Summary Resume
  Lance F. Heywood, P.E.
Education: B.S. Electrical Engineering, May 1983, University of Santa Clara
Experience
Summary:
Employment History
President, Heywood Engineering, Inc., Reno, NV, May, 1993 to present.
Electrical Engineer/Department Supervisor, Lift Engineering & Manufacturing Inc., Carson City, NV, 1984 to May, 1993
Senior Design Engineer, Rosendin Electric, Inc., San Jose, CA, 1982 to 1984.

Experience Summary
Mr. Heywood has been continuously involved in various aspects of electrical engineering since taking his first position with Rosendin Electric in 1982. Areas of experience include engineering, system integration, fabrication and installation management, project scheduling and estimating. Since 1984, Mr. Heywood has concentrated on the design, engineering and integration of control, drive and communication systems for transportation systems, automated people movers, driver controlled people movers, monorails, tramways, ski lifts and amusement rides. Mr. Heywood is a member of IEEE.

Partial List of Projects
MGM Grand - Bally's Monorail, Las Vegas, NV. Complete electrical design including propulsion power, station power, wayside controls, train controls and system programming.

Mandalay Bay People Mover, Las Vegas, NV. Complete electrical design review and engineering sign off of the automated control and drive system. Layout of all station electrical related to the people mover. Quality Assurance testing of completed electrical system.

Bellagio - Monte Carlo People Mover, Las Vegas, NV. Performed complete third party review of automated control system for the project owner. Engineered upgrades to system controls.

Primm Valley - Buffalo Bills Monorail, Primm, NV. Complete electrical design of propulsion power and wayside controls. Programming and design review for all on-board train control systems. Quality Assurance testing of completed electrical system.

Primm Valley - Whiskey Petes Shuttle, Primm, NV. Design of data acquisition system and numerous upgrades to the control and drive system.

Mirage - Treasure Island Shuttle, Las Vegas, NV. Complete electrical design review and engineering sign off.

Nascar Rollercoaster, Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. Complete electrical design review and sign off of the coaster control system.

Big Apple Rollercoaster, New York New York Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. Complete electrical design review and engineering sign off.

Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, Palm Springs, CA. Design review and engineering sign off of new electrical control and drive system. Design of data acquisition system to monitor load cells.

Detachable Quad Chairlift Retrofits, Sun Valley, ID / Mammoth Mountain, CA.

New Ski Lift Control and Drive Systems, Squaw Valley, CA / Alpine Meadows, CA / Sunrise Park Resort, AZ / Bear Valley, CA

Areas of Experience Include
DC SCR drives
AC vector control drives
DC motors
AC motors
Multi drive - master/slave systems
Fail Safe control logic
Motor/drive/control system integration
Programmable logic controllers
Automatic transportation system controls
Processor based data acquisition
Transit power systems
Inductive/RF/Fiber-optic communication
Feedback systems - DC tachs, encoders
Position/speed/direction sensing
Man/Machine interface systems
Custom programming
Professional
Affiliations:
Professional Registration & Certification
California PE #E013034
Nevada PE #E09232
Idaho PE #E8323
Certified Quality Assurance Inspector (QA) for Clark County, Nevada
NAARSO (National Association of Amusement Ride Safety Officials) Level I Inspector

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