Independent Metrology Consultant at M Taylor Quality & Metrology Consultations LLC (2017-01 – Present)
- Registered independent metrology practice; self-directed projects and continued professional development in calibration, measurement uncertainty, and ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory practice.
Senior Metrologist (Contract) at DTE Energy, Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant (2024-01 – 2026-01)
- Returned to the Fermi 2 metrology laboratory as a contract senior metrologist; performed calibration and inspection of measuring & test equipment across dimensional, electrical, pressure, vacuum, flow, leak-rate, torque, temperature, and humidity disciplines with full traceability.
- Leading contributor to the laboratory refurbishment — rewrote and adapted Fluke MET/CAL automated measurement procedures to integrate new equipment; developed uncertainty budgets and inter-laboratory comparisons; authored reports on nonconforming and out-of-control M&TE.
Senior Metrologist at DTE Energy, Fermi 2 Nuclear Power Plant (1987-01 – 2017-12)
Retired December 2017 after 30+ years.
- Operated a full-scope nuclear metrology laboratory with a strong focus on flow, leak-rate, pressure, and vacuum calibration, plus voltage, current, resistance, frequency, temperature, humidity, torque, dimensional, and radiation/radioactive-source instrument calibration.
- Responsible for laboratory management, uncertainty budgets, inter-laboratory comparisons, vendor calibration coordination, laboratory budget management, outage preparation, customer relations, and customer-base development; authored reports on failed calibrations, lost M&TE, and loss-of-control issues.
- Advanced the laboratory's use of metrology software applications and measurement-data integrity.
Technical Specialist — Supplier Calibration & Quality Audits (Nuclear & Aerospace) at Various Nuclear & Aerospace Suppliers (1990-01 – 2010-12)
- Performed source surveillances, commercial-grade dedication, and NUPIC audits of calibration facilities for the nuclear power industry, including: Keithley Instruments (Orlando, FL); TRW Space Electronics (Redondo Beach, CA); Northrop Grumman Calibration Laboratories (Redondo Beach, CA); AKO Torque Specialties (Enfield, CT — three engagements); Sencore Instruments (Sioux Falls, SD); Consumers Electric Laboratory Services (Jackson, MI); and Stephens Analytical (Montreal, Quebec).
U.S. Navy Instrumentman (Metrology) at USS Fulton Submarine Tender (1983-01 – 2011-12)
Active duty 1984–1987 (USS Fulton, AS-11); Naval Reserve thereafter, with active-duty recall 2006–2008.
- Physical/dimensional calibration specialist in the ship's Metrology & Calibration (MIRCS) Laboratory: repaired and calibrated pressure, vacuum, submarine-depth, altimeter, temperature, dimensional, torque, flow, and time-measurement instruments used on nuclear-powered submarines, both onboard and in the laboratory, including oxygen-clean calibration of pressure and flow instrumentation.
- Performed radiation-detection / health-physics instrument calibration and maintained the associated measurement standards for radiation-contaminated equipment.
Electronics Technician at Southwire Corporation
- Repaired a variety of electronic equipment used in a wire-manufacturing plant.
Adjunct Instructor of Metrology at Monroe County Community College (2010-01 – 2025-01)
- Taught six courses spanning metrology, quality, statistics, and electronics; responsibilities included instruction, test-equipment maintenance, design of training laboratories and lab exercises, and curriculum development.
- Instruction included dimensional metrology, GD&T, statistical process control, measurement systems analysis, and coordinate measurement (CMM / PC-DMIS and portable arm / PolyWorks).
Volunteer Instructor & Designer — Metrology Summer Camp
- Created and taught a metrology summer camp for five years; authored two articles about the program in Metrologist Magazine (2016, 2017).
Instructor / Trainer — U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Indoctrination at U.S. Navy (2005-01 – 2022-01)
- Designed and delivered the annual Chief Petty Officer indoctrination at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, MI, preparing newly advanced Chiefs for middle-management responsibilities (graduate, U.S. Navy Instructor Training School, 1995).
