Art Nordlinger is the Manager, Grid Planning and Operations Support, at Tampa Electric Company where he manages both the planning of the transmission system and energy management system engineering at the Company’s Control Center. Art earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University in 1979. His career began in the nuclear reactor design and testing program for 688 class attack submarines at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. He next worked in the information systems field and in industrial and commercial emergency power systems before attending Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and earning his Master of Engineering degree in Electric Power Engineering in 1988. Art then went to work for Florida Power Corporation, starting as a project engineer in the Company's Energy Control Center. He held a number of engineering and management positions during his 13 years with Florida Power in generation and integrated resource planning, cogeneration, and the pricing and regulatory areas. He appeared as the Company's witness in both the Florida Public Service Commission's Demand Side Management Goals Docket (for which he earned the Chairman's Award) and the Standard Offer Rules Docket. Art struck out on his own in 2001, starting Nordlinger Consulting that specializes in electric utility regulation, strategic planning, and rate analysis. He joined Tampa Electric in 2002. Art is a registered Professional Engineer in Florida and teaches portions of a Fundamentals of Engineering review course that reaches a national audience through a web cast. Art has also taught graduate courses at the University of South Florida in Power System Analysis and Advanced Energy Management Systems and review classes for the Professional Engineer (PE) licensing exam. He can be contacted at 813-630-6203 or via email, a.nordlinger@ieee.org. * * * THE IMPORTANCE OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE Where will your professional career lead? A quick review of the resumes and credentials of successful people often shows a breadth of experience, often with multiple employers. Will you need to be a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) to be successful? Topics of this talk include:
The talk will be tailored to rules and practices in each State where it is given.
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