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Quality Assurance Supervisor

Location:
Mt Pleasant, SC, 29466
Posted:
June 18, 2011

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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.



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