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EDUCATION

• Illinois Institute of Technology; Lombard, IL 1982
• DeVry Institute of Technology; Chicago, IL - Communications, 1960-63

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

• Motorola, Point to Point Communications
• Iowa State, Protective Relay Technicians Basic Short Course
• Landac RTU Operations
• Valmet Automation
• Hathway, AD444 Fault Recording Equipment
• Leeds and Northrup, 3000 RTU Maintenance Course
• International Power Machines, Uninterruptable Power Systems (Basic Maintenance)
• S&C Electric Company, Switch Gear Workshop

WORK HISTORY

• Independent Contractor 1996 - Present
• Power Technical Services
• Field Technician & Lead Engineer - Communications Specialist
• Northbrook Energy
• Special Projects - Electrical & Electronic Troubleshooting, Maintenance, & Inst.
• General Electric, Energy Services (via Addecco Technical Services)
• Communications Engineer
• Commonwealth Edison Co.
• Consultant - Phone Cabinet Protection System Upgrades

• Commonwealth Edison Co. 1972 – 1995
• Associate Engineer
• Job assignments
• Maintained Communications, Metering, SCADA, and Power Transformers
• Maintained 100kVA Inverters
• Maintained Microwave Carrier, Powerline Carrier, and Audio-Tone Equipment
• Maintained Data Circuits
• Maintained Control Circuits
• Worked on Protective Relay Systems

• E.E. Schroeder  1969 - 1972
• Two-Way Radio Technician
• Repaired and Installed Mobile & Base-Station Radios and Consoles

• United States Navy  1964 - 1969
• Second Class Petty Officer
• Honor Student in Radar Class

OTHER

• Certified Technician - National Association of Business and Education Radio (NABER)
• FCC Radio-Telephone License
• Skywarn System for Ogle County (IL) for 5 years