Francis L. Durfee, P.E.  
20260 Quail Hollow Rd.
Apple Valley, CA 92308

Phone:   760 961-0044
Cell:       760 401-7181  
             
E-mail:    Fritz Durfee
Fritz Durfee


CAREER EXPERIENCE:

Operating and Technical Management, cost accounting, project scheduling, product design and
engineering.  Control System Engineer in line and staff positions.  Assignments have included
project management, system design, application engineering, commissioning and start-up,
operator and maintenance training for a variety Cement and Mineral Processing plant control
systems.

2001 to Present       Control System Engineering - Consultant




1998 to 2001            CEMEX USA/Southdown, Inc., Victorville, CA
                          Corporate Project Manager – Expansion Project Process Control

1990 to 1998            FLS Automation, Inc., Hunt Valley, MD
                         Project Manager
                         TopTools Automation Systems, Inc., Timonium, MD
                         Project & Technical Support Manager

1971 to 1990            Swanson MONITROL Systems, Inc., Inglewood, CA
                         Vice President - Operations
                         Swanson Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Inglewood, CA
                         Vice President & Manager Computer Operations
                         Chief Engineer
                         Chief Design Engineer - Systems Division

1967 to 1971            Kennecott Copper Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT
                         Senior Design Engineer - Process Control Section

1960 to 1967            Penn Dixie Cement Corporation
                         Production Engineer, Petoskey, MI
                         Production Engineer, Nazareth, PA
                         Plant Engineer, West Des Moines, IA

EDUCATION:           West Los Angeles College - Computer Science
                         University of Utah - Business & Economics
                         Montana State College - BS Electrical Engineering

MISCELLANEOUS:   Registered Professional Control System Engineer - CA (CS 1564)
                          Member - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE

HOBBIES:                 Digital Photography, Reading & Personal Computing

PERSONAL:              Married, U.S. Citizen