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EXPERIENCE
2008 to Present
• Independent consultant for power quality, energy
management, building controls, and HVAC
monitoring/analysis services.
2006 – April 2008 Optimira Energy, Inc.
New York, NY
Chief Technologist
• Performed technical duties as specified by the CEO.

1999 – 2006 RESCO, LLC

Laguna Hills, CA
Vice President
• Specified hardware to monitor and developed software for
analyzing operational inefficiencies of buildings.

1992 – 1999 AIM Energy, Inc.

Los Angeles, CA
President and CEO
• Developed and marketed parallel active harmonic
compensators for the purpose of mitigating harmonic
currents generated by non-linear electrical loads.

1986 – 1992 JWP, Forest Electric

New York, NY
VP of Energy Resource Group
• Developed a market for the utilization of the Con Ed rebate
program to help fund projects to efficiently operate
buildings, thus stimulating economic growth.

1976 – 1986 Climatron, Inc.

Costa Mesa, CA
Owner and President
• Founder of Climatron, Inc.
• The company developed and sold computerized controls to
efficiently monitor and control buildings.
• Climatron developed the first distributed process controller
to operate on a building network.
• Sold company to JWP of New York, NY.

1971 – 1976 Eltec Controls

Costa Mesa, CA
(Division of Hyatt, Corp)
President and CEO
• Started as director of engineering and marketing.
• Developed computerized controls for HVAC systems.
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• In 1972 became responsible for profit and loss and growth

of company.

1966 – 1971 Giannini Scientific

Orange County, CA
Project Engineer
• Worked directly for NASA to design and develop a small
hydrogen thruster for satellite attitude adjustment.
• Developed and tested high-energy plasma generators for
simulation of re-entry heat loads on space vehicles.
• Tested materials for re-entering vehicles using high-energy
plasma.

1963 – 1966 Duncan Electronics

Orange County, CA
Project Engineer
• Responsible for design and development of infinite
resolution potentiometers for use in satellite application.

1959 – 1963 Ford Aeronutronics

Orange County, CA
Project Engineer
• Responsible for design and development of a
computerized data acquisition and display system using
newly developed ferrite core memory.

1956 – 1959 Beckman Instruments Orange

County, CA
Project Engineer
• Responsible for design and development of non-linear
potentiometers for use in analog computers and servo-
systems.

EDUCATION

• Undergraduate of Physics and Electronics

• During my employment with Giannini, I was selected
along with three other project engineers to attend a six-
hour per week class for a period of two years on plasma
physics, which was sponsored by NASA. The class
featured frozen flow theory of plasma and a heavy
concentration of gas dynamics.

PATENTS
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Issued:
• Patent No. 3,729,735
Remote Ultrasonic sending device for air
conditioners
• Patent No. 3,742,303
Compressor protector system
• Patent No. 3,743,009
Air Conditioning and heating control system
including control panel
• Patent No. 3,967,281
Diagnostic Annunciator
• Patent No. 4,261,179
Input control system

Patents applied for:

• Boiler first-out logic controller
• Kalvar developer for the reproduction of x-ray pictures
from original x-rays
• Oxygen analyzer and control for boilers
• Total heat analyzer for computer disc drive protection

ENERGY SAVINGS SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE

During 1971 to present, I have surveyed, designed retrofits, and

installed Energy Savings systems for the following clients:

Clients Bldg. Qty.

• Hyatt Hotels 7
• Hilton Hotels 3
• Macklowe Hotels 1
• Disney Sports Resort 1
• Sheraton Hotels 1
• Sears Stores 61
• May Department Stores 176
• Broadway Department Stores 12
• Colton School District (California) 32
• Lancaster School District 36
(California)
• Semi Valley College (California) 14
• George Washington University 1
• May Company Malls 12
• Sears Malls 4
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High-rise Buildings Bldg.

Qty.
• Tishman Spyers, Owners & 6
Managers
• Silversteins, Owners & Managers 4
• Mendik Realty, Owners & Managers 12
• E S Gordon, Property Managers 11
• Macklowe, Owners & Managers 7
• Kalikow, Owners & Managers 6
• Abrams, Benish, Riker, Property 3
Managers
• W S Grace, Owner 1
• Stevens, Owner 2
• Misc., Property Managers 13

MILITARY SERVICE_________________________________________________________

United States Marine Corp

Honorable discharge