1. Daniel M Finley
325 Brant Creek Circle, St. Mary’s, GA 31558 H: 518-925-9793
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Summary
Naval Nuclear Electrician’sMate First class with over 8 years in the United States navy. Hand Selected as a Junior Staff Instructor at
NPTU Ballston Spa specialized in reactor safety sub-systems. Served onboard USS West Virginia (SSBN 736) for four years, bringing
West Virginia out of an Engineering Refueling Overhaul to become a strategic asset. A nuclear operator with over 6 years of wide
operational experiencerangingfrom land-based prototype, shipyard availability,and operational strategic asset. A solution-focused,
dedicated asset that is adaptable to all environments.
Highlights
 Top Secret Security Clearance
 Electrical Equipment TroubleshootingExpert
 Electrical Equipment MaintenanceExpert
 CPR Qualified
 Experienced Operator
 Experienced in Electric Power Generation and Distribution
 Instructor and Leader
 Electrical Safety Expert
Accomplishments
 Awarded Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal 2014 for leadingthe expedited repair of a Fast Speed Reactor Coolant
Pump CircuitBreaker whilecritical atsea.
 Junior Sailor of the Quarter West Virginia for quarter 3 of 2013
 Meritorious Unitof Commendation, January 2015
 LPO at sea of Electrical Division for 18 months whileonboard West Virginia May 2014 - Feb 2016
 Commended on for high level of knowledge during Operation Reactor Safeguard Examination verbal interviews.
 Awarded Navy Achievement Medal during2016 ORSE for “forceful watch-team backup”for procedural compliance
Experience
12/2008 to Current
Electrician'sMate1st Class SubmarineQualified,Nuclear (EMN1/SS) United States Navy SubbaseKings Bay, GA
USS West Virginia, SSBN 736 Gold (April 2013 - Current)
 NEC 3364 Propulsion PlantSupervisor
 Qualified EngineeringWatch Supervisor and Engineering Duty Petty Officer
 Stands watch on generators, switchboard,control equipment and electrical equipment.
 Operates and performs organizational, intermediate, and corrective maintenance and troubleshooting on power
and lightingcircuits,electrical fixtures, AC and DC motors, AC and DC generators, voltage and frequency regulators,
controllers,distribution switchboards/circuitbreakers and other electrical equipment.
 Qualified and Stood electrical operator for 4 Patrols and 3 deployments, 3 Operational Safeguard Examinations
 LPO at sea for 18 Months. Supervised 11 electricians in career development, maintenance planningand operations
around the arduous SSBN operational schedule.
 Planned and performed Primary Reactor Maintenance for the Division as RPPMS Petty Officer for Electrical Division
 3M Workcenter Supervisor responsiblefor planningand executingthousands of man-hours planned maintenance
 QA Planner and Workcenter Supervisor: Responsiblefor the writingof all controlled and formal work packages in
the division and planningall maintenancewithin the SUBSAFE and Nuclear level 1 material Boundaries.
 Expert in Reactor Protection Analysis,Reactor Kinetics,General Chemistry, General Physics,Heat Transfer and
Fluid Flow,Turbine/Motor Generator Operation,Motors/Generators, Ship’s Battery and CircuitBreaker Operation.
 Commanding Officer’s Phone talker for Battle stations Missile.Hand Chosen for communications skillsto lead the
procedure for the Ships primary mission of firingballistic missiles.
 Implemented the revision to the NSTM 300 incorporatingArc Flash to naval electrical operations.Conducted
command wide trainingto ensure proper implementation.
Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) Ballston Spa—S8G Prototype (May 2010 to March 2013)
 NEC-9502 Instructor tour at NPTU Ballston Spa. Trained over 1200 students to operate nuclear reactors atsea.
Coordinated lesson plans, classroomseminars,propulsion plant maintenance,exam writing/proctoring,and
operations.
 Worked to maintain the agingReactor Fill Subsystem,Emergency Diesel Generators and 4160Vswitchgear to meet
the stringent requirements of a land based reactor plant. Qualified Reactor Fill Diesel RoomWatch.
 Department of Energy Gage Calibration Certification.Performed several hundred hours of testing, quality
assuranceand repair of pressure/temperature switches and transducers acrossthepropulsion plant.

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Education
Nuclear Field ‘A’ School –Goose Creek, SC
Nuclear Field Power School–Goose Creek, SC
Naval Nuclear Power TrainingUnit --Ballston Spa,NY
CircuitBreakers and Controllers—TTF Kings Bay, GA
Electric Generator Regulator Operations—TTF Kings Bay,GA
Dutch Fork High School,Irmo, SC