Project oversight and responsibility for nuclear site Year 2000 issue resolution. Managing 10 engineers in various electrical, instrumentation and controls projects and efforts. Engineering functions managed include instrument uncertainty, design basis issue resolution, modification designs, plant operability assessments, engineering calculation development for reload analysis, limiting safety system setting analysis and steam generator and power uprate effort support. Responsible for workload scheduling, task management, technical facilitation, interdepartmental coordination, peer group support, performance reviews, personnel issues, new employee selection and orientation.

November, 1997 - June, 1998. Year 2000 Project Manager for Entergy Operations, Inc. (Arkansas Nuclear One).

Developed complete program to address computer system (applications and embedded devices) vulnerability to date-related errors that was used at five (5) nuclear plant sites. Program reviewed and audited in accordance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission's 10CFR50.54(f) requirements. Wrote technical procedure, programmatic requirements, developed tracking database and program philosophy that was adopted throughout the corporation. Made presentations on program initiation and progress to senior corporate management, performed training to technical organizations on the development of inventory strategies, test plans and remediation requirements. Coordinated with corporate Information Technology to assure information infrastructure integrity throughout plant systems. Conducted Year 2000 Program assessment for external utilities.

July, 1996 - November, 1997. Senior I&C Design Engineer for Entergy Operations, Inc. (Arkansas Nuclear One).

Managed installation of ANO Unit 1 Main Turbine Supervisory Instrumentation System. Completed installation in record-setting outage schedule and under budget. Project software developed was selected as one of twenty finalists from a field of over two hundred entrants in the 1997 WindowsWorld Open Custom Application Development Competition sponsored by Microsoft and ComputerWorld. Project Software was featured at COMDEX/WindowsWorld Spring 1997. EIC Design representative for the ANO-2 Plant Reliability Committee and the ANO-2 I&C Obsolescence Committee working in conjunction with I&C Maintenance and System Engineering to identify, classify and prioritize critical components in need of replacement.

July, 1994 - July, 1996. I&C Design Engineer III for Entergy Operations, Inc. (Arkansas Nuclear One).

Performed the study and specification for the replacement of the Unit 1 and Unit 2 Main Steam Turbine Electro-Hydraulic Control Systems and Turbine Supervisory Instrumentation Systems. Project Manager for the $1,200,000 replacement of the Unit 1 Turbine Supervisory Instrumentation System using digital signal processing equipment interfacing to a VAX-based Plant Monitoring System using Windows NT, WonderWare InTouch software via NetDDE utilizing TCP/IP via Ethernet. Configured and installed TCP/IP ethernet network used for the first CRT touchscreen-based control application in the Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 2 Main Control Room. Used this network for the control and monitoring of the Alternate AC/Station Blackout Diesel Generator - a 900 RPM, 4.4 MW Caterpillar diesel engine used to support Nuclear Class 1E electrical loads during power loss events at Arkansas Nuclear One. Used Allen-Bradley PLC 5/40E processors communicating via ethernet to PC-based control applications utilizing WonderWare's InTouch process control software. Wrote ladder logic software as well as script programming in InTouch. Led in the development of human-machine interface guidelines for use on Windows-based interfaces at ANO. Installed and configured Windows NT workstations running Visual C++ for training during the development of the Inadequate Core Cooling Monitoring & Display System (ICCMDS). Responsible for the review of Software Requirements Specifications and Software Design Documents for the ICCMDS project in accordance with IEEE Software Engineering standards. Web-site development and implementation experience for corporate intranet applications. Responsible for network design and administration for plant networks using TCP/IP, IPX and NetBios protocols on 10Mbps Ethernet.

June, 1992 - July, 1994. I&C Design Engineer II for Entergy Operations, Inc. (Arkansas Nuclear One).

As Project Manager, designed and installed new Main Control Room Console for Unit 2 at Arkansas Nuclear One. This $280,000 project was completed on time and on budget. Received a Peak Performer Award from Modifications Group for work on this project and nominated for corporate-wide Chairman's Award. This project included the installation of new telephone and radio equipment and two large-screen displays used to gain greater accuracy in monitoring plant power levels allowing additional power generation capability while maintaining licensing requirements. As Project Manager, designed data network communication configuration for the addition of remote Secondary Chemical Sampling System inputs to the Plant Process Computer. Responsible for $183,000 budget for Secondary Chemistry Sampling monitoring design. As Lead Electrical Engineer, performed the design and field engineering support of electrical, network and telecommunications capabilities for the Unit 1 and Unit 2 Control Room Extension project including the specification, installation and testing of power transformers, cabling specification, and lighting analysis. Served as networking/data communications representative on B&W Owner's Group Instrumentation and Control Systems Integration Working Group to develop a specification for plant I&C system networking technology at B&W nuclear plants. Responsible for the recommendation of network architectures, protocols and technologies to the B&W Owners' Group. Experience with the design of ethernet networks using IPX, TCP/IP and DECNET using fiber and copper media and Synoptics Lattisnet, Allied Telesys and DEC equipment.

January, 1991 - June, 1992. I&C Design Engineer I for Entergy Operations, Inc. (Arkansas Nuclear One).

Worked as assistant engineer for the integration, installation and testing of two VAX-based plant process computers using SAIPMS and their associated Ethernet/DECNet networks and CPI Real Time Products I/O gear. Experience in system integration, network architecture and hardware configuration for DECNET/ethernet systems. Responsible for the configuration management portion of both computer design packages including drawing revision/control, procedure revision/control, procurement and project scheduling. Received an Impact Award for cost-saving measures taken during this project. Designed Token-Ring and Ethernet networks as secondary LANs for the plant process network.

August, 1987 - January, 1988; July, 1988 - December, 1989; May, 1990 - August, 1990. I&C Design Co-Operative Education Engineering Student for Entergy Operations, Inc. (Arkansas Nuclear One).

Wrote application software for use with Plant Performance Analysis System software for the automated download, parsing, processing and graphing of plant data using Intec's Paragon Process Control software, Lotus 1-2-3 and RS485 communications hardware. Created user's manual and instructed personnel in software use.

• TCP/IP, DECNET and IPX network protocol configuration and support
• C, Visual Basic and FORTRAN programming
• HTML, Perl and JavaScript programming for the World Wide Web
• Windows 3.1 and Windows NT 3.51 Workstation installation and support
• Windows NT Server installation and support
• Microsoft Office Product Expert (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Project)
• Ethernet (10baseT, Baseband and fiber) design and installation
• Sun/Solaris and VAX/VMS operating systems/platforms
• Assembler programming (Motorola 68000)
• Allen-Bradley and Westinghouse PLC ladder logic programming
• InTouch Process Control software
• Paragon TNT Process Control software
• Computer Products RTP data acquisition equipment

• January, 1998 - Professional Engineering Certification, Arkansas Board of Professional Engineers.
• June, 1997 - NemaSoft Paragon TNT Advanced User Training.
• February, 1997 - April, 1997 - ANO-2 Auxillary Operator Certification Class. Completed first in class.
• January, 1996 - Present. Enrolled in the Masters in Business Administration program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
• August, 1995. Completed ANO Engineering Support Personnel Training Program.
• April, 1994. Completed WonderWare InTouch Process Control Software training.
• February, 1991. Successfully completed Engineer in Training Examination.
• August, 1985 - December, 1990. University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering with a 3.13 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Senior level electives included Power Systems Analysis, Digital Systems Design, Optics, Control Systems and Engineering Economics.

• Impact Award, 1991, Unit 1 Plant Computer Upgrade Project
• Impact Award, 1992, Unit 2 Plant Computer Upgrade Project
• Impact Award, 1993, Control Room Expansion Project
• Peak Performer Award, 1994, 2C69 Control Room Console Upgrade Project
• Impact Award, 1995, Unit 1 Turbine Outage Support
• Finalist, 1997, WindowsWorld Open Custom Windows-Based Application Development
• Impact Award, 1997, Unit 1 TSIS Upgrade Project