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Hall Blankenship
April
2002 to present:
Engineering
consultant to the PacifiCorp Grid Operations Dispatch Office performing
Engineering
support in the following areas:
EMS
(Energy Management System) computer systems in the areas of MMI (Man
Machine Interface), SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition)
and system database and dispatch display maintenance.
Coordination
between the Grid Operations Dispatch Office and communications,
relaying, metering and substation engineering and field technical
support personnel for the same areas.
February
2001 through March 2002:
Served as
a Communications Specialist for the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command
on a full time volunteer basis. Primary area of responsibility was to
establish radio communications interoperability between the various law
enforcement and public safety agencies supporting the 2002 Olympics at
some 14 venue site UOPSC command centers.
July 1998
to February 2001:
Retired
from PacifiCorp (Utah Power)
April 1983
to June 1998: Engineering support to the PacifiCorp System Dispatch
Office in the following areas:
EMS
(Energy Management System) computer systems in the areas of MMI (Man
Machine
Interface), SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) and system
database and dispatch display maintenance.
Coordination
between the System Dispatch Office and communications, relaying,
metering and substation engineering and field technical support
personnel for the same areas.
Active in
the specification, design, acquisition and acceptance of new computer,
telephone and radio systems.
Corporate
representative on several ongoing WSCC (Western States Coordinating
Council) technical subcommittees and work groups.
March 1971
to April 1983:
Engineering
technical support to communications field technicians in the following
areas:
Microwave
radio and baseband equipment
Power line
carrier equipment
(CCTV)
closed circuit television
Supervisory
control and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition equipment).
Established
a technical training program with mobile training facility for the
corporate field communication technicians
Corporate
representative on an ongoing WSCC communications work group.
Lead
engineer for the technical support engineers within the Utah Power
Communications Maintenance group.
July 1969
to February 1971:
CCTV
design and production engineer for the EDO Western Corporation.
March 1966
to July 1969:
Broadcast
engineer for the Weber County (Utah) School District and full time
student at Weber State College (University).
February
1963 to March 1966:
Broadcast
engineer for the Ogden City (Utah) School District.
Pre 1963:
Student at
Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee
Part time
DJ and ad sales for radio station WRKH, Rockwood, Tennessee
Highest
Education:
Graduate:
Weber State College (University) with a BS in Electronic Engineering
Technology
Current
FCC radio licenses held:
General Radiotelephone
Amateur Radio Extra Class
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