• M. S. Nuclear Physics
  Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 1972
• B. S. Physics
  Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 1971
• Graduate Studies in Systems Management
  University of Southern California
• Registered Professional Engineer, Mechanical
  California (22192)
• Registered Professional Engineer, Mechanical
  Arizona (27683)
• Licensed Engineering Contractor, (A-Haz)
  California (413866/503465)
• Licensed Engineering Contractor
  Nevada (35572)

President & owner of GESCO/PCI providing specialized technical services to the industrial power generation industry with special emphasis in critical use facilities such as data centers, telephone switching centers & hospitals as well as small utility power projects. Also provide highly specialized analytical services relating to plant performance. Particular expertise for projects involving Allison gas turbines in standby power & cogeneration applications, & for stationary power generation with ElectroMotive Diesels.

Consulting engineering, field maintenance & modifications, & contract project management for a wide range of conventional & alternative fuel projects including large emergency standby, base load & peaking cogeneration projects & a variety of specialty fueled projects including digester gas, landfill gas, methanol, municipal solid waste, geothermal & others. Special emphasis on power plant startup, O&M, construction supervision, plant performance testing & evaluation, & special system commissioning. Particular focus on process controls & fuel processing/safety systems & supervisory control & data acquisition (SCADA) configuration & integration with on-line graphic displays for plant monitoring & control.

Expert witness & similar expert services for litigation & other contractual disputes involving problems with industrial gas turbine power generation systems. Projects where served in this capacity include Hartford Hospital (Hartford, CT), Victorian Hospitals (Melbourne, Australia), Hyperion Waste to Energy Project (City of Los Angeles), Vernon Municipal (Vernon, CA) & others. Energy rate (gas & electric) analyst for Bank of America for deregulation related rate restructuring & contract negotiations for major facilities.

Project Manager & Startup Engineer for the City of Los Angeles digester gas fueled 20,000 kilowatt Hyperion Energy Recovery Project Cogeneration Plant. Responsible for all aspects of equipment installation & startup/performance testing for this $12 million project. Equipment includes four Allison 570-KA gas turbine generators with HP/LP heat recovery steam generators, selective catalysts & numerous auxiliaries including digester gas treatment & digester gas/natural gas fuel controls.

Startup Engineer for International Power Technology, Inc. Conducted startup for three 6MW gas turbine cogeneration units at two sites, each with Allison 501-KH steam injected gas turbines & supplementary fired heat recovery steam generators operating in a "Cheng Cycle". Responsible for integrated plant testing, performance verification & demonstration, development of operating & casualty procedures & conduct of operator training program. Programmed Bailey Network 90 control system operator interface graphic displays. Startup Test Engineer for development of Factory & Field Acceptance Test Program & other documentation for an Allison 501 based 6 MW Cogeneration Project in Bakersfield, California. Various follow-on contracts for graphic display programming for "Standard" plant design, & customizing standard graphics for new projects, plant design/performance improvement reviews, technical document reviews & general technical consulting.

Project Manager & Principal Engineer for geothermal drilling/testing & power plant development project for Imperial Energy Corporation. Supervised design, drilling, completion & testing of an 8500' high temperature geothermal production well in the Imperial Valley, California. Developed conceptual design for modular 3MW steam power plant. Processed all permits for project drilling, construction, operation & testing. Formulated development plan for project expansion to 16MW including utility interconnection & power sales agreements.

1979 to 1984 - WESTEC Services, Inc.

Deputy Manager for Energy Division responsible for supervision of both Engineering & Contract Operations & Maintenance groups which included fifteen engineers & eighty power plant operations & maintenance technicians. Project Manager for numerous cogeneration & geothermal consulting contracts as well as for field operations & testing projects involving geothermal wells & both geothermal & cogeneration power plants. Directly involved in the development of operating procedures & station orders for both utility & non-utility power generating stations. Also responsible for formulation & execution of Strategic Marketing Program.

1977 to 1979 - Bechtel Power Corporation

Nuclear Licensing Engineer & Safety Design Review Coordinator for $3.5 billion nuclear power plant project in Georgia. Responsible for conduct of formal design review program for plant process systems (Mechanical, electrical & controls) to assure compliance with applicable regulations & to verify that each system would meet its design criteria. Principal liaison between client utility licensing & operations management & Bechtel Power Corporation. Chaired all Licensing Review Meetings whose participants included A/E & utility Vice Presidents, Chief Engineers & Program Managers.

1971 to 1977 - United States Navy

Submarine Officer serving on the USS Thomas A. Edison, a nuclear powered Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine. Principal duties as Engineering Division Officer in billets as Main Propulsion Asst. & Damage Control Asst., & Communications Officer. Qualified in all possible watch stations including Engineering Officer of the Watch, Engineering Duty Officer, Officer of the Deck, & Ship's Duty Officer. Special expertise in ship control resulted in assignment of Junior Officer training responsibilities normally reserved for more experienced, senior officers. Authored major revision to Ship's Information Book (14 Vol.) & Training Aid Book & implemented SUBSAFE Program for first ship in class. Directed several special maintenance programs including nuclear plant primary resin replacement, high-power reactor testing, & turbine generator replacement.

Attended Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California under special program for newly commissioned officers. Successfully completed normal two year graduate program in twelve months leading to Master's Degree in Nuclear Physics.

• Inventor of a high performance cooling manifold design for use on Electro-Motive Diesel engines in the 3,600 to 4,800 HP range. This invention Patent (U.S. 5,337,705) improved oil cooling by 30% to 70% & is now in use by the U.S. Navy & at other "arduous" applications in Australia & Alaska.
  
  
• Inventor of a portable precision computer room environmental monitoring station for 3-D modeling of critical environment in large computer center main processing rooms.

• ASME
• EGSA
• ISA
• UL Code Committee Member for Standby Power Equipment.

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