Electrical & Electronics Engineer/Energy Manager

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
Engineer-In-Training Certification – National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)
FCC Licensed (Radiotelephone with Ship Radar endorsement)
FCC Licensed (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System)

CLEARANCES
NATO – Afghanistan 2019
Secret (Since 11/2019)
Interim Top Secret (08/2022)

LANGUAGES
Bi-lingual: English, Portuguese (Portugal)

EDUCATION/TRAINING
6/95 – Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics Engineering from DeVry University
5/99 – Certificate of Completion Post Graduate (3 years) Training for the Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) system from APL – Port of Lisbon Administration, Portugal
12/18 – 12/21 Certificates of Completion from the Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) (including CONUS Replacement Center (CRC) Fort Bliss, TX)
8/20 & 8/21 (35) Certificates of Completion from The Whole Building Design Guide that includes Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) and Department of Defense (DoD).
12/20 – Training Certificate for Energy Manager from Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
6/21 – Certificate of Completion Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service (eMASS) for the use of creating Department of Defense (DoD) Risk Management Framework (RMF) packages.
* Other related certificates for Electrical Engineering and Energy Management will be provided upon request.

Electronics Exploitation Engineer in support of C5ISR (DoD Contractor) – Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland 4/2022– 8/2022

➢ Provide hands-on technical forensic exploitation support for integrated chip data extraction by using devices such as the DATAMAN & Hac Jr.
➢ Conduct and create reports for electronic analyses, circuit design of target devices, including functional analyses of the target devices, understand and describe how the target functions from an electronic perspective – basic signaling characteristics; voltage levels; electrical connections; electrical modifications to commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware; logic states; operating frequencies; component configuration identification; operating profiles/modes; operation in noisy electromagnetic environments; and susceptibility.

➢ Work with a team to respond to RFI’s and determine best consolidated solutions to problems.

Expeditionary Resources Efficiency Manager (DoD Contractor), SAIN Engineering Associates – Kuwait 1/2020 – 12/2021

➢ Leading the Army’s new Operational Energy program in Kuwait. This position extends my success in developing and implementing renewable energy and energy efficiency projects for the U.S. military.
➢ Also, my expertise extends to helping the Area Support Group in Kuwait by engineering and design of electrical projects for consolidation.
➢ As part of this contract, I received a Kuwaiti Residence ID and Kuwaiti Driver License.

Unified Facility Code Inspector/Electrical Engineer (DoD Contractor), exp Federal – Middle East 4/2018-10/2019

➢ Provide facility inspection to identify engineering problems using Unified Facility Code (UFC) standards such as UFC, NEC and BS7671 for new and existing construction to augment U.S. Army Central (ARCENT) responsibilities in the Central Command (CENTCOM) Combined Joint Operations Area (CJOA).
➢ Selected for special electrical engineering assignments from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in assisting Forward Engineer Support Team – Advance (FEST-A) in the Middle East.

Electrical Engineer, Consultant (Self Employed/DoD Contractor) – Mableton, GA 9/2016-4/2018

➢ Extended my expertise as a subcontractor to Weston, Siemens, Cape Environmental, Versar, Tetra Tech, ECC to do electrical engineering and design for US Embassies in Surabaya, Gabon, Malta and Sheppard AFB, Westover AFB, Dyers AFB, Maxwell AFB, Anderson AFB, Robins AFB, Holloman AFB, Keesler AFB, Spangdahelm AFB. Background check was required before working on these projects.
➢ Extended my expertise as a subcontractor to Siemens, AICI-SP, Cimmaron, AEM, Sequel Elec to do Arc Flash studies for US Embassies in Malta, Berundi, and Keesler AFB, Lackland AFB. Background check was required before working on these projects.

Electrical Engineer/Project Manager, JP2 (PRAD Group, Inc) – Sandy Springs (Area), GA 10/2009(Consultant/Fulltime) – 9/2016

➢ Manage lifecycle of various projects for City of Atlanta Pump Stations.
➢ Provided cost estimation of electrical equipment for various projects for City of Atlanta Pump Stations.
➢ Redesign protection and controls to suit our customers’ needs in accordance to the manufacturer.
➢ Team member on LEED projects for City of Atlanta
➢ Prepared and engineered designs and specs for electrical power distribution even for Variable Frequency Drivers (VFD) that is a type of motor controller that drives an electric motor by varying the frequency and voltage supplied to the electric motor. Other types of Variable Frequency Drivers (VFD) that I also engineered and designed were adjustable speed drive, adjustable frequency drive, AC drive, micro drive, inverters, and SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) in which is a system for remote monitoring and control that operates with coded signals over communication channels (using typically one communication channel per remote station)., lighting (especially LED (light emitting diode) lighting fixtures also including drivers), telecommunication grounding and fire alarm and security system (including CCTV cameras) for City of Atlanta.
➢ Provided direction to project team members

Electrical Product Engineer, Hill Phoenix (Dover Company) – Covington, GA 10/2010- 10/2015

➢ Designed Electrical Diagrams (including electrical one-line drawings) and specifications in accordance to NEC (National Electric Code) or if in Canada (Canadian Standards Association), UL (Underwriters Laboratories), UFC (Unified Facilities Criteria) and customer’s needs.
➢ Engineered and Designed Electric power utility in the energy management systems
➢ Engineered and Designed layout of existing master circuitry board for energy management systems such as Novar, Danfoss, Marlin, Lutron to incorporate the energy management system
➢ Engineered, Designed and Programmed PLCs such as Allen Bradley (Factorytalk-Energymetrix Software used), Siemens, GE (CIMPLICITY Software used), Schneider
➢ Generated design specifications in AutoCAD for engineering department
➢ Provided direction to project team members.
➢ Provided cost estimation of electrical equipment for various projects
➢ Other responsibilities included managing billing of material for the electrical engineering department

While at Hill Phoenix., I have extended my expertise in the design electrical components for the following projects:

First Solar, (All of USA and Canada)
Designed Electrical Diagrams and Specifications for Solar Mobile Trailers.

Target, (All of USA and Canada)
Designed Electrical Diagrams and Specifications for Power Centers.

Safeway, (All of USA)
Designed Electrical Diagrams and Specifications for Power Plus Units.

Buffalo Wild Wings, (All of USA and Canada)
Designed Electrical Diagrams and Specifications for Power Plus Units.

Petco, (All of USA and Canada)
Designed Electrical Diagrams and Specifications for Power Plus Units.

Petsmart, (All of USA and Canada)
Designed Electrical Diagrams and Specifications for Power Plus Units.

Dobbins Air Force Base (Marietta, GA)
Designed Electrical Diagrams and Specifications for Lighting Control Cabinets.

Robins Air Force Base (Warner Robins, GA)
Designed Electrical Diagrams and Specifications for Lighting Control Cabinets.

Tinker Air Force Base (Oklahoma City, OK)
Designed Electrical Diagrams and Specifications for Lighting Control Cabinets.

Kirtland Air Force Base (Albuquerque, NM)
Designed Electrical Diagrams and Specifications for Lighting Control Cabinets.

Senior Electrical Designer, Engineering Design Technologies, Inc. – Marietta, GA 08/2007- 05/2008

➢ Conducted Research studies on transmission/distribution systems and industrial/commercial electrical power systems, including: stability (transient & dynamic), long/short range planning studies, short circuit, protective relay settings, load flow, arc flash, motor starting, power factor, harmonic analysis and other related studies even for substations.
➢ Designed Electrical Diagrams (including electrical one-line drawings) and specifications in accordance to NEC (National Electric Code) or if in Canada (Canadian Standards Association), UL (Underwriters Laboratories), UFC (Unified Facilities Criteria) and customer needs.
➢ Redesign protection and controls to suite our customers’ needs in accordance to the manufacturer.
➢ Prepared Designs for electrical power distribution (even substations), standby power distribution, lighting (especially LED (light emitting diode) lighting fixtures also including drivers), telecommunication grounding and fire alarm and security system (including CCTV cameras) for military and commercial buildings.
➢ Provided cost estimation of electrical equipment for various projects
➢ Provided direction to project team members

Electrical Systems Designer/Project Manager, URS – Atlanta, GA 01/2006-01/2007

➢ Manage lifecycle of various projects for Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT).
➢ Responsibilities include construction drawing preparation for ITS and traffic signal design of CCTV cameras, Digital video headends, transmission design, fieldwork and estimates with complete related work order documentation for Georgia Department of Transportation.
➢ Perform detail design analysis and documentation in AutoCAD 2006, MicroStation V8, and Synchro 5 & 6.
➢ Knowledge in GDOT pay items numbers and how they are applied to construction documents
➢ Provided cost estimation of electrical equipment for various projects for Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)
➢ Researched product literature and wrote specifications on traffic safety for Georgia Department of Transportation.
➢ Knowledge in current technologies and areas of related outside plant requirements, including fiber optics, Ethernet, and building industry consulting services procedures.
➢ Redesign protection and controls to suit Georgia Department of Transportation needs in accordance to NEC (National Electric Code), and UL (Underwriters Laboratories).
➢ Assisted transportation department in programming traffic control cabinets when needed.

Project Engineer (Contract), Tate Engineering and Surveying – Austell, GA 11/2004 – 10/2005

➢ Responsibilities include generating test plans and reports for the Water Sewer Authority (WSA).
➢ Support Global Positioning System (GPS) system test, characterization, and troubleshooting.
➢ Experience in using Thales Navigation Software of MobileMapper while tracking storm drains for the Water Sewer Authority (WSA).
➢ Perform detail design analysis and documentation in SurvCAD (AutoCAD) for storm drains
➢ Experience in antenna parameters for Global Positioning System (GPS)
➢ Other responsibilities included creating site plans, deeds, and right-of-way negotiation.

Project Engineer, Volt Telecom Group – Norcross, GA ​06/2000 – 10/2004 ​

➢ Project lead on managing full implementation of project life cycle
➢ Conducted Research studies on transmission/distribution systems and industrial/commercial electrical power systems, including: stability (transient & dynamic), long/short range planning studies, short circuit, protective relay settings, load flow, arc flash, motor starting, power factor, harmonic analysis and other related studies even substations.
➢ Prepared Electrical Construction Drawings (including electrical one-line drawings) and Specifications in conjunction with Bellsouth and AT&T in also accordance to NEC (National Electric Code), UL (Underwriters Laboratories), UFC (Unified Facilities Criteria) and customer’s needs.
➢ Redesign protection and controls to suite our customers’ needs in accordance to the manufacturer.
➢ Prepared Designs for electrical power distribution (even substations), standby power distribution, lighting, telecommunication grounding and fire alarm and security system for Bellsouth and AT&T central office buildings.
➢ Provided cost estimation of electrical equipment for various projects
➢ Provided direction to project team members
➢ Other responsibilities included communication design as follows:
• OC192 (400G Wave star DWDM Light Wave System)
• SONET (NEC ADM, NEC Spectra wave, Optical Line System,
• Optical Translator)
• DACS I, II, III
• FT-2000 OC-48 Light wave System (LCT)
• Fast Automatic Restoration (FASTAR)
• DDM-2000 OC-3 and OC-12
• DCD-LPR, DCD-523
• CISCO Routers
• Data Gathering Units (DGU) (analog, digital and firmware of fire sensors)
Major Power Application:
• BDFB’S (-48V DC)
• Lineage Power Plant’s (-48V DC)
• Rectifiers (50,100,180,240,480 VAC)
• Galaxy Power Plants 4812,4848,4824,2424
• Batteries (Round Cells & Exide –48V DC) + Battery Stands
• Inverters (AC)

Bi-lingual: English, Portuguese (Portugal)