Key Accomplishments

• Key participant in due diligence evaluating, acquiring and rehabilitating a system of power plants and transmission lines in Western Australia to what is currently the owner’s most profitable venture.
• In a mid-sized electrical utility, started and developed a group in the application, specification, installation, commissioning, and O&M of substation equipment.
• Active participant in IEEE, IEC, CIGRE and CSA standards developing activities in the areas of switchgear/circuit breakers, transformers, capacitors, and insulation coordination. 
• Introduced the concept and mentored a team that was one of the first to fully implement RCM review and practices in both transmission and distribution, resulting in significant cost reductions and improvements in asset performance. 

Career Highlights

• Analysis of numerous power equipment based failures in substations (4.16 to 500 kV), power plants (coal fired thermal, hydro, combustion turbine plants) and distribution systems.
• At various times, led and developed individuals and groups in the areas of:
• Application, specification, testing, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of major electrical and mechanical equipment in generating, substations and transmission systems;
• Strategic development and implementation of programs to improve reliability and utilization of the power system and it’s equipment and facilities;
• Development of maintenance programs and their implementation

Education

B. Sc. (Electrical Engineering) - University of Saskatchewan                                           1968
M. Eng. (Civil Engineering - Project Management Specialization) University of Calgary     1992

Professional Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA).

Memberships

CIGRE (Conseil Internationale des Grands Réseaux Electriques; International Council on Large Electric Systems)

Member and former Canadian chair SC 12 - Transformers

Member International Committee  SC A3.06 – Equipment Reliability

Former Member International Committees on: 
-  SC 13.04 – Circuit Breakers Testing
-  SC 13.07 – Switchgear Performance
-  SC 13.08 – Life management of Circuit Breakers
-  SC 13.09 – Monitoring of Circuit Breakers

Former Member Canadian Committee on
- SC 33 - Insulation Coordination & Overvoltages

Canadian Electrical Association (CEA)
- Former Chairman - Transformer Subcommittee
- Former Technical advisor - apparatus R&D projects

Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
- Switchgear standards working group
-Energy Industry Electrical Engineering Associates (EIEEA)
(senior petrochemical industry electrical engineers in Alberta)
-Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers  (IEEE) - Senior Member
(Power Engineering and Industry Applications Societies; secretary, HV circuit breaker -committee); chair, HV Circuit Breaker Quality and Reliability working group
-International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
-Member of Canadian SCC TC17 Committee (Switchgear)

Experience

Engineering Specialist in:

• Performance and analysis of power system design and operation;
• Application, specification, testing, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of major electrical and mechanical equipment in generating, substations and transmission systems;
• Conceptual and detailed arrangement and design of substations and
• Integration of generating, transmission and distribution facilities.
• Strategic development and implementation of programs to improve reliability and utilization of the power system and it’s equipment and facilities
• Maintenance program development and implementation failure analysis of electric equipment or systems