SUMMARY:

• I am a senior level Project Manager with experience concentrated in Engineering / Power Engineering, with emphasis in Transmission & Distribution plus Substations.
• My work also encompasses all aspects of Construction Management.
• I have over 26 years of work experience, with 26 years of management experience, including many years of extensive Project Management/Engineering experience with international and domestic projects within the power utility sector.
• My major areas of expertise include managing of multi - million dollar projects, managing of engineering resources, project development and contract/commercial management.
• My Project emphasis and philosophy has been that of Lean Methodologies, Safety, Contract Understanding and Implementation while delivering a Quality product and job. I am Six sigma Green Belt certified. I strongly believe in Schedules so as to monitor and control the Project Cash Flow and Earned Value.
• I have worked as a Consultant, Owners Representative and EPC. I am an effective Team Builder and Leader with excellent verbal and written communications skills. I believe in making sure all Team Members are fully aware of the Project through Personal and Team Meetings.
• My education is in Electrical Engineer with years of experience as a Project/Program Manager in the areas of Power Generation, Energy Management Systems, Substation Design, Construction, Commissioning, Power Distribution, Fiber Communication, Utility Telecommunications Systems, and Transmission and Construction Management and Supervision.
• I have lived and work overseas (mainly Asia) for over 12 years and have traveled to most areas of the world in my work. This has given me the opportunity to work with many diverse personnel and to be able to transfer my knowledge to them. My experience has allowed me to work with people whose first language is not English.
• I am able to communicate with all people in terms of mutual understanding and consideration. Additionally, working overseas has allowed me to broaden my experience beyond the electrical field to civil, mechanical and chemical engineering disciplines.
• I am a diverse individual that is a team builder, goal oriented, and a proven Project Manager and Construction Manager that brings in projects safely, on time and under budget.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Construction Coordinator - Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Responsibilities:

• Brought onboard as an electrical expert in the Project Management Group as a Senior Construction Coordinator for a special Project at the Lauderdale Power Plant. Work includes the relocation of 4 each Jet Turbines and 2 each Generators to be used as Black Start Units for the facility power generation. Work includes the construction management, refurbishment of the site facilities and buildings for which the equipment is to be installed. This included the building lighting, street lighting, fire protection, air conditioning, insulating and building storm abatement. Additionally, engineering and procurement of the new Control Systems, Protection & Control System, Transmission Line interface, new MCC’s and their connection, plus acquiring of the necessary spare parts and equipment to maintain the facility and commissioning.

Confidential

Senior Project Manager - Fairlawn, OH

Responsibilities:

• Senior Project Manager - (All energy projects with Confidential Company), Welty specializes in the use of Lean Practices (Similar to Six Sigma) for Project Management and Construction. I specialize in Lean Project Management for Electric Utilities in the area of transmission lines and substations. The transmission lines are normally 69kV up through 500kV. My responsibilities include total budget, schedule, contracting, the coordination of the contractors for materials, and labor, construction and commissioning. I use all the normal PBOK Project Management aspects and combine them with Lean Technologies to enable the Company and Projects to be streamlined and fast tracked while holding cost to a minimum. Projects ranged from $9M to $34M

Confidential

Project Manager - South Plainfield, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the Project Management and construction of Transmission Projects specializing in green and brownfield substations, GIS substations, transmission lines from 69kV to 230kV and providing fiber optical connectivity. Work included extensive underground facilities for connecting substations in an urban environment.
• Managed a major project to harden two urban substations and covert them from 24kV AIS to 69kV GIS. Project included providing a station around a station to allow for continuous power supply while the old station was being demolished and the new station was built.
• Managed the complete budget and various stages of estimates from 50%, 70% and 90% and presentation of cost to corporate management for staged funds per PJM funding approvals.
• Planned and tracked project during the full life-cycle process from development through commissioning, project close out and lessons learned.
• Managed multi tasked project team that included various internal department personnel, AE firms, study and permitting bodies from local, city, state and federal agencies, contractors and consultants.
• Responsible for total project to include the management of design, specifications, long lead time equipment purchasing, design approval for IFR and IFC drawings, contracts for AE, services and contractors, permits, budgets, schedules, project team, departmental interfaces and reporting to management.
• Responsible for the scheduling of outages for commissioning, cut-overs and the interface of the new GIS (Gas Insulated Switchgear) and station to ESOC facilities.
• Providing Telecommunications for voice and data via copper and fiber lines.
• Training of customer on the operation and maintenance of the systems.
• Project value $285M

Confidential

Project Manager - Charlotte, NC

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Transmission Projects specializing in the construction and Project Management of green and brownfield substations, transmission line from 69kV to 230kV and providing fiber optical connectivity from substations over fiber lines for communications for Confidential Energy and third party providers, (Time Warner Cable). Projects ranged in value from $5M to $65M

Confidential

Program Manager - Allentown, PA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the implementation of providing a fiber network throughout the entire utility system to connect all area facilities in to rings and sub rings so as to provide communications between the EMS and the various substations and other facilities for the company transmission system at the 69kV to 500kV levels utilizing fiber and Verizon copper lines. Program value for 88 Projects $185M

Confidential

Senior Project Manager - Amarillo, TX

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the Project Management and construction for a dual circuit 345kV transmission ling (280 miles) and the construction of two substations and regulation substation. The system was part of a CREZ Project that connect wind power into two electric utilities in the area.
• Project value $1.2B

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• My work as a consultant to Electric Utilities is primarily to provide reliable solutions for the Client for technical design, construction and project development. Worked with Client on key Projects to provide capital effectiveness with limited risk while shaping and providing leadership to the Client.
• Evaluation of Projects would translate technical designs, applications and/or integration of value engineering for capital projects for the Client. Responsible for assessing and managing risk, translating and conveying impact and system changes to the bottom line, establishing total cost of ownership metrics for actual impacts of application implementation, envisioning new and innovative approaches and predicting probable business outcomes, articulating application and integration strategy and point of view to management and customers.
• Below are assignments at various utilities while employed by Confidential Technical Solutions.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the implementation of various 345kV transmission projects and the rebuild of a 115kV and 345kV substation with the addition of a Reactive Power plant.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential - Reading, PA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the implementation of various distribution and transmission projects in the Eastern Pennsylvania service area for Confidential Corporation. Work included the supervision of contractors and internal bargaining unit personnel in the areas of construction and commissioning.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential - Akron, OH

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the implementation of 24 various distribution and transmission projects in the Eastern Ohio service area for Confidential Corporation. Work included the engineering, construction and commissioning for all projects.

Project Manager

Confidential - Madison, WI

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the implementation of a 35 mile, 345kV Transmission Line and the integration and upgrading of 3 substations to accept the new line in Wisconsin for ATC. Work included everything from right of way through the commissioning of the transmission line and substations.