Education:

BS Chemistry, ****, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

Licenses:

Years of Experience:

21

Professional Affiliations:

American Chemical Society, National Society of Black Engineers

Training and Certifications:

National Academy for Nuclear Training Certified Nuclear Technician April 2005

National Academy for Nuclear Training Certified Nuclear Instructor February 2006

Citizenship:

United States

Professional chemist in the Nuclear, Ceramic, Petrochemical, and Steel Industries. Technical Instructor for Chemistry, Engineering, General Employee Training and Radiation Protection.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Laboratory Manager, NMC Global, Inc., Kenner, LA, 2015. Project Engineer/Quality Control Manager - Managing ISO/ASTM certified laboratory. Responsible for all day-to-day laboratory operations at a local divisional office. Represents the policies, ethics, and culture of the company. Completes financial performance to achieve or exceed budgeted requirements. Provides for lab-related customer service, troubleshooting and problem solving. Supervises and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in performing chemical and physical tests required for quality control of processes and products by performing the following duties.

Ensures all lab staff have adequate resources to perform all aspects of work required.

Ensures all lab staff are adequately trained to safely perform all required job functions and that competency records are maintained.

Ensures compliance with all corporate policy procedures in the laboratory.

Provides employee motivation and champions the BMS system, including SQC, Calibrations, Quality Assurance, Training, Round Robins and lab BMS.

Maintains an “open door policy” and communicates with lab staff and management to promote empowerment and accountability.

Understands customer requirements and organizes lab procedures, schedules and staffing to provide for meeting/exceeding same.

Supports the ISO certificate(s) and manages corrective/preventive actions.

Reviews local laboratory operations for all aspects of the continuous improvement process.

Compiles and analyzes test information to determine operating efficiency of processes and equipment and to diagnose problems and malfunctions.

Recommends measures to improve testing procedures, use of equipment, and needs for new equipment.

Ensures compliance in all areas.

Ensures laboratory practices meet or exceed company policy and industry standards.

Reads, understands and enforces the company BMS and Safety policies.

Establishes or adjusts work schedules to meet testing requirements and control costs.

Maintains time, training, calibration, QC and testing records.

Proposed Positions: Principal Subject Matter Expert; Principal Performance Consultant; Principal Consultant; Project Manager; Senior Engineer/Scientist/Chemist

Entergy Nuclear Corporation, 2004 to 2013

GET Instructor, Duties included the co-ordination and implementation of General Employee Training and Outage In-Processing. Additional duties included the evaluation of training material for compliance with corporate and regulatory procedures. Further duties included the administration of Entergy Corporate Supervisory training. I served as an Administrator of NANTeL (INPO LMS) and Entergy Corporate LMS (Plateau). Served as Lead Assessor for Technical group. A member of the Waterford 3 Diversity Inclusion group, Industrial Safety Group and Scholastic Out-Reach Program. 2004 to 2013

Emergency Planning Instructor. Duties included the development and implementation of Emergency Planning scenarios and evaluation of the effectiveness of the training based on INPO; Homeland Securities and Louisiana State DEQ standards and expectations.

Chemistry Instructor. Duties included evaluation of training material for compliance with corporate and regulatory procedures. Further duties included the implementation of a System Approach to Training, which includes the initiation, and/or resolution of Task Analysis and Training Evaluation and Action Request.

Radiochemist/Radiation Protection. Duties included water chemistry evaluation for purity and composition. Further duties included the testing of noble metals and radioactive gases for abundance and source. Solid testing performed for radioactivity and treatment. Additional duties included the treatment and evaluation of radioactive waste, performing radiological surveys and supporting Radiation Protection. Maintenance and operation of laboratory instruments including ICP, DCP and Multi Channel Geranium Crystal Analyzer.

Lab Analyst, Louisiana Staffing at Stauffer Chemicals, St. Gabriel, LA, 2004. Duties included the testing of raw materials for purity and the analysis of intermediate processed products. The analysis was used to determine the efficiency of the chemical process. Wet and instrumental testing such as titration, GC, Microwave Digestion and ICP used to determine purity and composition. Instrumentation maintenance performed on GC’s and ICP.

Lab Analyst, Tech 2000 at ConocoPhillips Alliance Refinery Belle Chasse, LA, 2002 to 2004. Duties included the testing of crude oil for gravity, sulfur and water content. Further duties included testing of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel for RVP, sulfur, distillation, pour/freeze points and other relevant tests. I primarily worked as a GC chemist at the refinery which entailed testing of liquid petroleum product for composition and purity and maintenance of instruments. Occasional hand blends to determine ratio of adjustment needed to correct off test material. Maintenance and operation of laboratory instruments GC/MS/LC, IC, HPLC, LC, TLC, EC, Scanning Electron Microscope, ICP, Instron Testing, Leco C/S Analyzer, Mini Rotary Viscometer, Brookfield Rotary Viscometer, JASCO Automated Polarimeter and Varian Spectra AA Atomic Adsorption Spectrometer.

Other Employment History

Lab Analyst

OxyChem

2000 to 2002

Chemist/Consultant

US Peroxide

2001 to 2002

Lab Analyst

SGS CSI, Inc.

2000 to 2001

Lead Chemist

American Iron Reduction, LLC

1997 to 2000

Polymer Chemist/Instrumental

Delta Petroleum Company

1996 to 1997

Material Analyst

Turnbull Industries

1995 to 1996

Polymer Chemist

Coors Electronic Package Co.

1994 to 1995

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