Thursday, September 22, 2004

Texas Blue Star Brewing Company
1414 S. Alamo (see below)
San Antonio, Texas
210-212-5506

Please contact Steve L. Kanetzky, P.E. @ 512-326-3380, or skanetzky@skaneng.com

Mike Fournier of Five Star Electric will present on SCADA Systems.

Personal:

Married, living in Fair Oaks Ranch, TX.

Education: Bachelor of Arts from California State Univ. at Fullerton

Employment:

• Five Star Electric – Automation specialist
• Invensys/Foxboro – Regional Sales Manager for Invensys Process
• Systems; North American Manager for Simulation Sciences; General
• Manager for Foxboro Saudi Arabian Operations (retired 08/04)
• Previous 35 years experience working in all phases of Controls and
  Automation with major companies.

Overview of DCS and PLC technologies, advantages, and disadvantages. Hybrid control system architecture and differentiators. Discussion about system security both in the physical location, along with the control system network, and integration of 21 CFR Part 11 mandates.

Directions to Texas Blue Star Brewing Company:

From I-35 take the South Alamo exit (spur 536) (on the lower level) and turn east.
(That is left if you were southbound and right if you were heading northbound on I-35.)

Pass through two lights at Flores and Main and then take the left fork of the Y following S. Alamo. Turn right into the Blue Star complex just pass the bus stop. The restaurant is in the back of the first building.

Note: If you take the wrong miss the fork, you will be on Probandt Street heading south. Turn around and go back to the intersection and turn right at S. Alamo.

Click here for a map from Yahoo and .here for directions from the Blue Star Website.