1990 to present:

Arkansas Nuclear One: Predictive Maintenance Specialist. Specializing in Rotating Equipment Vibration Analysis, Structural Vibration Analysis, Infrared Thermography, Non-Intrusive Check Valve Testing, Oil Analysis, Electrical Characterization, and Ultrasonic Leak Detection. I have worked in the Central Maintenance Engineering Department, U-1 Maintenance, Unit Two System Engineering, and currently, Plant Programs Engineering.

Certifications:
Vibration Institute Level One and Level Two training.
IRD Mechanalysis Vibration Level One and Two
ASME Shock and Vibration Course
Technical Writing by BenchMark
10CFR50.59
Framatome Non-Intrusive Check Valve Testing

Auxiliary, Waste Control, and Reactor Operator certifications.

Root Cause Analysis

Failure Modes Analysis

Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving and Decision Making

FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Reflectometry)

Total Quality - Quality Principles and Practices

 

Awards:
Peak Performer 1992
Peak Performer 1993
Peak Performer 1998

Peak Performer 2000
Impact Award 1991

Impact Award 1993

Impact Award 1994
Impact Award 1996

Impact award 1999

1989 to 1990:

Florida Power and Light:

QA/QC, NDE, Field Supervisor over crews doing Visual Inspections of Hangers, Structures, and Shock and Sway Suppressors in Nuclear Power Plants.

Certifications:
ANSI N45.2.6
VT 2 level 2
VT 3 level 2
VT 4 level 3
QA/QC certification

1986 to 1989:

Wyle Laboratories in Huntsville Alabama
1986 - Motor Operated Valve Technician
1987 - Contracted to NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center for testing of new O-ring design on Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters.
1988 - Vibration Shaker Table testing for seismic qualification of components, and Travel to various Nuclear Power Plants for Refueling Outage inspection of Structural Supports and Shock and Sway Suppressors. Field Supervisor at various power plants over crews doing inspections.

Certifications:
ANSI N45.2
VT 3 and 4 Level 2
Wyle Model 100 test machine
NASA strain gage installation and data analysis

 

Nuclear Power Plants where I have worked:

St. Lucie, Florida Diablo Canyon, California Arkansas Nuclear One, Arkansas Browns Ferry, Alabama
Turkey Point, Florida Zion, Illinois Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Nine Mile Point, New York
Joseph M. Farley, Alabama Byron, Illinois Sequoia, Tennesse Indian Point, New York
Fermi, Michigan Calvert Cliffs, Maryland River Bend, Louisiana Grand Gulf, Lousiana
Waterford 3, Mississippi Trojan, Oregon    

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