Roy L. Nelson

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Bettendorf, Iowa 52722

Email: acgi7v@r.postjobfree.com

563-***-****

SUMMARY

> Experienced Senior Manager with an outstanding record of

accomplishments, leadership, and accountability. Proven ability to

align daily and long range business solutions with present and future

business needs, as they pertain to the company's strategic goals.

Proven ability to develop strong working relationships between

facility departments which has consistently lead to improved

efficiency, productivity, customer reliability, and an overall return

on investment through organization, planning and implementation.

- 36 years of total service to the power generation industry

- 16 years of departmental management experience

- 2 years as Corporate Health & Safety Manager

- 2 years managing 7.2/12.4/24.9kv Energy Delivery

33 Years of Dedicated Service to Alliant Energy

Recent Consulting Positions

March 2014 to Present - Contract Project Manager; Mid-American Energy

> Contracted to oversee the installation and commissioning of an SNCR

(Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction) system for Mid America Energy's

Neal North & South Units #3 & #4 located in Sioux City, Iowa

> Oversee work by the EPC Contractor for the installation of all

injection ports installation; distribution modules; dilution modules;

compressed air systems; metering modules; circulation modules; and

overall performance optimization

> Responsible for the commissioning of the X-Cam ammonia monitoring

system

> Responsible to ensure all safety standards policies & procedures are

being upheld

> Responsible for correct tagging placement for placement into the MMS

> Responsible for commissioning through substantial completion

April 2013 - March 2014 - Owner; Interstate Home Improvement

> Family owned home improvement business

December 2012 to April 2013 - Field Engineer; Power Industry Consultants

> Contracted to collect and document nameplate data for MRG Solutions

within Alberta, Canada for Devon Energy oil and gas sites and process

plants

> Input collected data into the company MMS system to improve their

Reliability Centered Maintenance program

> Assignment completed successfully

December 2011 to December 2012 - Technical Advisor; Interstate Energy

Solutions, Inc.

> Independently contracted as a technical advisor concerning the

combustion optimization of coal fired power plants

> Worked directly with Plant Operations, Maintenance, & Engineering

personnel to improve overall boiler combustion, reduce green house gas

multi-emissions, and increase boiler efficiency and overall

performance

> Responsible for creating and presenting plant improvement project

details including coal yard conversion projects projected to reduce

overall fuel delivery costs by as much as 60%

January 2010 to May 2010 - Power Industry Consultants Group

Project Manager - North America Sector

Assignment: Project Manager during Phase II construction of the 775MW

Supercritical Longview Power Generation Plant in Maidsville, West Virginia.

Primary responsibilities include:

> Provided technical consultation in the formation of the plant

Operations and Maintenance departments during the pre-commissioning

stages of this $2.2B project

> Developed all system start-up procedures and provide oversight during

pre-commissioning/commissioning/start-up phases

> Developed the O&M technical and standard operational procedures for

normal/abnormal/start-up/shut-down/and emergency operation procedures

> Provide any technical oversight necessary concerning the start-up and

commissioning of the fuel handling and ash collection systems

> Provide the recommendation and justification for over 11,500 spare

parts according to criticality, probability of failure, economic

impact, and customer reliability

> Developed the set-up, and lay-out of the facility warehouse and future

maintenance shop area

> Developed all job descriptions and conduct the "first-cut" phone-screen

interviews with prospective employees during the staffing phase of this

facility

March 2009 to June 2009 - Power Industry Consultants Energy Group

Major Maintenance Project Manager;

Curacao, Netherland Antilles

> Responsible for all major maintenance of 3-GE Frame 5 Combustion

Turbines and HRSG's; 2-21MW Mitsubishi tangential fired 600K PPH

boilers; and the retrofit of 2 conventional wall-fired 850K PPH

boilers

> Rewrote all Maintenance/Warehouse Department job descriptions, and

added verbiage to include QAQC and accountability measures

> Organized & Planned 19 total projects including RFP/RFQ for 12 major

projects

> Responsible for the Researched and secured outage bids for all major

boiler & prime mover projects

> Developed, organized and implemented the Planning/Scheduling Steering

Team for the coordination of all maintenance activities

36 Total Years of Service to the Power Generation Industry

May 2010 to December 2011 - Tennessee Valley Authority, Shawnee Generating

Station

Plant Operations/Fuel Handling Manager

> Responsible Manager in the absence of the Plant Manager, responsible

for all plant functions, departments and personnel, reporting directly

to the Vice President of Generation

> Directly responsible for plant Operations and Fuel Handling in this 10

unit, 1330MW coal-fired facility with a staff of 142, including 5 Lead

Shift Supervisors, 6 Shift Supervisors, 1 Operations Superintendent,

and 1 Coal Yard Supervisor across two departments

> Accountable for an annual O&M budget of over $13M, as well as large

capital and O&M improvement projects

> Directed the daily Plan of the Day (POD) meetings to drive Engineering

& Maintenance performance to obtain updates on strategically plan

priorities concerning maintenance and overall plant production

performance

> Created a boiler combustion optimization initiative designed to

achieve "nameplate" loads, lower multi-emissions, and improved Heat

Rate

> Managed the collection, storage, and lay-down of all coal by-products

(fly-ash)

> Leader of the Plant Health & Safety Committee

October 2009 to January 2010 - Integrys Energy, Westwood Generating Plant,

Tremont, Pennsylvania

Operations/Assistant Plant Manager

> Managing all turbine/generator/CFB boiler operations

> Outage Manager responsible for upcoming generator bank replacement

> Implemented economic base-load maneuvering (hedging) at Westwood

> Responsible for daily environmental compliance and accurate reporting

> Managing all routine boiler chemistry & chemical vendor accountability

> Managing the updating and implementation of all operational procedures

> Managing plant dust mitigation efforts/dust collector/bag house

upgrades

> Member, ARIPPA (Anthracite Region Independent Power Producers

Association) Board of Directors

> Resigned to pursue a more challenging opportunity

May 2008 to November 2008 - Public Service of New Mexico, San Juan

Generating Station, Waterflow, NM

Manager, Plant Production

> Completed the revision and improvement of the EPRI, Plant Optimization

Process being used for all scheduled and forced outages, as well as

routine maintenance

> Responsible for reducing the work order backlog by ~65% through

organization of duties with departmental management assistance

> Technical advisor to operation & maintenance departmental managers

> Secretary at Plant Joint Partner quarterly meetings

> Requested to assist EPRI in the operational and maintenance assessment

of the Arizona Public Service, Four Corners Facility

> Resigned to pursue a more challenging opportunity

December 2007 to March 2008 - Evergreen Energy, Ft. Union Coal Processing

Facility, Gillette, Wyoming

Site/Facility Manager

> Responsible for the Safe and efficient operation of this facility

> Responsible for the implementation of all scheduled, forced, and

emergent

mechanical and electrical activities

> Designed and implemented a structured predictive/preventative

maintenance

program

> Created and implemented a comprehensive apprenticeship program for

both the

Mechanical and I&C/Electrical Departments

> Created all job descriptions within the Mechanical and I&C/Electrical

Departments

> Generation technical advisor to Evergreen Energy concerning the

proposed

construction of a 200MW facility adjacent to the Ft. Union plant site

in conjunction with the EPC contractor Black & Veatch

> Responsible for directing initiatives necessary to remedy all

potential plant site

environmental issues by providing direction to the plant

Environmental Manager, the

Manager of Technical Engineering, as well as the Corporate

Environmental

Regulatory Manager

> Plant closure in March due to budgetary issues

33 Years of Dedicated Service to Alliant Energy

December 2005 to December 2007 - Alliant Energy, Energy Delivery Northern

Dane County, Windsor, Wisconsin

Manager, Customer Service

> Plan, coordinate, and manage all electrical operations concerning new

and existing

customer service in northern Dane County, Wisconsin

> Manage all Line technicians, Meter reading, Engineering, and

Electrical Department

operations for northern Dane County

> Responsible for all employee and public safety, protection and

restoration of all

public property

> Responsible for the management of all system operations, scheduled and

forced

maintenance outages, construction to support system growth, and

24/7 emergency

response work within my operating area

> Directly involved within community activities to enhance company

relations

November 2003 to December 2005 - Alliant Energy Corporate Headquarters,

Madison, Wisconsin

Manager,

Environmental, Health and Safety Services

> Championed all Environmental, Health, & Safety activities on a daily

basis to remain within current EPA/OSHA required standards

> At the request of Alliant Energy Executive Management to take over in

2003 as the Environmental, Health, & Safety Manager for all 14 Alliant

Generating Plants; 10 coal-fired plants in Mongolia; and several Hydro

Plants in New Zealand and Mexico

> Directly responsible for discovering and implementing a recovery plan

of an ash spill directly into the Mississippi River from one of our an

Iowa plants that had been occurring for ~30 years...the fine could

have cost the company ~ $275M

> Implemented a new Environmental, Health, & Safety management plan

across all Alliant fleet assets geared toward total management

accountability to increase environmental and safety awareness and

drive down occurrences

> Required all Plant Managers to submit a weekly report to me concerning

all/any Environmental, Health & Safety activities for analysis and

discussion

> Directly responsible for the implementation of a three phase

industrial athlete

program geared toward the reduction/elimination of strains,

sprains, and pulls of

muscles and joints

> Directly responsible for a 50% reduction in slips, trips, and falls

over a one year

period throughout the generation fleet by using the Lean Six

Sigma methodology to

identify the root causes

> Re-wrote all Safety and Health Department job descriptions

December 1999 to November 2003 - Alliant Energy, Edgewater Generating

Station, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Operations /Fuel Handling

Manager & Assistant Plant Manager

> In the absence of the Plant Manager, responsible for all plant

functions, departments and personnel, reporting directly to the

Regional Director of Generation, East and Joint Partners.

> Directly responsible for a staff of 70, including 5 Shift Supervisors

across three departments, including Operations, Fuel/Ash Handling, &

Chemistry Lab within this three unit, 800MW facility

> Accountable for an annual O&M budget of over $6M, as well as several

large capital improvement projects of over $2M

> Directed the optimization of the 325MW cyclone boiler at the Edgewater

Generating Station in Sheboygan, WI which at that time was the worst

multi-emissions polluter (1.1 LB/M BTU NOx) in the nation to the best

(.15 LB/M BTU NOx) in just 1 year

> Only power plant manager requested to be involved in the Alliant

Energy Corporate Multi-Emissions Reduction Team in 2001, which

addressed the Clean Air Act of 1990

> Implemented the use of electronic recording data collection by

operations to enhance

Reliability Centered Maintenance on auxiliary equipment by

tracking performance

levels

> Operations Management representative attending daily MAXIMO

(computerized

maintenance tracking) meetings, to obtain updates and

strategically plan priorities

with maintenance

> Partnered with Corporate Engineering and Environmental Consultants to

lead the

retrofit of environmental equipment including SOFA dampers, Air

Heater air flow

directional changes, CAMM unit installation to accurately measure

fuel to air flow

ratios for combustion optimization and the cyclone barrel throat

retrofits to allow

Increased retention times in a 325MW cyclone boiler

> Initiated and implemented the installation of economizer ash hoppers

for the

collection of coarse ash prior to the ESP inlet on a 325MW

cyclone boiler

> Responsible for directing a unit Max-Load initiative designed to

increase net

megawatt output by 10-15% when needed during short power supplies

> As a certified Wisconsin DNR Solid Waste Disposal Manager, I was

directly

responsible for all "C" class ash collection and storage for

sales profiting over $1M

annually back to the company

> Responsible for reporting monthly operational reports to the Joint

Plant Committee

including Wisconsin Public Service and Wisconsin Electric

> Plant Health & Safety Committee leader

March 1995 to December 1999 - Alliant Energy, M.L. Kapp Generating Station,

Clinton, Iowa

Operations; Maintenance; Fuel Handling Manager; &

Assistant Plant Manager

> In the absence of the Plant Manager, directly responsible for all

plant functions, departments and personnel.

> Directly responsible for managing a staff of 36 employees and 5 Shift

Supervisors across 5 departments which included Operations,

Maintenance, Fuel Handling, Boiler

Chemistry Lab, and I&C/Electrical activities within this two-

unit, 256MW facility

> Directly responsible for the planning, scheduling, and implementation

of all

scheduled, forced, and routine maintenance activities including

procurement of parts,

materials and contract labor/assistance

> Directed the implementation of tracking "real time" operational data

for scheduling

predictive/preventative maintenance on all auxiliary rotating

equipment, then

incorporated that data into the maintenance schedule

> Directed the updating of all standard operating procedures (SOP's), as

well as

procedures for issuing, placement, tracking, and clearing of all

Hold/Danger cards on

equipment

> Directly lead the team responsible for updating all plant P&ID's after

the

environmental projects were completed

> Directed efforts to identify all system piping for emergency situation

identification as

well as new employee training purposes

> Initiated and lead the Plant Health & Safety Committee

Former Positions Held At Alliant Energy Prior to 1996 (1974-1995)

> Project Manager

> Maintenance Superintendent

> Operations Shift Supervisor

> Control Room Operator

> Auxiliary Unit Operator/Floor Operator

> Coal Yard Heavy Equipment Operator

> Maintenance Technician

CORPORATE TEAM INVOLVEMENT

> Project Team Leader - Multi-Emissions Combustion Improvements

> Generation Fleet Representative - Corporate Multi-Emissions Strategic

Team

> Mentor/Advisor - Management Development Team

> Originator/Organizer/Facilitator - Operations Manager Peer Team

Meetings

> Originator/Organizer/Team Leader - Large Mobile Equipment Procurement

Team

> Operations/Maintenance Advisor - Due-Diligence Anderson Plant

Investigation Team

> Chairman - Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee

> Corporate Fuel Handling Peer Team Leader

EDUCATION

Clinton Community College, Clinton, Iowa

Major - Business Administration

St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa

Major - Business Administration

Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa/ Madison, Wisconsin

Major - Public Administration

Minor - Business Administration

Certifications

> Certified Solid Waste Disposal Facility Manager, Wisconsin Department

of Natural Resources

> Mine Safety and Health Administration Trained (MSHA); Powder River

Basin, Wyoming

> Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Training and Committees

> Electric Power Conference Advisory Board Member since 2003

> Coal Handling & Storage Advisory Board Member since 2012

> Conference Keynote Speaker:

* Power Plant Maintenance Outages - Safety Methodologies and

Solutions; Chicago, IL

* Coal Handling & Storage - Fuel Blending & Operational Concerns; St.

Louis, IL

> Vibration Technology and Characteristics Training - IRD Mechanalysis

> Steam Turbine/Generator Maintenance Training - H. Parker & Company

> On-The-Line Leadership Skills Training - Pacific Learning System

> Effective Management Training Skills - Iowa State University

> Leadership Management Council Member

> National Safety Council Member

> Edison Electric Institute Member

> EPRI Assessment Team Member; Arizona Public Service, Four Corners

Facility

Military - 1972 - 1977

> US Army Artillery - Fort Sill, Oklahoma (MOS Training)

> 105MM/102MM Towed & Helicopter Airborne Howitzer Battery

> Honorably Discharged - August 1977

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