Engineer Project

Edward Lightbourn, P.E, M.B.A. (in progress)

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KEY EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES

Business development strategist and engineer with over 10 years of

experience in business development, project management and technical roles

in the utility consulting industry. Extensive experience with client needs

identification, technical application development, project estimating and

proposal creation.

. Focused on business and client development responsibilities for

consulting and engineering products

. Project development through rigorous establishment of project goals

and the resulting scope and resource commitments required for

successful initiation, execution and closure

. Lead highly technical and diverse teams by personnel commitment and

the ability to effectively communicate project objectives and

individual responsibilities

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005 - Current RMT, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin

Business Strategy Analyst. Business development for mid-sized environmental

consulting firm. Identify and analyze opportunities for alliances and

mergers / acquisitions in conventional and alternative energy services

firms.

Project Manager / Lead Engineer. Business unit focus is the

commercialization of proprietary technology to improve the combustion

process of coal fired utility boilers, which improves operational

economics. Recognize opportunities, develop proposals and pricing

recommendations, manage project staff, and report project progress to

management.

. Project architect for process improvement project for Independent

Power Producer (IPP) client. Project results demonstrated a superior

alternative in client strategy, halting a planned $100M capital

project. The new approach is expected to significantly improve the

publicly reported earnings of the Fortune 500 listed company.

. Proposal engineer for largest commercial RFP win to date for business

unit. Contract was for $3.5 million in engineering services revenue

and was considered a milestone in business unit maturity. Bid was

selected over a lesser-cost offer from customer engineering services

alliance partner.

. Developed power generation industry economics training program for

internal employee training. Program covered Utility and IPP

perspective on capital and O&M costs, and was subsequently developed

into a training service for external clients.

. Project manger responsible for cost and schedule performance on

multiple simultaneous projects. Typical project enabled compliance

with EPA CAIR NOx requirements, while avoiding the capital and O&M

costs of post combustion AQCS equipment.

. Lead engineer on co-executed computational fluid dynamics modeling and

characterization testing projects for the most significant business

unit client. Responsible for project management, financial

performance and client interaction. Projects were recognized by client

corporate awards program for innovative project approach in addition

to recognition by the RMT Service and Consulting Excellence awards

program.

. Co-developed CAIR mandate compliance strategy for large (> 2 GW)

Utility customer site. Process involved the conceptual application of

advanced combustion control technology to the customers' $4.1 billion

value facility.

1999 - 2005 BLACK & VEATCH, Kansas City, Missouri / Nassau, Bahamas

Software Implementation Engineer. Front line engineer focused on

developing new business segment for IT based plant optimization business.

Responsible for all support tasks of advanced process control software.

Software

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platform applies established financial metrics to closed loop process

optimization, representing a technology new to Utility market.

. Deployed a combustion optimization system at four units of Castle Peak

Power Station, Hong Kong, SAR. Project was the largest

international order for software platform and the first system

implemented in the Asian market. Project execution required on-going

coordination between members in four countries.

. Developed a training program for Black & Veatch engineers to implement

the software. Implementation services developed into third largest

revenue stream for unit within two years of initiation.

POWRCEM 3.0 Lead Engineer - Primary technical authority for a proprietary

software system for quarterly client environmental reports (EPA-Acid Rain

Program) to federal and state environmental authorities. Promoted to lead

engineer requiring extensive knowledge of implementing all required

calculations, quality assurances, and reporting regulations.

. Lead a team of four engineers to design, implement, and verify the

Federal EDR 2.1 emission monitoring system upgrade on multiple client

sites.

. Promoted to lead engineer responsible for support of entire product.

Established reputation as the 'go-to' engineer for challenging field

assignments overseas after successfully completing work at Map Ta

Phut, Thailand, site which was considered by Black & Veatch executives

as at risk for extensive liquidated damages.

Performance Evaluation Software Configuration Engineer - Implementation of

advanced plant thermal performance monitoring and optimization suite for

multiple utility and IPP clients.

. Configuration of steam generator and balance of plant heat transfer

models. Steam generator models use a finite difference approach to

predict the convection and radiation heat transfer within the furnace

cavity and between the boiler tube banks and extended wall surfaces.

Steam generator models provide quantitative feedback on surface

fouling and promote higher ash removal efficiency.

. Detailed knowledge of ASME and PTC standards and procedures for

determining component level equipment level performance for balance of

plant equipment.

. Working knowledge of multiple SCADA, DCS and data communication

technologies and standards (I.e. Modbus, OPC, etc.) as well as OSI PI-

UDS historian server and client installation & configuration.

. Responsible for broad client interaction, including first contact,

training, and problem resolution.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Master of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Expected July 2010

Merit scholarship recipient throughout program.

Professional Engineer, Certificate/License NO. 200-***-**** State of

Missouri. 2002

M.S.- Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1999

Research Assistantship at the Solar Energy Laboratory - Department of

Mechanical Engineering.

Determined key heat transfer characteristics of electrical resistance

heated TiO2 coated metal rollers for plastic web processing. Validated

numerical simulations (Finite Element Analysis and other) using

experimental test equipment. Assistantship was jointly funded by the State

of Wisconsin and Industry partners.

B.S.- Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1997

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

. "Energy Policy Development and Applications for Renewable Energy in

the Bahamas." Presentation to Senior Management of The Bahamas

Electricity Corporation. 2004.

. "Bahamian Energy Usage Review," Bahamas Journal of Science. 2002.

Explored local consumption patterns and potential for application of

renewable energy.

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