Personnel Profiles

CENTURIES OF EXPERIENCE!

PAL Turbine Services, LLC. has the most experienced staff of GE-trained field engineers and consultants in the turbine service business. Our staff of Senior Consulting Engineers and other technical consultants are all graduates of the Field Engineering Program (FEP). Several are also graduates of the gas or large steam turbine/generator start-up programs. All have had advanced technical training at the OEM’s training center in Schenectady, including courses in turbine and generator maintenance, repair practices, start-up and various eras of control systems.

PAL has specialists in Fuel Regulator and Speedtronic™ Mark I thru VI for gas turbine control & protection systems. On steam turbines, we have other specialists on mechanical-hydraulic controls (MHC), electro-hydraulic controls (EHC) and Speedtronic™ Mark V & VI. Also, we have wind turbine controls experts in Bachmann and ESS (a variation of Mark VI).

Most of our permanent staff members are accomplished in the use of our Olympus I-plex borescope. Thus, you can rest assured that an expert will be sent to inspect your gas or steam turbine. A PAL team member reviews all findings before a final report is issued.

As an added benefit to our clients, our PAL provides technical expertise to those working in the field, usually at no added expense, when one of our engineers is on an assignment for a client. In short, if you hire one of us you get the expertise of us all. No red tape; no chains of command; only prompt and accurate technical advice.

Of course, the use of the Turbine Online Problem Solving (TOPS) service is always available to our engineers and clients. In summary, if you need field engineering services on GE gas, steam or wind turbine/generators, contact PAL Turbine Services, INC.

PAL TURBINE SERVICES STAFF

DAVID LUCIER
FOUNDER, General Manager
(42 years gas turbine)- VIEW RESUME

CHARLIE POND
FOUNDER, Senior Staff Engineer
(32 years gas turbine and aero-derivative experience) - VIEW RESUME

ALFRED SHUMAN
Senior Staff Engineer
(41 years gas turbine experience) - VIEW RESUME

NANCY NICHOLAS
OFFICE MANAGER
(18 years gas turbine industry experience)- VIEW RESUME

MARCIA BAILEY
Marketing Mgr. & Training Coordinator
(13 years gas turbine industry experience) - VIEW RESUME

SENIOR CONSULTING ENGINEERS

NEIL ADAMSON
Senior Consulting Engineer
(32 years gas turbine and aero-derivative experience) - VIEW RESUME

CARLO BARRERA
Senior Consulting Engineer
(31 years gas turbine controls and mechanical)- VIEW RESUME

A.G. (JERRY) CARLANDER
Senior Technical Advisor
(30 years gas and steam turbine experience)- VIEW RESUME

RAY DUELL
Senior Consulting Engineer
(42 years gas turbine mechanical and controls)- VIEW RESUME

SENIOR CONSULTANTS

In addition, several other GE-trained engineers, each with over 20 years of experience, can be made available to our clients:

CARLOS A. SANOJA
Consulting Engineer
(29 years gas turbine mechanical experience)- VIEW RESUME

JOHN MITCHELL
Engineering Consultant
(41 years steam turbine experience) - VIEW RESUME

DOUGLAS LEMMO, P.E.
Engineering Consultant
(39 Years steam-generator turbine experience) - VIEW RESUME

DENNIS LEDBETTER
Engineering Consultant
(32 Years gas and steam turbine experience) - VIEW RESUME

SAL PAOLUCCI
Engineering Consultant
(32 years gas and steam turbine experience) - VIEW RESUME

TOM HUFF
Engineering Consultant
(41 years gas and steam turbine experience) - VIEW RESUME

HAROLD E. HERMANCE
Engineering Consultant
(41 years experience on GE steam turbine generators and drive system components) - VIEW RESUME

MARK COHEN
Engineering Consultant
(31 years gas and steam turbine experience) - VIEW RESUME

DUANE JELLY
Engineering Consultant
(12 years gas & steam Speedtronic™ controls experience) - VIEW RESUME

MECHANICAL ASSISTANTS

Mechanical Assistants (MA) serve as "second men" on outages where the work scope requires same-shift coverage with a PAL Technical Advisor (TA). Due to the complexity of the job for some turbines (ex. 7EA-DLN and 7FA), PAL sometimes recommends double coverage to assure efficiency and safety. Our MA's are fully trained for second-shift coverage under the supervision of the day shift TA:

ALBERT (KIM) GRAFF
In addition to being a PAL-trained MA, Kim is also the hydraulics and fuel system specialist. He rebuilds Young & Franklin fuel regulators, OilGear and NY Airbrake fuel pumps and Y&F gas control and stop valves.

CHARLES "SKIP" BECK
In addition to being a PAL-trained MA, Skip is also a licensed plumber and experienced pipe fitter. He is a trained assistant on hydraulics and fuel system rebuilds. He assists Kim Graff in the rebuild of Young & Franklin fuel regulators, OilGear and NY Airbrake fuel pumps and Y&F gas control and stop valves.

CHARLES "CHUCK" HABEREK
In addition to being PAL-trained MA, Chuck is also a diesel engine specialist. He owns and operates Haberek’s Auto Diesel Machine shop in Amsterdam, NY. He has rebuilt Cummins diesel starting engines for MS5001M gas turbines and done troubleshooting on Detroit diesels for MS6001B gas turbines.

ELECTRIC ASSISTANTS

Electrical Assistants (EA) serve as "second men" on outages where the work scope requires same-shift coverage with a PAL Technical Advisor (TA). Due to the complexity of testing and calibration jobs, sometimes an EA will be used to support the work of the turbine controls specialist. Our EA's are fully trained for second-shift coverage under the supervision of the day shift TA.

DAVE GRAFF
Dave is a licensed electrician and an experienced hydraulic specialist who served twenty years in the national guard. He is an accomplished wiring specialist and wired turbine control panels and has built circuit boards. He is an able assistant for calibrating gas turbine controls.