Resume' Robley S. Puller, P.E. Contact Information Address: 2130 N.W. 51st Terrace, Gainesville, Florida 32605 Telecom: (352)375-6714 Voice and Facimile Network: rpuller@afn.org Internet Interface Webpage: www.afn.org/~rpuller/ Internet interface Education Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E), 1972, University of Florida Elective Emphasis: Computer Science, Mathematics, Economics Post-Grad Studies: Digital Equipment Corporation Coursework Certifications Professional Engineer: FL, 1973, #16289 GA, 1990, #18885 SC, 1996, #17282 Professional Memberships American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) American Water Works Association (AWWA) Digital Equipment Corporation User's Society (DECUS) Water Pollution Control Federation (WPCF) Qualifications and Experience Served as an engineer, information systems manager, and administrator. Provided consulting engineering services to industry and to municipal water and wastewater utilities. Designed state-of-the-art facilities and managed their construction. Developed and controlled operational and project budgets. Supervised and trained personnel. Taught short courses in computer science, hydraulics, and instrumentation. Prepared utility system master plans and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) manuals. Acted as the VAX/VMS System and Network Manager for two companies since the debut of the MicroVAX II (over 10 years). Tuned systems for increased performance and provided capacity planning for internal operations and for clients. Programmed numerous utilities ranging from an RMS-based client tracking database to a real-time Remote Telemetry Unit polling routine which made extensive use of VMS System Services and Run Time Library routines. Designed several hierarchical, clustered, network based, Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems employing bridges, routers, T1 lines, Frame Relay technology, DECnet, TCP/IP, etc. Expert in PASCAL and DCL; adequate in C and FORTRAN. Employment History 06-91 to Present: Robley S. Puller, P.E., Consulting Engineer Sole Proprietor, providing current technology and professional engineering services to municipal utilities and industry while while also serving on the Board of Directors of M/R Systems, Inc., an innovative instrumentation and system integration firm. 10-79 to 05-91: Jones, Edmunds & Associates, Inc. Vice President, responsible for information systems management, budgeting, procurement of new work, contract negotiation, client liason, supervision of professional employees, and design of technologically complex projects. 12-73 to 10-79: ARIES Consulting Engineers, Inc. 50% Owner, responsible for all aspects of business, including business development, finance, employee relations, contract administration, and design. ARIES is an acronym for Applied Research for Innovative Environmental Systems. 10-66 to 12-73: Black, Crow & Eidsness, Inc. (Purchased by CH2M Hill, Inc.) Project Manager, responsible for coordination for all engineering disciplines, production of contract documents including design notes, drawings, and specifications, and provision of professional services during construction. Selected Project Experience Engineering and Business Support Computing Facilities Robley S. Puller, P.E., Gainesville, Florida VAX/VMS computer and Ethernet Local Area Network system networked to clients systems for remote system management via DECnet DDCMP protocol and to the Internet via TCP/IP CSLIP protocol. The Local Area Network supports DECnet and TCP/IP simultaneously and seamlessly. This system triples as a research and development tool, engineering support device, and a business information system. As such, it polls and sends commands to micro-processor based Remote Telemetry Units (RTUs) which monitor and control building systems in a quasi-realtime mode, runs sophisticated engineering analysis software, and provides word-processing, accounting, data storage, and other business support utilities. Telemetry and Information Management System Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department, Palm Beach, Florida Performed analysis and design of VHF and UHF radio telemetry systems and Wide Area Network (WAN) facilities utilizing high speed T1 (1.544 MBit/Sec) leased telephone line and local Ethernet (10 MBit/Sec) fiber optic cable communications for this project which was led by RJN Environmental Associates, Inc. Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition Facilities Pinellas County Sewer System, Clearwater, Florida Computerized (VAX/VMS) Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) facilities for three regional wastewater treatment plants, seven packaged treatment plants, 250 lift stations and the county-wide sewage collection system. Extensively networked with the County's data processing (VAX/VMS - Oracle) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS - UNIX) with automated data transfer to Relational Database Management (RDBM) applications for subsequent analysis using Structured Query Language (SQL). This system employed Cisco routers and bridges that were transparent to multiple communication protocols including DECnet, LAT, TCP/IP, and Frame Relay. Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition Facilities Pinellas County Water System, Clearwater, Florida A networked, hierarchical computer installation to monitor and control several hundred points at seven major pumping stations and numerous remote sites. A major feature, since employed on all similar systems, is a snapshot log of alarm events. Every input signal may have limits imposed which generate an alarm (high pressure, low chlorine residual, etc.) and every signal may be associated with up to 5 other signals. Acquired data from all points in the system is retained for at least 5 minutes in a queue and minimum values, maximum values, and averages are written to a five-minute summary file in order to reduce the data. If an alarm occurs, the preceding and succeeding 3 minutes worth of data for that point and its associated points is written to an alarm file. This alarm file provides a detailed snapshot of the conditions preceding and following the alarm event. Such snapshots have provided graphic pictures of the events leading to major pipeline breaks and other system anomalies. Industrial Discharge Monitoring and Control System Packaging Corporation of America, Clyattville, Georgia Design of a process monitoring and control system for industrial wastewater treatment facilities. Included 900Mhz radio telemetry systems sensing impoundment area levels and flows and controlling flow gates to optimize hydraulic storage. [499]