Experience

Freedom Motors

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  Freedom Motors is producing one of the most flexible, efficient, durable and powerful engines in history: The Rotapower® rotary engine. Based upon the ingenious design of German engineer Felix Wankel, Freedom Motors has obtained exclusive rights for manufacturing the Rotapower® engine. With over 40 years of research in this technology, Freedom Motors can now sell these engines without any of the disadvantages historically attributed to rotary engines.We here at Freedom Motors realize that the promise of this technology offers incredible improvements over traditional piston engines, and we welcome the opportunity to prove this to the world. Freedom Motors has about 49 International and US Patents and our engines are excellent for Biogas Plants, Compressed Air Energy Storage, generators of all sizes, range extender for electric vehicles, UAVs and PAVs. Our engines are fuel independent and are a great choice to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Show less

• Executive Director

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  Freedom Motors is producing one of the most flexible, efficient, durable and powerful engines in history: The Rotapower® rotary engine. Based upon the ingenious design of German engineer Felix Wankel, Freedom Motors has obtained exclusive rights for manufacturing the Rotapower® engine. With over 40 years of research in this technology, Freedom Motors can now sell these engines without any of the disadvantages historically attributed to rotary engines.We here at Freedom Motors realize that the promise of this technology offers incredible improvements over traditional piston engines, and we welcome the opportunity to prove this to the world. Show less



Speech Morphing, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member of Business Advisory Board

  • Jan 2021 - Present



Block Frame Technologies

• Colorado Springs, Colorado Area

• Utility Advisor

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  BlockFrame, Inc. is a company dedicated to building a future where cybersecurity is implemented from the ground up. BlockFrame’s Frameworks are changing the behavior of people by enabling the accountability of trusted transactions. This system implements a unique interface structure between multiple industry segments. BlockFrame and its partners are developing frameworks for cybersecurity creating models which resemble the trust chain implementation used by Bitcoin. As is the case with Bitcoin, transactions and responsible parties’ actions become traceable anywhere in the world anytime in the present or future. The applications we will discuss provide the ability to create accountability for each data exchange while at the same time protecting individual privacy. Show less



Utility Industry Leader, Adviser and Entrepreneur

• Sacramento, California Area

• Utility Industry Leader, Adviser and Entrepreneur

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  Over 20 years of Energy Utility Leadership and Technical Experience Power Systems Engineering Expertise Bridging the realms between Cyber and Physical security. Extensive experience in Utility Physical and Cyber Security. Internal and External threat management. Physical and Logical Access Control Industrial Control Systems management. SCADA management IT Systems Asset Management Utility Data Management Utility Digitalization Expert and Leader Transmission and Generation Asset Management Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Expert NIST Cybersecurity Framework Expert NERC Compliance Expert Continuity of Operations and Emergency Management Risk and Compliance Analysis and Assessment Incident Command System Expert (FEMA) Organizational Change Management Organizational Leadership Development Customer Service Management Knowledge Management Power Operations Distributed Generation and Demand-Side Response Management Renewable Energy Management Hydro Power Management and Marketing Power Rate Setting Transmission Rate Setting Show less



Veracity Industrial Networks

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Utility Advisor

  • Jul 2018 - Dec 2020

  Introducing Veracity’s INDUSTRIAL SDN™, a resilient, secure industrial network that provides an on premise, centralized control, and monitoring solution that tracks all connected devices and their communications. Our platform is a secure by default network that moves beyond the detection and alerting of cyber events into a resilient network that reduces the attack surface by design. Our security fabric gives complete network visibility and control – with applications that deliver programmable security zones and a proactive policy engine. Show less



Western Area Power Administration

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President & Regional Manager

  • Jan 2014 - Jul 2018

  Most power that SNR markets is generated by power plants owned and operated by the Bureau of Reclamation, in the California Central Valley Project, including those at Shasta, Folsom, Trinity and New Melones dams. We import additional power over Western's share of the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie and the California-Oregon Transmission Project-500-kV lines linking northern and central California to the Pacific Northwest. After meeting project use load, CVP firm power serves the equivalent of the annual electrical needs of 650,000 Californians. We sell about 5.5 billion kilowatthours of power in an average water year.Marketing and delivering those electrical resources to irrigation districts, joint power agencies, cities and towns, public utility districts, military and Federal research installations, educational institutions and prisons in California is the Sierra Nevada Region's main business. We also serve these customers by operating and maintaining 18 substations and 884 miles of 69- to 500-kV transmission lines.SN manages transmission facilities in California to market power from the Central Valley and Washoe projects. SN also maintains ownership rights to capacity in the Pacific AC Intertie and the California-Oregon Transmission Project. Fifty percent of SN's load and the COTP is located in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District's balancing authority area. The other half and the Pacific AC Intertie is located in the California Independent System Operator balancing authority area. Show less

• Regional Information Officer

  • Jul 2012 - Jan 2014

  From North Dakota to California, Western Area Power Administration serves a variety of utilities across its 15-state service. We market and deliver reliable, low-cost hydroelectric power to preference customers at competitive prices.Created in 1977, Western currently markets and transmits power throughout a 1.3 million-square-miles service territory to more than 600 customers, including rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, public utility districts, Federal and state agencies, and irrigation districts. These wholesale power customers, in turn, provide service to millions of retail consumers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.Western markets and transmits more than 36 billion kilowatthours of electricity each year--enough to serve nearly 4 million households or 10 million people--on nearly 17,000 miles (26,967 kilometers) of transmission lines. We market electricity generated by powerplants operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the International Boundary Water Commission (U.S. Section).Western's services include:Operating and maintaining high-voltage transmission lines and associated power system facilities.Selling and scheduling power to meet customer needs, helping customers plan for future power resources and overseeing security of the power system.Providing training and assistance to customers developing Integrated Resource Plans as required by the Energy Policy Act of 1992.Securing low-cost resources and transmission alternatives to assure the long-term power supplyAs deregulation and competition increase in the utility industry, Western continues to seek ways to cut costs and offer new types of services. We are customer-focused, streamlined for process efficiency, organized to create opportunities for technical leadership and structured for decentralized decision-making. Show less

• IT System Support Manager

  • Dec 2008 - Jun 2012

  From North Dakota to California, Western Area Power Administration serves a variety of utilities across its 15-state service. We market and deliver reliable, low-cost hydroelectric power to preference customers at competitive prices.Created in 1977, Western currently markets and transmits power throughout a 1.3 million-square-miles service territory to more than 600 customers, including rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, public utility districts, Federal and state agencies, and irrigation districts. These wholesale power customers, in turn, provide service to millions of retail consumers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.Western markets and transmits more than 36 billion kilowatthours of electricity each year--enough to serve nearly 4 million households or 10 million people--on nearly 17,000 miles (26,967 kilometers) of transmission lines. We market electricity generated by powerplants operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the International Boundary Water Commission (U.S. Section).Western's services include: Operating and maintaining high-voltage transmission lines and associated power system facilities. Selling and scheduling power to meet customer needs, helping customers plan for future power resources and overseeing security of the power system. Providing training and assistance to customers developing Integrated Resource Plans as required by the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Securing low-cost resources and transmission alternatives to assure the long-term power supply As deregulation and competition increase in the utility industry, Western continues to seek ways to cut costs and offer new types of services. We are customer-focused, streamlined for process efficiency, organized to create opportunities for technical leadership and structured for decentralized decision-making. Show less

• Project Manager

  • Aug 2007 - Nov 2008



U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• (Acting) Deputy Assistant Secretary

  • Nov 2012 - Feb 2013

  Leading the Power System Engineering R&D Group. The Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) provides national leadership to ensure that the Nation’s energy delivery system is secure, resilient and reliable. OE works to develop new technologies to improve the infrastructure that brings electricity into our homes, offices, and factories, and the federal and state electricity policies and programs that shape electricity system planning and market operations. OE also works to bolster the resiliency of the electric grid and assists with restoration when major energy supply interruptions occur. Show less



Sequriti,LLC

• President

  • Apr 2008 - Dec 2010

  Sequriti, LLC brings enterprise-class IT services, including infrastructure design, security, implementation, project management, auditing/compliance testing, and consulting, to corporate and real-time control systems environments. Corporate headquarters is located in Phoenix, AZ. Sequriti, LLC brings enterprise-class IT services, including infrastructure design, security, implementation, project management, auditing/compliance testing, and consulting, to corporate and real-time control systems environments. Corporate headquarters is located in Phoenix, AZ.



Paledon Design Services

• Tempe AZ

• Director

  • Apr 2004 - Dec 2010

  Provides design services from concept to production. Our team consists of senior/principal technical staff with extensive experience in the electronics industry at corporations such as Intel, Texas Instruments, Honeywell, Motorola and MicroChip. We are able to work with you on all stages of new 'state of the art' products. Provides design services from concept to production. Our team consists of senior/principal technical staff with extensive experience in the electronics industry at corporations such as Intel, Texas Instruments, Honeywell, Motorola and MicroChip. We are able to work with you on all stages of new 'state of the art' products.



Fortech Software

• Vice President Engineering

  • Mar 1999 - Jul 2007