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A retired Nuclear Engineer. my last assignment was contracting as a Senior Operations Instructor. In my career have held the positions of Systems Engineer, Unit Reactor Engineer, Superintendent of Reactor Engineering, IT Systems Engineer, Shift Technical Advisor, Senior Operations Engineer, Senior Operations Instructor, Construction Supervisor/Field Engineer, and Project Manager. A Qualified Reactor Engineer and hold a Senior Reactor Operator certification. In my 40 year career, I have been stationed at Quad Cities, River Bend, Grand Gulf and Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Stations. I am a Military Historian, and WW2 Reenactor. Being hands-on, my shop and home are filled with ongoing projects, I like to think that there are few things mechanical or electronic that I can not fix. I am an Extra Class Ham Operator (WU5I) Volunteer FCC Examiner and was a reserve Police Officer/ Deputy Sheriff for 16 years, and am still a Volunteer Fire Fighter with 30 years of service. Living in the Central US for most of my life from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Louisiana, Indiana to Kansas, attending both Wabash College and Iowa State University. A widower with a daughter who received a Computer Engineering degree from the University of Louisiana - Lafayette, and is now working at IBM.