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About

Civil Engineer with extensive experience interfacing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and other Federal and State agencies on hydroelectric licensing, re-licensing and compliance issues.
Experience performing due diligence and hydro asset acquisition analysis.
Operates a consulting business specializing in hydro licensing, hydro compliance and computer modeling of water resources and hydroelectric systems.
Expert use of Microsoft products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Project), U.S. Corps of Engineers packages (HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, HEC-ResSim and HEC-DSS) and proprietary software packages (HELP-FL, HMR52-FL, COMPLYTRACK-FL and CORRESTRACK-FL).
Prior experience working for the U.S. Corps of Engineers, New York Power Authority, power utility, independent power producer and engineer consultant firm.
Wrote articles/papers for Hydro Review and the Waterpower, HydroVision and ASCE conferences.
Broad experience as a training instructor and technical presenter.

Files: Resume, HELP Software documentation, HMR52 Software documentation. DEMO versions of HELP and/or HMR52 can be found here.

Education: Masters

Seniority: Expert, Engineer, Consultant

Years of experience: 20 years or above