Eli Ladd

Background

About Eli Ladd

I am proud to say that I genuinely adore my engineering work, starting with my roots in a family business focused on residential/commercial generators and off-grid solar systems to my present-day focus on industrial and utility-scale clean energy generation. I love what I do. I take great pride in my work. I am in my second decade of direct, hands-on experience with the full life-cycle of clean energy and power generation facilities in a variety of roles: development, design, field commissioning, operations, and maintenance. Areas of interest include generators, electrical protection/control, switchgear, as well as SCADA, substation automation, and mechanical process controls. In particular, I enjoy bringing all of these components and equipment together into a clean, coherent, and well-documented system. I find that one of my most unique and useful qualities is my flexibility: I have worked with systems ranging from modern IED's using cutting-edge communications protocols to hydraulic governor controls originally installed in the early 1900's. I enjoy the challenge of walking into a new environment, quickly coming up to speed with the system, tools, personalities, and application-specific requirements involved so that I can bring the team together, efficiently get work done, and make the project successful. I enjoy learning how a new piece of equipment works, working with a wide variety of people, and like to creatively find ways to use old tools in a new way to solve a problem.