Mariano

Velázquez

**** ********

Street

#****6

Houston,

Texas

77098

Phone:

540-***-****

Email:

acfyp8@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

Project

manager

with

extensive

experience

in

environmental

consulting

and

environmental

chemistry

research.

A

leader

that

combines

strong

management

and

technical

skills

to

design

and

implement

practical

solutions

to

complex

environmental

problems.

Extensive

experience

working

with

international

clients

and

regulatory

agencies.

Proven

capacity

to

implement

strategies

and

changes

to

accomplish

goals

without

compromising

integrity.

Strong

experience

working

with

multidisciplinary

teams

locally

and

internationally.

Available

for

travel

and/or

relocation

as

needed

for

continued

career

advancement.

Fluent

in

English

and

Spanish.

United

States

of

America

citizen.

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

Groundwater

and

Environmental

Services,

Inc.

(GES),

Houston,

Texas

Project

Manager,

2013-

Present

Staff

Hydrogeologist,

2011-

2012

Associate

Geologist,

2009-

2010

Junior

Geologist,

2007-

2008

Work

related

to

sites

ranging

from

retail

stations

to

abandoned

industrial

and

pipelines

facilities

in

the

United

States

of

America,

Central

America

and

the

Caribbean.

Representative

Projects:

Environmental

Portfolio

Technical

Support

(Nicaragua)

–

Provided

technical

support

for

11

•

environmental

cases.

Responsibilities

included

establishing

budget,

creating

proposals,

and

managing

spending;

correspondence

and

meetings

with

the

client

and

regulators

to

discuss

the

work

and

progress

of

the

sites;

reviewing

reports;

and

writing

work

plans,

remediation

action

plans,

and

letters

for

regulators.

Closed

5

of

the

11

cases.

Selected

Contributions:

Wrote,

presented,

and

got

regulators

approval

to

implement

a

new

remediation

approach

to

o

treat

a

groundwater

LNAPL

plume

in

two

different

sites:

a

fracture

igneous

rock

aquifer

and

the

upper

groundwater

layer

of

an

alluvial

fan

deposit.

In

both

cases

the

previous

approach

required

a

discharge

permit

that

was

never

granted

by

regulators.

Successfully

implemented

modifications

to

a

remedial

action

plan

approved

by

regulators

o

after

property

owners

denied

access

to

part

of

the

affected

area.

Collaborated

with

a

team

of

engineers

for

the

preparation

of

2

remediation

action

plans

that

o

included

the

design

of

remediation

systems.

Presented

and

got

regulators

approval

for

both

systems.

One

of

them

has

been

installed

and

is

making

satisfactory

progress.

Prepared

and

conducted

a

3

days

workshop

for

local

client

and

their

legal

advisers,

covering

o

the

topics

of

environmental

assessments,

remediation

techniques,

health

and

safety,

and

local

regulations.

Mariano

Velázquez’s

Resume,

cont.

Page

2

of

4

Environmental

Portfolio

Management

(Nicaragua)

–

Managed

18

remediation

sites,

with

an

annual

•

budget

of

3

to

4

million

dollars

per

year.

Established

yearly

budget,

created

proposals,

implemented

work

scope,

and

managed

annual

spending;

met

with

the

client

and

regulators

to

discuss

progress

of

the

sites;

coordinated

field

work

with

local

subcontractors,

GES

personnel,

and

regulators;

and

wrote

work

plans,

reports,

remediation

action

plans,

and

letters

for

regulators.

Closed

11

of

the

18

environmental

cases.

Selected

Contributions:

Worked

with

regulators

to

establish

closure

conditions

for

each

of

the

client’s

environmental

o

cases.

Managed

to

improve

the

communication

between

client

and

regulators

by

coordinating

o

yearly

sites

status

and

future

plans

meetings,

which

positively

improved

the

client’s

environmental

cases

progress

toward

closure.

Prepared

and

presented

a

3

days

seminar

to

approximately

100

regulators,

focusing

in

the

o

application

of

environmental

assessments

and

remedial

alternatives

to

their

local

problems.

Managed

a

temporary

landfarming

facility

where

5,519m3

of

hydrocarbon-

impacted

soil

o

were

remediated.

Designed

and

implemented

remedial

approach,

and

facility

path

to

closure.

Designed,

wrote,

presented

and

successfully

implemented

8

remediation

action

plans

to

o

treat

vadose

zone

hydrocarbon-

impacted

soils

with

in-

situ

chemical

oxidation.

Field

Work

Oversight

and

Reporting

at

Petroleum

Sites

(Central

America

and

the

Caribbean)

–

•

Coordinated,

provided

field

work

oversight,

and

wrote

site

assessment

reports

for

sites

in

Central

America

and

the

Caribbean,

including

Phase

II

environmental

site

assessments

(ESAs),

groundwater

sampling,

dual-

phase

extraction,

and

tidal

studies.

Selected

Contribution:

Conducted

a

tidal

study

to

document

the

LNAPL

thickness

variation

with

low

and

high

tide,

o

and

used

the

results

to

maximize

the

installed

remedial

system

product

extraction.

Health

and

Safety

Oversight

for

Petroleum

Client

Sites

(International)

–

Collected

and

reviewed

•

subcontractors’

Loss

Prevention

Observations

(LPOs)

and

Near

Loss

Investigations

(NLIs).

Created

and

submitted

the

monthly

LPS

Metric

Report.

Trained

subcontractors

to

improve

the

quality

of

their

LPOs

and

NLIs.

Selected

Contribution:

Trained

and

coached

subcontractors

to

recognize

and

report

NLIs

during

field

activities.

o

Remedial

Response

Management

at

Terminal

(Galena

Park,

TX)

–

Managed

remedial

response

to

•

create

a

reductive

zone

that

stops

TCE

migration

from

source

area

to

property

boundary

and

degrade

TCE

mass

into

a

non-

toxic

compounds.

Established

remedial

approach

and

budget,

wrote

Texas

Commission

on

Environmental

Quality

(TCEQ)

injection

permit,

coordinated

fieldwork

with

subcontractors

and

vendors,

and

provided

fieldwork

oversight.

Selected

Contribution:

Applied

remedial

action

stopped

TCE

migration

and

exponentially

decreased

TCE

o

concentrations.

Mariano

Velázquez’s

Resume,

cont.

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3

of

4

Phase

II

ESA

at

Research

Center

(Houston,

TX)

–

Responsible

for

establishing

the

Phase

II

ESA

work

•

scope

and

budget,

creating

proposals,

and

managing

spending.

Coordinated

meetings

and

site

visits

with

the

client

and

facility

personnel

to

discuss

project

progress.

Created

a

site-

specific

HASP,

provided

field

activities

oversight,

and

report

preparation.

Selected

Contribution:

Analyzed

Phase

II

ESA

data

to

recommend

site

soil

and

groundwater

future

use

restrictions.

o

Virginia

Polytechnic

Institute

and

State

University,

Blacksburg,

Virginia

Mining

&

Minerals

Engineering

Department

Laboratory

Specialist,

2004-

2005

Responsible

for

the

care

and

maintenance

of

the

chemical

research

laboratories

and

instrumentation

facilities

(AFM,

SEM,

AA

and

UV-

Visible

Spectrometers,

etc.).

Assisted

graduate

students

and

faculty

members

with

their

respective

research

projects.

Oak

Ridge

National

Laboratory

(ORNL),

Oak

Ridge,

Tennessee

Chemical

Sciences

Division

Research

Assistant,

2003

Used

FORTRAN

to

model

ferric

and

ferrous

sulfate

concentrated-

acidic

solutions.

Wrote

a

manuscript

to

publish

part

of

the

data

obtained

from

the

iron

sulfate

concentrated-

acidic

solution

models.

Virginia

Polytechnic

Institute

and

State

University,

Blacksburg,

Virginia

Geosciences

Department

Research

Assistant,

2001-

2002

Used

AFM

and

self-

assembled

monolayer

techniques

to

study

the

effects

of

peptide

chain

length

on

calcium

carbonate

growth.

Oak

Ridge

National

Laboratories

(ORNL),

Oak

Ridge,

Tennessee

Chemical

Sciences

Division

Research

Assistant,

2001

Performed

analysis

of

error

propagation

for

the

isopiestic

determination

of

the

osmotic

coefficients

of

{XH2SO4

+

(1-

X)Fe2(SO4)3}

aqueous

solutions

at

298.15

and

323.15

K.

University

of

Nebraska,

Lincoln,

Nebraska

Geosciences

Department

Field

and

Research

Assistant,

1996-

2001

Used

field

observations

and

aerial

photographs

to

construct

geological

maps

and

stratigraphic

sections,

and

to

develop

landslide

risk

reports

of

different

Big

Horn

Basin

areas

in

Wyoming

in

collaboration

with

Iowa

State

University.

Isopiestic

determination

of

the

osmotic

coefficients

of

{XH2SO4

+

(1-

X)Fe2(SO4)3}

aqueous

solutions

at

298.15

and

323.15

K.

In

collaboration

with

ORNL.

CERTIFICATIONS,

TRAININGS

&

US

GOVERNMENT

CLEARANCE

First

Aid

and

CPR

–

American

Red

Cross

Loss

Prevention

System

(LPS)

OSHA

HAZWOPER

–

initial,

refresher,

supervisor,

etc.

RCRA

Hazardous

Waste

and

Non-

Hazardous

Waste

Safe

Transportation

of

Hazardous

Materials

Texas

Risk

Reduction

Program

(TRRP)

Transportation

Worker

Identification

Credential

(TWIC)

EDUCATION

Virginia

Polytechnic

Institute

and

State

University

(Virginia

Tech)

Blacksburg,

VA

Graduate

Studies

in

Geology

Concentration:

Biogeochemistry.

Mariano

Velázquez’s

Resume,

cont.

Page

4

of

4

University

of

Nebraska

(UNL)

Lincoln,

NE

Bachelor

and

Master

of

Science,

Magna

Cum

Laude

Concentration:

Geology

and

Aqueous

Geochemistry

University

of

Puerto

Rico

(UPR)

Río

Piedras,

PR

Bachelor

of

Science,

Magna

Cum

Laude

Concentration:

Chemistry

with

a

minor

in

Mathematics

PUBLICATIONS

Velázquez

M.

(2014)

Vadose

Zone

Hydrocarbon

Impacted

Soils

In

Situ

ChemOx

Treatment:

A

Study

of

RegenOx

Application

in

Soils

of

Different

Lithology.

Manuscript

in

preparation.

Velázquez

M.,

Palmer

D.A.,

Kettler

R.M.

(2006)

Isopiestic

Measurements

of

the

Osmotic

Coefficients

of

Aqueous

{XH2SO4

+

(1-

X)Fe2(SO4)3}

Solutions

at

298.15

and

323.15

K.

Journal

of

Solution

Chemistry.35:

1699-

1730.

Dove

P.M.,

Davis

K.J.,

DeYoreo

J.J.,

Orme

C.A.,

Grantham

M.C.,

Teng

H.H.,

Velázquez

M.,

Wierzbicki

A.,

Wilson

D.S.

(2002)

Gast

Lecture

-

Deciphering

the

Physical

Basis

of

Biomineralization

Through

the

Lens

of

Mineral

Assembly.

Geochimica

et

Cosmochimica

Acta.

66:

A2-

A2

Suppl.

1.

ABSTRACTS

&

PRESENTATIONS

Velázquez

M.,

Dove

P.M.

(2003)

The

Influence

of

Peptide

Chain

Length

on

Calcium

Carbonate

Growth:

Building

an

Understanding

of

Biological

Mineralization

Processes.

8th

Annual

Virginia

Tech

Geosciences

Student

Research

Symposium,

Blacksburg,

VA.

Dove

P.M.,

DeYoreo

J.J.,

Wilson

D.A.,

Velázquez

M.,

Wasylenki

L.E.

(2003)

Nanoscale

Effects

of

Impurities

on

Calcite

Growth:

Deciphering

Biomineralization

Processes

in

the

Absence

of

Vital

Effects.

The

Royal

Swedish

Academy

of

Science

Biomineralization

Symposium.

Stockholm,

Sweden.

Velázquez

M.,

Dove

P.M.

(2002)

Nanoscale

Control

of

Peptides

and

Polypeptides

on

Calcite

Crystallization:

A

Simple

Model

System

for

Biomineralization.

7th

Annual

Virginia

Tech

Geosciences

Student

Research

Symposium,

Blacksburg,

VA.

Velázquez

M.,

Palmer

D.A.,

Kettler

R.M.,

Wesolowski

D.J.

(2001)

Isopiestic

Determination

of

the

Osmotic

Coefficients

of

Concentrated

Ferric

Sulfate

Aqueous

Solutions

at

298.15

and

323.15

K.

2001

GSA

Annual

Meeting.

Boston,

MA.

AFFILIATIONS

American

Chemical

Society

American

Geophysical

Union

Geological

Society

of

America

Mineralogical

Society

of

America

AWARDS

GES

Performance

Reward

Virginia

Tech

Minority

Academic

Opportunities

Program

Scholarship

Virginia

Tech

Geosciences

Dept.

Research

Presentation

Award

UNL

Geosciences

Department

Research

Fellowship

UNL

Larson

Minority

Fellowship

NSF

Research

Fellowship

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