Mike Stevenson

Solar, leading the engineering team designing the company's utility scale tracker systems from 20 MW to 300 MW

• Customer-facing engineer engaging utilities on the design, construction, and commissioning of Sunfolding’s solar trackers in solar farm projects
• Created standards for internal design process using Solidworks/AutoCAD/Excel data linking and Python scripts
• Created categories for standard tracker configurations & associated calculations
• Created a system to input raw data and export BoM quantities as well as providing a first cut of site/system configuration, drastically cutting down on design time and engineering manpower requirements -Advise R&D team on feasible design changes to equipment that would lower project cost and increase system operational efficiency, reduce build times, and simplify the overall system
• Extensive use of Solidworks FEA in modeling of components - Database creation for future GIS integration and operations management use.

• Led efforts to modernize NYCT’s communications network at the 207th
• St Yard by upgrading SONET system to
• DWDM fiber network
• Served as liason between NYCT’s engineers and TC Electric’s construction management
• Coordinated schedules between NYCT and TC Electric crews/subcontractors -Led field surveys and created database detailing new versus installed equipment and lat/long locations, survey photos, and as-built drawings using ArcGIS and AutoCAD -Project scope management, cost management, earned value management.

• Led team of 3 Project Engineers in the design of the Wireless Train Arrival System, a project valued at $20M, completed ahead of schedule in less than 9 months
• Heavy use of Solidworks, Inventor, rapid prototyping and 3D printing -Led engineering team exploring the development of the Above Ground Network
• Responsible for preliminary project planning, construction scheduling, order scheduling, and project management up to project kick-off
• Work with construction department on any change orders, RFIs, submittals, purchase requisitions, invoices, schedules; adjust designs as appropriate
• Provided leadership, coaching, and mentoring to 3 Project Engineers, ensuring all personnel continue development of technical and personal skills while achieving design objectives of project
• Collaborated with OSP Design Manager, Construction Manager, and Engineering Director to determine team’s resource requirements for the successful completion of projects
• Key Projects:
• Wi-Fi B-Division Train Arrival System for 271 Underground and Above Ground Stations Supplemental Dark Fiber for
• MTA IT Backhaul
• Above-ground Network Expansion – Feasibility Study and Business Development Support

• Lead team of Design Engineers and Field Engineers in the construction of the Outside Plant portion of the NYC
• Subway neutral host DAS system, a project valued at $100M, 18 months ahead of schedule
• Resolved RFIs, developed change orders, assisted in estimating, managed inventory levels, and served as coordinator between Contractor, New York City Transit, and Transit Wireless
• Reviewed purchase requisitions for goods and services in Oracle to ensure accurate cost coding and sufficient materials are being ordered to maintain minimum inventory levels
• Review vendor invoices to ensure proper documentation and to ensure invoices are only paid when receiving records are completed in full
• Assisted Project Manager and coordinated with other Project Engineers in order to ensure all disciplines were aligned to meet common objectives
• Coordinate between primary contractors, city agencies, Verizon/ECS, and third party contractors to ensure all permitting was complete and jobs coordinated in the appropriate build order.

• Responsible for planning, surveying, and design of Outside Plant (OSP) Fiber Network to support the 277
• Underground Stations, Base Station Hotels, 3rd Party Backhaul sites, etc
• Manage AutoCAD and Inventor design standards, drawing packages, test results, etc
• Plan designs in such a way as to balance cost with construction feasibility and rapid deployment
• Focus on standardization of designs to minimize rework, redesign, and construction errors
• OTDR management, troubleshooting, damaged cable remediation
• Radio access network planning, modeling and testing using IBWave

• Created and managed design drawings in AutoCAD, Microstation, Inventor, and Solidworks for transmission-line related projects
• Worked with engineers to create new design of standard switching structure to lower cost of frequent replacements
• Digitized paper records (many of which were incomplete or missing), created a database to manage these and give Operations Engineers impedance calculations automatically (MS Access) -Analyses of this data in PLS-CADD for NERC/FERC compliance