Donald Coggan Curriculum Vitae

In over 30 years of business experience, Donald Coggan, PE has held positions ranging from sales engineer to general manager to business owner. Since 1981, he has provided bilingual consulting services throughout the US, Canada and internationally to clients in the private and public sectors.

• Experience
• Education
• Memberships
• Noteworthy
• Publications

Experience

Donald A. Coggan, Engineer (1989 - present)

• Owner/founder - business management, engineering consulting
• Activities- strategic planning, business development, sales and cash flow forecasting, financing, labour negotiations, human resources planning, project management, value engineering
• Business achievements - reorganized $12M laboratory product contractor; developed new territory for $20M control system manufacturer and $4M distributor; developed training programs in automation systems for governments and industry societies
• Engineering achievements - designed cost-effective automation systems for private and institutional owners; value-engineered optimal purchases of automation systems by Canadian hospitals

Coggan Consulting Corporation (1981 - 1988)

• Owner/founder - engineering consulting, software development
• Co-founder/president - Coggan Douserv Associates Limited
• Activities - business development, sales and cash flow forecasting, value engineering, project management, design engineering
• Engineering achievements - designed $4M gas automation system for Gaz Métropolitain; designed large-scale building automation systems for Bell Canada, Campeau Corporation, Revenue Canada, Public Works Canada, Communications Canada, CMHC, and other building owners and developers; developed and implemented energy conservation programs for private and public building owners; developed standardized procurement system "Specifying for Maximum Value"
• Software achievements - designed and implemented computer-aided training for gas distribution; developed and produced innovative educational software for building control systems, computer literacy (Computer*Ease), Chinese language writing (CHINEASE)

MCC Powers - unit of Mark Controls Ltd. (1977 - 1980)
(Now Siemens Building Technologies Inc.)

• Eastern Canada Area Manager (1978-1980)
• Montreal Branch Manager (1977-1978)
• Activities - budgeting, forecasting, sales, engineering, installation, service, personnel, accounting, training for supply, installation, and service of building automation systems
• Achievements - increased year-to-year profitability; contributed to design of new automation products and training programs; founded energy management committee for BOMA Montréal

Johnson Controls Limited (1967 - 1977)

• Account Manager - building automation (1975-1977)
• Canadian Sales Manager - industrial valve division (1973-1975)
• Sales Engineer - HVAC and building automation (1967-1973)
• Activities - sales, engineering, project management, service, plant management, advertising, representative training, energy seminars
• Achievements - organized first branch business-development seminar; developed 77-page sales representative training manual on valves; developed valve-actuator sizing slide rule; developed energy savings calculations manual; increased small, profitable jobs from 10 to 50 in five years; selected for first head-office workshop for prospective young managers; led classes in company product training

Formal Education

• McGill University, 1967, Bachelor of Electrical Engineering
  • J. W. McConnell scholarship in Engineering
• Glenlawn Collegiate, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1961, Matriculation
  • Manitoba Institute of Chartered Accountants award for the highest combined standing in the Grade XI subjects of English and Mathematics
  • Top three standing through all grades
  • Top 40 ranking in the Manitoba Mathematical Contest, 1961, sponsored by the Canadian Mathematical Congress, for students in Grade XI
• Norberry School, 1959, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Diploma
  • Elected president of first student council, 1959
  • Selected student of the week, April, 1959

Other Education

• "Control System Fundamentals", Johnson Controls, Milwaukee
• "Control System Applications", Johnson Controls, Milwaukee
• "Seminar for Future Managers", Johnson Controls, Milwaukee
• "Effective Control Methods for Smaller Contractors", Montreal Construction Association, Montreal
• "Beginners Conversational French", McGill University, Montreal

• "Control Valve Sizing", Instrument Society of America, New York
• "The Executive Program", The Bureau of Business Practice, Waterford, Connecticut
• "Beginners Conversational Spanish", Dorval Cultural Centre, Dorval
• "Computerized Automation System Design", Johnson Controls, Milwaukee
• "Computerized Automation System Sales", Johnson Controls, Milwaukee

• "Modern Business Program", Alexander Hamilton Institute, New York
• "Computerized Energy Systems Analysis", Public Works Canada, Montreal
• "Branch Manager Training Program #1", MCC Powers, Chicago
• "Branch Manager Training Program #2", MCC Powers, Chicago
• "Fourth Level French", McGill University, Montreal

• "Profit and Cash Flow Management for Non-financial Managers", Algonquin College, Montreal
• "Time Management", Montreal Board of Trade, Montreal
• "Control and Automation Service Business Management", MCC Powers, Chicago
• "Computerized Automation System Sales", MCC Powers, Chicago
• "Computerized Automation System Estimating", MCC Powers, Chicago

• "Breakthroughs in Finding and Keeping Good People", Professional Services Management Journal, Tampa, Florida
• "Computer Graphics in Architecture and Engineering", AE Systems Report, Tampa, Florida
• "Computer Graphics: What it is and How Does it Work?", AE Systems Report, Dallas, Texas
• "Implementing and Managing Your CADD System", AE Systems Report, Dallas, Texas
• "Computers: The Engineer's Competitive Edge", American Consulting Engineers Council, Dallas, Texas
• Plus various seminars in mangement, technical, and personal development

Memberships

• Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec
• Professional Engineers Ontario
• Instrument Society of America
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, & Air-conditioning Engineers

Noteworthy

• computer and technology literate
• relaxed speaking in public
• experienced with world travel
• comfortable in foreign cultures
• bilingual - English and French
• published as writer - 60+ business, technical articles, two professional books, technical A/V program

Publications

Magazine Articles
Conference Papers
Books, etc.

Magazine Articles

1. Coggan, Don, "How to Select Spring and Diaphragm Actuators for Control Valves," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, February, 1975.

2. Coggan, Don, "Slide Rule for the Selection of Spring and Diaphragm Actuators for Control Valves," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, April, 1975.

3. Coggan, Don, "Closing the Management Loop," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, January, 1976.

4. Coggan, Don, "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Valve Actuator Selection (but didn't know how to ask)," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, January, 1976.

5. Coggan, Don, "Valve Actuator Selection - Flow Action and Force Requirements," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, February, 1976.

6. Coggan, Don, "How to Specify a Control Valve," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, March, 1976.

7. Coggan, Don, "How to Specify a Control Valve - Part 2," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, April, 1976.

8. Coggan, Don, "Valve Actuator Selection - Positioners, Rangeability, Tight Shutoff," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, April, 1976.

9. Coggan, Don, "Valve Actuator Selection - Conclusion," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, May, 1976.

10. Coggan, Don, "Hardware, Software Support Olympic Stadium," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, June 1976.

11. Coggan, Don, "How to Specify a Control Valve - Part 3," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, June, 1976.

12. Coggan, Don, "The Sure Way to Keep Control of Job Costs," Engineering and Contract Record, September, 1976.

13. Coggan, Don, "How a Building Automation System Can Help You," Canadian Business, November, 1976.

14. Coggan, Don, "How to specify a Control Valve - Part 4," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, January, 1977.

15. Coggan, Don, "Evaluating Your Control Investment," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, January, 1977.

16. Coggan, Don, "How to specify a Control Valve - Part 5," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, February, 1977.

17. Coggan, Don, "How to Specify a Control Valve - Part 6," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, March, 1977.

18. Coggan, Don, "$150,000 d'Economie Par An," le Québec Industriel, May, 1977.

19. Coggan, Don, "Traffic Control in the Ville Marie Tunnel," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, June, 1977.

20. Coggan, Don, "Demand Limiting - Why and How," Electrical Contractor and Maintenance Supervisor, September, 1977.

21. Coggan, Don, "Instrumented Solar Home Gets Ready for Another Winter," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, October, 1977.

22. Coggan, Don, "Gaining Control and Closing Loose Loops," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, December, 1977.

23. Coggan, Don, "Evaluating Your Energy Saving Control Investment," Canadian Controls and Instruments, May, 1978.

24. Coggan, Don, "Bid Evaluation: ISA Panel Tells All," Canadian Controls and Instruments, August, 1978.

25. Coggan, Don, "How to Evaluate a Control Proposal," Canadian Controls and Instrumentation, October, 1978.

26. Coggan, Don, "Electric Demand - Instrumentation is the Key to Control," Canadian Controls and Instruments, January, 1979.

27. Coggan, Don, "That Little Control on the Wall," Maintenance Management, September, 1979.

28. Coggan, Don, "How to Save Energy With HVAC Controls," Canadian Controls and Instruments, June, 1980.

29. Coggan, Don, "How to Evaluate a Computerized Energy Management System," Energy Management Canada, June, 1980.

30. Coggan, Don, "Load Programmers: Controlling the Destiny of Energy Costs," Maintenance Management, August, 1980.

31. Coggan, Don, "How to Add Value to Engineering at no Extra Cost," Canadian Consulting Engineer, November, 1981.

32. Coggan, Don, "Le Bâtiment Intelligent," Bâtiment, February, 1985.

33. Coggan, Don, "Comment Rendre Votre Bâtiment Industriel Plus Intelligent," Le Québec Industriel, July, 1985.

34. Coggan, Don, "Control System Interface Steals the Show at ASHRAE," Canadian Consulting Engineer, November, 1985.

35. Coggan, Don, "DDC Operating Descriptions, Part I," Heating, Piping, and Air Conditioning, December, 1985.

36. Coggan, Don, "DDC Operating Descriptions, Part II," Heating, Piping, and Air Conditioning, January, 1986.

37. Coggan, Don, "Knowledge Base Sets Expert Systems Apart," Computer Dealer News, August, 1989.

Conference Papers

1. Coggan, Don and Turaga, Mal, "A Survey of the use of Computers to Reduce Energy Consumption of Mechanical and Electrical Systems on College Campuses," Conference on Documentation and Analysis of Improvements in Efficiency and Performance of Equipment and Systems, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, October, 1978.

2. Coggan, Don and Turaga, Mal, "Zero-based Energy Management," Short Course on Applications of Control Systems and Automation for Building Energy Conservation, Concordia University, Montreal, February, 1979.

3. Coggan, Don and Turaga, Mal, "Energy Management Programme Results of C.I.L. House in Montreal," Second International CIB Symposium on Energy Conservation in the Built Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark, June, 1979.

4. Coggan, Don, "Principles of Controls," Seminar on Control Systems for Energy Management, Ontario Hydro, Toronto, February, 1980.

5. Coggan, Don, "Computerized System Drops Montreal Office Consumption by 3 Million kWh," Energy Management Canada, June, 1980.

6. Coggan, Don and Turaga, Mal, "Cutting energy Costs by Computer Automated Control," Building Research and Practice, September/October, 1980.

7. Coggan, Don, "A History of Microcomputers in Building Automation," Seminar on Microprocessors for HVAC in Building Management, ASHRAE Ontario Chapter, Toronto, April, 1981.

8. Coggan, Don, "Designing a Computerized Automation System to Obtain Maximum Value," Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Montreal, January, 1982.

9. Coggan, Don, "Obtaining Maximum Value in the Selection of Materials, Hardware, and Software for a Gas Dispatch Control System for Gaz Metropolitan, Inc. of Montreal, Canada," The 27th National SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition, Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, San Diego, May 1982.

10. Coggan, Don and Turaga, Mal, "Operating Buildings Through Wide Area Computer Control to Effect Energy Savings," 1982 Canadian Conference of Industrial Computers, Canadian Industrial Computer Society, Hamilton, May, 1982.

11. Coggan, Don, "Designing a Computerized Gas Dispatch Control System for Gaz Metropolitain Inc. of Montreal, Canada," 1982 American Control Conference, The American Automation Control Council, Arlington, Virginia, June, 1982.

12. Coggan, Don, "Specifying a Computerized Automation System to Meet Actual Needs and Obtain Maximum Value," Multinational Instrumentation Conference and Exposition, China Instrument Society, Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan, Instrument society of America, Shanghai, People's Republic of China, April, 1983.

13. Coggan, Don, "Specifying a Computerized Energy Management System for Maximum Value," ASHRAE Seminar, Ottawa, October, 1983.

14. Coggan, Don, "How the Business Manager Can Make an Objective Best-Value Selection of a Computerized energy Management System," EMCS Conference, Cincinnati, November, 1983.

15. Coggan, Don and Turaga, Mal, "Computer-Assisted Training: Added Value to the User as an Integral Part of a Computerized Automation System," Wisitex '84 Symposium, India, January, 1984.

16. Coggan, Don, "How to Specify an Energy Management System," Energy Audit and Management Symposium and Expo, Niagara Falls, New York, June, 1984.

17. Coggan, Don, "How to Get the Best Value When You Buy a Central Control and Monitoring System," Ener-Health '84, Winnipeg, October, 1984.

18. Coggan, Don, "Computer-Assisted Training: A Valuable Alternative to Full Simulation of Power Plant Automation Systems," International Conference on Power Plant Simulation, Cuernavaca, Mexico, November, 1984.

19. Coggan, Don, "Getting More Value From Your Control System," Energy Secretariat Seminar, Saint John, New Brunswick, January, 1985.

20. Coggan, Don and Bulger, John, "Applying Computer Control in the Gas Industry," International Conference on Industrial Process Modelling and Control, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, June, 1985.

21. Coggan, Don, "A Proven Method to Increase Competition on DDC Projects," ASHRAE Conference, Honolulu, June, 1985.

22. Coggan, Don, "Estimating Energy Indexes for Multi-Building Complexes," ASHRAE Conference, Honolulu, June, 1985.

23. Coggan, Don, "Computer-Assisted Training: Added Value to the User as an Integral Part of a Computerized Automation System," IFAC/IFORS Conference on Control Science and Technology for Development, CSTD'85, Beijing, People's Republic of China, August, 1985.

24. Coggan, Don, "The Development of the Market for Integrated Intelligent Buildings in Canada," Canadata's First Annual Construction Marketing Seminar, Toronto, October, 1985.

25. Coggan, Don, "The Changing Role of Specifiers in the Intelligent Building Market," Canadata's First Annual Construction Marketing Seminar, Toronto, October, 1985.

26. Coggan, Don, "How to Get the Best Value When You Buy a Central Control and Monitoring System," Ener-Health '85, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October, 1985.

27. Coggan, Don, "Control Fundamentals Apply More Than Ever to DDC," ASHRAE Conference, San Francisco, January, 1986.

28. Coggan, Don and Turaga, Mal, "Training-Integrated Computer Automation Systems for Industrial Process Control," CSIO Communications India Training in Process Control, India, December, 1986.

29. Coggan, Don, "Using Software to Teach the Chinese Language," The Third National Conference on Chinese Education in Canada, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, August, 1988.

30. Coggan, Don, "Avoiding Unsafe Laboratory Design Practices for Fume Hood and Pressurization Control Systems," Multinational Instrumentation Conference and Exposition, Beijing, People's Republic of China, September, 1992.

31. Coggan, Don, "Laboratory Ventilation Control," ASHRAE Seminar, Montreal, Canada, January, 1995.

Books, etc.

1. ASHRAE, "Direct Digital Control," Slide/Tape Presentation, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers, 1991.

2. Coggan, Donald A., "Preparing for Instrumentation Technician Evaluation - Self-Study System," Book and Software, Instrument Society of America, 1991.

3. Coggan, Donald A., "Industrial Instrumentation Technician Assessment Study Guide to Certification, Level II Second Edition," Instrument Society of America, 1992.

4. Coggan, D. A., and Albert, C. L., "Fundamentals of Industrial Control," Flagship Volume of the Practical Guide Series for Measurement and Control, Instrument Society of America, 1992.

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