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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#999933" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="07d10103.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Documentation & Engineering Services, LLC</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Documentation Engineering Services, LLC"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Company Profile"><U>Company Profile</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="DES Focus Areas"><U>DES Focus Areas</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Why DES?"><U>Why DES?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Industries Served"><U>Industries Served</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Products and Services"><U>Our Products and Services</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Experience Listing"><U>Experience Listing</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="On The Lighter Side"><U>On The Lighter Side</U></A>   |   <B>About the Principals</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#0033FF" TEXT="#080000" background="041bec00egbrme.gif"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="08362910.gif" border=0 width="98" height="145" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>DES</B></div> <div> <I><B>Your Professional Engineering Service Provider</B></I></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><U>About the Principals</U></B></div> <div> <B>Documentation & Engineering Services, LLC</B></div> <div>      </div> <div> <IMG SRC="1073e5b0.gif" border=0 width="62" height="91" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>   DES</B></div> <div> <B>Steve Moon, P.E.</B>—<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > President</FONT></div> <bR> <div>      As the founding principal, Steve has over 25 years of experience in engineering, management, consulting, and design in heavy industry.  Prior to founding DES, he was the Manager of the Control Systems Department of the Birmingham office of Raytheon Engineers & Constructors. Overall, he was with Raytheon and the predecessor, Rust Engineering Company, for total of 17 years.  Steve served in progressive positions of increasing responsibility as an Instrument Design Engineer, Senior Design Engineer and Engineering Manager Control Systems. He is a registered professional engineer in 26 states, a member of NSPE, TAPPI and  ISA-The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA).   Steve is a graduate of The University of Alabama with a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering and of UAB with a Masters in Business Administration. Before joining Rust, Steve was an Electrical Engineer with Alabama Power Company.</div> <bR> <div>      He has experience in pulp & paper, foods, metals, chemicals, fiber optics, refuse to energy and general manufacturing. His background includes work in electrical, instrumentation, control systems, construction and OSHA 1910.119.</div> <bR> <div>   <IMG SRC="106344d0.gif" border=0 width="52" height="77" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>   DES</B></div> <div> <B>Gerald Wilbanks, P.E.</B>—<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Vice President </FONT></div> <bR> <div>          <IMG SRC="0f67da70.jpg" border=0 width="125" height="167" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>      As the other principal, Gerald has over 38 years of experience in engineering, management, consulting, and design in heavy industry.  Prior to joining DES, he was a Principal Engineer with the Consulting & Systems Integration operation of Raytheon Engineers & Constructors.  Overall, he was with Raytheon and the predecessor, Rust Engineering Company, for a total of 32 years.  Gerald served in progressive positions of increasing responsibility as an Instrument Design Engineer, Senior Design Engineer, Engineering Manager Control Systems, and Vice President Quality Improvement.  He is a registered professional engineer in 14 states, a member of NSPE, ASQ, and an International Former President (1995) of ISA-The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA).  Gerald is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering.  Prior to joining Rust, he was an Instrument Engineer for Union Carbide Chemicals in Port Lavaca, Texas.</div> <bR> <div>      Gerald was recognized as the Engineer of the Year in 1991 by the Engineering Council of Birmingham and was selected for the Distinguished Service Award in 1997 by the same organization of professional societies.  He serves on the Advisory Board for the College of Engineering at Mississippi State University and is a Distinguished Engineering Fellow of the university.  The Birmingham Section of ISA  accorded him the Engineer of the Year award in 1996,  as well as the Distinguished Society Service recognition in 1997 and Young Engineer of the Year award in 1978.  As a Past President of the Birmingham Section, Gerald received the Ambassador to the World  Award in 1995.  In 2003, ISA-The Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society selected Gerald for the membership grade of Fellow in the society.</div> <bR> <div>      His background experience industries include pulp and paper,  chemicals, refuse to energy, power, foods, and general manufacturing.  The work areas include instrumentation, controls, quality systems, management, electrical, and construction.</div> <bR> <div> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Associates and Alliances of DES</U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="10568550.jpg" border=0 width="104" height="85" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Richard (Dick) Grimes - Outsource Training.biz</B></FONT><B> - </B>Alliance</div> <div> <B>www.outsourcetraining.biz</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0fa7fb00.jpg" border=0 width="127" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Richard L. “Dick” Grimes</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>Organizational Development and Training Consultant</U></B></I></div> <bR> <div> Dick does consulting in these areas.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Organizational Workforce Development</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Employee Training Course Design </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Employee Training Delivery </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Employee Training Application Measurement</div> <bR> <div> He has designed and acted as internal consultant for a leadership development initiative for a large financial institution with measurable results in production increase with reductions in workforce needed, employee turnover, and absenteeism. Dick is also a frequent contributor to a Project Management online newsletter (<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.cbponline.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cbponline.com/"><U><U>http://www.cbponline.com/</U></U></A></FONT>). Click here to download his article on <I>Managing a High-Performance Team</I>.</div> <bR> <div> Previous management experience includes service in large public and private organizations that include the Florida Department of Corrections; Broward County Sheriff's Office (Ft. Lauderdale, FL); AmSouth Bank; and Rust Engineering Company.</div> <bR> <div> Mr. Grimes holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Florida International University; B.S. (Education) from Florida Atlantic University; and is registered with the International Society of Performance Improvement <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="(http://www.certifiedpt.org/)" TARGET="_top" TITLE="(http://www.certifiedpt.org/)"><U><U>(http://www.certifiedpt.org/)</U></U></A></FONT> as a Certified Performance Technologist.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="10055670.jpg" border=0 width="85" height="103" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>David V. Tennant, PE, PMP - Windward Consulting Group - </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" >Associate</FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <B>www.windward.ws</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0f8a3a30.gif" border=0 width="163" height="163" ALT="Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0 Photo" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> David Tennant has successfully managed over $3.5 Billion in projects, programs, and resources: and provides consulting services to a variety of industries.  His expertise includes process improvement, planning, management and rescue of projects, management coaching and consulting, and helping companies improve the way they plan and execute business strategy.</div> <div> David has developed and delivers training materials and courses dealing with project management principles.  This includes coverage of principles in dealing with large projects and smaller activities with attention to the tools that are needed to ensure successful execution.  The training classes are targeted toward both technical and non-technical participants.</div> <div> He is a registered professional engineer in Georgia and a Certified Project Management Professional.  David has a BSME from Florida Atlantic University, a Master of Science from Georgia Tech, and an Executive MBA from Kennesaw State University.  He has published over a dozen papers on engineering and management topics.  </div> <bR> <div> His background includes a two-year stint living and working in the Caribbean assisting companies with realigning their business support services.  He also developed three power projects in Honduras, Central America; and, recently served as President of a consulting firm in Atlanta with a staff of 130 and full P&L responsibility.</div> <bR> <div> vices to a variety of industries.  His expertise includes process improvement, planning, management and rescue of projects, management coaching and consulting, and helping companies improve the way they plan and execute business strategy.</div> <bR> <div> Mr. Tennant has provided consulting services to the following companies: Bell Canada, Lucent Technologies, Tower Automotive, Dow Jones, Southern Company, Mirant, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Toro, AG Edwards, US Navy, Exxon-Mobil, Savannah Electric, Nations Energy and the Smithsonian Institute.</div> <bR> <div> His background includes a two-year stint living and working in the Caribbean assisting companies with realigning their business support services.  He also developed three power projects in Honduras, Central America; and, recently served as President of a consulting firm in Atlanta with a staff of 130 and full P&L responsibility.</div> <bR> <div>        </div> <div> David Tennant has successfully managed over $3.5-Billion in projects, programs and resources; and provides consulting services to a variety of industries.  His expertise includes process improvement, planning, management and rescue of projects, management coaching and consulting, and helping companies improve the way they plan and execute business strategy.</div> <bR> <div> Mr. Tennant has provided consulting services to the following companies: Bell Canada, Lucent Technologies, Tower Automotive, Dow Jones, Southern Company, Mirant, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Toro, AG Edwards, US Navy, Exxon-Mobil, Savannah Electric, Nations Energy and the Smithsonian Institute.</div> <bR> <div> His background includes a two-year stint living and working in the Caribbean assisting companies with realigning their business support services.  He also developed three power projects in Honduras, Central America; and, recently served as President of a consulting firm in Atlanta with a staff of 130 and full P&L responsibility.</div> <bR> <div>                                                                                  </div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>