safe practices and tool use, and conducting the oil sample analysis program for two wind turbine sites. Maintained inventory, analyzed inefficient methods for associating partially operational machines with incoming material and made improvements; Familiarized myself with the procurement portions of SAP; Identified high failure rate items on turbines, brought issues to light and sought engineering assistance to resolve issues; Drawing on two decades of troubleshooting experience, easily understood schematics and systems of the wind turbines to shorten downtimes, increase reliability, increase production and increase availability; Learned SCADA and other wind turbine interface software;
Aircraft Maintenance and Mission Scheduler 2004 to Present
Iowa Air National Guard, 185th Air Refueling Wing, Col. Bud Day Field, Sioux City, Iowa
Plans, Scheduling, and Documentation Journeyman of the Alaska Air National Guard, 168th Air Refueling Wing, Eielson AFB, AK. previously and currently of the Iowa Air National Guard. Duties include projecting flying and maintenance schedules with annual, monthly, weekly, and daily planning, ensure all inspections and time sensitive component changes are complied with. Ensure that Aircraft Document Reviews are completed in a timely manner and with no errors. Provide commanding echelons with various forms of information to assist them in superior decision-making.
Stockroom and Engine Manager 2003 to 2005
Everts Air Cargo, Fairbanks, AK
Stockroom and Inventory Manager, Engine Manager, and Overhauled Components Coordinator for an air cargo company flying 60-year-old aircraft. Duties included maintaining serviceable consumable and repairable inventory, supervise stockroom employees (6), ensure the validity of components by referencing drawings and illustrated parts manuals and checking for AD and SB compliance, coordinate policies and resolve issues between maintenance, inspections and records, and accounting offices, provide month end accounting, maintenance, and inventory reports, and maintain and increase inventory software reliability and integrity.
Stage Manager 1999 to 2003
Jody Jenkins, Zone 7 Recording Artist, San Antonio, TX
Production Manager for a nationally recognized country-performing artist. Duties include design and operate lighting scenes and systems, ensure power provisions are standard and sufficient, ensure load-in’s / load-out’s are completed in a timely manner; solve electrical and electronic problems quickly on location.
Evening Supervisor 1998 to 1999
Hallmark Institute of Technology, San Antonio, TX
Evening Supervisor for a private college. Performed duties of the registrar, administrator, bursar, and counselor for 150+ students. Managed and coordinated 10 instructors with classroom, course, and student requirements. Acted as the Assistant Network Administrator for the local area network containing over 200 Personal Computers.
Field Service Engineer 1992 to 1998
Merry X-Ray Chemical Corp., San Antonio, TX
Inspect, clean, maintain, troubleshoot, repair mechanical, electro-mechanical, electrical, electronic, chemical, and transport systems of radiographic film processors while maintaining outstanding customer relations. Maintained parts inventory ensuring quantity and quality of replacement parts on-hand.
Owner/Operator 1995 to Present
Spectrum Dynamics / bleuJericho Consulting
Established and maintain a website (www.spectrumdynamics.com) and consulting firm providing information, documentation, education, and consultation of renewable energy ideas, concepts, and products including solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and biogas. I have written papers, given speeches, and have published photographs of the application and implementation of Renewable Energy. I have designed small vertical and horizontal wind axis turbines and have contacts in wind research at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Weapon System Specialist 1992 to 1999
Texas Air National Guard, 149th TFW, Kelly AFB, San Antonio, TX
Inspect, maintain, troubleshoot onboard weapon systems of the F-16 including pylons, triple ejector racks, launch rails, electronic interfaces, and related cockpit procedures. Load munitions as part of a three-man team within time limits, in chemical environments, and under adverse weather conditions.
Power Production Specialist 1990 to 1992
Texas Air National Guard, 136th TAW, NAS Dallas, Dallas, TX
Plan, organize, mobilize, setup, integrate, and establish electrical production, transmission, and distribution at primitive support locations throughout the world.
Summary of Skills and Abilities
Managerial
Experienced Manager, Supervisor, and Coordinator
Experienced leader and team player
Experienced in conflict resolution, planning, and scheduling
Perform well with close supervision or with limited supervision
Ability to provide solutions and improvements to procedures and software to improve accuracy, efficiency, and timeliness
Ability to prioritize and assess problem areas and develop solutions that will satisfy all concerned
Promotes company values of highest quality and integrity
Promotes through demonstration and leadership a superior safety culture
Highly self motivated, passionate, accountable, responsible, not afraid to make tough decisions
Electrical, Mechanical, and Electronic
Service, maintain, and troubleshoot wind turbines; NEG Micon 750K, NEG Micon 1.5M (NM72C), Vestas V-47, and GE (Enron) 1.5M, Acciona 1.5M
Read schematics, drawings, and diagrams to precisely isolate and identify failures, making repairs as needed or changing components (not changing parts hoping one of the parts is the problem)
Analyze methods or practices to prevent future similar failures
Identify design flaws or inefficiencies, create and draft solutions, submit engineering changes, implement changes, and provide feedback of success or further necessary improvements
Computer
Experienced programmer in C, COBOL, Assembler, SAS, Basic, and Visual Basic.
Experienced in WordPerfect; Word Star; Microsoft Windows 2000; Microsoft Office 2000, including Access, Excel, and Word; Aldus Free Hand; CorelDRAW 8.0; AutoDesk's AutoCAD R12 & R14; and ESRI's ArcView 3.2 and ArcIMS 4.0, SAP, SCADA.
Service, maintain, troubleshoot and install PC related equipment including monitors, motherboards, expansion cards, IO cards, video cards and their associated drivers.
Maintain local area networks (LANs) and associated I/O cards, hubs and routers.
Certifications
Certified Eastman Kodak Image Watch Field Engineer to troubleshoot, service and maintain Kodak radiographic film processors
Certified by the State of Texas to teach electronics at the Associates Degree level
Commercial, instrument, multi-engine rated pilot
Trimble Certified GPS Mapper
Academic Qualifications
Associate of Science Degree. 2008
Community College of the Air Force
Aircraft Maintenance Management
Associate of Science Degree. 2004
Community College of the Air Force
Aircraft Weapon Systems
Bachelors of Arts Degree 2001
University of Texas at San Antonio
Economics
Associate of Science Degree 1996
Community College of the Air Force
Electronics
References
Mr. Mark Goldstone
601 Fawcett Dr.
West Branch, Iowa 52358
mgoldstone[at]acciona-na.com
319.471.5717
Mr. Charles Wallace
601 Fawcett Dr.
West Branch, Iowa 52358
cwallace[at]acciona-na.com
319.400.7823
Mr. Mark Flickinger
333 W Wacker Dr., Suite 1500
Chicago, Illinois 60606
mflickinger[at]acciona-na.com
312.342.3885
Mr. Jaime Gascon
302 1st Street E.
Canby, Minnesota 56220
jaime.gascon[at]outlandenergy.com
605.695.8203
Mr. Tom Slonecker
5525 Airport Industrial Rd.
Fairbanks, Alaska 99709
tom286397132[at]yahoo.com
907.450.2300
Ms. Tracy Warner
515 Clark
Ames, Iowa 50010
twarner[at]city.ames.ia.us
515.239.5163
Mr. Damion Pregitzer
515 Clark
Ames, Iowa 50010
dpregitzer[at]city.ames.ia.us
515.239.5275
Dr. Steve Brown
University of Alaska at Fairbanks,
Mat-Su District Office
809 S. Chugach, Suite 2,
Palmer, Alaska 99645
ffscb2[at]uaf.edu
907.745.3360
Dr. Beverly Ewing
PO Box 1686
Mason, Texas 76856
325.347.6838
Mr. Ray Anderson
824 N. D St.
Grangeville, Idaho 83530
sales[at]andersonaeromotive.net
208.983.3435
Mr. Elvin Coble
11815 Starcrest Dr.
San Antonio, Texas 78249
210.494.3438
Msgt. (Ret) Stewart Brandt
12009 North Loop Rd.
San Antonio, Texas 78216
210.496.2077
Msgt. Walter Ames
168th ARW
Eielson, AFB, Alaska 99702
907.377.8658
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