{"id":7000,"date":"2024-11-01T01:38:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T20:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wayneaenglish.com\/WordPress\/?page_id=7000"},"modified":"2024-11-01T01:38:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T20:38:16","slug":"the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wayneaenglish.com\/WordPress\/the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"The Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n#pic{width:50%}<br \/>\n#pix{width: 15%}<\/p>\n<p>body {font-weight: normal}<br \/>\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"fullwide\" style=\"background: transparent; font-family: georgia;\">\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><!--?php include(\"header.php\"); ?--><br \/>\n<!--?php include(\"follower.php\"); ?--><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 010px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/sl\/jdnVFdI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe To My Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; line-height: 150%; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 20px;\">\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">Wayne has local, national and international publications, teaches writing and marketing, is a self-described geek who loves writing, the web, and technology. Wayne was born in Winsted, Connecticut in 1948. Wayne went to local schools and graduated from high school in 1967 and went on to attend Northwestern Community College were he took his degree in General Arts and Science. He then went off to Central Connecticut State University, but found it not for him, so he attended Hartford State Technical college were he degreed in Nuclear Engineering Technology.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-radius: 5px; box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px grey; margin: 10px; border: 1px solid transparent;\" src=\"https:\/\/wayneaenglish.com\/pix\/wae1.jpg\" width=\"100px\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">Then it was on to the world of work at the State of Connecticut in the Department of Transportation, but it only lasted a few months until he got a job at Hartford Electric Light Company, now Eversource, as a Field Technician where he worked with electric services and the electric distribution system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">After four years until he took a job in the Radiological Assessment Branch of Nuclear Engineering at Northeast Utilities where Wayne provided health physics support, worked to certify a dosimetry laboratory, and photographed a health physics training program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">Then it was on to Information Resources where he hired programmers, assisted in the development and taught Software Quality Assurance program in support of NU&#8217;s nuclear power effort.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">Next, back to Nuclear Engineering in the Reliability Engineering where he worked on two Integrated Leak Rate Tests, did InfraRed surveys, and provided support to nuclear, fossil, and hydroelectric electric generating plants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">Next he was off to join an electric distribution group as a thermographer as a Test Specialist where he inspected overhead, underground, and direct buried equipment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">After two years, Wayne moved on to a System Operator job. And finally retired in 2004 as a Senior Engineering Technician from System Project Engineering.<\/p>\n<p><b>When Not Writing<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">Wayne loves to work on his machines. His tractor, mower, chipper. Loves working with tools and shopping for and buying them. Pretty soon it will be time for another tool box.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">He loves fixing things. Whether it&#8217;s a bathroom floor, garage doors, makes no difference. If it can be taken apart and repaired that&#8217;s where the fun is.<\/p>\n<p><b>Future Writing Projects<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">Currently, Wayne has just published his first novel. It&#8217;s Historical Fiction, published on Amazon, and he&#8217;s in the process of marketing it as this is written (28 July 2023). It&#8217;s title is Attila&#8217;s Revenge. A story about Attila the Hun and how he captures the daughter of a women he knew hated, and lusted for 25 years earlier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">He uses the daughter to get to her parents. They mount a rescue mission and &#8230;well that would be telling. <a style=\"color: firebrick;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0C7JW8DMY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>See for yourself by following this link<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">My next writing project will be a fictional series. The first book is in final editing now and the cover is ready to do. It&#8217;s titled, <i>Fear the Zeroth Dimension<\/i> and will be self published. I&#8217;m making notes for the second book in the series. The title of the series will be <em>The Tory Town Chronicles<\/em> and takes place in a fictional town in Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p><b>Publications and Writing<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">Wayne published his first article in Emergency Magazine in 1983. It dealt with the care and transportation of a radiologically contaminated patient. He had the medical side as he was an emergency Medical Technician and worked in Radiological assessment at the time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">Then it was years before he published again. In the mean time Wayne wrote, onPhotography, a photography book, taught a vast amount of photography, worked as a professional photographer, and wrote a monthly column for Snapshot Magazine. All while holding down a full time job at Northeast Utilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">Then it was on to more and more publications in newspapers, magazines, newsletters, online and in print. <a style=\"color: firebrick;\" href=\"https:\/\/wayneaenglish.com\/works.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>You may see my body of work by following this link<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: 30px;\">Publishing my first book in 2009 with Career Press was an inspiration and an honor. It ignited my already raging love of writing and I haven&#8217;t stopped yet. and have no intention of ever stopping.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\np<br \/>\n{<br \/>\n\tmargin-top: 0px;<br \/>\n\tmargin-bottom: 1px<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>table<br \/>\n{<br \/>\n\tborder-collapse: collapse;<br \/>\n\tborder-spacing: 0pt;<br \/>\n\tborder-color: black;<br \/>\n\tempty-cells: show;<br \/>\n\tfont-family: \"georgia\";<br \/>\n\tfont-weight: normal;<br \/>\n\tfont-style: normal<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>td<br \/>\n{<br \/>\n\tborder-color: black<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>table.table1<br \/>\n{<br \/>\n\twidth: 100%;<br \/>\n\tpadding: 6px;<br \/>\n\tborder-spacing: 0<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>td.table1column1<br \/>\n{<br \/>\n\tborder: 0.0133333in solid<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>td.table1column2<br \/>\n{<br \/>\n\tborder: 0.0133333in solid<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>td.table1column1#table1row1column1<br \/>\n{<br \/>\n\tborder-right: none;<br \/>\n\tborder-bottom: none;<br \/>\n\tborder-left: none;<br \/>\n\tborder-top: none;<br \/>\n\twidth: 50%;<br \/>\n\tvertical-align: top<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>td.table1column2#table1row1column2<br \/>\n{<br \/>\n\tborder-bottom: none;<br \/>\n\tborder-left: none;<br \/>\n\tborder-right: none;<br \/>\n\tborder-top: none;<br \/>\n\twidth: 50%;<br \/>\n\tvertical-align: top<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>td.table1column1#table1row2column1<br \/>\n{<br \/>\n\tborder-right: none;<br \/>\n\tborder-left: none;<br \/>\n\tborder-top: none;<br \/>\n\tborder-bottom: none;<br \/>\n\twidth: 50%;<br \/>\n\tvertical-align: top<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>td.table1column2#table1row2column2<br \/>\n{<br \/>\n\tborder-left: none;<br \/>\n\tborder-right: none;<br \/>\n\tborder-top: none;<br \/>\n\tborder-bottom: none;<br \/>\n\twidth: 50%;<br \/>\n\tvertical-align: top<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>div.WPHardPageBreak<br \/>\n{<br \/>\n\tpage-break-before: always<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>body<br \/>\n{<br \/>\n\tfont-family: \"georgia\";<br \/>\n\tfont-weight: normal;<br \/>\n\tfont-style: normal<br \/>\n}<br \/>\n<\/style>\n<p><a name=\"ProfessionalResume\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Professional Resume<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; color: blue;\">Wayne A. English<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Locally, nationally, and internationally published author.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Author of five books.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Speaker and Instructor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Extensive training and training development expertise in multiple fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Expert knowledge electric distribution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nuclear power experience in two nuclear engineering groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Strong technical, science, and mathematics skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Information Technology Expertise, Webmaster, Web Content Expert, Blogger, and Social Media Expert.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 50px;\">Extensive capabilities with personal computers, the Internet, the Web, a wide array of software including editors, word processors, File Transfer Protocol, browsers, Windows 10, WordPress, and a smattering of experience with Linux, and , professional capabilities with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Senior Engineering Technician &#8211; System Project Engineering (1999 &#8211; 2003)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Expert knowledge of the electric distribution system, construction techniques, and how to build<br \/>\nand maintain the system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Responsible for large and small projects where I designed and wrote work orders for complex<br \/>\nelectric distribution construction projects in relation to road jobs, relocation and repair of bridges and highways, and worked storms during times of trouble.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Field Technician &#8211; New Service (1997 &#8211; 1999)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Inspected electric services, worked with local and state officials, electricians and customers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">System Operator &#8211; Regional Operations (1990 &#8211; 1997)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Responsible for the restoration of electric power and the direction of personnel in the safe operation of electrical equipment during outages, storms, and situations involving threats to<br \/>\nhuman life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Reprogrammed a Statistical Analysis System mainframe rotating shift scheduling program. While<br \/>\noutside of my responsibilities, I completed the task.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Test Specialist (Thermographer) &#8211; System Test Engineering (1988-1990)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Used thermographic test equipment to find electrical equipment in danger of failure and<br \/>\nrecommended corrective action. Equipment tested ranged from distribution equipment, to substation transformers and associated devices, to 345kV transmission devices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In addition, to thermographic equipment I inspected devices visually and with ultrasonic test gear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Additional job background in nuclear engineering and Information Technology available on<br \/>\nrequest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Reliability Engineering &#8211; Senior Engineering Technician (1986 &#8211; 1988)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Supported nuclear, fossil and hydroelectric generating plants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Worked on two Integrated Leak Rate Tests at Connecticut Yankee and Millstone One nuclear<br \/>\npower stations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Assistant Computer Scientist &#8211; Information Resources (1981 &#8211; 1986)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Assisted in the development and taught Software Quality Assurance<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Assisted in the hiring of numerous computer programmers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"WPHardPageBreak\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Radiological Assessment (Nuclear Engineering) &#8211; Engineering Technician &#8211; (1977 &#8211; 1981)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Completed numerous experiments to qualify NU\u2019s Radiation Dosimetry Laboratory<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Photographed a health physics training program<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Electric Operations &#8211; Field Technician (1973 &#8211; 1977)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Inspected electric services<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Investigated and corrected voltage and other customer problems<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Teaching, Speaking, And Curriculum Development:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lectures and seminars on Social networking and writing for the Web<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Northeast Utilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Instructed the Mathematics, Metric System, and Physics sections of a health physics program<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Presentation of The Software Quality Assurance Training Program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Imagine 21 Facilitator.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nationally certified Radiological Monitoring Instructor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>American Red Cross, instructed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Standard First Aid, Advanced First Aid, and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photography Instructor, Contributing Editor, and Professional Photographer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Developed and instructed basic, intermediate, advanced photography.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wrote <i>Corner 35<\/i> a technically oriented monthly column for Snapshot Magazine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Supplied wedding, industrial, portrait, publication and other photography.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Education:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Northwestern Connecticut Community College<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Associate Degree, General Arts and Science<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hartford State Technical College<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Associate Degree, Nuclear Engineering Technology<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Central Connecticut State University &amp; The University of Hartford<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Calculus II, Calculus III, Statistics, Number Systems, Pascal, Management, Geography,<br \/>\nPhilosophy, Abnormal Psychology, Child Psychology, and others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eastern Connecticut State University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.25in;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C Programming Language, Mediation, and Urban Anthropology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" width=\"50%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subscribe To My Newsletter Wayne has local, national and international publications, teaches writing and marketing, is a self-described geek who loves writing, the web, and technology. 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