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DAVID L. TUCK
9113 Turtle Creek Lane
Fair Oaks, CA 95628
916-765-7726 cell
davidltuck@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Significant hands-on experience in electric utility operations. Extensive knowledge of energy scheduling, electronic tagging, OASIS operation, energy accounting, energy trading, real-time computing, electric generator performance, and supply and demand side energy management. Recent job titles include:
| Electric Utility Operations Consultant |
Director of Operations |
| Electric Business Analyst |
Project Manager |
| Business Owner |
Electric Power Dispatcher |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Electric Power Consulting, Fair Oaks, CA
POWER CONSULTANT BUSINESS ANALYST 1997 to Present
 | Consulting business analyst services for Midwest ISO writing report specifications to satisfy the data needs of six departments
 | specified and created a business object life-cycle repository that mimics the business model and database structure of the ISO |
| interpreted business processes for report writing team |
| wrote quality assurance test scripts |
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| Researched and developed patent application, “Apparatus and method for determining load and reactivity in electric utility transmission and distribution systems” |
| Performed system integration services at Bonneville Power Administration installing replacement scheduling software
| interpreted NERC, FERC, and WECC issues and requirements |
| managed technology consulting services, projects, work orders, and assignments |
| tested software version releases, E-Tagging parameters, system performance, system automation, and schedule entry performance factors |
| troubleshot interface issues between OATI, Caminus, CASSO, Fortech, and SoftSmiths E-Tagging systems |
| wrote business requirements, functional specifications, help files, user manuals, test cases, use cases, acceptance forms, technical action requests |
| trained schedulers in NERC compliance issues, interfaced with neighboring utilities and other vendors, submitted ClearQuest trouble tickets |
| supported all time domains of Reservations, Pre-Scheduling, Real-Time, and After-The-Fact personnel and performed scheduler mentoring and training |
| programmed several diagnostic and test applications to launch E-Tags, validate results, and compile errors |
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| Publish and maintain www.electricpowerconsulting.com
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Expenser, Fair Oaks, CA
EXPENSE ACCOUNT CONSULTANT 1999 to Present
| Developed Expenser software, a shareware application for the maintenance and management of personal expense accounting |
| Publish and maintain www.expenser.com web site |
Henwood Energy Services, Inc.
SENIOR SOFTWARE PRODUCT CONSULTANT 1998 to 2000
| Managed and administrated projects with client support during software implementation and integration |
| Wrote User’s Guides, technical documentation, QA testing scripts |
| Specified and managed creation of CalcWiz, a reporting tool to create ad hoc displays and reports |
Continental Power Exchange, Inc. (CPEX)
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS 1994 to 1997
| Specified the design, architecture, structure, appearance, and operation of CPEX, OpenAccess and TransMail |
| Granted patent #6,473,744 for the design and operation of CPEX |
| Managed all aspects of a staff of 20+ including a 24x7 help desk, programming, engineering, and operations personnel |
| Wrote curriculum and taught Electricity Trading School Training Courses |
PROJECT MANAGER, Power Engineers, Inc.
OWNER, Energy Management & Software Consulting
DISPATCHER, Iowa Public Service and Idaho Power Company
EDUCATION
| BA Business Administration, Briar Cliff College, Sioux City, IA |
| ANSPG/55B Missile Guidance School, US Navy, Dam Neck, VA |
| Fire Control “A” School, US Navy, Great Lakes, IL |
| Electronics Technology, Boise Junior College, Boise, ID |
PUBLICATIONS
| Article |
David Lee Tuck, “Transmission Use Evident from Cycle Timing” EnergyPulse, Feb 22, 2005,
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/author.cfm?at_id=563 |
| Article |
David Lee Tuck, “Darken the Gray Areas of the eTagging Rules” EnergyPulse, Nov 29, 2004,
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=874 |
| Article |
David Lee Tuck, “Automating Adjacent Control Area Checkouts Next?” EnergyPulse, Aug 6, 2004,
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=795 |
| Patent Pending |
United States Patent Pending: “Apparatus and method for determining load and reactivity in electric utility transmission and distribution systems” |
| Patent |
United States Patent #6,473,744: “Apparatus and method for trading electric energy”
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| Article |
David Lee Tuck and Douglas Heise, “CPEX Electrifies the Power Industry”
Distributed Object Computing, Aug/Sep 97. pp. 30-35 |
| Article |
David Lee Tuck, “The Wires Ahead” Energy News Network, Aug 97. |
| Curriculum |
David Lee Tuck, “Electricity Trading School Training Course” Continental Power Exchange, Inc. Feb 96. |
| Presentation |
“OASIS Display Issues” IEEE Winter Meeting, Control Center User Interface Working Group. Feb 5, 1997. New York, NY |
| Presentation |
“Experience and Concerns of OASIS Phase I” American Power Conference, Setting Up Tools for New Trading Floor. Apr 4, 1997. Chicago, IL |
| Presentation |
“CPEX Levels the Electric Trading Playing Field” EMS User’s Group Conference. Mar 11, 1997. Ann Arbor, MI |
| White Paper |
David Lee Tuck, “Open Access Complicates Path Rights” Power-Gen ’93 Conference, Dallas, TX, Oct 93. |
| Article |
David Lee Tuck, “Setting Up a PC-Based Scada System” Electrical World, Jul 89. pp. 31-32 |
| Article |
David Lee Tuck, “Reduce Dispatchers’ Mountain of Paperwork” Transmission & Distribution, Oct 87. pp. 52-58 |
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