Experience

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  UST – Utility Systems Technologies, Inc.

  • Watervliet, New York

  • President

    • Jun 2006 - Present
    • Watervliet, New York

    Responsible for the daily operations of Utility Systems Technologies, Inc., a world-leading designer and manufacturer of electronic voltage control power-conditioning products.

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  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Troy, New York

  • Professor

    • Jun 1989 - Jun 2006
    • Troy, New York

    Responsible for teaching graduate and undergraduate courses and conducting research on transformer design, transient response of electrical equipment, HVDC systems, and utility system planning.

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  General Electric (GE)

  • Manager, Software Services

    • Sep 1985 - May 1989

    Responsible for company's efforts to license utility planning software to the utility industry. Efforts focused on production costs, optimal power flow, multi-area reliability, generation/demand-side planning, and expert systems. Work required marketing and managing diverse research and development activities funded by GE, EPRI, ESEERCO, and utilities. Took the group from a cost center in 1985 to a profit center by 1988.

  • Manager, HVDC Transmission Engineering

    • Apr 1981 - Sep 1985

    Responsible for coordinating input of SDED's studies and research into the performance characteristics of HVDC systems (transformers, electronics, and filters). The position required management and execution of system studies to efficiently design HVDC systems, conduct commercial studies, and perform basic research on HVDC system characteristics. Research was conducted successfully for GE, EPRI, DOE, and numerous utilities. The position also required technical and financial control, scheduling, and marketing activities.

  • Manager, Electrical and Analytical Development

    • May 1980 - Apr 1981

    Responsible for establishing standard practices to ensure design integrity for transformer and reactor insulation structures, short-circuit strength, magnetic characteristics and material specifications. This included development of mathematical models, computer programs, experiment design, and analysis of resulting data. Work resulted in transformers with lower stray losses, better impulse voltage distribution, and increased insulation integrity. Contributed technical expertise to locate and correct factory problems and test failures.

  • Manager, Analytic Development Unit

    • May 1978 - May 1980

    Responsible for development of all analytic computer tools necessary to predict the internal electrical behavior of transformers in GE's Large Power Transformer Department, including transient voltage and programs to predict the electromagnetic stray loss in transformers and reactors.

  • Senior Engineer

    • May 1973 - May 1978

    Designed and developed a group of computer programs to calculate the internal transient voltage response of power transformers. Consulted on factory-related problems.

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  United States Air Force

  • WPAFB, Dayton, Ohio

  • Technical Intelligence Officer

    • Aug 1967 - Sep 1971
    • WPAFB, Dayton, Ohio

    Provided mission planning for a classified phased-array radar system and infrared detection system. Worked with government contractors to generate technical specifications to modify the radar system, and generated a new method of determining hypersonic ballistic coefficients. Honorably discharge...

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  American Electric Power Service Corporation

  • New York, New York

  • Engineer

    • Jun 1967 - Aug 1967
    • New York, New York

    Worked as an engineer in the company's Metering and Communications Department.