Experience

West Florida Electric Cooperative

• United States
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Vice President and CEO

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  Florida, United States



Lewis County REC

• General Manager

  • May 2021 - Aug 2023

  Lewistown, Missouri, United States



LCEC

• United States
• Utilities
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Manager, Substations, Communications and Meter Services

  • Mar 2020 - May 2021

  North Fort Myers, Florida, United States Managed: Substation Maintenance & Construction Metering Automatic Meter Reading System Meter shop Communication Substation Communications (SCADA & AMR) Field Devices Two Way Mobile radio

• Manager of Design and Engineering

  • Jul 2017 - Mar 2020

  North Fort Myers, Florida Managed – Department of 32 Planning Engineering Substation Design Transmission Design Distribution Design Standards Land Rights Graphics & Mapping Lead Department during NISC system implementation Produced Long Range System Plan Replaced 5.7 miles of sub marine cable to island Built 7 mile 138kV transmission line



ARKANSAS VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager of Engineering

  • Aug 2013 - Jun 2017

  Fort Smith, Arkansas Area • Managed - 2 Engineers - 4 Engineering Technicians - 2 Meter Technicians - Staking Supervisor - 6 Staking Technicians - Administrative Assistant - Joint Use Coordinator - AMR Coordinator - Easement Coordinator • Responsible for Maintenance and Operations of 36 Substations • Preparation of Budget • Responsible for Radio Communications System



East Central Oklahoma Electric Cooperative

• Manager of Engineering

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2013

  Tulsa, Oklahoma Area • Managed 4 stakers in staking department. • Inspected 219 Work Orders. • Managed Mapping and GIS Technician. • Coordinated upgrade of Itron Staking Package. • Met with Members regarding any issues the front line employees can not deal with. • Interfaced with other departments to improve Work Order Close out procedure. • Operated Milsoft’s Windmil Engineering Analysis Software. • Point of Contact for all Member’s with Alternative Energy Generators. • Interfaced with… Show more • Managed 4 stakers in staking department. • Inspected 219 Work Orders. • Managed Mapping and GIS Technician. • Coordinated upgrade of Itron Staking Package. • Met with Members regarding any issues the front line employees can not deal with. • Interfaced with other departments to improve Work Order Close out procedure. • Operated Milsoft’s Windmil Engineering Analysis Software. • Point of Contact for all Member’s with Alternative Energy Generators. • Interfaced with Generation & Transmission Cooperative for all Engineering and Operations studies and operations. • Provided Outage Reports for Monthly Board Report • Acted as backup to Director of Engineering in Board Meetings Show less



Braden Group

• Netherlands
• Electric Power Generation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Electrical and Process Engineer

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2012

  Tulsa, Oklahoma Area • Provided Quotes for the bid process for my portion of the project. • Read and interpreted bid documents. • Read and interpreted executed contracts. • Read and interpreted Environmental Permits to insure equipment meets requirements. • Designed skid equipment. • Specified instrument equipment. • Prepared Engineering Drawings for submission to Customer. • Managed subcontractors who were building equipment. • Designed and Attended Factory Acceptance Tests. • Interfaced… Show more • Provided Quotes for the bid process for my portion of the project. • Read and interpreted bid documents. • Read and interpreted executed contracts. • Read and interpreted Environmental Permits to insure equipment meets requirements. • Designed skid equipment. • Specified instrument equipment. • Prepared Engineering Drawings for submission to Customer. • Managed subcontractors who were building equipment. • Designed and Attended Factory Acceptance Tests. • Interfaced with Customer during weekly progress meetings. • Checked installation of equipment in field before Commissioning. • Commissioned equipment at plant site. • Acted as Company’s on site Representative during Commissioning. • Wrote O&M manual for equipment • Trained Plant Personnel on proper equipment operations • Supported equipment after Commissioning • Made site visits to the competition’s equipment to fix their equipment. • Designed Laboratory tests to verify new equipment designs. • Ran Laboratory test to verify new equipment designs. • Helped Design new process for filter manufacturing line. Show less



Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation

• United States
• Utilities
• 200 - 300 Employee

• System Engineer

  • Dec 2004 - May 2010

  Managed 6 Engineering Maintenance, Meter, and Communications Technicians. AMR System • Managed 36,000 Meter TWACS AMR System. • Managed 300 Remote Disconnect Switches. • Managed Office to Substation communications equipment for AMR. • Maintained Substation AMR Equipment. Load Management System (LMS) • Maintained 17,000 point ~1980’s era LMS system. • Maintained 3,000 point AMR LMS. Metering Department • Maintained all 3 phase meter installs. Substation… Show more Managed 6 Engineering Maintenance, Meter, and Communications Technicians. AMR System • Managed 36,000 Meter TWACS AMR System. • Managed 300 Remote Disconnect Switches. • Managed Office to Substation communications equipment for AMR. • Maintained Substation AMR Equipment. Load Management System (LMS) • Maintained 17,000 point ~1980’s era LMS system. • Maintained 3,000 point AMR LMS. Metering Department • Maintained all 3 phase meter installs. Substation Maintenance (26 NAEC owned) • Managed Substation Inspections. • Wrote Switching Orders. • Maintained down line OCRs and regulators. Communications • Maintained Microwave system. • Maintained 6 150 MHz radio repeaters and 50 truck radios. • Maintained 4 phone PBXs for all office phones. Outages • Dispatched during outages. • Troubleshooting during storms. Engineering Analysis Software • Maintained Milsoft’s Windmil map. • Maintained and operated Milsoft’s Dispatch Outage Management Software. Building Maintenance • Responsible for building maintenance for 3 offices. • Maintained and Installed Backup Generators for offices and radio towers Fiber Optic Network • Presented $5.5 million project to Board. • Designed Fiber Optic network to connect substations. • Specified and purchased GE JungleMUX equipment to “light” the fiber. • Managed Contractor and Permits for bridge attachment to cross the lake. Rates / Billing • Point of contact for all Rate questions. • Point of contact for all questions regarding rate charged by G&T • Explained Rates to Members. FEMA • Wrote Report for Conductor Replacement after 2009 Ice Storm. • Received $12.3 Million of $13 million from FEMA. Other • Helped produce budget for department each year. • Wrote and Exercised VRA and ERP. • Updated Spill Prevention, Controls, and Countermeasures report • Directed National Guard during Ice Storm. • Coordinated one of Arkansas Electric Cooperative’s Engineering Workshops. • On Committee that rewrote the Safety Manual. Show less



Safe Foods Chemical Innovations

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Application Engineer

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2004

  • Built and Tested prototype control equipment for the application equipment. • Evaluated and recommended equipment for the application. • Pulled Samples for Microbiology testing in poultry and beef plants. • Wrote Standard Operating Procedures for equipment. • Acted as interface between departments inside the company as well as to the outside equipment. • Installed equipment in the field. • Operated and Maintained the equipment in the Field. • Trained Plant Personnel on… Show more • Built and Tested prototype control equipment for the application equipment. • Evaluated and recommended equipment for the application. • Pulled Samples for Microbiology testing in poultry and beef plants. • Wrote Standard Operating Procedures for equipment. • Acted as interface between departments inside the company as well as to the outside equipment. • Installed equipment in the field. • Operated and Maintained the equipment in the Field. • Trained Plant Personnel on equipment operation. Show less



Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation

• United States
• Utilities
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Process Engineer

  • May 2000 - Dec 2003

  Little Rock, Arkansas Area Responsible for Control System at AECC’s power plants. • Hydro Plants on Arkansas River. All Plants are Unmanned and Remotely Operated. - Hydro Station 13 - 3 generators totaling 33 MW 1990’s - Hydro Station 9 - 3 generators totaling 33 MW 1990’s - Hydro Station 2 - 3 generators totaling 102 MW 1990’s • Boiler Plants - McClellan - 134 MW 1971 - Bailey - 122 MW 1969 - Fitzhugh - 59 MW 1965 • Combustion Turbine Plants - CT1 - 176 MW 2001 -… Show more Responsible for Control System at AECC’s power plants. • Hydro Plants on Arkansas River. All Plants are Unmanned and Remotely Operated. - Hydro Station 13 - 3 generators totaling 33 MW 1990’s - Hydro Station 9 - 3 generators totaling 33 MW 1990’s - Hydro Station 2 - 3 generators totaling 102 MW 1990’s • Boiler Plants - McClellan - 134 MW 1971 - Bailey - 122 MW 1969 - Fitzhugh - 59 MW 1965 • Combustion Turbine Plants - CT1 - 176 MW 2001 - Fitzhugh CT - 120 MW 2002 • Fitzhugh Project - Retired Old Boiler. - Installed Combustion Turbine as Heat Source. - Installed Heat Recover Steam Generator to reuse existing Steam Turbine and Plant Equipment. - Designed Control system. - Removed all old control equipment and installed new control equipment. - Programmed DCS for new HRSG and BOP. - Commissioned and tuned new Control System. - Trained Operators on New Equipment. - Operated Equipment during Commissioning. Show less



University of Arkansas

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student

  • 1998 - 2000