Experience

NSTAR, now Eversource Energy- Follow our new company page, Eversource Energy

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Engineer, System Planning

  • Apr 2004 - Present

  -Prepared up to 8 figure dollar ($) authorizations for senior management approval - justifying substation upgrades; defining project considerations; developing detailed scopes of work; delimiting budget, material and schedule boundaries; making recommendations; creating alternatives supported with “proposed plan” applications, associated power system studies and modeling for review by ISO NE Committees; also providing testimony when called upon as needed.-Provided advanced screening and review, developed models, performed calculations, researched and specified engineering consultant studies to analyze the system impact of hundreds of DG interconnections, ranging in size from 25 kW’s to 10 MW’s and including study of 2 PV clustering scenarios. Range of projects has been predominately solar - photovoltaic powered but has also included a number of combined heat & power projects, a 4 X 1.5 MW wind turbine installation, a small synthetic gas project and a commercial size fuel cell.-Supported a partnership between the Company and an outside manufacturer on a pilot project to interconnect a 2 MW battery energy storage system with planning, authorization documentation, engineering, project management and contract negotiation from the initial concept into the site permitting stage.-Investigated and identified the root causes of power quality events, framed within the context of the Computer and Business Manufacturer’s Association (CBEMA) curve, in response to dozens of reported incidents at a major transportation facility; supporting sensitive, supply contract negotiations for the Senior Vice President.- Made significant contributions to the Company's 2014-2015 Bulk Power Station System Stability Study required for NERC compliance.-Relied on to advise electric service operations management regarding the timing, capacity, ratings and contingency constraints to serve as a guide for planned and emergent work activities on a routine basis.

• Lead Engineer - Distribution Technical

  • Aug 2002 - Mar 2004

  Lead team effort to establish and document a standard for 44” crossarm, 14 kV primary overhead circuit construction and a walk down standard to proactively identify condition concerns in overhead supplied areas. Trained field supervisors, designers and craft personnel in application of the walk down standard. Audited new field construction and circuit walk down results for quality.-Provided substantial contributions to a study quantifying and assessing the Company wide state and condition of distribution streetwork-Lead a project to limit system damage due to temporary circuit faults, via the implementation of instantaneous tripping at all pole top reclosers.-Developed from concept and delivered to completion, a project to eliminate nuisance light flickering at corporate headquarters.-In response to community concerns, lead the initial pilot field audit that predicted and uncovered stray voltage, at a previously unknown location.

• Lead Engineer - System Engineering

  • Jan 2002 - Jul 2002

  Provided lead technical support and performance monitoring of distribution system assets for 20 cities and towns. Approved designs for circuit reconfigurations or upgrades to meet capacity, reliability or new customer growth needs. Developed project alternatives and justify system investments in excess of $100,000. Added direction to the preparation of detailed reliability, capacity and incident reports for review of high level management and the Massachusetts DTE. Coached and lead represented engineers.

• Senior Supervising Engineer

  • Dec 1999 - Jan 2002

  Developed proposals to perform design, test, maintain, construct, manage and provide emergency response services to NSTAR top 800 customers. Initiated contracts with customers and vendors - Green lighted to make 5 figure dollar ($) handshake agreements and instant purchases. Managed the delivery of all project aspects upon successful execution of contracts. Identified and implemented business process improvements. Assisted in growing a non-regulated business opportunity. Over a single year, managed 30 projects totaling to over $1M in gross sales for a 26% net profit – Including the delivery of a 7 MVA customer station.



NSTAR, now Eversource Energy- Follow our new company page, Eversource Energy

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Field Supervisor/ Work Planner

  • 1994 - 1999

  Organized and coordinated assignments for designers, underground cable splicers and cable/conduit installers, overhead linemen, electricians, substation operator/mechanics and contract personnel towards completing projects; including necessary material packaging, permits and standards.. Directed concurrent, sequenced 7 day/24 hour activities to achieve reliability, maintenance, service, schedule and/or budget milestones. Targeted enhanced value of company assets. Led activities towards assuring that customer commitments were fulfilled. Routinely organized the daily activities for between 10 and 20 electrical trades’ people. Assigned emergent, on-call supervisory responsibility.-Successfully completed failing projects to upgrade distribution system supplies for the North End of Boston and the Canton area.-Awarded 3 performance bonuses for 1998 efforts recognizing innovative contributions to business process improvement and team accomplishments.-Generated an estimated $100,000 in savings while overseeing the re-commissioning of an abandoned underground sub-transmission line (twice).-Planned 100 distribution system outages during an 18 month period, with a 94 % on time, completion rate in support of company "1st time on time" goal.-Coordinated the installation of about $.5 million worth of electrical equipment and materials in 1997, primarily for the Brighton and Waltham area 15 kV conversion projects-Awarded a performance bonus, recognizing the success of a 5 kV under-ground circuit upgrade for the community of West Roxbury.



Boston Edison

• Office Manager

  • 1993 - 1994

  Rotated through assignments supervising Clerical Staff, Meter Installers, Lamp Rangers, Lineman and Computer Network support at various times. Managed daily system maintenance activities and emergency repairs per company and DEP standards as needed.

• Test Engineer

  • 1990 - 1993

  Performed "hands-on" operational and acceptance testing of Power Systems equipment per applicable ANSI, IEEE, NEMA and ASTM standards; including arresters, circuit breakers, capacitors, insulating fluids, network protectors, switches, reclosers, regulators and transformers. Prepared detailed technical reports on testing results. Recommended suitable repairs and follow-up. -Refined the application of time-domain-reflectometry (TDR); a state-of-the-art cable-fault locating technology in realistic field trials.-Conducted experimental research with automated data collection, investigating the emergency load rating of an oil-cooled, distribution switch.-Evaluated a triclorethane solvent substitute to proactively determine the effects of its use on power system equipment.-Secured the procurement of a sound level measuring instrument that reduced the time to take readings over a traditional method, by a factor of 10.-Devised an accelerated life cycle test for evaluating the suitability of a new solid state Network Protector Relay.



Boston Edison Company

• Distribution Engineer

  • 1987 - 1990

  Engineered distribution system modifications in 5 communities. Chose protective - sectionalizing equipment for proper field operation and coordination. Specified switching to accommodate off-schedule conditions and emergency load transfers. Generated cost estimates. Assigned as a Technical Advisor during major emergencies. Designed street work for a new substation alternative in Hopkinton and a duct bank for the development of 1.5 million square feet of commercial building space. Engineered distribution system modifications in 5 communities. Chose protective - sectionalizing equipment for proper field operation and coordination. Specified switching to accommodate off-schedule conditions and emergency load transfers. Generated cost estimates. Assigned as a Technical Advisor during major emergencies. Designed street work for a new substation alternative in Hopkinton and a duct bank for the development of 1.5 million square feet of commercial building space.



Texas Instruments

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Facilities Electrical/Energy Conservation Engineer

  • 1983 - 1987

  Assigned to the plant facilities' multi-disciplined, design/build engineering group. Involved with all phases of project development including planning, design, cost estimating, scheduling, construction, start-up, forecasting, tracking, maintenance and trouble shooting. Designed and debugged programmable controller ladder logic programs for Energy Management System applications. Assisted with building electrical system engineering and designed small upgrades in accordance with the National Electric Code. Piloted a site power factor correct ion project.