David Carlson

Experience

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  GE Power & Water

  Jun 1982 - Mar 1988

  • Completed GE Senior Reactor Operator Certification Training Program and became GE Certified Senior Reactor Operator on first attempt.• Developed and delivered classroom, plant walkthrough, and simulator training to initial license candidates and continuing training to incumbent licensed nuclear plant operators.• Developed and delivered General Electric Senior Reactor Operator Certification Exams for written, plant walkthrough, and simulator settings. • Performed field engineering duties as a contractor at commercial nuclear power plants such as; refuel floor supervision during refueling outage, supervision of reactor vessel internal modifications and maintenance engineering staff support.

  • Instructor/Certification Examiner

    Jan 1984 - Mar 1988

  • Field Engineer

    Jun 1982 - Dec 1983
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  ComEd

  Mar 1988 - Dec 2011

  • Managed, developed and delivered training to transmission system operators in classroom and simulator settings• Administered and wrote operating and administrative procedures for ComEd Transmission Operations and Planning Group.• Performed duties of training and technical Subject Matter Expert for various external audits of ComEd as well as peer/readiness reviews.• Provided technical and administrative support to ComEd Transmission System Operations during transmission system emergencies. Show less

  • Principal Operations Support Specialist

    Jan 2004 - Dec 2011

  • Training Manager

    Jan 2000 - Dec 2003

  • Senior System Operator - Transmission System Operations

    Sept 1993 - Dec 1999

  • Nuclear Plant Senior/Principal Instructor

    Mar 1988 - Sept 1993
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  Exelon

  Jan 2012 - Mar 2016

  Principal Compliance Specialist

  • Implement or support NERC and Regional Reliability Organization committee interface and issues management. Communicate industry issues of importance as well as updated expectations to the Exelon Business Units.• Develop and maintain reliability standards tracking databases and facilitate reviews of draft electric reliability standards and NERC Alerts. Develop comments among the Exelon Business Units.• Provide oversight of the Exelon Business Units to determine their adherence to the Exelon NERC Reliability Standards Compliance Program as well as to the NERC and Regional Reliability Organizations’ Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Plan.• Represent Company on NERC and RRO committees and build external industry contacts to facilitate benchmarking and continuous improvement. Show less

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  ComEd

  Mar 2016 - now

  Manager, Compliance

  • Ensure ComEd compliance with NERC and RF Reliability standards.• Develop, implement and manage effective audit programs to manage compliance.• Perform an annual self assessment on all registered NERC reliability standards.• Meet the requirements of the annual compliance monitoring schedule issued by RF.• Lead the execution of all Mitigation Plans to drive open actions to implementation and closure.• Lead the execution of all Settlement Terms and Conditions to remain compliant.• Work with Execution Line Managers and Reliability Standard SME Managers to continuously improve ComEd’s compliance culture.• Lead the subject matter experts and administrative support for ComEd’s NERC Reliability Standard Compliance program.• Interface with each of the Exelon compliance points of contact to foster a strong compliance culture.• Develop a program to monitor/track ComEd’s compliance.• Engage ComEd managers to embrace NERC compliance in their business units and build strong metrics to monitor their performance.• Support the corporate NERC compliance program and implement procedures to meet the corporate program through continuous auditable compliance with all standards.• Support audits, investigations or requests for data or documents from NERC, RF, or internal audit.• Institute management controls to monitor continuous compliance. Show less