About

Raesemann Enterprises was founded in 1999 to provide technical consulting services related to the collection of data from industrial control systems and integrating those systems into the IT infrastructure of its customers.

My services revolve mainly around OSISoft’s  PI Data Archive.  I specialize in the initial specification, design, and implementation of new systems as well as reengineering existing systems.  I also develop reports and applications around existing PI systems.

This is a list of the types of work that I regularly perform:

• PI System architectures – Develop and deploy PI system architectures using the latest high availability techniques and redundant interfaces. PI systems are routinely used for vital environmental reporting and require a robust and reliable foundation to avoid regulatory complications and fines.
• ProcessBook and DataLink development
• Reporting with Excel via DataLink
• Reporting via the ODBC and OLE DB interfaces. I was an initial beta tester of these products while working at JEA.
• Web based reporting systems developed using ASP.NET
• Custom application development on the .NET platform in C# and VB.NET
• Integration with other systems including Maximo, LIMS, and others.

I also provide integration services.  I have experience with many software packages and systems commonly found in industrial environments.

• Integration with Maximo
• Integration of Maximo with Primavera P3 project scheduling software

I also have a good all around IT background.  I have experience in all aspects from the network and Cisco IOS, to physical server maintenance, the OS, applications, databases, and programming.

This is some information about my background:

Education

University of Florida.

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

Graduated 1992.

General Electrical Engineering studies with an emphasis on computer engineering.  Additional classes completed in computer programming in C, UNIX, and Operating System Design.

1992-1994 University of Florida.

Graduate studies in Electrical Engineering.

Completed 30+ credit hours of graduate level studies.  Topics included Semiconductor Physics, Advanced Computer Architecture, Microprocessor System Design, Robotics, Computer Pattern Recognition, and Computer Vision.

PI Experience:

1997 – Began using PI at Northside Generating Station, JEA in Jacksonville, FL.  Initial system was a single server running database and interface to a single Bailey Net 90 DCS.  After moving to the IT department, I designed an enterprise wide PI system.  This system collected data from 5 steam units and 9 combustion turbines at 3 generating stations, 26 potable water plants, 2 waste water plants, and 700 waste water lift stations.  The system collected close to 65,000 points when I left JEA.  If has now expanded to over 150,000.  The original design was able to scale to this point without any major modification.  In many ways we pioneered the use of a large centralized PI system at JEA.  We were building a large central server while most other PI customers were still using many small local PI servers.

I have presented several times at the PI users conference relating to our innovations in the use of PI.

I delivered user presentations at the OSI Users Conference in 1999, 2000, and 2001.  I also delivered a presentation at the 2002 user forum in Orlando.

Raesemann Enterprises is now a member of the OSIsoft vCampus. This allows access to all of the latest PI software enabling me to stay up to date and produce proof of concept models.

PI Users Conference Presentations:

1999 – Enterprise PI – How do I manage all of this?

2000 – PI for the Enterprise – How JEA’s single PI server serves the company’s real-time data needs

2001 – Asset Utilization – An example of an application built around the PI server

Professional Background

1989-1992, 1994-1995 Jacksonville Electric Authority

Engineering Co-op/Temporary Employee.

I started working the Environmental Affairs Department where I initially setup and ran pollution dispersion models to demonstrate compliance with permitted requirements and compiled annual operating reports which calculated emissions based on the amount of fuel burned and chemical composition of the fuel.

I eventually came to support the office network, file server, and workstations.  I also developed a series of database applications tracking items such as permit expirations, department deadlines, PCB tested transformers, and many other miscellaneous items.

In 1994 with Clean Air Act requirements looming, I was transferred to Northside Generating Station to work on the Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) Project.  My experience with embedded systems, C programming, and UNIX systems were needed in debugging and commissioning the system prior to the Jan 1, 1995 deadline for Phase II systems.  I also had the background in Environmental matters.

1995-2000 JEA started as Engineer II and finished as a Systems Project Leader.

I was hired as a permanent employee in 1995 and put in charge of the CEMS system.  There were still many bugs in the reporting system to workout and many regulatory issues stood in the way of system certification.  I worked with the vendor to eliminate the bugs and the reporting system and worked with regulatory personnel to insure system certification.  I also developed the Preventative Maintenance plan for the systems and trained 5 I&C technicians to perform system maintenance, system calibrations, and Relative Accuracy Test Audits (RATA’s).

I was also in charge of all PLC systems at 3 plants.  The PLC’s were originally installed and maintained by different groups at different plants.  JEA reorganized its maintenance force in 1995 and consolidated everyone at the Northside plant.  The other two plants were supported from this central facility. PLC systems had been installed by several groups and there was a general lack of consensus resulting in many different brands, implemented in many different ways.  Documents, code, and drawings were spread everywhere or non existent.  I inventoried all of the systems, insured that we had source code, programming software, and cables for everything.  I deployed laptop computers with a standard setup for PLC programming and maintenance.  I setup a revision control system for all PLC code.

In 1998 I moved to the IT department.  I acted as the liaison between the various automation groups on the company and the IT department.  I designed and deployed the central PI system and insured that every control system in the company was integrated with PI.  I coordinated IT support and advised on every major HMI and SCADA system.  These duties included insuring that computer equipment was somewhat standardized, specifying servers, network equipment, etc.  I also coordinated Y2K testing of all of these systems.

2000 – Present
Raesemann Enterprises, Inc.