Adam Vinson

About Adam Vinson

Adam is an electrical engineer with experience in construction project managment for utility networking applications. He has experience scoping and executing MPLS, fiber, microwave, RF, and cellular radio transport upgrades. Additionally, he has experience in network design, cost estimating and forecasting, and maintaining schedules for a range of utility network projects.Adam has an MSEE from the University of New Orleans, MSEd from the University of Pennsylvania, and BA from the University of Mississippi. His areas of research in engineering included: Distributed Energy Resources (DER), power systems planning, and power electronic controls. He is also a former science teacher with Teach For America and Education Program Consultant for the Louisiana Department of Education.

Experience

1. Project Manager Electrical Engineering

   Burns & McDonnell

   Apr 2019 — Present · Akron, OH, US

   Project Manager – Legacy Circuit Replacement (LCR) Program | Jan 2020 – PresentPortfolio: Coordinate directly with the client Network Team and Architects to manage a portfolio of ~175 transport upgrade projects per year across the utility’s footprint. Typical scopes replace leased four-wire comms circuits with MPLS on a fiber backbone, MW, 700 MHz master & remote radios, or a cellular radio. At peak, LCR averages replacing ~3.5 leased circuits per week. Larger scopes include the installation of MW huts and monopoles where preexisting infrastructure is unavailable.Forecast: Responsible for financial forecasting of approximately 50 active work orders per month across a range of scopes, engineering firms, and vendors; responsible for forecasting project statuses of entire portfolio quarterlyBudget: Management of ~70% of the budget for larger scale, Tx LCR projects (typically MPLS, fiber, & MW scopes), accounting for ~40 projects per yearSchedule: Maintenance of a schedule coordinating field resources and materials across three states at an average of five control houses or other client facilities per week, each job requiring a minimum of two distinct asset change tickets Report: Carry out a range of reporting responsibilities containing financial and construction status updatesDesign Engineer – Crossbow | Apr 2019 – Jan 2020Design: Member of design team for the Crossbow program. This initiative allowed for remote access into Crossbow capable assets at 151 substations across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Provided electrical schematic and wiring diagram designs for Tx substations varying in scope, with up to 50 drawings marked per IFC package. Assets manipulated in scope included: SEL-3530 RTACs, SEL-2020/2032s, and Cybectec processors. Other design duties could consist of site visits, scope definition, and identifying / requesting all pertinent drawings.

Education

• University of Mississippi

  Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy & Psychology

  2003 — 2008

• University of Pennsylvania

  Master of Science in Education, Higher Education Administration

  2011 — 2012

• University of New Orleans

  Master of Science in Engineering, Electrical Engineering

  2016 — 2018

Skills

• Policy Analysis
• Electrical Engineering
• Teaching
• Ni Multisim
• Public Policy
• Data Analysis
• Fourier Optics
• Python
• Higher Education Policy
• Database Administration
• Analog Circuit Design
• Microsoft Excel
• C++
• Spss
• Matlab
• Access
• Fourier Analysis
• Program Development