Charles Sinn
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Objective
Honors Sustainable Environmental Resource Management MSc holder wishes to work in a situation which would utilize a
broad scientific background as well as individual specializations in the fields of ecology, geology, environmental planning,
computing, finance, resource management, data modeling, report writing, team management and health & safety.
Education
University of Malta (Malta, EU)
Masters of Science, Magna Cum Laude: Sustainable Environmental Resource Management (SERM)
James Madison University (USA)
Masters of Science, Honors (Merit): Integrated Science and Technology (IST)
Durham University (United Kingdom)
Bachelors of Science, Honors (Upper division (2:1)): Geophysics with Geology
University of Maryland (USA)
Grade A in the course of Financial Accounting for Managers
St. Aloysius’ College (Malta): Sixth Form (Grade ‘A’ & Awards for Environmental Studies, English)
Skills
•Team leader in environmental protection projects and involvement with those who had been impacted by the increased
human and environmental footprint caused by a tourism boom in Maremma, Italy
•Health and safety experience with Wasteserv Malta including the production of reports on better alternatives to
conventional effluent treatment, assessment of air quality and proposing better solid waste disposal methods (MSc.
SERM project)
•Possess approximately a year of geological, geophysical and environmental field work experience through student
fieldwork projects.
•Extensive experience in data collection projects ranging from the production of urban planning reports making use of GIS
and collected GPS data to instrument data collection, manipulation, report production and presentation
•Extensive peer review, project assessment, report production and presentation experience.
•Completed a master's thesis of how Malta can best achieve its 2020 "20-20-20" goals which analyzed and quantified the
economic, strategic and environmental implications of the Malta-Sicily interconnector cable (which I deemed the best
available option for Malta)
•Efficient, detail-oriented and highly organized self-starter
•Strong analytical and problem solving skills (Junior Chess Champion of Malta, 2003)
Professional Qualifications and Interests
•Proficient in Computer Software Maintenance, Networking, Microsoft Office, Excel (Advanced Level 3 Excel),
Access, Adobe Photoshop, PageMaker, PowerPoint, Windows XP/Vista/7 (A Level IT)
•Proficient in Computer Hardware Construction and System Management
•Quantitative Modeling Experience; Statistics, Programming for Model building and Interpretation
•Global Background: Traveled to more than 20 foreign countries and experienced many cultures (lived for months in
Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay, Portugal, Hungary, France and years in U.K. & USA).
•Elected Fellow of Geological Society of London, 2010
•Languages – English: Fluent, French: Intermediate (A-level), Italian: Basic (GCSE), Maltese: Basic
References
•Jonathan J. Miles, PhD, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 USA
•Captain Nigel Dunkerley & Capt. Ray Zarb, European Pilot Academy Luqa, Malta, EU
•Dr Victor Martinelli, PhD, Dept. of Education, University of Malta, Msida, Malta, EU
•Other references available upon request