Summary

Instrumentation and Controls engineer with demonstrated strengths in specificati

on and application in monitoring and automation systems for industrial and other
commercial applications. Over sixteen years of direct engineering design, over
nine years engineering management, five years of hands-on field startup and in-p
lant O&M engineering.

Professional Experience
Senior Electrical and I&C Engineer
Development of process and facility controls, instrumentation, and automation f
or gas cleaning systems of existing coal fired power production facilities of to
tal construction costs of up to 250MM.
Create and review equipment and performance specifications, O&M procedures, dra
wings and documents, and PLC/DCS programming for I&C equipment of up to 20,000 a
nalog and discrete input and output control points.
Application of controls system hardware and software for national and internati
onal clients.
I&C Engineering Department Manager
Directed the design activities of a team of up to 30 engineers and designers.
Oversaw a departmental budget of 6.1MM.
Develop project and task estimates, scopes of work, and schedules for 21 projec
ts.
Review and approve all departmental project related drawings and documents whic
h averaged 3200 items per year.
Field support activities: construction, scope development, startup support, and
troubleshooting.
Training of operations and maintenance staff of 12 in a class room setting allo
wing direct experience with the equipment and controls.

Lead Discipline Engineer

Supervise a team of 3 in the design of safeguards, security, fiber optic, camer
a, and intrusion detection systems.
Develop and implement process modifications and additions to 16 production line
s.
Design with and implement automatic safety device, laser cutting tools, test ce
lls, torque machines for a multi-client automotive airbag manufacturer shipping
over 6000 units per day worldwide.
Train maintenance and engineering staff of 32 in a classroom setting for operat
ions and maintenance of plant systems.
Field work including installation, wiring, trouble shooting, and calibration of
16 water treatment sites handling 48MM gallons per day.
Plant Engineer
Supervised 34 plant maintenance, quality, and environmental direct reports.
Project manager of over 20 facility projects totaling $12,800,000, including ca
pital improvement, environmental restoration, facility construction, and process
modifications.
Successfully rebuilt plant and major equipment which eliminated 90% of unplanne
d downtime, boosted production 175%, and reduced rejects from 40% to 3%.
Installed and maintained office and plant floor data collection and inter-offic
e communications systems providing operations and QC with real time production d
ata
Established all plant environmental policies and compliance actions, permits, p
lans bringing the plant into federal, state, and local environmental requirement
s.

Companies
Alstom Power, Knoxville, Tennessee 2007-2010
Lurgi, Inc., Germantown, Tennessee, 2006-2007
Parsons Infrastructure and Technology, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 2005-2006
Jacobs Engineering Group, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 1998-2005
Breed Technologies Inc.,. Maryville, Tennessee 1998
ABB Environmental Services, Knoxville, Tennessee 1997-1998
M4 Environmental L.P., Oak Ridge, Tennessee 1995-1997
GAF - BMCA Insulation Products Inc., Florence, Kentucky 1994-1995
Westinghouse Electric Company 1990-1993
Hoechst Celanese Conpany, Spartanburg, South Carolina 1986-1988

Education
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, with Honors, 1989
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Internship in Engineering with Hoechst Celanese: Spring 1986 through Fall 1988.

Additional skills, training, expertise

Professional Engineer in Tennessee and New Mexico
Cross Discipline Knowledge and Experience Civil, Mechanical, Process,Electrica
l
Microstation, PDS, Smartplant, AutoCAD Design Applications
Communications: RF, RFID, Fiber Optic, PBX, PC Networks, and more
Instrument and systems bus communication systems
Security and Intruder Detection and Surveillance
Lightning.Surge Protection and Power Distribution Systems
Other: Passport, former DOE clearance, Notary Public