Partial List of Recent Jobs

Complete generator rotor rewind of GE 900 MW nuclear unit.
Complete generator rotor rewind of GE 800 MW 2 pole diagonal flow.
Partial generator rotor rewind of GE Frame 7 unit (7A4).
Complete generator rotor rewind of GE Frame 7 with balance issues (7A7).
Complete rotor rewind of GE Canada 150 MW 2 pole.
Complete Rotor rewind of GE Model 324, 2 pole rotor, 210 MW
Complete TIL 1292 rotor tooth crack machining modification GE 2 pole, 450 MW.
Complete Generator Stator rewind of GE water cooled 2 pole 550 MW unit.
Partial bottom bar replacement of GE water cooled stator winding & core tests.
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.
Flux probe installation and analysis, rotor shorted turn testing and evaluation.
Lead man for generator rotor AC and DC high potential tests.
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.
Root cause analysis and failure mode diagnosis of utility and industrial sized generator rotor and stator materials and NDE processes.

Employment Summary

Consultant to utility and industrial generator owners and to GE Energy.
Conducted 3rd party surveillance for stator and rotor rewinds and new unit manufacture for large US utilities.
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.

Senior service engineer engaged in all aspects of worldwide generator installation and maintenance issues identified through the GE Power Answer Center.
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.)
Supervised on-site repairs and interpreted electrical/mechanical test data to evaluate suitability for service and risk analysis.
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.

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.
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.
Qualified to perform and certify GE generator specialists in EL CID, core ring test, low voltage and high voltage maintenance testing.
Developed and taught in-house training programs for generator specialists
Defined GE generator test equipment, test processes, training plans, marketing plans and service resource planning for 14 states and 40 generator specialists.

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.

Certified lead man for generator test – AC and DC hipot, July 1984.
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.
Completed Generator Specialist training August 1981.
Completed Field Engineering Development training May 1979