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Personnel List

EISI employs a network of experts specializing in electric power systems electromagnetic compatibility.

Brian S. Cramer, P.E.

Brian Cramer is the President of EISI.  Prior to founding EISI, Brian was the Technical Manager for Electromagnetic Compatibility in the Power Delivery group of EPRI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He worked for AIL Systems as an integration lab manager, with responsibility for all B-1 bomber electronic countermeasures systems. He later worked for Lockheed Electronics performing research and development on advanced phased-array antenna systems.  In 1990, he joined Commonwealth Edison (Exelon) in Chicago, where his responsibilities included right-of-way and site selection, increased transmission capacity, EMF management, and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Later, as Technical Expert for Inductive Coordination and Electrical Effects at ComEd, he was responsible for maintaining effective working relationships with the two dozen railroads within ComEd’s service territory. In 2001, he joined EPRI to manage the recently formed EMC Program. In this capacity he was responsible for research into issues ranging from interference with Global Positioning Systems (GPS), railroads, and pipelines, to broadband data transmission over power lines (BPL). Other projects included the effects of High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and Intentional Electromagnetic Interference (IEMI) on power systems. He is a member of IEEE, ANSI, AREMA, CIGRE, and CISPR.  He is a registered professional engineer in Illinois.

E-mail: BCramer@EISIsolutions.com

Michael R. House

Mike House earned his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, and worked for General Dynamics’ R.F. Guidance Design Group for six years, followed by more than twelve years at Safetran Systems’ Electronic Division in California.  While at Safetran he worked in the Technical Support Department on a variety of projects, including in-house and field research into ac power interference problems, an investigation into poor shunting with the Association of American Railroads, the design of train-motion simulator systems for motion sensors and crossing predictors, the development and delivery of customer training programs including portable track simulators, and the resolution of specific customer application problems with crossing warning systems.  He is married to a woman who actually understands why he takes pictures of power lines and railroad crossings while on vacation, and now does independent consulting work for Timerider Technologies, Inc., with a diverse base of customers including railroads, electric utilities, and governmental agencies.  He is a member of IEEE and AREMA.

Jerry Ramie

Jerry Ramie is a veteran of the Regulatory Compliance, EMC and Microwave instrumentation industries. He is the President and founder of ARC Technical Resources, Inc. which provides training, equipment, systems and services for the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) profession since 1989. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE - EMC Society, the dB Society, the Power Engineering Society P1775 Committee on Broadband over Power line (BPL), the EMC Society's Ad Hoc Committee on BPL and is a NARTE-certified EMC technician.