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Gary D. Hall Sr.
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| Title: |
Senior Electrical Project Engineer |
| Industry: |
Paper |
| Type of Organization: |
Manufacturing |
| Major Product/Service: |
Manufacturing and marketing tissue, packaging, paper, pulp, building products and related chemicals |
| Expertise: |
Mr. Hall has over 16 years experience. He serves as an Electrical Engineer responsible for the project management of the paper machine areas including maintenance, purchase and programming of the equipment. Mr. Hall trains electricians and operators on new systems as well current systems. |
| Geographic Area of Distribution: |
International |
| Affiliations: |
Epsilon Pi Ti; Board Member and Allocation Committee, United Way |
| University/Degree: |
B.S., Electrical Technology, Northeastern State University, 1991; A.S. Electrical Technology, Oklahoma State University School of Technical Training, 1984; A.S. Oklahoma State Baptist T.O. Chappell School of Religion, 1998 |
| Born: |
Muskogee, Oklahoma |
| Hobbies/Sports: |
Family activities, grandchildren, coaching youth basketball, community volunteering, book reviewer at the library for Senior Citizens, active in nursing home and prison ministry via the church |
| Spouse: |
Sandi Hall |
| Married: |
October 5, 1991 |
| Children: |
Teyah, Bethany, Gary, Jr.; Grandchildren: Alexis, Alexandria |
| Work History: |
Mr. Hall served as an Electrical Apprentice with Electrical Design and Construction from 1984 to 1985. He was an Instrumentation Technician with Daniels Construction from 1985 to 1986 and a Field Service Technician with Coburn Optical from 1986 to 1992. Since 1992, Mr. Hall has been a Senior Electrical Staff Project Engineer with Georgia-Pacific Corporation while concurrently serving as a Pastor at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church since 2006. |
| Career Accomplishments: |
Mr. Hall feels that his accomplishments directly correlate to the vast amount of training he received throughout his career. Examples of this include: Texas Instruments PLC trained, Rockwell Automation PLC trained, Siemens-Moore DCS trained, Fisher Provox DCS trained and being trained on various vendor specific systems. Mr. Hall feels that the advent of the solid state Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and the Distributed Control System (DCS) are two of the biggest improvements in electronics that have brought about an increase in productivity. |