JAMES N LANZALOTTA

jl4e92f8@westpost.net 330 Weber Ave NE

(860) 884-7521 North Canton OH 44720
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Software Controls Engineer, utilizing principles of controls and software engine
ering, and experience in systems to analyze, design, implement, troubleshoot, an
d test monitoring and control system software. Extensive experience in control
system models for large-scale simulations, real-time digital information systems
, functional design, licensing, DCS upgrade, and turbine/process control simulat
ion. Activities include:
* Completed software functional engineering for a real time Safety Parameter Dis
play System (SPDS) plant monitoring application.
* Designed and coded mission critical software in C++, OOP, C and FORTRAN for re
al-time plant computer applications for South Korean power plants; reviewed and
modified embedded S/W in a data acquisition system.
* Designed, implemented and integrated control system models of: a) Arkansas Nuc
lear One feed-water control system, b) Steam bypass control system and c) GE Mar
k turbine control system for Calvert Cliffs full scope simulator; these models w
ere integrated into large scale simulations of power plants; basic theory and tu
ning of PID loops for control systems,
* Performed independent verification of safety-related software requirements for
DCS upgrade, through use of a requirements traceability matrix (RTM).
* Verified non-safety software requirements for St. Lucie 1 & 2 DCS upgrade.
* Performed software licensing activities for new plant safety-related DCS takin
g into account the requirements of 10 CFR50, NRC Regulatory Guides and IEEE Stan
dards.
* Supported startup testing of Palo Verde control systems: finalized logic, wiri
ng and Field Action Requests (FARs).
CORE COMPETENCIES
Software Engineering, C/C++, JAVA, FORTRAN, UNIX, OOP, UML
SQL
DB2, database design
Simulation
Software Life-Cycle Documentation
Safety and Non-Safety Related Software Verification and Validation
Technology Product Development
Digital Information and Control System Design, Programming and Testing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Technical Consultant 2005 to 2010
Provided technical consulting while serving in Software and Digital I&C Engineer
ing positions. Five Engagements:
Sargent & Lundy, Phoenix, AZ 2010 to 2010
Software Engineer
* Modified a purchase order specification for a Plant Monitoring System (PMS) co
mputer upgrade.
Westinghouse Electric Company, Pittsburgh, PA 2008 to 2009
Principal Engineer, Software
* Designed functions for Westinghouse AP1000 Safety Parameter Display System (SP
DS), a real time plant monitoring application run on an Ovation workstation.
* Modified functional design and Matlab programming of two SPDS functional block
s (FB's). Used Matlab and Simulink to generate numerous test cases for the SPDS
FB's.
* Instantiated several hundred FB's, connecting FB's with inputs, other FB's and
outputs, and mode dependent setpoints to nearly complete the SPDS functional de
sign. Used Matlab and Simulink to model SPDS for test case generation. Used Do
ors for requirements tracking.
* Resolved and incorporated comments in a non-safety grade software development
procedure based on IEEE-12207 and other standards.
* Wrote preliminary DCS Reliability Analysis Plan including reliability analysis
requirements and methods of analysis. Schedule/manpower estimates by others in
corporated into plan.
Rev 1 Power Services at AREVA NP, Inc Alpharetta, GA 2007 - 2008
DCS Upgrade Verification Engineer (6 month Contract Position)
* As a team member, performed Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) of
safety-related software requirements for DCS upgrade, through use of a RTM.
* Tracked Software Life Cycle requirements
* Performed IEEE-1012 Software Design Analysis verifying that all software requi
rements are implemented and that no extra safety functions existed.
* Used Requisite-Pro for requirements tracking. Using SQL, generated documentat
ion for software & hardware RTM's.
* Attended one-week training for Teleperm XS hardware and software.
Granite Services Inc at General Electric Energy, Wilmington, NC 2006 - 200
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DCS Systems Engineer (8 month Contract Position)
* Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) new design licensing activit
ies.
* As a team member, prepared Safety-Related Software Management Plans for the ne
w ESBWR DCS design to meet US government regulations (10CFR50). Researched and
recommended NRC Regulatory Guides (RGs) and IEEE standards to meet NRC licensing
requirements for Safety-Related DCS (RG 1.152, NUREG-0800, IEEE-603, IEEE-7.4.3
-2, BTP-14 and others).
* Provided input to resolve NRC requests for additional information.
* Wrote selected sections of the Chapter 7 ESBWR DCD to obtain licensing certifi
cation of the ESBWR instrumentation and control design.
Myriad Technical Services at Florida Power & Light (FPL), Juno Beach, FL 200
5 - 2006
Digital Upgrade Verification Analyst (6 month Contract Position)
* Verification of digital upgrades performed on St. Lucie and planned for Turkey
Point power plants.
* The Qualified Safety Parameter Display System was in the process of being veri
fied for the Turkey Point power plant. Project vendors: Triconex for PLC platfo
rm and Westinghouse for Common Q qualified flat panel display, submitted V&V pac
kages. These V&V packages were in the process of being reviewed.
* Exported logic blocks and I/O points from the Invensys/Foxboro DCS 8.0 configu
ration database to assist verification.
* Verified requirements tested in Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for several non-
safety control and information systems implemented using Invensys/Foxboro DCS 8.
0
Laureate Online Education at University of Liverpool 2003 - 2005
Graduate Courses in Information Technology
ABB & Westinghouse Electric Company, Windsor, CT 1988 - 2003
Software Developer
Developed software for the Plant Monitoring System (PMS) for construction of Sou
th Korean power plants at Ulchin & Yonggwang.
* Worked in close collaboration with internal/external clients to gather and ide
ntify requirements, develop and review software design specification and provide
necessary end-user training.
* Designed, programmed, tested, debugged and documented Plant Monitoring System
client server applications in C/C++ (5 years), Fortran 90 (3 years) and Fortran
77 (10 years) for system, built on a HPUX UNIX platform (5 years) and on OS/32 C
oncurrent Computer platform (10 years).
* To improve technical specification monitoring and operations of the power plan
ts, developed and modified mission critical applications including:
-Critical Function Monitoring System (CFM)
-Control Element Assembly (CEA) Limit Checking
-Core Operating Limit Supervisory System (COLSS)
-Update Time Dependent Variables (UTDV)
-Human Machine Interface (HMI) displays
-Modified validation for plant sensor definition in I/O point relational databas
e
-Modified HMI screen forms for Database using RDBMS API's
-TCP/IP Interface
-Alarm List Display and Printout.
-Converted legacy Fortran 77 code to C/C++ for alarm processing
* Trained on the Ovation DCS platform.
Combustion Engineering Nuclear (CEN), Windsor, CT
Overview of four assignments with CEN
Combustion Engineering Nuclear, Windsor, CT
CONTROLS ENGINEER
* Supported Plant Startup Testing of Palo Verde nuclear control systems, finaliz
ed wiring and Field Action Requests (FARs).
Combustion Engineering Nuclear, Windsor, CT
CONTROLS ENGINEER
* Programmed Full Scope Simulator Development Project for the Calvert Cliffs Pow
er Plant.
* Converted analog control systems into digital control system simulations. Sof
tware design, implementation, testing, and documentation for digital simulations
including: a) Steam bypass control system and b) GE Mark II turbine control c)
Interposing logic
Combustion Engineering Nuclear, Windsor, CT
SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER
* Wrote software test procedures for evaluating modules in a plant monitoring co
mputer system, and modified design specification documents as required.
Combustion Engineering Nuclear, Windsor, CT
CONTROLS ENGINEER
* Converted analog control systems into digital control system simulations
* Software design, implementation, testing and documentation for feed-water cont
rol system digital simulation for Arkansas power plant; reviewed the steam bypas
s control system, and the reactor regulating system.
* For Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), new product development project,
developed fault trees for real time detection of feed-water train problems. Ana
lyzed the fault trees and plant transients to determine whether feed-water train
failures were recoverable or not.

EDUCATION
 Certificate, Information Technology (IT), Laureate Online Education at Univer
sity of Liverpool, UK
BS, Electrical Engineering (BSEE), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY