Project Manager Engineer
Resume:
Business development and management role promoting sustainability and energy efficiency in business practices, by pairing related
Objective technical and business background.
Green Samaritan Consulting, LLC Atlanta, Georgia 2009 – Present
Experience Cofounding Partner
A sustainability strategy and engineering consulting firm focused on cost effective energy and water solutions for commercial clients.
• Energy Performance Contracting and conducting energy retrofit services for commercial facilities.
• Developed high-level training course on carbon markets, corporate carbon accounting protocols, and carbon management,
under auspices of USAID. Taught diplomaed course in Spanish at university in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• Assisted the Federal Transit Administration in identifying green building strategies and energy projects for public transit
agencies to quantify and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Southface Energy Institute Atlanta, Georgia 2007 – 2009
• Technical Project Manager – Commercial Green Building Services
• Project Manager: Guided building owners and design professionals in design and construction
phases to implement green building strategies. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) Consultant for commercial projects throughout the country.
• Energy Modeler: Used robust computer modeling and simulation during building design phase.
Perform alternates analysis for cost benefit of environmental strategies. Model energy demands in
order to optimize the building design for energy efficiency and operations efficiency of commercial
buildings.
• Public Speaker and Trainer: Trained building industry professionals on a variety of green building
and sustainability topics.
NewFields, LLC Atlanta, Georgia 2006 – 2007
Environmental Engineer
Project manager for an international firm of experts with comprehensive services for resolving environmental liabilities.
• Project Manager: Provided technical support for environmental litigation cases to produce expert
witness technical reports.
• Project Manager: Designed remediation strategies for a number of pesticide manufacturing and oil
refinery sites around the world. Managed databases and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
to analyze soil and groundwater data. Derived risk based clean up levels based on geo-spatial
analysis of data.
• Database Manager: Responsible for analysis of groundwater constituents and for Contractor
Performance Oversight on several US Airforce Bases.
Hanstch Inc./Western Water Corp. Guangzhou, China 2006
Engineering Consultant
Consulted for Hanstech on water and wastewater treatment projects in China. Along with top executives of Hanstech, met with Chinese
government officials from prefecture to province level to discuss ongoing and future treatment projects.
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants San Francisco, California 2004 – 2006
• Construction Management/Cost Analysis
• Spearheaded Sustainability Group with executive support to position company as a leader in
sustainable engineering design.
• Performed budget cost analysis for a variety of large engineering projects.
• Construction support and review of shop drawing submittals to ensure that construction conformed
to design specifications.
• Performed utility study for a major university redevelopment project.
• Resident Engineer during the installation of a lined containment system for a 1.5 million gallon
diesel fuel tank.
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• Water Resources Engineer
• Provided technical expertise on the construction and monitoring of the largest desalination pilot
plant in California.
• Conducted a comprehensive characterization and analysis of the processes and wastewater
production of three of the largest wine-making facilities in the world.
• Developed the Unidirectional Flushing (UDF) program to remove sediment and scale from a city
drinking water distribution system.
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• Site Remediation Technical Expert
• Developed Remedial Action Plans (RAP) and conducted Human Health Risk Assessments (HHRA)
to determine contaminants of potential concern at various industrial sites.
• Assisted in the design, permitting, and construction management of storm drainage systems, and
authored Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) compliance reports and drinking water
quality compliance reports.
URS Corporation Oakland, California 2003 –2004
Environmental Engineer
• Provided environmental technical consulting services to an insurance firm responsible for the costs
of several remediation projects.
• Conducted a study of Alameda County surface water quality monitoring. Provided
recommendations for improved monitoring, conduct contaminant source recognition, and protocols
for public warnings.
• Contributed to design of a storm water treatment system vegetated swale to treat storm water runoff
from 10 acres of paved surface.
• Performed cost estimate for the San Luis Drainage Project, a multi-billion dollar project to provide
drainage and selenium treatment.
San Francisco Water Pollution Control Division San Francisco, California 2001 – 2002
Environmental Engineering Intern
• Involved in the design of the San Francisco egg-shape digester solids handling facility. Oversaw
and maintained digester pilot plant operations, lab analysis, and contributed to technical papers.
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Related
• Tsunami Relief Work Negombo, Sri Lanka
Projects
2005
• Volunteered with Engineers Without Borders. Core team member in the planning and engineering
design of an orphanage to house and school 200 children who lost their parents in the Tsunami. Team
leader of the sanitation system design task. Also involved in site master plan, incorporating sustainable
design, drinking water system design, and stormwater harvesting system for the project.
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Rural Drinking Water Treatment Lumbini, Nepal 2002
Project Supervisor for MIT sponsored rural drinking water project in Nepal. Field research on household scale slow sand filtration.
Law Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia & New York Summer 1997, Summer 1998
Collected soil and water data through field and lab analysis. Oversaw concrete quality testing for construction projects. Conducted
historical background research on sites for Phase I analysis.
Costa Rican Community Development Project
Initiated a project for a community cooperative in Costa Rica. After spending eight summers on a Costa Rican farm, proposed a plan to
the community, which was widely accepted, to increase their income and over time to develop with an emphasis on community solidarity
and sustainability.
Education Georgia State University: J. Mack Robinson College of Business Atlanta, Georgia 2007 – 2009
Master of Science in Real Estate Development, Summa Cum laude, GPA 3.92/4.0
University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California 2000 – 2001
MS Eng, Cum laude, GPA 3.6/4.0
Major: Environmental Engineering
Cornell University: College of Engineering Ithaca, New York 1996 – 2000
BS Eng, Cum laude, GPA 3.5/4.0
Major: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Minor: Mandarin Chinese
Nanjing University, Study Abroad Nanjing, China 1998 – 1999
Research at Nanjing University with Graduate Department of Environmental Engineering to perfect a macroporous polymeric resin
adsorbent system to treat highly concentrated industrial wastewater; completed a Cornell Engineering award-winning project report.
United World College of the American West Montezuma, New Mexico 1994 – 1996
International Baccalaureate Diploma, GPA 6.5/7
Attended a two-year program for junior and senior year of high-school. Part of an international movement led by Nelson Mandela and
Queen Nor of Jordan. Through international education, a broad cultural experience, a rigorous academic program, and an emphasis on
community service, United World Colleges enable students to become politically, socially, and environmentally aware.
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Languages Chinese (proficiency in Mandarin, writing and conversation), fluent Spanish.
Computer Argus, SPSS, ArcGIS, DOE-2 Equest, Excel, AutoCAD, Microsoft (Power Point, Project, Access), Matlab, Surfer, Stella, Photoshop.
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Awards Licensed Professional Engineer (PE)
• Certified Energy Manager (CEM)
• LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)
• First place winner of the REIAC Challenge 2008, a real estate design competition
• Fellowship for Graduate Study at the University of California at Berkeley, Department of Environmental Engineering
• Two-time first place winner of Cornell University Civil Engineering Essay Competition Crandell Award 1999 & 2000
• Member of Chi Epsilon, civil engineering honor society
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Interests Photography, classical and jazz violin, travel, mountaineering, culinary arts, and community service.
SETH R. COAN, PE, CEM, LEED AP
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