Roosevelt Powell, P.E.

 

Mr. Powell is Director of R. Powell & Associates, which provides engineering and business consulting services to a variety of businesses. He is a licensed Professional Engineer with over 30 years of experience in engineering and business activities. Mr. Powell received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Powell began his career as a mechanical design engineer for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC). He held several engineering and operating positions gaining extensive experience in the design and operation of water reclamation facilities.

 

Mr. Powell formerly held upper management responsibilities for various staff and operating areas at Northern Illinois Gas. He has extensive experience in analyzing, developing, and designing performance improvement projects for areas such as, natural gas distribution system operations, natural gas transmission system operations and gas storage.

Mr. Powell has participated in utility management audits, normally focusing on system planning, design and operating activities. He has also designed major natural gas transmission and distribution facilities for various clients. As Director of R. Powell & Associates (RPA), Mr. Powell is involved in every aspect of a project from the preliminary plan phase through quality assurance of the finished product.

 

Mr. Powell has been involved in the design of mechanical and electrical facilities at various facilities, including Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport. He has been involved in the selection of key administrator level engineering and technical personnel for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. He has also prepared competitive examinations for various engineering and technical positions at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and Cook County in Illinois.

 

Harold Smith, P.E.

 

Mr. Smith received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Chicago Technical College and has taken several courses at Chicago City Colleges for Supervisory Training, Business Writing, Intergovernmental Executive and Development Program.

 

Mr. Smith began his career as a assistant civil engineer with Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRDGC) and held various positions in engineering, finance and management during a 28 year career at MWRDGC. During his career he had responsibility for designing wastewater treatment and collection facilities local sewers construction and cost estimates for design projects.

 

Mr. Smith also held the position of Engineering Assistant for Commonwealth Edison Company and was responsible for all new underground cable duct systems.

 

Mr. Smith has been a Instructor at Illinois Institute of Technology for the Civil Engineering portion of the Preparation for the Professional Engineers Examination. Mr. Smith has also completed numerous independent engineering consultant projects within the Illinois, North Carolina and Indiana areas. He has designed natural gas pipeline facilities; water reclamation, wastewater collection and storm water collection facilities; street improvement projects; and commercial building civil, mechanical and electrical facilities.

 

Richard Krawczyk, P.E.

 

Mr. Krawczyk is a Project Engineer for R. Powell & Associates, Inc. He began his career as a System Engineer with Sargent & Lundy Engineers and held various positions during a 10-year career at Sargent & Lundy. During his career he was responsible for stress analysis, management, communication and development.

 

Mr. Krawczyk held the position of Senior Staff Engineer with Commonwealth Edison Company and had responsibility for the technical support for daily activities performed within a complex plant environment.

 

As a consultant, Mr. Krawczyk has been responsible for mechanical analysis, direct client interface and design of various mechanical and electrical facilities, which include the Effingham County Power Plant and Eastern North Carolina Natural Gas Pipeline Projects.

 

Steve Maji, P.E.

 

Mr. Maji is a Registered Professional Engineer with 40 years experience in the natural gas industry. He has a broad range of experience in the gas distribution sector including; business and technical consultant, engineer, manager and director. Following his work with Peoples Natural Gas, he was active with EnerGroup, Inc. providing distribution system engineering and analysis to the utility services business area; GDT Engineering, Inc., a gas utility consulting company; as well as third party associate staff assignments with RMI as a consultant to the gas industry.

 

Mr. Maji has been responsible for piping system design and analysis, class location studies and design of various mechanical and electrical facilities, which include those at the Effingham County Power Plant and Eastern North Carolina Natural Gas Pipeline Projects.

 

Mr. Maji testified in a municipal natural gas condemnation hearing in regards to his developed valuation of a gas system based on replacement cost and depreciated replacement cost methods.

 

Kevin Champion

 

Mr. Champion is an Electrical Engineer for RPA. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Applied Physics from Morehouse College. He began his career as a Laboratory Assistant for Motorola and later held the position of Engineer with Lucent Technologies.

 

As a Lucent Technologies Engineer, Mr. Champion was responsible for customer contact and project management for various intra-state communication projects. He was also involved in assessing organizational performance and quality on various projects.

 

As a consultant, Mr. Champion has been responsible for analysis, design and direct client interface for various electrical power and communications projects including: MARTA Wash water Recycle System, Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice at Athens and Augusta, Georgia Tech Golf Team facility and Autaugaville Natural Gas System cathodic protection and Effingham Power Plant SCADA system.

 

Jarrett White

 

Mr. White is a Mechanical Engineer for R. Powell & Associates, Inc. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.S. in General Science from morehouse College.

 

Mr. White has performed various internships; at General Motors he designed car components, created 3-D renderings for build book using Unigraphics. He also constructed benchmarking database, tested and used weld gun. During his internship with Texaco he created a compiled database using PROBE, COSSEY and WOOD MAKENZIE databases, to be used as an efficiency tool for department engineers. In addition, delivered detailed presentations on the use, importance and effectiveness of this database.

 

Mr. White has been responsible for the detailed assembly of components associated with natural gas transmission and distribution systems. He has direct input into designing and specifying components and preparation of material list. He has worked on major natural gas facility designs involving metering and pressure regulating stations .

 

Alisa Powell

 

Ms. Powell served as Administrative Assistant for the National Office of the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE). She has extensive experience in information access and data collection for private and public organizations. She was responsible for collecting, analyzing and organizing data for many of the projects undertaken by AABE. She is familiar with the various government agencies data bases and their content.

 

In addition, Ms Powell has held responsible position for Financial Innovations in Georgia and Jones Construction and Maintenance Company in Washington D.C. She was responsible for customer servicing, accounting and marketing activities.

 

Ms. Powell currently operates her own organization offering experienced in data collection, data analysis, database management and business administration. She has over 12 years of experience and training in office management services, and in use of various business software packages such as FoxPro, FileMaker Pro, MS Word, WordPerfect, PowerPoints, PageMaker, QuickBooks Pro, MS Excel, and the Construction Criteria Base. She also has special experience in engineering specifications and professional support services. In addition to her administrative responsibilities, she will be responsible for providing necessary clerical support for report and document preparation.

 

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