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Retired, Retired, February 2013-March 2017
Buffalo,Niagaga Falls area, NY

Assistant Commissioner of Plant Operations , City of Cleveland Water Department, February
1999-March 2013
Cleveland, OH
Oversee management of four conventional water treatment plants, pumping control system, and
water quality units responsible for processing and delivering potable water to 1.5 million people in
the Cleveland Metropolitan area.
Key Accomplishments:
·Reduced operations management requirements resulting in $250,000 annual savings
·Achieved $2.6 million in savings by reconfiguring plant filtering process to reduce construction
costs
·Implemented Asset Management System at Water Treatment Plants, which standardized
equipment, parts, and repair processes.
·Energy management program development, which involved peak shaving with ENERNOC an
$200,000 annual payments
·Implemented knowledge management for the $25M generator project that produced training
videos for operators and electricians.
·Achieved Partnership for Save Water for all four water treatment plants which raised the potable
water quality for the region
·Acting water commissioner for one year
·Achieved $60,000 annual savings from beneficial use of water residuals

Operation Manager, Northwest Engineering Inc, January 1998-January 1999
Tidioute, PA
Responsible for managing projects, developing personnel, training programs, tracking budgets,
and design of various projects.Designs included municipal projects, water treatment renovations,
sewer systems, storm water projects, bridges, dams, surveying, and commercial buildings

Executive Engineer , Erie County Water Authority, January 1990-February 1996
Buffalo, NY
Responsible for all engineering activities, including water quality, production and
distribution.Oversaw annual operating and maintenance budget of $14.8 million and 5 year
capital budget of $75 million.Improved efficiency by implementing:
· Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA) : Implemented radio-based, computer-
controlled system to manage delivery of potable water from treatment plants to customers at an
annual savings of $200,000.
· Geographic Information System (GIS) : implemented computer map and related applications to
reduce annual operating cost by $100,000.

· Management Information System (MIS) :Leading advocate for establishment of mainframe
corporate information system to provide whole company project status information.
· Hydraulic Model : Developed, calibrated and implemented hydraulic model to provide energy