Kathleen Williams

Current

• Engineer II at Midwest ISO

Past

• Sr. Analyst IT at Exelon
• Engineer – Business Performance (January 2004 – August 2005) at Exelon
• Engineer – Reliability and Power Quality (June 2003 – December 2003) at Exelon

• Professional Engineering Intern (Summer 2002) at Exelon
• Webpage Manager, Graduate Studies and Continuing Education at Valparaiso University
• Internet Technician and Web Author at Surfnet Inc

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Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology
• Valparaiso University

Connections

25 connections

Industry

Utilities

Websites

• My Website

Kathleen Williams’s Summary

To continue a challenging full-time position in the electricity and energy market using talents and skills in the field of electrical and power engineering.

Kathleen Williams’s Specialties:

SCADA, ABB Applications, State Estimator, Power System Modeling, Transmission Operations, Power Systems Security, Energy Management Systems, Ranger, Network Manager Applications, Computer Modeling and Simulation, Reliability Analysis, PI-Historian, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, UNIX systems, Power Systems Analysis, Power Market Operations, Power Systems Reliability, Power Systems Planning, Power Systems Relaying, Power Operations and Control, Optimization, Power Engineering

Kathleen Williams’s Experience

• Engineer II

  Midwest ISO

  (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Utilities industry)

  February 2008 — Present (6 months)

  EMS Application Engineer

• Sr. Analyst IT

  Exelon

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

  September 2005 — February 2008 (2 years 6 months)

  Sr. Analyst IT – BSC IT ED Real Time (September 2005 – February 2008)
  
  • Maintained computer model data for real-time operations
  • Managed ratings between operations, engineering, and PJM
  • Analyzed failures in power systems security in real-time
  • Determined and fixed data discrepancies in network model
  • Provided off-hours support to customers

• Engineer – Business Performance (January 2004 – August 2005)

  Exelon

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

  January 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 8 months)

  • Completed GIS maps and Analysis for presentation
  • Worked on PowerPoint presentations for upper management
  • Worked on ASP web pages
  • Worked on business plans and developed business scorecards
  • Transformed GIS data using programming skills

• Engineer – Reliability and Power Quality (June 2003 – December 2003)

  Exelon

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

  June 2003 — December 2003 (7 months)

  • Studied bus voltages and voltmeter violations
  • Inspected distribution circuits for reliability issues
  • Performed reliability analysis and fusing coordination
  • Determined and helped implement additional cost savings in asset management of equipment

• Professional Engineering Intern (Summer 2002)

  Exelon

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

  May 2002 — August 2002 (4 months)

  • Performed engineering field research and design
  • Investigated technical and field problems
  • Performed reliability analysis
  • Worked on independent and team projects
  • Investigated line clearance citations and engineered solutions

• Webpage Manager, Graduate Studies and Continuing Education

  Valparaiso University

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 1999 — May 2002 (2 years 9 months)

  • Designed and managed web pages for Valparaiso University
  • Developed online application and online forms
  • Worked independently from home
  • Developed pages for multiple departments across VU

• Internet Technician and Web Author

  Surfnet Inc

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  August 1998 — May 2000 (1 year 10 months)

  • Helped customers with Internet related problems
  • Designed and authored websites
  • Local newspapers featured my accomplished work done designing the first Schererville, IN police dept website as a teenager

Kathleen Williams’s Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  MECE, Power Engineering, 2004 — 2007

  Master of Electrical and Computer Engineering with major in Power Systems Engineering

  Activities and Societies:

  IEEE

• Valparaiso University

  BSEE, Electrical Engineering, 1999 — 2003

  Activities and Societies:

  Alpha Phi Omega, IEEE, Volunteering

Additional Information

Kathleen Williams’s Websites:

• My Website

Kathleen Williams’s Interests:

ieee, star trek, power engineering, energy, electricity, engineering, tennis

Kathleen Williams’s Groups:

IEEE

Kathleen Williams’s Honors:

Valedictorian

Kathleen Williams’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch