 Executive with more than 20 years of experience in the energy sector.  Experienced Project Engineer / Project Manager, directing complex projects from concept to full operational status.  Proven track record structuring and management of engineering services for renewable energy projects to reach optimal performance and achieve financial and operational performance goals.  Successful International Business Developer with energy projects executed in Russia, Europe, and Canada. Brought together legal, financial and technical solutions that built partner consensus and closed deals.  Effective communicator and negotiator with ability to interact successfully with government officials, employees and customers.  Experienced Proposal and Contract Manager and directed acquisition of a GSA contact to provide services for: Energy Management Planning and Strategies, Energy Program Support, Innovations in Renewable Energy, and to be a Energy Consulting Services Contractor under the GSA contract. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE International Applied Engineering (IAE) Marietta, Georgia 1999 – Present IAE is a competitive engineering company that provides engineering, design, procurement, and management oversight services worldwide. IAE typically performs work that includes a determination of investment cost, return on investment, and potential economic benefits of various alternative and renewable energy technologies including biomass power plants, waste-to-energy power plants, gasification, co-fireing biomass with coal, solar thermal, solar PV, bio-fuels, and wind energy. Engineering services include: design, engineer, installation, and integration of solutions to generate or reduce energy costs using the various alternative energy solutions. Often included in the analysis are equipment modifications, process controls, and all-source energy management. IAE has also provided analysis on various opportunities to generate Renewable Energy Credits (REC) or Carbon Credits and have developed methods to benefit from available Renewable Energy financial incentive programs. Principal Engineer / Business Development (2006 – Present) Responsible for finding, biding, negotiating, and closing engineering services contracts by directing a team of experienced engineers was well as financial and other technical personnel. Developed business relationships that foster trust in IAE as the Owner’s Engineer. Successfully developed, negotiated, and closed the following projects. o J.M. Waller Associates: Energy Program Support and Energy Consulting Services as Team Member for GSA ITSS DoD Civil Engineering Support Services BPA o U.S. General Services Administration (GSA): Obtained GSA contract for Energy Management Planning and Strategies, Energy Program Support Services, Innovations in Renewable Energy, and Energy Consulting Services. o Rural Development, USDA: Owner’s Engineer Consulting Services for oversight of engineering and construction of a 28 MWe biomass power plant. o Mustus Energy Ltd.: Owner’s Engineer Consulting Services for development of a 35 MWe biomass power project in Alberta, Canada. o Zilkha Biomass: Owner’s Engineer Consulting Services to develop and bring to market a biomass combustion system that supplies clean gases to a combustion turbine for power generation. Project Engineer / Manager (1999 – 2006) Responsible for assisting in finding, engineering, estimating, and managing in-house and contracted engineering activities in support of independent power, cogeneration, and waste wood power plants retrofit projects. o Verdant Energy Ltd.: Engineer, Procure, and Construction Oversight that included an assessment of the facility, the project design, procuring equipment and services, retrofit, and restart of an idle circulating fluidized bed biomass boiler. o Willamette Paper in Johnsonburg, PA: Engineer, Procure, and Construction Oversight of an over-fire air system of a black liquor recovery boiler to increase combustion efficiency and reduce air emissions. o Leonie Industries: Determine the feasibility of replacing diesel power generation with power generation by a waste-to-energy power plant using municipal and biomass waste, solar power generation, and wind energy generation. o McCarty Farms: Engineering study to determine feasibility of retrofitting an existing waste wood bubbling fluidized bed boiler and material handing system to use biosolids (sewer sludge). Amerex Industries, Woodstock,GA 1991-1995, 1997-1999 Amerex designs, manufactures, and installs baghouses, scrubbers, heat recovery and mechanical collection systems for industrial applications and serve the steel, industrial and utility steam generation, cement and rock products, ferrous and non-ferrous foundries, chemical, pulp and paper, and mining industries. Technical Sales Engineer (1998-1999) Responsible for finding, engineering, estimating, and coordinating sales efforts of standard baghouses. provided technical expertise and developed of strategic partnerships with vendors. WAM S.p.A,Lawrenceville,GA 1995-1997 Product Manager Responsible for sales of air pollution control equipment in the U.S.. Duties included coordinating sales, research, engineering, estimating, pricing, drafting and legal inputs for liability concerns. Assisted the engineering of new products and developed of strategic partnerships with vendors and sales agents. Amerex Ind. Project Manager / Design Engineer(1991-1995) Responsible for the design, procurement, and turnkey construction of wet scrubbers, bag houses, and heat exchangers. Work involved research studies, estimates, Auto-Cad designs, specifications, inspections, overseeing fabrication, and installation. Damar Inc.,Marietta, GA 1979-1988 Engineer – Project Manager Responsible for different activities associated with the fabrication of precision sheet metal components, estimation of manufacturing cost, equipment justification, customer contact, and programming of machine tools. Products produced included; gas pumps, electronic enclosures, phone booths and other sheet metal components. Note; Night student for many year during employment and resigned to be full time student. USAF Weapons Mechanic Responsible as a team member working on weapons release systems. EDUCATION Southern College of Technology, Marietta, GA Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology, September 1990 Georgia Military College, Milledgeville, GA Associate of Science, September 1977 TECHNICAL TRAINING o Wind Energy Development o Solar Energy in Disaster o Waste to Energy o Boiler Efficiency o Renewable Energy Project Financing o ISO 9000 Training SELECTED PAPERS o “Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of a Biomass Boiler” Presented during and published in the proceedings of the TIPPI Forum on CFD Modeling, June 1992, San Antonio, TX o “Feasibility Study of Biomass –To – Energy Power Plant Project for Villages of Socovka, Novo-Lavela, and Yagodnity Russia” Presented during proceedings of forum on Renewable Energy, Arkhangelsk, Russia 2002 and published by U.S. Trade and Development Agency 2004 ASSOCIATIONS o American Wind Energy Association o Solar Energy Industries Association o Boy Scouts of America REFERENCES Available upon request.