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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (958)	1/23/1998 6:44:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

"I am convinced there is a 100% chance that a major portion of the domestic electrical infrastructure will be lost as a result of the Year 2000 computer and embedded systems problem." "The industry is fiddling whilst the infrastructure burns. You heard it here first." RICK COWLES Utilities Year 2000 Program Manager, DEC Corp =============================================================== Mr. Cowles is the Utilities Year 2000 Program Manager for Digital Equipment Corporation. He began his career in the commercial electric utility industry in 1980, performing consultancies at various nuclear power stations, after having served six years on nuclear submarines in the U.S. Navy. In 1983, he joined Public Service Electric & Gas in New Jersey at the Hope Creek Generating Station. Over his 14 year career at PSE&G, Mr. Cowles served in a variety of capacities in the plant operations, engineering, licensing, materials management, and corporate business integration groups. Prior to DEC, he was with DuPont Merck Pharmaceuticals, in a consulting capacity, to direct and program manage Y2K inventory and risk assessment of all DMPC manufacturing facilities, including radiopharmaceuticals. Mr. Cowles' has worked in both the power generation and business ends of the industry. He's spent time on the shop floor, in the board room, and control room. His information systems experience spans that entire timeframe, from System 38 and Tandem NonStop II system operations to an SAP implementation and Year 2000 program management in both the electric and pharmaceutical industries. For Full Details: Message 3245298 ============================================================== His extensive study of the electric industry and Year 2000 can be viewed online at "Electric Utilities and Year 2000" euy2k.com Rick Cowles Email: rcowles@waterw.com Phone: (609)299-4634