Providing experienced leadership and state-of-the-industry technical and commercial advice
to utility companies seeking a successful SCADA system procurement.
Professional Activities
Speaker - Western Energy Institute, Pipeline Operations Conference,
April 2004
Letter to Editor - "Upsizing, Downsizing," Gas Utility Manager , August 2003
Audit Review, AGA 12 and AGA 12-1 drafts - "Cryptographic Protection of SCADA Communications," April 2003 and May 2004
Letter to Editor - "Those Mergers," GAS Utility and Pipeline Industries,
May 2000
Author - "Evolving technology challenges SCADA buyers to be methodical," Pipe Line & Gas Industry, February 1999
Author - "How to Pick a SCADA System," GAS Utility and Pipeline Industries, August 1998
Speaker - Entelec 1998, "SCADA Procurement, Keys to Success,"
March 1998
Panelist - AM/FM International, "SCADA Point-Counterpoint," March 1996
Speaker - IEEE Industry Application Society, June 1987
Entelec Participation - 1985 to Present
Speaker - American Gas Association, Distribution/Transmission Conference, May 1984
Co-Author - "Successful Design, Specification, and Implementation of Realtime Control Systems," American Gas Association, 1984 Operating Section Proceedings (84-DT-56), May 1984
Speaker - Midwest Gas Association, Dispatching/Operations Seminar, 1982
Member - IEEE/PES 1982 to Present
Thomas J. Kara, Principal Consultant Control System Consulting
3292 Chasen Drive
Cameron Park, CA 95682-7638
Tel 530.672.6507 Fax 530.672.6508 E-mail karasjc@aol.com