Kevin Gowan
Principal Engineer at Puget Sound Energy
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Gowan is a Principal Engineer with 13 years at Puget Sound Energy, blending hands-on substation engineering with strategic product management for grid modernization. He has led asset management, reliability programs, and field engineering initiatives while building frameworks for data-driven decision making and visualization. Kevin steers new technology evaluation and pilots to advance clean energy objectives, translating technical due diligence into practical deployment. His background in mechanical engineering and early work on wind facilities gives him a systems-oriented perspective on both generation and distribution. Known for bridging field crews, vendors, and planners, he combines forensic failure analysis with program-level strategy. Based in Bellevue, he focuses on sustainable, customer-centered solutions that improve community resilience and operational efficiency.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering at Washington State University
Github Skills (37)
altium-designer8
high-speed6
install-script6
raspberry6
freecad6
commodore6
octoprint6
sd-card6
software-defined-radio5
workbench5
open-hardware5
trident5
3d-printer5
dac5
ubuntu5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CQ-Linux/CQ-Linux
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Ham radio Linux install script for x86 Raspbian Desktop
Contributions:1 release, 242 commits, 11 PRs in 4 months
raspberry-piham-radioraspbianinstall-scriptlinux
bwattendorf/Mchf-Build-Guide
Mar 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes in 3 months
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