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INTRODUCTION: This resume is a snapshot of a very rewarding management and engineering career that has spanned four decades. The opportunity to work with skilled engineers, top management from a variety of industries, college students, and those that "get out the laundry" has provide a great learning experience. My personal goal is to share that experience and knowledge with others for our mutual benefit.

On June 1, 1993, I retired from PG&E to fulfill a life-long dream of running my own consulting business. The business, Creative Management & Engineering Solutions, Inc., (CMES) was started in 1988 and incorporated in October 1994. The mission is to provide consulting services that will enhance our client's ability to integrate technology and business objectives in a cost effective and timely manner. This mission is accomplished by using evolving technology and applying a combination of experience and education to identify issues before they become problems; thus eliminating the need to solve yesterday's problems tomorrow.

EXPERIENCE: Forty years of management and engineering experience in research, design, construction, and operations of energy and process systems. The first eleven years concentrated in the areas of basic research and product development. That was followed by twenty-two years working in the power industry providing engineering and management support for the design and construction of nuclear, fossil, and geothermal electric generating units. The years since retiring from PG&E have been spent developing CMES’s business by providing technical and re-engineering business consulting services and volunteering my time to ISA and community service groups such as Rotary.

EDUCATION:  1966 BS. Mechanical Engineering; New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ.
                      1976 Masters of Business Administration; California State University, Hayward, CA
The above degrees were obtained by taking night classes during the period from September 1959 to June 1976. During the period from 1962 to 1966 I was classified as a full-time student while working forty hours per week.

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION:
California Mechanical Engineer; License # M 16,796
California Control Systems Engineer; License # CS 487
PATENT: Grove Valve's Arcron ball valve regulator seat unloading system.PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION:
California Mechanical Engineer; License # M 16,796
California Control Systems Engineer; License # CS 487
PATENT: Grove Valve's Arcron ball valve regulator seat unloading system.
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AFFILIATIONS: Civic, Professional, and Community Service Organizations
Bel Marin Keys Community Service District, Elected Director, two year term, January 1998 to January 2000
Vice President & CFO 1998-99
Bel Marin Keys Yacht Club: Port Captain-1998, Cruiser Fleet Captain-2000 & 2001, Rear Commodore-2002
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Plant Information Network (PIN) Users Group:
Chairman, 1991 - 1993; Marketing Working Group Chairman, 1989 - 1991
U. C. Davis, Minority Engineering Program Industry Advisory Board;
Chairman 1988-91, and Founding Member; Member 1988, to 2000
The Instrumentation, Systems & Automation Society: 
(Formerly the Instrument Society of America)
Standard and Practices Committee on Control Valves; Member 1970 to present
Chairman; SP 75.07 Control Valve Noise Standard 1970 to 1979
Education Chairman; Northern California Section 1993-95
Vice President; Northern California Section 1995-96
President; Northern California Section 1996-97
Northern California Section Editor of monthly newsletter, The Transmitter, January 1997 to  Present
District 11 Vice President Elect - October 1998 to October 1999
Executive Board, District 11 VP - October 1999 to October 2001
Treasurer; Northern California Section 2002 - 2003
Terra Linda Rotary Club:
Member 1994 to Present; Sergeant At Arms; 1995-96; Director - Vocational Services; 1996-98; District 5150 GSE Committee Chair 2002-2003
California State University, Hayward: Alumni Association:
Life Member, President and Founding Member, School of Business and Economics Chapter, 1977-78
Junior Achievement Advisor:
School years: 1965-67, 1969-70 and 1979-80
Boy Scouts of America:
Skipper of Sea Scout Ship - 1966-67

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS:
"EPRI Plant Information Network (PIN) and the Development of Utility Industry Information Technology Standards;" presented at the 1992 Advanced Computer Technology Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, December 10, 1992
"The EPRI PIN: A Blueprint for Information Exchange in the Electric Utility Industry;" presented at the First Annual Joint ISA/EPRI Power Instrumentation Symposium, St. Petersburg Beach, FL, June 5, 1991.
"The Electric Power Research Institute Plant Information Network (EPRI PIN) Users Group;" Informational presentation to the IBM MENU Conference, February 28, 1991 in Nashville, Tennessee. Meeting Educational Needs of Utilities (MENU)
"Control Valve Applications - An Overview;" Paper presented at the 19th Symposium Process Automation, May 1, 2, & 3, 1978 in Newport Beach, California
"Noise and Where It's Going;" Paper presented at the 21st Annual Southern California Meter Association Short Course, March 28 & 29, 1972 at Harbor College in Los Angeles, California
"Graphite Jet Velocity by a Probe Method;" J.A.Howe and T.V.Molloy; Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 35, No. 7, 2265-2266, July 1964 - This publication was co-authored with Dr. J.A.Howe and discussed the result of our work with a pulsed ruby LASER at the AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey.
   
ACTIVITIES AND INTEREST: Sailing, Water and Snow Skiing, Golf, Tennis, Bridge, cooking and home improvement projects.

Employment History:
1993 - Today  Creative Management & Engineering Solutions, Inc. - President
1971 – 1993 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. - Senior Mechanical Engineer
1967 – 1971 Grove Valve & Regulator Co. - Applications and Product Development Engineer
1964 – 1967 Wallace & Tiernan, Inc. - Applications Engineer, Process Metering Equipment
1962 – 1964 Automatic Switch Co. – Laboratory Technician
1961 – 1962 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill - Laboratory Technician
1960 – 1962 Celanese Research Labs, Summit NJ - Laboratory Technician