David Pierce, a registered Engineering Intern in the state of Louisiana. He received his BSEE from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1982). He joined Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation in 1982 as a staff engineer. His responsibilities during his 10 year career at SLEMCO were varied and included transmission and distribution line design, substation design, contract construction management, transmission, distribution and substation protective device specification and coordination, system planning and management, automated mapping and facilities management system implementation, and computer data analysis, and system integration.

David joined Brooks and Jackson Consulting Engineers in 1992 and is currently a senior engineer. He has extensive training and experience in industrial, commercial and healthcare electrical system design, construction and maintenance; electrical utility plant design, construction, planning, and operation; and interpretation and application of electrical codes and standards including IEEE, NEC, NESC, OSHA, and others. He has also developed a special expertise in fire origin and cause determination, accident reconstruction, and electrical and electronic product failure analysis and testing. He received certification as a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator in 1993 and has investigated numerous fires. He is a court accepted as an expert witness in electrical engineering and fire origin and cause determination.

David is a Vietnam era veteran of the United States Army (1972-1975), receiving specialized training in aircraft navigation, control, and communication equipment maintenance and repair and missile guidance system maintenance and repair.

David worked as an industrial electrician and construction supervisor for Amelia Electric, Noble Drilling and Diamond M Drilling companies. His responsibilities included the construction and maintenance of drilling rig electrical power systems and SCR drilling rig equipment on inland and off-shore drilling rigs.

IEEE Activities - Student Member 1977, Member 1982, Senior Member 1991.

Section: Secretary 1983-84, Treasurer 1985-87, Vice-chairman 1987-88, Chairman 1988-89, Past-chairman 1989-90, Secretary 1990-91, Treasurer 1991-96, PACE Chairman 1989-96.

Society: Power Engineering Society (1977-99), treasurer 1991-96, currently the Lafayette Section PES Chairman, Industrial Applications Society (1996-99), Management Society (1998-99).

Region 5: East Area Chairman 1992-94, PACE Coordinator 1994-99, Pre-College Education Committee Chairman 1998-99, Strategic Planning Committee 1992-99, Region 5 PACE Coordinator 2004, Region 5 Member Professional Activities Conference Coordinator 2005-06, Region 5 Director-Elect 2006-07.

IEEE-USA: PACE Regional Coordinator Committee 1994-99 & 2004, Member Professional Activities Conference Committee Vice-chairman 1997-99, Chairman 2002 IEEE-USA Professional Activities Workshop, Member IEEE-USA Government Activities Committee 2004-2006.

IEEE: Member IEEE Regional Activities Board Section/Chapter Support Committee 2006-2007
Awards and Recognition: David received the IEEE Region 5 Individual of the Year Award (1990), the IEEE-USA PACE Leadership award (1992), the IEEE-USA Regional Professional Leadership Award (1996), and is listed in Who=s-Who in Science and Technology (1996-99).

Community Involvement: Future City Competition Coordinator for the State of Louisiana 1995-99, National Future City Committee 1995-99, Judge Future City Competition Coordinator for the State of Louisiana 2004-2005.

Other Affiliations: David is member of Eta Kappa Nu, National Fire Protection Association, National Association of Fire Investigators, International Association of Arson Investigators, Consulting Engineers Council of Louisiana, American Consulting Engineers Council, and the International Association of Electrical Inspectors.

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Networking
Multi-level Marketing Yourself

You have all heard of multi-level marketing schemes. The power of these schemes is the ability to have a large number of sales people selling for you. In all of the multi-level marketing schemes, the person at the upper level of the scheme receives the greatest benefits. Wouldn’t it be nice to apply the principal of multi-level marketing to selling you and your skills?

The best sales person for you and your skills is you. Your next best sales persons are your relatives, friends, and people that are familiar with your capabilities. Your relatives are limited in number, as are your true friends. Your marketing team has the greatest expansion capabilities in people that are familiar with your capabilities. The opportunity to expand the latter depends on your ability to network.

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