• 25 years of experience in design, engineering, & construction of Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution systems for major projects including system reliability, transient analysis, protective devices, and load flow studies.
• Experienced in long and short term transmission and generation outages.
• Registered Professional Electrical & Nuclear Engineer – Since 1976
• Project & Construction Management, Development of Quality Assurance & Quality Control programs in compliance with NRC Regulation 10 CFR 50 Appendix B and ISO 9000, Nuclear, Electrical & Value Engineering, Budgeting, Planning & Scheduling.
• Expert in computer programs for analysis of generation, transmission, and distribution systems.
• Familiarity with FERC, NERC and WECC procedures, Generator Testing and Black Start operations.
• Senior Advisor to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for analysis of high and low voltage power distribution systems and ISO 9001 procedures for switching operations.
• Consulting assignments with domestic & overseas Electric Utilities.
• Consulting assignments for DOD facilities, Department of Energy (DOE).
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Advisor to government of S. Korea in nuclear power, a Diplomatic assignment.
• Senior member of project management teams of major corporations responsible for engineering, procurement, & construction of multi-billion dollars projects.
• Development & implementation of quality assurance & quality control programs.
• Compliance and feasibility studies for environmental, energy conservation, transportation, and power plant projects.
EDUCATION
M. B. A. (Management) - 1978
Certified Value Engineering Analyst – 1984
National Defense University, Department of Defense – 2003 (National Security)
Professional Engineering Licenses (Licenses obtained by written exams in 1976-77)
• California PE 0706 (Nuclear), California PE (Electrical) 9039,
• Colorado PE 14229, Iowa PE 08220, Kansas PE 7476
• Oregon PE 09122, Pennsylvania PE 025823.
Executive Management Training Programs at: Siemens, Erlangen & AEG, Frankfurt in Germany for one year in the manufacture of generation, transmission, and distribution equipment.
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
1975- Present CONSULTANT PROJECTS
(Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Systems)
NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Senior Advisor (Worked with NASA on & off for the past 10 years 1996-2006)
• Analytical review and evaluation of high and low voltage distribution systems to determine compliance with local, state and federal regulations, quality, safety and operability impact of switching operations on experiments & testing for shuttle operations.
• Development and implementation of ISO 9001 procedures to implement switching operations for electrical distribution systems.
DOE - Department of Energy (Project Manager/ 1986-1990)
Senior Project Manager
• Upgraded I & C (Instrument & Control) systems of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) supervising 40 engineers.
IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency (Diplomatic assignment/ 1977-1978)
Senior Adviser/ Korea Electric Power Company
• Served as an advisor for one year, on a diplomatic assignment, to the government of South Korea in Power & Energy to help with the design, construction, and startup of KORI-1, 600 MW PWR nuclear power plant for Korea Electric Power Company.
Senior Consultant to Nuclear Utilities (1975 to Present)
CLIENTS: Pacific Gas & Electric/ Commonwealth Edison/ Pennsylvania Power & Light and Southern California Edison.
• Design, construction, review of procedures, environmental reports, quality assurance/control, evaluation of generation, transmission, distribution reliability systems, modifications and maintenance of the following fossil/nuclear power plants:
• 1100 MW, BWR, units 1 & 2 LaSalle County nuclear power plants for Commonwealth Edison Co.
• 900 MW, BWR, Quad Cities units 1 & 2 for Commonwealth Edison Co.
• 1100 MW, PWR, units 1 & 2, Diablo Canyon nuclear power plants for Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
• 1000 MW, BWR, units 1 & 2, nuclear power plants for Pennsylvania Power & Light Co.
• 800 MW, BWR, Dresden units 2 & 3 for Commonwealth Edison Co.
• 400 MW, PWR, Song 1, nuclear power plant for Southern California Edison.
• 600 MW, PWR, nuclear power plant at Krsko, Slovenia.
Transmission & Distribution Systems
Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD)
• Analytical review and evaluation of AC and DC distribution systems to determine compliance with NRC regulations, quality, safety & operability impact on reliability of power for 800 MW, BWR, nuclear power plant for Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) supervising 20 engineers.
Iowa Electric & Power Co.
• Project engineering & construction management supervising 5 major electrical transmission & distribution contractors, planning & scheduling, contract negotiations & client liaison fordesign and construction of 345/161 KV switchyard for 550 MW, BWR, Duane Arnold, nuclear power plant for Iowa Electric & Power Co. supervising 20 engineers and 500 union and non-union craft personnel..
Power System Studies
Duval Corporation, Tucson, Arizona
• Analysis and evaluation of power systems to perform short circuit, load flow, transient and reliability studies for copper concentrator for Duval Corporation, Tucson, Arizona.
Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci, Arizona
• Analysis and evaluation of electrical power systems to perform short circuit, load flow, transient and reliability studies for copper concentrator for Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci, Arizona.
Bougainville Copper, Solomon Island
• Design of electrical power distribution systems for Bougainville Copper, Solomon Island.
Mineracoes Brasileiras Reunidas, S. A., Augus Calaras, Brazil
• Design of electrical power distribution systems for Mineracoes Brasileiras Reunidas, S. A., Augus Calaras, Brazil.
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