Project Training

Ali Al-Saffar

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Farmington Hills, MI 48336

*********@*****.***

Phone # 734-***-****

Experience Summary

Professional experience with more than 15 years in the field of Geology.

Strong experiences in project management, including contract negotiations

and creation of team relationships. Since 2004, led, directed and managed

numerous environmental projects for federal government clients, including

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Air

National Guard, and implemented strategic programs to assist clients in

solving highly controversial and complex technical and environmental

problems. Earned a reputation for providing successful and cost-effective

project management services in environmental geology, and geotechnical and

hydrogeologic investigations, sedimentalogy, sequence stratigraphic

analysis and depositional environment interpretation, geochemical analysis,

petroleum geology and mineralogy.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFISSIONAL LICENCE

. Professional Geologist 2010

. Ph.D. in Earth Sciences 2005

. M.Sc. in Earth Sciences 2000

. B.Sc. in Earth Sciences 1993

WORK EXPERIENCE

Michigan 2007 to

Present

Job Title: - Senior Geologist

. Performing and managing multi type projects for U.S. Army Corp of

Engineers (USACE) and other federal agencies.

. Prepared statements of work, proposals, technical evaluation,

projects budget control, invoicing, projects tracking, reporting,

and close out.

. Conducting all phases of environmental site assessments, including

initial site visits and work plan development.

. Use aerial photographs, digital data for computerized mapping,

analysis and correlation.

. Surface and subsurface rocks, soil and sediment sampling.

. Generate and update topographic and subsurface maps, logs, cross-

sections and corporate databases with new tops, correlations, shows

and other pertinent geological data using new software, GPS, and

modeling. .

. Surface water and groundwater sampling.

. Monitoring well design and installation.

. Aquifer testing including slug tests and pumping tests a plus;

experience with calibrating field instruments

. Assessing hydrological conditions.

. Drilling and well log interpretation using g-INT software and USCS

classification.

. Geotechnical analysis and sampling.

. Geochemical analysis and laboratory testing programs.

. Writing final report with all findings and conclusions.

. Managing the removal of underground storage tanks (USTs) in

Michigan including remediation activities.

. Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a

wide range of geological data problems.

. Ability to deal with formulas, scientific equations, and graphs.

. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw

valid conclusions

. Ability to work with a very large digital and raster well log

database and an extensive geologic tops database.

.

. List of completion of more than 50 projects performed is available

upon request.

URS Corporation 2005 - 2007

Job Title: - Project and Program Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer

(USACE), Gulf Region Division (GRD).

. Managed $2.9 billion worth of reconstruction projects.

. Prepared statements of work and managed field investigations contracts

and task orders.

. Coordinated logistics and detailed program status reports in the areas

of procurement, shipments, installations, and training.

. Prepared purchase requests and commitments for over 1,000 contracts

across 19 Project Codes.

. Prepared 1D and 2D basin modeling

. Conducted geochemical analysis

. The position required close contact and coordination with Iraqi

government ministries, high-ranking U.S. military officers, and senior

consultants from U.S. State Department. It required decision making as

a fiduciary of the U.S. Government and program execution within the

Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and the Defense Federal

Acquisition Regulations (DFAR) requirements.

Petroleum Research Center, Middle East 1993 -

2003

Job Title: - Geologist, Oil and Minerals Exploration Sector.

. Assisted in the assessment of recoverable hydrocarbons in southern and

western Iraq.

. Performed many projects and researches in the field of stratigraphy

for clastics and carbonates, sedimentalogy, geochemistry, and rocks

and minerals.

. Interoperated the results of exploration and wrote technical reports,

including daily and weekly geological reports and final wells history

reports.

. Experienced in both carbonate and clastic depositional environments -

both deep and shallow water

. Experienced in core description and the evaluation of core data,

including facies and process sedimentology interpretation

. Utilized geologic information to identify tectonic- and stratigraphic

sequences in order to provide an accurate assessment of petroleum

resources.

. Conducted sequence stratigraphic analysis and depositional

environment interpretation

. Conducted petrophysical evaluation and reserve calculations

. Conducted structural interpretations

. Resolved characterization of multi-scale sedimentology, litho-and-

sequence stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and geochemistry; integrate

petrophysical and geomechanical properties to identify and map stacked

lithofacies and parasequences.

. Analyzed, evaluated and interpreted geological data obtained by

various methods and techniques to provide clients with accurate

descriptions and characteristics of reservoirs.

. Studied more than 1000 of thin section slides using XRD, SEM and

polarized microscope in the field of mineralogy and paleontology.

. performed mathematical and scientific computations

PUBLICATIONS

. Al-Saffar A.H. (2009). Distribution of Heavy Metals in Bottom Surface

Sediments of Clinton River, Michigan. AIPG, Grand Junction, Colorado, 3-7

October, 2009. Abstract.

. Al-Saffar A.H. (2006). Optimization of Thin Laminations Bioceramic

Material Preparation from Hussainiyat Bauxite and Akashat Phosphorite by

Die Pressing. 5th International Engineering Conference, Al-Mansoura -

Sharm Elsheikh, Egypt, 27-31 March, 2006. Abstracts.

. Al-Saffar A.H. Phosphorite. 8th International Conference on the Geology

of the Arab World (GAW), Cairo, Egypt, 13-16 February, 2006. Abstract.

. Al-Saffar A.H. (2005). Assessment of the Utilization of Hussainiyat

Bauxite and Akashat Phosphorite in Preparing Bioceramic Material. Ph.D.

Thesis. University of Baghdad.

. Al-Saffar A.H. (2001). Ostracoda of Fat'ha Formation (M.Miocene) from

Central Iraq. Rafidain Jour. Science, University of Mosul, Vol. 12, No. 4.

. Al-Saffar A.H. (2000). Palaeocology of Middle-Upper Miocene Deposits in

Central Iraq. M.Sc. Thesis. University of Baghdad.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lecturer:

. University of Malaysia, College of Sciences, 2005-2006

. University of Baghdad, College of Sciences, 2001-2003

Taught undergraduate courses in General Geology, Sedimentary, Structural

Geology, Basin Analysis, Mineralogy, Paleontology, Palaeocology and

Carbonate Rocks.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

. Endowed with numerous recommendations from the Commanding General (CG)

and other high-level U.S. service personnel for my outstanding

performance and services.

SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION

. Emergency Management Certificate (2010).

. Forty (40) Hour HAZWOPER (2009) and eight (8) hours HAZWOPER refresher

training (2010).

. Eight (8) Hour OSHA training for construction (2009)

. CPR and First Aid training (2009)

. DOT Hazardous Materials / Hazardous Waste Transportation Certification

(MDOT 2008).

. Construction Quality Management for Contractors - Certificate (USACE

2008).

. Soil Erosion Sediment Control (SESC) - Certificate (DEQ 2008).

. Lead inspection and risk assessor (2008).

PROFESSIONAL MEETING/ WORKSHOP ATTENDANCE

. Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) Ultra Violet Optical Screening Tool

(UVOST) used in Sediment Investigation of Duluth Harbor, 2010. The

Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Detroit, Michigan

. I-99 Acid Rock Drainage Remediation Project, 2009. The Society of

American Military Engineers (SAME), Detroit, Michigan

. Michigan Air Emission Report System (MAERS), 2009. Department of

Environmental Quality (DEQ), Livonia, Michigan.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

. Strong interpersonal skills demonstrating the ability to work

effectively in a multi-disciplinary team.

. Highly proficient with Microsoft Windows XP and many productivity

computer applications such as Microsoft Office, MS Excel, MS Power

Point and mapping application software such as Surfer, and

Geoenvironmental and Geotechnical Software (gINT).

. Supervising and training field technicians in the acquisition of data

and maintaining budget constraints.

. Identifying underlying principles, reasons, or facts by breaking down

information or data into separate premises before making conclusions.

. Excellent communication skills both verbal and written. Ability to

work independently and write technical reports.

. Client-focused and have good organizational and time optimization

skills.

. Understand and implement QA/QC policies.

. Ability to work for extended periods of time in the field, under hot

or cold, humid, and wet conditions.

REFERENCES

Available upon request

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