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Recent Experience & Work History
Partial List of Recent Jobs
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Complete generator rotor rewind of GE 900 MW
nuclear unit.
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Complete generator rotor rewind of GE 800 MW
2 pole diagonal flow.
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Partial generator rotor rewind of GE Frame 7
unit (7A4).
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Complete generator rotor rewind of GE Frame
7 with balance issues (7A7).
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Complete rotor rewind of GE Canada 150 MW 2
pole.
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Complete Rotor rewind of GE Model 324, 2
pole rotor, 210 MW
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Complete TIL 1292 rotor tooth crack
machining modification GE 2 pole, 450 MW.
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Complete Generator Stator rewind of GE water
cooled 2 pole 550 MW unit.
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Partial bottom bar replacement of GE water
cooled stator winding & core tests.
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Salient pole rotor and VPI stator
manufacture surveillance at GE Canada
facility.
- Completed generator
inspection and test service on Frame 7 units
in Windsor
Canada.
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Flux probe installation and analysis, rotor
shorted turn testing and evaluation.
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Lead man for generator rotor AC and DC high
potential tests.
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Lead man test for all rotor and stator
diagnostic testing such as EL CID, ring
test, split voltage, current through
forging, pole drop, surge test, wet test,
power factor watts loss, resistance &
impedance.
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Root cause analysis and failure mode
diagnosis of utility and industrial sized
generator rotor and stator materials and NDE
processes.
Employment Summary
AC Generator Consultants, Owner and
Engineer –
December 2006 to Present
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Consultant to utility and industrial
generator owners and to GE Energy.
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Conducted 3rd party surveillance for stator
and rotor rewinds and new unit manufacture
for large
US
utilities.
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Contracted directly with GE Energy to
provide field engineering services on 2 pole
stator and both 2 and 4 pole field rewinds
(900 MVA to 50 MVA), new generator tooling
and process improvements, and MAGIC
generator testing.
GE
Product Service Engineer and Senior Service
Engineer – April 2002 to December 2006
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Senior service engineer engaged in all
aspects of worldwide generator installation
and maintenance issues identified through
the GE Power Answer Center.
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Created technical solutions, fleet
assessments, and ensured compliance to GE
design and standard repair processes for the
entire fleet of GE generators. (Also ABB,
Alstom, Ansaldo, Westinghouse and Brush type
generators where repairs were conducted by
GE.)
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Supervised on-site repairs and interpreted
electrical/mechanical test data to evaluate
suitability for service and risk analysis.
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Lead the root cause analysis of operation,
manufacturing quality and maintenance
problems, wrote technical information
notification letters to address fleet type
service issues and authored owner manual
maintenance/operation documents for all GE
generator and BA product lines.
GE
Regional Generator Specialist and Generator
Specialist – 1986 to 2002
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In-house consultant to shop, factory, and
field service engineering teams where
difficulties in process, materials or
workmanship required technical assistance
with unit reliability, schedule and quality.
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Developed HIT skid, wedge testing software,
capacitance mapping, tracer gas testing new
generator field coil handling tools and time
saving conventional stator rewind tool kits.
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Qualified to perform and certify GE
generator specialists in EL CID, core ring
test, low voltage and high voltage
maintenance testing.
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Developed and taught in-house training
programs for generator specialists
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Defined GE generator test equipment, test
processes, training plans, marketing plans
and service resource planning for 14 states
and 40 generator specialists.
GE
Factory & Field Service Engineer – 1984 to 1986
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Primary field service support engineer for 2
MW to 270 MW, GE Lynn, MA generator
manufactured equipment. Factory design and
manufacturing support (11,000 total
generators).
- Drafted field
modification instructions, external
technical publications (GEK’s & GEI’s).
- Directed and provided
in-house training of the international
Generator Specialists.
GE
Field Engineer, Mechanical and Generator
Specialist – 1979 to 1984
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Certified lead man for generator test
– AC and DC
hipot, July 1984.
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Rebuilt and repaired GE turbines ranging in
size from feed pump turbines to the largest
utility size. Managed complete projects
with contract prices to $400K.
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Completed Generator Specialist training
August 1981.
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Completed Field Engineering Development
training May 1979
References Upon Request
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