Todd Upton

Twenty years of study in the electrical infrastructure of society, from fossil fuel power generation, including alternative energy concepts, to utility systems distribution protocols and long distance high voltage transmission line engineering. I am college educated, I am union trained, as a well documented and experienced journeyman lineman. I have operated semi-tractors towing double trailers to Delta, set concrete vaults using mobile cranes, to building electrical transmission lines under helicopters. I have a fundamental understanding of the way in which electricity affects our lives. I had the priveldge to work with a special international team who built one of the most powerful battery banks on planet earth in my hometown. I helped with the design of the beam suspension system for Fermilab's tevatron. Currently I am working from home on the dynamic analysis modeling of city power grids, in an attempt to build mobile applications for use to integrate distributed power generation. I am an avocate for open-source programming, and creative commons libraries. I enjoy websites like Shodan, Sourceforge and Github. I am an amateur rocketry aficionado, cookbook ghostwriter and self-proclaimed pizza expert. I married the love of my life. I am a parent, with one son.