Robert Bosch, LLC : Charleston, SC
Health, Safety and Environmental Specialist
JAMES R. TUCKER, Ph.D.
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Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina 29466-6911
TEL 843-***-****
CAREER OBJECTIVE: To pursue regulatory compliance, industrial safety,
technical training, and technical management with emphasis in solving
problems and providing a safe and healthful work environment.
CAREER SUMMARY: I have 25+ years progressive experience in the adult
education, health and safety compliance, technology development,
implementation and regulatory processes: Identifying a specific technical
need, moving from ideation to the laboratory, involving engineering,
regulatory and business team members, establishing technical performance,
evaluating end-user acceptance, and driving development through the pilot-
plant to commercial scale, training of operational staff and on to the
marketplace.
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING SYSTEMS, INC. (Environmental Sampling Products)
Chief Operating Officer & Vice President Technology
5/2005-Present
www.emssales.net
A. Established a safety and health program in a environmental products
manufacturing environment with clean rooms and Level IV safety hoods.
B. Established a Quality Control/Quality Assurance program to produce ~ 3
million cassettes for Asbestos (PCM&TEM), Lead Based Paint and Indoor Air
Quality Testing.
C. Established Department of Transportation compliant procedures for
shipping Hazardous Materials
D. Provide Technical Support to clients on NIOSH Manual of Analytical
Methods, OSHA & EPA Compliance
UNIVERSITY LABORATORY ASSOCIATES, LLC
President and Chief Operating Officer
4/2003-Present
INDOOR AIR QUALITY (IAQ) - BIOAEROSOL ANALYSIS
A. Established a positive cash flow corporation, located on the campus and
affiliated with the Medical University of South Carolina, Program in
Environmental Health Sciences to analyze IAQ samples (Bulk, tape lift,
spore trap, & viable) for fungi, educate IAQ Professionals, provide
community outreach, conduct research & development programs.
B. Lecturer and Faculty, Medical University of South Carolina. Developed
and presented courses for IAQ Investigators, IAQ Mold Remediators, IAQ for
Facility Managers, Real Estate Agents and Insurance Adjusters, and
Microscopy for IAQ Investigators.
C. Director of Education for Indoor Environmental Air Quality Council
(IEAQC) - Member on the Board of Directors for IEAQC.
TUCKER ENTERPRISES LLC, dba ASAP Technical & ASAP Environmental
Chief Operating Officer and Founder 1997-
Present
TECHNICAL, CHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
A. Lead Based Paint Hazards (LBP)
a. Provide services to protect children from Lead Based Paint
Poisoning, which include inspections, risk assessments, abatement
supervision and project design, education and community service.
b. Identify, evaluate, report on, and develop novel products for Lead
Based Paint hazards.
c. Develop new analytical techniques for field quantification of
heavy metals from aqueous solution using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF).
d. Active in community on LBP issues as a Member of the Board of
Advisors for the Charleston Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Program and Chairman of the Funding Committee, Founder of SC
Healthy Homes Initiative - A LBP Citizens Action Group
e. Manufacturer's Trainer for Thermo-Fisher/Niton Corporation in
radiation safety and the safe and efficient operation of X-ray
fluorescence (XRF) spectrum analyzer.
f. Manufacturer's Trainer for INNOV-X Systems in radiation safety
and the safe and efficient operation of X-ray fluorescence (XRF)
spectrum analyzers.
B. Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM)
a. ACM Air Sampler (1999-2011) - SC DHEC Certificate #23127
b. ACM Supervisor (1999-2011) - SC DHEC Certificate # 46656
c. ACM Inspector (1999-2011) - SC DHEC Certificate # 23125
d. ACM Management Planner (1999-2011) SC DHEC Certificate # 23126
C. Indoor Air Quality Assessments (IAQ)
a. Provide services to protect individuals from Indoor Air Quality
contaminants, which include inspections, risk assessments,
abatement supervision and project design, education and community
service.
b. Manufacturer's trainer for Environmental Monitoring Systems -
Proper sampling design and use of Air Sampling Equipment.
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 1997-2006
Faculty - Program in Environmental Health Sciences - College of Health
Professionals
A. Lecturer & Faculty - Asbestos Containing Materials, AHERA Trainer for
Asbestos Worker, Supervisor, Inspector, Risk Assessor, Project
Designer - All Topics
B. Lecturer & Faculty - NIOSH 582 - Phase Contrast Microscopy for
Asbestos Fiber Counting
C. Lecturer & Faculty - Lead Based Paint Courses, EPA Trainer for LBP
Worker, Supervisor, Inspector, Risk Assessor, Project Designer - All
Topics
D. Lecturer and Faculty - OSHA HAZWOPER Training, OSHA Trainer for 40
Hour, 8 Hour Refresher & 10 Hour Courses - All Topics
E. Lecturer & Faculty - DOT Hazardous Materials Shipping - DOT Trainer
for 40 CFR 173 Shipping Courses - All Topics
F. Lecturer & Faculty - Radiation Safety for Radiation Safety Officers -
All Topics
ARMOR ALL PRODUCTS CORPORATION
Director of Corporate Research and Development
1995 - 1997
Technical Director - Protectant Division & Home Care Division
1994 - 1995
Technical Manager - New Technology 1993
- 1994
Corporate Safety Officer 1993
- 1995
HENKEL RESEARCH CORPORATION & HENKEL - EMERY GROUP
Research Associate - Exploratory Oleochemistry and New Product Research
1990-1993
Section Head - Homogeneous & Heterogeneous Catalysis
1989-1990
PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY
Technology Group Leader - Bold and New Tide Brands
1986 - 1989
Staff Research Chemist - Surfactant Technology
1981 - 1986
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Univ. of North Carolina Organometallic/Organic Chemistry
1977 - 1981
B.S. Univ. of Virginia Chemistry - with Distinction
1972 - 1976
German Language - Intermediate Honors Goethe Institute, Germany 1974
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE RELATED TRAININGS 1996-Present
Adult Training Courses - Including Course Creation and Primary Instructor
Introduction to Industrial Hygiene
Asbestos
Inspector
Management Planner
Supervisor
Air Monitor
NIOSH 582
Lead Based Paint
Inspector
Risk Assessor
Supervisor
Project Designer
Renovation, Repair and Painting Renovator
Indoor Air Quality
Investigator
Environmental Hygienist (IEAQC)
Risk Assessor
Remediator Supervisor
Aerobiologist
Fungal Spore Identification
Advanced Indoor Air Quality - Fungal Culture Idnetification
OSHA
HAZWOPER Training - 40 Hour & 8 Hour Refreshers
General Industry 30 Hour & 10 Hour
29CFR1910.1200 - HAZCOM
29CFR1926.62 - Lead in Construction Standard
29CFR1910.134 - Respiratory Standard
29CFR1910.1001 - Asbestos in Construction Standard
DOT
Hazardous Materials Shipping -40 CFR 173
RADIATION SAFETY
Radiation Safety Officer
Safe and Proper Operation X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrophotometers
(XRF)
Thermo-Fischer Niton XRF
Olympus - Innov-X XRF
PATENTS - ARMOR ALL PRODUCTS CORPORATION
1. APPLICATION (10/96) "Method for Cleaning Environmental Soils from
Outdoor Unfinished Surface", James R. Tucker et al.
2. APPLICATION (10/96) "Method for Applying Water-Proofing Compositions to
Outdoor Surface", James R. Tucker et al.
PATENTS -HENKEL RESEARCH CORPORATION & HENKEL - EMERY GROUP
3. APPLICATION (1/91) "Oxidative Purification in Ambroxan Synthesis." J.R.
Tucker et al.
4. "Telomerization of 1,3-butadiene", J.R. Tucker, et al, US 5,236,909.
5. "Herstellung von Polyolethern auf Basis Glycerin.", J.R. Tucker et al,
US 5,236,909.
6. "Verfahren zur Herstellung von Glycerinethersulfaten." J.R. Tucker et
al, US 5,117,032.
PATENTS - PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY
7. "Preparation of imidazoline derivatives as fabric conditioners." J.R.
Tucker et al, US 88-287922.
8. "Detergent plus softener with imidazoline ingredient." J.R. Tucker et
al, US 922912.
9. "Detergent plus softener with amide ingredient." J.R. Tucker et al, US
4762645.
10. "Fluoronaphthalene chromium tricarbonyls useful as hydrogenation
catalysts for polyunsaturated fatty acid residue-containing
compositions." J.R. Tucker et al, US 632775 .
11. "Hydrogenation of polyunsaturated fatty acid residue-containing
compositions using naphthalene chromium tricarbonyl catalyst." J.R.
Tucker et al, US 587321.
PUBLICATIONS
12. "Selective catalytic hydrogenation of 1,4-dienes to cis-monoenes using
naphthalene)(tricarbonyl)chromium." J.R. Tucker et al, J.Organomet.Chem.
279 (1985) 49
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Enantioselective Cyclopropane Synthesis Using Chiral
Carbene Complexes-Metal Versus Ligand Chirality in Optical Induction." J.
R. Tucker et al, J.Am.ChemSoc. 105 (1983) 6721
14.
"Facile Synthesis, Spectral Characterizations and Ethylidene Transfer
Reactions of Complexes of the Type Cp(CO)LFe =
CHCH3+." J. R. Tucker et al, J.Am.Chem.Soc. 105 (1983) 258 and
103 (1981) 979
15.
"Measurement of Barriers to Aryl Rotation in Cp(CO)2Fe = CH(C6H5)+ and
Cp(CO)2Fe = CH(pCH3-C6H4 J. R. Tucker et al,
J.Organometal.Chem. 193 (1980) C23-C26
16.
"Spectroscopic Characterization of an Electrophilic Transition-Metal-
Methylene Complex Cp((C6H5)2PCH2CH2P(C6H5)2)Fe=CH2+." J.R.
Tucker, J.Am.Chem.Soc. 102 (1980) 1203
17.
"Stereoselective Synthesis of cis and trans 2-substituted 1,3 Dithiane 1-
Oxides." J.R. Tucker et al, J.Org.Chem. 41 (1976)3975
18. Numerous technical presentations and posters at Environmental, Health
and Safety Conferences, available upon request.