DES Biography
The DES team is led by individuals with depth and breadth
of experience in many diverse backgrounds and industries. This synergistic team
is able to create value for our customers by changing the way our customers view
their problems and opportunities and providing a new perspective on what has
typically become routine operation.
Cliff McClain - President
Cliff brings
extensive knowledge of plant operations to the DES family of companies. His
unique background in Pulp & Paper, petrochemical, and utility industries from
unit operations to facility superintendent offering our client base a unique
resource to find practical solutions to complex operational issues. These
solutions are not limited to technical issues but can extend to a variety of
start up and commissioning, facility operations, and training issues to maximize
production and minimize facility cost.
This unique perspective developed from twenty plus years of experience has
resulted in numerous project successes for our client base. Cliff is
actively involved in the Technical Association
of Pulp and Paper Industries (TAPPI) as an instructor and several other professional
organizations in support of industry.
Ron
L. Childress - Director of R&D
Ron is the primary research investigator for Dynamic Energy Systems, LLC. He
has been actively involved in the development of advanced software and control
system platforms throughout his career. His primary focus has been in the heavy
industrial and utility sectors for 20 years. During the last 12 years Ron has
developed several innovative Real Time Pricing control technologies to solve
complex control problems.
To satisfy the needs of large-scale energy management Ron developed a rule based
controller for which he holds an applications patent and has expanded system
functionality with additional patents pending. The result is the development of
a new class of Energy Management and Report Systems (EMRS) that solve the most
difficult process control problems and presented in many technical papers and
journals.
James
E. Robinson PE, P.Eng CEM, CEP
Jim has thirty plus years of experience in the execution of power and control
system projects in the industrial and utility sectors. His early work includes
R&D support developing mining equipment, field liaison engineering and senior
design engineering positions for Catalytic Construction. He joined Honeywell in
1979 to work on the emerging Distributed Control Systems and PLC technologies
where he rotated through marketing, turnkey and delivered projects, and product
development.
In 1990 Jim started his first company with a desire to develop a new class of
Energy Management System and the related engineering support services to solve
today’s energy problems. For 13 years Jim acted as a Principal Project Engineer
developing Energy and System Audit Techniques and executing energy projects
while he earned his CEM, CEP and Canadian Professional Engineering License and
published several papers in the energy field. Jim joined DES to implement EMRS
to reduce heavy industrial energy usage.
