Commissioning Manager Sales Consultant

ROCKY W. RULE

Email:******@******.***

Lakeland, Florida

Mobile: 863-***-****

SUMMARY:

Over 35 years of domes/c and interna/onal experience in power genera/on project and personnel management. Responsibili/es include Site Management, Commissioning Management, and Mechanical Startup

& Opera/ons of Coal Fired Dry Scrubber, simple and combined cycle plants, and large Solar facili/es. Proven capabili/es of managing mul/ple ac/vi/es and priori/es within project scopes of construc/on comple/on and commissioning while maintaining schedule and budget. Comfortable with Execu/ve Management and Stakeholders as well as maintaining a high technical knowledge of projects. Managed mul/ple personnel and disciplines of interna/onal/cultural backgrounds. Oracle Primavera P6 cer/fied, OSHA 30 cer/fica/on and TWIC card holder.

EXPERIENCE:

February 2025 – Present

Duke Energy – Hines Energy StaRon, Power Block 2

Bartow, Florida

ImplementaRon and Commissioning Manager

• Managed Contractor for the Major Outage and uprate of 2 Siemens Combus/on Turbines.

• DAIS Air system Implementa/on

• Ultra Low Nox implementa/on

• Installa/on of new compressor stage and turbine stage blades and diaphrams.

• Installa/on of Upgraded Fuel Nozzles and Transi/ons Managed the commissioning of new upgrades to include controls and generator excita/on, AVR and fuel systems.

Feburary 2024 – Nov 2024

MYR Energy Services – Timberland Solar, Carlton, GA Peregrine Solar, Goliad Texas

TesRng and Commissioning Manager

• Tes/ng and Commissioning Manager over 2 projects Timberland is a 140MW facility with 36 TMEIC Invertors, Peregrine is a 340MW facility with 71 TMEIC invertors.

• Managed a team of 26 Commissioning Technicians and 2 Superintendents

• Coordinated Vendors and support for commissioning

• Interfaced with ERCOT and Southern Company/Georgia Power

• Maintained Schedule updates

May 2023 – October 2023

Nextera Energy Resources - Cereal City Solar Project, Ba\le Creek, MI Commissioning Manager

• Commissioning Manager for the 100MW PV Solar Project.

• Provided schedule input and project vendor coordina/on.

• Interfaced with MISO and off taker to coordinate back feed and tes/ng.

• Project included 27 PE Inverters and 260,000 PV panels over 1000 acres. February 2022 – August 2022

Brandon Ford

Sales Consultant

• Sales Consultant providing knowledge of model specific op/ons as well as used vehicle knowledge and sales.

• Top 100 in sales of 400 sales consultants na/onwide consistently since star/ng.

• Completed all Ford required STARS Training ahead of schedule and current up to 8/1/2022. July 2021 – August 2021

Brightside Solar Project, Oakville, TX

Commissioning Manager

• Commissioning Manager for 65MWDC solar site, pre-commissioning ac/vi/es for inverters, solar arrays, DC combiner boxes and new switchyard providing power to ERCOT. January 2021 – June 2021

BAE, Kingsport, TN

Commissioning Operator

• Commissioning Operator for 4 aux boilers producing 250kpph low pressure steam with dual fuel firing capability.

• Completed system walkdowns, system flushing, ini/al opera/ons, and put the systems into service. January 2020 – June 2020

Eastern Kentucky Power Company, Spurlock, KY

Commissioning Manager

• Commissioning manager for boaom ash conversion and fly ash handling system at the exis/ng Unit 1 power sta/on.

• Task of working with construc/on to complete systems, system walkdowns, checkout, and ini/al system opera/ons.

• Project was challenged by late construc/on ac/vi/es.

• Instrumental in organizing and priori/zing the work to comple/on. September 2019 – December 2019

Airport Fueling Project, Milwaukee, WI

Commissioning Manager

• Commissioning manager for Fueling System Upgrade at the Milwaukee Airport.

• New tanks, variable frequency pumps, and control system have been upgraded to allow more automa/on to the fueling process for the airplanes.

• Task of keeping the old system in opera/on as long as possible while cubng in the newer equipment to service.

• The project finished on /me and under budget.

October 2018 – August 2019

SBM JV - NRG Canal III Project, Sandwich, MA

Commissioning Manager

• Joint venture commissioning manager managing the commissioning and startup of a dual fueled 350MW GE 7HA.02 with MKVIE controls, simple cycle facility.

• Unit was the first simple cycle machine to prove a 10 minute fast start to base load on both fuels.

• BOP equipment includes water treatment, Gas Compressor, Dewpoint heater, Ammonia injec/on for NOx control and Tempering air fans.

• Plant is controlled via ABB Distributed Control System. February 2017 – September 2018

SBME JV - CPV Valley Energy Center, Middletown, NY Commissioning Manager

• Joint venture commissioning manager managing the commissioning and startup of a dual fueled 660MW 2x1 Combined Cycle.

• Power Island equipment includes two Siemens SGT6-5000F gas turbines with one SST6-5000 Side Exhaust Reheat Steam turbine with Duct Fired CMI HRSG's and 36 Cell Air Cooled Condenser.

• Plant is controlled via Siemens T-3000 Distributed Control System. January 2016 – February 2017

Mount Vernon Energy Partners - SABIC Cogen, Mt. Vernon, IN Commissioning Manager

• Joint venture commissioning manager for the MVEP SABIC Cogen project.

• Developed and managed the startup and commissioning program for a GE Frame 7EA with DLN and Late Lean injec/on with HDI HRSG with Duct Burners cogenera/on project. Supplemental steam is provided by 2 Natural Gas fired Cleaver Brooks Package boilers.

• Responsible for schedule development and manpower to support the startup.

• Facility supplies steam to SABIC Lexan plant.

May 2015 – January 2016

Boswell Energy Center - Minnesota Power, Cohasset, MN Commissioning Manager

• Commissioning manager for the Boswell Energy Retrofit project.

• Developed and managed the startup and commissioning program for an Alstom NID technology Dry Scrubber and Pulse Jet Fabric Filter system with associated lime reagent prepara/on systems as well as ash handling systems for this 600 MW coal fired project.

• Responsible for schedule development and manpower to support the startup and outage schedules. August 2013 – May 2015

Alliant Energy - Dry Scrubber Project, O\umwa, IA

Commissioning Manager

• Joint venture commissioning manager for the Alliant Energy dry scrubber project.

• Developed and managed the startup and commissioning program for a dual Spray Dry Absorber and Pulse Jet Fabric Filter system with associated lime reagent prepara/on systems as well as ash handling systems for this 725 MW coal fired project.

• In addi/on to managing the new scrubber system, the EPC contract included managing the complete rotor change out and generator rewind of a 725MW GE Steam turbine with HP/IP/LP/LP and Combus/on Engineering Tangen/ally Fired boiler upgrades.

• Responsible for schedule development and manpower to support the startup and outage schedules. January 2013 – June 2013

Giza North - CCGT Project - General Electric/SECPCOIII, Cairo, Egypt Commissioning Manager

• Joint venture commissioning manager for the Giza North CCGT project.

• Managed EPC Joint Venture commissioning and contractual tes/ng for this 1500MW Power Genera/on Facility.

• Acted as Site Manager during his absence managing EPC Partner and maintaining all administra/ve reports including commodity curves, manpower curves etc.

• Organized commissioning and managing and maintaining communica/ons to Client/JV Partner and HQ Management upda/ng project commissioning progress and schedule.

• Developed Commissioning Schedules, Manpower support plans to support first fire and on to Combined Cycle commercial opera/ons.

• Managed all commissioning and tes/ng ac/vi/es between construc/on, owner, and Joint Venture partner.

• Facility consists of 6 dual fueled GE Frame 9FA’s in Simple Cycle configura/on for phase one of the project.

• Project is 3 power blocks of two on one configura/on with bypass stacks and diverter damper.

• Balance of Plant controlled by Yokogawa DCS system with gas turbines controlled by MK VIe system. July 2012 – January 2013

Sabiya CCGT Project - General Electric/HHI, Sabiya, Kuwait Site Manager

• Joint venture site manager for the Sabiya CCGT project.

• Site Management of General Electric 9FA 2000MW Combined Cycle Power Genera/on Facility.

• Managed JV EPC construc/on comple/on up to and including final punch list and outage scheduling.

• Addi/onal responsibili/es included management and coordina/on of vendor support, budget & expenditures, administra/ve repor/ng, site logis/cs including transporta/on and housing.

• Managed and maintained communica/ons with the Ministry of Electricity on project status and outstanding issues.

2010 – 2012

Sabiya CCGT Project - General Electric/HHI, Sabiya, Kuwait Commissioning Manager

• Joint venture commissioning manager.

• Managed EPC Joint Venture commissioning and contractual tes/ng for this 2000MW Power Genera/on Facility.

• Acted as Site Manager during his absence managing EPC Partner and maintaining all administra/ve reports including commodity curves, manpower curves etc.

• Organized commissioning and managed and maintained communica/ons to Client/JV Partner and HQ Management upda/ng project commissioning progress and schedule.

• Developed Commissioning Schedules, Manpower support plans to support first fire and on to Combined Cycle commercial opera/ons.

• Managed and directed all commissioning and tes/ng ac/vi/es between construc/on, owner, and Joint Venture partner.

• Facility consists of 6 dual fueled GE Frame 9FA’s with 3 GE D11 steam turbines and associated HRSG’s.

• Project is a 3 power blocks of two on one configura/on.

• Balance of Plant controlled by MK VIe system with gas and steam turbines controlled by MK VIe system. 2009 – 2010

Marafiq - General Electric, Jubail, Saudi Arabia Commissioning Manager

• Managed commissioning and contractual tes/ng for this 2700MW Power Genera/on and Desalina/on Facility.

• Coordinated all commissioning and tes/ng ac/vi/es between construc/on, owner, and consor/um members.

• Facility consists of 12 dual fuel GE Frame 7FA’s with 4 steam turbines and 27 Sidem Flash Desal units.

• Project is a 4-power block setup with 3 power blocks suppor/ng the desalina/on facility with steam from the steam turbine exhaust.

• Power Block 4 is a STAG 307FA combined cycle with a D11 Steam Turbine.

• Balance of Plant controlled by MK VIe system with gas and steam turbines controlled by MK VIe system.

• projects within the power industry.

• Provided business development ac/vi/es globally. US NAVY:

1978 – 1987

US Navy Submarine Service, San Diego, CA

Machinist Mate

• Du/es included supervision and opera/on auxiliary equipment aboard nuclear-powered submarines.

• Last assignment was aboard DSRV-1 Mys/c as Co-Pilot.

**Addi&onal experience available upon request**

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