John Witherell PE

Current

• Manager, Distribution Operations, Data Integrity at DTE Energy

Past

• Manager - SE Region Planning & Design at DTE Energy
• Principal Area Leader - DMI Process Improvement at DTE Energy
• Principal Area Leader - Lines Engineering at DTE Energy

• Electrical Engineer at DTE Energy
• Electrical Design Draftsman at Giffels
• Electrical Design Draftsman at Migdal, Layne & Sachs

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Education

• Wayne State University
• Wayne State University
• Lakeview High School

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John Witherell PE’s Summary

Engineering Manager with over 30 years experience in the specification, design and construction of electric distribution systems from 5kV to 120 kV, including residential, commercial and industrial customer connections.

John Witherell PE’s Specialties:

Electric distribution system design and construction, 5kV-120kV, standards and specifications.

John Witherell PE’s Experience

• Manager, Distribution Operations, Data Integrity

  DTE Energy

  (Public Company; DTE; Utilities industry)

  August 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Responsible for development and maintenance of the DTE GIS Mapping systems and integration with various analysis engineering programs.

• Manager - SE Region Planning & Design

  DTE Energy

  (Public Company; DTE; Utilities industry)

  September 2001 — July 2009 (7 years 11 months)

  Manage the organization responsible for planning and design of the electrical distribution system and customer connections for the Southeast Region of Detroit Edison. This 341 square mile region encompasses the City of Detroit and its perimeter suburban areas including portions of Oakland and Macomb Counties. Activities of the group include System Development, System Reliability and Customer Connections for all customer classes. Total customer responsibility - 672,000 electric customers.

• Principal Area Leader - DMI Process Improvement

  DTE Energy

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Utilities industry)

  June 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 4 months)

  Lead role in the DMI (Design, Maintain & Improve the Electrical System) process efforts toward operational excellence through mapping of organizational processes, development and tracking of process measures, benchmarking industry leaders and promoting intelligent application of technology.

• Principal Area Leader - Lines Engineering

  DTE Energy

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Utilities industry)

  June 1994 — June 2000 (6 years 1 month)

  Supervised staff of 24 Engineers and technicians in developing standards and specifications for overhead and underground distribution and transmission line construction, corrosion mitigation systems, technical problem solving, and failure evaluations.

• Electrical Engineer

  DTE Energy

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Utilities industry)

  June 1978 — June 1994 (16 years 1 month)

  Increasing levels of responsibility through Supervisor in development of OH & UG line construction standards through 120 kV, development of specifications and standards for customer service equipment, contract administration and inspection of newly constructed overhead lines.

• Electrical Design Draftsman

  Giffels

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

  April 1977 — June 1978 (1 year 3 months)

• Electrical Design Draftsman

  Migdal, Layne & Sachs

  (Architecture & Planning industry)

  December 1976 — April 1977 (5 months)

John Witherell PE’s Education

• Wayne State University

  MBA , Finance , 1991 — 1994

• Wayne State University

  BSEE , Power Systems , 1968 — 1975

• Lakeview High School

  1966 — 1968

Additional Information

John Witherell PE’s Interests:

Electric Distribution Systems, Green Energy, Photography, Weaving

John Witherell PE’s Groups:

Registered Professional Engineer - MI, IEEE, EPRI, New Detroit, Leadership Detroit, Leadership Michigan, Engineering Society of Detroit, Detroit Chamber of Commerce, Detroit Artists Market, Handweavers Guild of America, New Detroit Multi-cultural Immersion Program, Motor City Connect, Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society.

•    Wayne State University Alum
•    Motor City Connect
•    Professional Engineer Society NSPE
•    Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) Business Honor Society
•    Wayne State University MBA Alumni
•    PE; Professional Engineer; Registered Professional Engineer; EIT
•    Leadership Detroit Alumni
•    Center for Creative Leadership
•    Wayne State University College of Engineering
•    Detroit Economic Club
•    Beta Gamma Sigma - The International Honor Society Recognizing Business Excellence
•    DTE Energy Employees and Alumni
•    Detroit Region Talent Network
•    Detroit Regional Chamber
•    Leadership Detroit Education Support Committee (LDesc)
•    TEDxDetroit
•    Leadership Detroit XXX
•    Leadership Michigan Class of 2003

John Witherell PE’s Honors:

Selected as member of Beta Gamma Sigma, International Business Academic Honor Society

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