Kent Steven Prieskorn has over 30 years of experience managing projects in power generation plants. He has comprehensive experience in areas such as plant operations, maintenance, controls engineering, contract negotiations, and financial modeling. Prieskorn holds a Bachelor's degree in Oceanographic Technology/Engineering and has managed teams and multi-million dollar projects around the world for companies including GE Energy and System4 of Atlanta. He currently works as a senior controls engineer providing technical leadership and contract management for power and water companies.
Experienced power plant manager and controls engineer resume
1. Kent Steven Prieskorn
1602 Allsworth Court
Smyrna, Georgia 30082
(407)-488-0408
Summary of Qualifications: Comprehensive experience in management of projects in Power Generating Plants, Long
Term Service Agreements (LTSA) with emphasis on FA Technology, advanced controls, budget controllership, personnel
management, financial portfolio management, financial modeling, Six Sigma methods, mathematics, Plant installation,
start-up & operation and long term contractual sales & administration. Major Outage planning and technical issues
management for Gas & Steam Turbines, Aero-Derivative Gas Turbines, Balance of Plant, Water Systems and Diesel
Engines. Wholly competent in the utilization of computers for Engineering, Computations, Finance, all aspects of
reporting, word-processing, task management and communications.
Education: Bachelor of Science, Oceanographic Technology/Engineering
Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida
Graduated with Honors August 1988. Self-financed education.
Additional Education: Advanced Process Control Systems, Distributive Control Systems, Microprocessors, Gas &
Steam Turbine Advanced Controls, Finance, Long Term Service Agreement Modeling, ISO 9000, Change Acceleration
Management, Managerial Effectiveness Techniques, Contract Negotiations and Contractual Terms.
Professional Experience:
Control System Technologies, Orlando, FL., USA August 2010
GM Engineering/Senior Controls Engineer Senior Consultant Legal Terms and Technical Issues management for the
USVI-WAPA LPG Conversion Project on the two Islands of St Croix and St Thomas. Lead the Installation, check-
out, Start-up and Control Modifications for the whole Plant DCS retrofit in a 2xLM2500 Combined Cycle Power
Plant. Produce Technical Specifications and Quotes for Control System Projects. Provide Complete Control retrofits
for Steam Turbines and Gas Turbines and provide on-site Control Modifications as required. Provide the Technical
Leadership to solve Control issues for Major Power and Water Companies Worldwide. Review new Contract Terms,
Conditions and Technical specifications and make recommendations to protect the interests of Power Companies.
System4 of Atlanta, Atlanta Ga., USA
Consultant: January 6, 2010 to August 2010: Provide operational direction to New Owner of System 4 of Atlanta
April 2005 to February 2010
General Manager Operations & Maintenance and Sales System4 of Atlanta Grew Company from $0 to $1.5MM in
annual revenue in 1 year. Profit and Loss responsibility. Managed financial aspects of the Company as well as the
hiring and training of the Sales, Operations and Management teams in the Building Services industry. Expanded
services offered to Electrical Controls. Managed 7 employees and 80 Business Owners. Drove Quality and Customer
Satisfaction down to all levels of the Company.
GE Energy/Contractual Services, Atlanta, Ga., November 1998 to April 2005:
Manager Customer Value & Commercial Applications: Develop Power Plant contract terms, conditions,
guarantees, mobilization budgets and long-term financial models for Power Plant Operation & Maintenance (O&M)
budgets and lead contract negotiations worldwide and Model Long Term Service Agreements (LTSA) inside O&M
agreements. Maintain all financial models and updates for multi million dollar O&M & LTSA Portfolio. Direct 25
Plant Managers in contractual finance reporting and modeling of Power Plants & LTSA worldwide including
Combined, Simple and Coal Pants. Direct Power Plant Outage Planning and implementation of major performance
enhancements to increase Plant revenues with emphasis on FA technology. Review Operation and Maintenance
procedures.
Manager of Operations Central US & Canada: Responsibility for hiring and management of Power Plant &
Contract Managers for Central US/Canada Region. Provided the Leadership to analyze the needs and requirements
for all present and future maintenance outages at Power Plants and analyze LTSA parts needs and rotation. Drove
financial success at all levels in each project to meet profitability goals. Managed Technical issues for Gas & Steam
Turbines, Gas Compressors and
Balance of Plant at all Projects.