Leon Byerley's Resume

Leon Byerley
2744 E. 5th Street
Tucson, AZ 85716

Phone (520) 326-1129
Fax (520) 326-1535
E-mail byerley@theriver.com

Professional Background	9/89-Present: Lightning Protection Technology Tucson, Arizona Proprietor, Lightning Protection Consultant Clients include: Motorola (Iridium Project) Hewlett-Packard Company U.S. Steel Mining State of Louisiana City of Tucson AMAX Coal West University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology Global Atmospherics, Inc. Advanced Lightning Technology, Inc. National Weather Service Davis Monthan Air Force Base 1978-1988: Lightning Location and Protection, Inc. Tucson, Arizona Engineering Manager For LLP gated-wideband, magnetic direction finders and position analyzers -engineering and production management, field installation and service,evolutionary improvements (electrical, electronic and mechanical) of existing products, engineering design of new products, purchasing, recruitment, technical writing and documentation. 1975-1977: Atmospheric Physics Department, Research and Development Division, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Langmuir Laboratory Socorro, New Mexico Research Engineer Conception, development and production of electronic instruments and instrumentation systems for thunderstorm research. Design, construction and flight of free balloon-borne electric field meters.
Education	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology B.S. Chemistry, 1974 Socorro, New Mexico
Patents	Winn; Byerley, U.S. Pat. 4,025,913, "Electric Field Sensing and transmitting Apparatus," 1977. Krider; Pifer, Byerley, U.S Pat. 4,806,851, "Thunderstorm Sensor and Method of Identifying and Locating Thunderstorms," 1989. Byerley; Cummins, Pifer, Hufnagel, Hiscox, U.S. Pat. 5,168,212, "An Autonomous Electro-Optical Lightning Identification and Ranging Apparatus for, and Method of, Alerting Humans and Protecting Equipment," 1992. L.G. Byerley III, A.E. Pifer, U.S. Pat. 5,448,161, "Transformer-Coupled Photodiode Circuit for Lightning And Other Light Pulse Detection," 1995.
Areas of Professional Specialty	Design of lightning protection systems for telecomm, industrial, office, agriculture and irrigation applications. Forensic investigation of lightning incidents. Lightning data interpretation and analysis. Lightning protection audits for structural and electrical protection/human safety. Design and production of instruments for the study/detection of thunderstorms and lightning. Application of lightning sensors to the solution of problems caused by lightning. Soil electrical surveys and design of ground electrodes.