Vancouver, Washington, United States
Principle industry advisor for BPA for Increased Power Flow (Program 38) and Transmission Line Design (Program 35) until retirement in January 2009.
Consulting in the electric power industry concerning overhead transmission lines design and analysis.
Transmission and Fiber Optic Overhead Lines
Design and analysis of BPA overhead lines including developing and managing engineering processes.
Served as supervisor for the Line Design Group of approximately 20 folks including engineers, technicians, and contractor support.
Served as both a line design engineer and later a senior line design engineer learning and perfecting the skills and knowledge to eventually become the Principle Line Design Engineer for BPA.
Served as BPA’s Principal Line Design Engineer for Transmission and Fiber Optic OH Lines specializing in all aspects of line design and analysis excluding tower design. Primarily focused on cable design, cable installation, connecting hardware, sag-tension processes, insulators, and advanced modeling. Extensive customized tool development in Excel and Access using VBA.