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Experience Summary
Key Phrase: Potential without flow is wasted energy!
Successfully utilize expertise as a Certified Energy Manager to innovate engineering and management practices. Implement multiple successful projects using Electrical Energy Automation Engineering and design for various industries with related Project Management and Industrial Electrical Controls Design Engineering. Extensive experience with Smart Grid related Energy Automation including Demand Control, Demand Response, Dynamic Pricing, and Energy Efficiency techniques. Maintain a unique perspective to derive the best solution for each effort. Shine the light on otherwise underdeveloped opportunities, then effectively provide timely implementation management support to realize full-circle results. Relationships developed are maintained with lasting respect, courtesy, and professional attitude at all times.
Specialties:
Engineer energy management in foundry metal melting furnace power supply controls; Automated Industrial Process Controls to minimize Demand Charges; Developed Utility and Aggregator relationships to maximize Incentives; Industrial Project Management; Energy Efficient Automation Design and Implementation; Blower, Vacuum and Gas Booster Controls; Municipal WTP/WWTP; Gas Turbines for Power Generation; VFD Integration, PLC/HMI/SCADA Integration from multiple manufacturers, Multi-drive web process automation
Industrial energy management, process automation and engineering design/build for electrical control systems. Over 15 years of experience in project engineering and 25 years working in the electrical industry. Specialties include Project Management/ Engineering for Retrofits/Upgrades utilizing PLC’s and HMI/SCADA control interfaces including AC and DC Drive Controls for various industrial machines, systems and safety related processes.
• Proven track record of managing numerous profitable projects including significant resource management
• Developed and nurtured strategic relationships with customers, vendors and partners
• Effectively managed people, process, project, program, product in a technology based organization
• Continually drive results through leading cross-functional teams and manage through dynamic influence
Recent Career Experience:
Powerit Solutions – 307 3rd Ave South, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98104; www.poweritsolutions.com
Implementation Manager/Principal Engineer, September 2011 to Oct 2015 (Powerit closed down business)
• Manage three direct report team professionals including hiring, staff bonus allocation and reviews
• Provide effective support to our Channel Development effort to onboard multiple System Integrators, OEMs, Distributors and Automation software/hardware technology providers
• Develop relationships with multiple Powerit approved System Integrators and Channel Distributors to train their staff to functional competency level while marketing, installing, implementing, and commissioning Spara Demand Manager (Spara DM®) demand automation system solutions.
• Primary focus on continuing to effectively share Powerit Solutions Spara system solutions with industrial Customers in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Provide primary engineering feedback for proposed system fit/function for each Customer's energy savings initiatives.
Sr. Systems Implementation Engineer, October 2007 to September 2011
• Lead the Foundry product development and implementation efforts for the Metals vertical.
• Review the Energy Management System design from proposal to include engineering design and application fit, project related equipment manufacturing management to site delivery and onsite commissioning. Work with a team of other R&D and System Implementation Engineers.
Relevant Engineering Skills:
Complete Spara DM® SparaBuild™ development environment, MS SQL; Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley ControlLogix, MicroLogix, SLC500, PLC5, Connected Components Workbench, RSView; Modicon PLC, GE 9030 PLC; Siemens S7-200, S5, S101U PLC, Step 7; WonderWare FactorySuite, Citect and Intellution FIX32; AutoCAD Electrical; PowerFlex 755, 70, 1336+, Yaskawa VFD, SSD Link VFD, Square D-Altivar 66 & 58, GE, Toshiba, Magnetek; MAXIMO CMMS; Modbus-TCP, Modbus-RTU, Modbus Plus, Echelon LonWorks.
Former Career Experience:
The Spencer Turbine Company – 600 Day Hill Road, Windsor, CT 06095; www.spencerturbine.com
Service Manager/Sr. Electrical Controls Engineer, September 2002 to October 2007
• As the Service Manager, managed 3 Service centers in the U.S. and was instrumental in d...
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