Scott Picco is seeking an engineering management or senior engineering position involving renewable energy products. He has over 15 years of experience in electrical engineering, project management, and product certification for renewable energy equipment. This includes extensive knowledge of relevant standards and managing large certification projects up to 1 year in length for clients in the US, Europe, and Asia.

1. 3262 W. Armitage Ave. Scott D. Picco 773.318.0114
Unit 2 scottdpicco@gmail.com
Chicago, IL 60647
Objective:
To obtain an engineering management or senior engineering position for renewable energy products or
services in safety certification, controls, testing, continuous improvement, or quality at a growing, people-
oriented, high-technology consumer, electrical/electronic, or certification agency / national recognized
testing laboratory where I can use my strong analytical, detail-oriented and interpersonal skills along with
my exceptional project management skills to improve services and products, reduce costs and lead times,
delight customers, and help and mentor others all the while engaging in new challenges and learning
experiences.
Summary of Qualifications:
Extensive experience in electrical engineering, project management, and product certification gained as a
project engineer/manager in the Energy Division of UL LLC. This includes an extensive knowledge of UL,
ANSI, IEC, CSA, NFPA 70 (NEC), and IEEE standards for conducting certification investigations for a
variety of products concentrated in renewable energy including: power conversion and grid interactive
equipment, wind turbine converters, solar panels and photovoltaic equipment, lithium ion cells, and battery
packs. I am a self-motivated professional, capable of working independently or as part of a team.
Professional Experience:
UL LLC, Northbrook, IL, USA – Engineering Program Manager - 9/30/15 – Present
Under my position as an Engineering Program and Global Business Development Manager, I focus on
global business development, technical sales outreach and training, and program optimization in the Energy
Systems & E-Mobility Segment of UL's Energy and Power Technologies Division of UL LLC.
This requires an extensive knowledge of UL, ANSI, IEC, CSA, NFPA 70 (NEC), and IEEE standards used
in conducting certification investigations for a variety of products concentrated in distributed generation,
energy storage systems, power conversion and grid interactive equipment, wind turbine converters, solar
panels and photovoltaic equipment, lithium ion cells, microgrids, and battery packs.
Other job functions include:
• Leads business development into new program / service offerings in UL Energy & Power
Technologies Division (E&PT).
• Manages large certification projects of power conversion equipment ranging up to 1 year
completion times, for clients in USA, Europe, and Asia, and for equipment ranging up to 2 MW is
size.
• Leads technical sales department for inverters and other solar equipment within UL’s E&PT
Division.
• Standards development and creating new UL service offerings with viable value propositions.
• Creation of training materials and qualification of new technical and sales staff.
• Identification of new talent to match demand associated with new UL service offerings.
• Forecasting future demand for budgeting and P&L considerations.

2. UL LLC, Northbrook, IL, USA – Staff Engineer - 10/1/12 – 9/30/15
• Managed large certification projects of power conversion equipment ranging up to 1 year
completion times, for clients in USA, Europe, and Asia, and for equipment ranging up to 2 MW is
size.
• Led several Katas to improve job aid tools, internal and external training documents, form
documents for certification processes, and customer facing activities.
• Lead revision efforts of UL standards (UL 1741) via participation with Standard Technical Panels
(STP).
• Served as technical lead for sales and attended several trade shows in Europe as well as USA.
• Conducted first preliminary investigation for IEC 62109-1 and -2 and involved with IEC 62109
developments within UL.
UL International GmbH, Neu-Isenberg, Germany – Senior Project Engineer - 04/18/11 – 09/29/12
• Served as technical lead and trainer for development of new inverter engineering staff during a
long term assignment at UL’s Germany office in Frankfurt, Germany.
• Setup and optimized UL Germany Inverter laboratory and assisted with laboratory staff
development and equipment optimization and qualification.
• Managed a group of 5 engineers and 4 laboratory technicians including technical development,
daily scheduling, and evaluating work assignments to develop a master schedule for multiple
projects to facilitate proper usage of limited labor resources.
• Assisted UL sales staff as a subject matter expert with new client acquisitions including tradeshow
participation (Intersolar, Munich, Solar Power International, etc…).
Underwriters Laborites Inc., Northbrook, IL – Engineer, Associate Project Engineering, and Project
Engineer - 12/19/05 –04/15/11
• Regional Lead Reviewer (RLR) for UL 1741 related categories in UL Energy division since
November 2009. Also qualified L3 reviewer in all associated distributed resource equipment.
• Developed several certification requirement decisions (CRD’s) with UL 1741 Principal
Designated Engineer including creating the requirements for non-isolated (transformerless)
inverters now used for evaluations of these products by UL LLC.
• Main technical lead for SMA Solar Technology (UL’s largest inverter client and global market leader).
• Created UL 1741 Inverter Training and lead training with UL Asia and UL Europe staff.
• Conducted product certifications of renewable energy equipment including construction
assessment, NEC compliance, testing, data analysis, and final compliance assessment to the
applicable standard
Kinder Morgan, Shorewood, IL - Measurement Technician - 2/9/04 – 12/16/05
• Responsible for the installation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of a variety of equipment
directly affecting the accuracy of natural gas measurement and control facilities at 30 transmission
sites located throughout the Chicagoland area.
• Maintained and optimized/repaired flow computers, PLC’s, gas chromatographs, gas quality
analyzers, SCADA equipment, microwave radio communication, electronic and pneumatic
controllers, regulators, electronic transducers, relief valves, turbine meters, and ultrasonic meters.

3. Additional Experience and Rewards:
• UL Mark of Excellence Award (2010) for work with “Fast Track” PV module program.
• Qualified Regional Lead Reviewer (RLR) for UL 1741 Distributed Generation Equipment.
• Qualified Reviewer for all distributed resource and renewable energy equipment
• College of Engineering Dean's List (all semesters)
• President SIU Chapter, Tau Alpha Pi national EET honors society
• College of Engineering Scholarship
Education
• Southern Illinois University Carbondale - College of Engineering
• B.S., Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) – Graduation: 12/15/03 – GPA: 3.72 / 4.0
• Course work: Circuit analysis, digital design and programming, assembly language programming,
micro-controllers, embedded systems, magnetic circuits, transistors and amplifiers, Control
systems, Electronic Communications, PLC applications, Data Acquisition Systems, and DC / AC
power systems.