Magnolia resident Allen Goldstein has been selected by the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md., to lead national projects on energy calibration through the nation’s smart grid.
In addition to convening national conversations on global warming, he will work on international standards.
The appointment is an outgrowth of a federal project that Goldstein, 55, headed up for Fluke Calibration Inc. in Everett, Wash., for the last two years.
A former sonar officer in the U.S. Navy, Goldstein is a graduate of the University of Southern California and has been the principal for ADPRO Engineering for the last 20 years. Goldstein now works in the synchometrology unit in Gaithersburg as an electrical engineer and project manager.
Goldstein has lived with his family in Magnolia since 1993 and has served as a volunteer on service projects and as a scout leader with Pack 85. An avid sailor, Goldstein formerly chaired cruising fleet committees at Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle.