Sam Gillion

Experienced electrical professional with over 10 years in commercial, industrial, and EV sectors, specializing in electric vehicle (EV) systems and electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). Deep understanding of high-voltage systems, power distribution, and electrical diagnostics. Extensive hands-on experience servicing electric coaches, including troubleshooting high-voltage systems, battery management, and optimizing vehicle to charger interactions (V2G messaging) at New Flyer. Expertise in maintaining and troubleshooting various EV chargers, including L2 to DC fast chargers. Primary focus on HVC (heavy vehicle charging) with extensive experience with pantograph systems. Skilled in field work, remote diagnostics, log analysis, and data extraction for reliable and efficient charging solutions. Committed to using expertise in both EV systems and charging infrastructure to support the growing adoption of clean energy solutions. Comprehensive understanding of technical and operational aspects of both EVs and EVSE. Aim to contribute to the continued development and optimization of EV charging technologies.

• OSHA-10 (19 CFR 1926) Training
• CRP
• AED
• Electrical Trainee Card #T-50892
• PPE

• For the past two years, I have worked for ABB's HVC department, specializing in pantograph and depot box systems. My role involves providing technical support, remote diagnostics and troubleshooting high-voltage charging systems for electric buses and fleet charging stations. I work closely with engineers, technicians and customers to resolve issues, interpret logs, and implement solutions to ensure optimal system performance. Additionally, I handle data extraction, documentation and reporting.
• 3 years exp as EV field service technician for new flyer servicing and maintaining the electric coach fleet for lane county. service, update, and maintain electrical systems on electric bus coaches, troubleshooting lv and hv systems, familiar with plc's and ladder logic, log reading, arc flash training, training others, lithium batteries and management systems, software, updating programs, cad drawings, XPAND, VANSCO, SIADIS, VMM, PARKER and VECTOR software's.
• Electrical apprentice for 4 years working in industrial, commercial and new construction settings performing service work to new installations and all job planning aspects involved there in. Trained to work in high voltage settings, familiar with AC and DC systems. Exp in Conduit bending, underground, wire pulling, familiar and comfortable working and troubleshooting DC and AC single to 3 phase systems ranging from 120, 240, 277 and 480.

• Extensive experience working on both vehicle and charging infrastructure sides of electric transportation systems both in the field and remotely
• Good understanding of ladder logic and plc systems
• Skilled at troubleshooting HV and LV systems
• Familiar with log reading, V2G messaging and remote analysis
• Customer interaction and support - communicating with customers to understand their needs and ensure satisfaction
• Collaborative problem solving - working with engineers, technicians and customers
• Skilled at providing over the phone support to identify issues and implement solutions
• Skilled in diagnosing, maintaining and optimizing EVSE performance
• Skilled with remote diagnostics using Linux
• Familiar with XPAND, SIEMENS, VANSCO, PARKER, VECTOR and CANalyzer software's
• Understanding of cad drawings
• Assisted with interoperability testing - (OCPP, sequential charging and OEM requests)
• Knowledgeable and proficient with front end charging standards (ISO 15118/DIN)

• Outstanding Achievement
• Student Mentor
• Perfect Attendance
• 3.9 GPA