SPECIAL PROJECTS ENGINEER
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Education
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Utah
Masters in Engineering Administration, University of Utah
Other Courses
Black & Veatch – Substation Design I & II
Beckwith Electric Co. – Voltage Control & Transformer Parallelilng
American Management Association – Basic Project Management
Westinghouse Electric Corp. Relay & Telecommunications School
General Electric Relay School
Utah Power & Light Management Courses
CC&E Engineers, Inc. - 2003 to present
Transmission & Distribution Protection Engineer - PacifiCorp
Review and manage outside contractor relay design packages. Calculate and review relay-setting orders. Write complex switching procedures to test energize, remove for clearance and return to service substation equipment, transmission and distribution lines. Create and input databases for SCADA systems. Design field wiring and control circuitry for SCADA systems.
PacifiCorp Transmission & Distribution Protection Engineer - Utah Power & Light Co.
Electrical Engineering - 26 years
Designed complex substation and line protection circuitry and provided technical assistance for the installation of these relay schemes. Assisted in analyzing misoperations of the power system. Taught complex subjects, e.g. symmetrical components, differential protection schemes and Aspen One Liner, to other engineers.
Designed and prototyped solid state lighting control systems and in-plant production. Supervised one engineer and two technicians.
Professional
Presented a paper to the Western Protective Relay Conference, Spokane Washington in October 1980. Selected for the technical paper review committee for the Fault Disturbance analysis Conference in New Orleans in September 1989.
Computer Skills
Good computer skills including Microsoft Access, Excel, Outlook and Power Point; Fortran and Aspen One Liner.
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