LEE DANIEL RICH
Stonewall, MS 39363
******@*****.***
Top - performing, solutions driven professional with successful experience
in DOT safety compliance and enforcement. Decisive and results - oriented
with outstanding leadership and decision making skills combined with more
than 12 years in DOT Compliance / Safety and over four years in the
natural gas field. An engaging, professional communicator with the ability
to put other at ease, quickly building relationships based on mutual trust
and benefit.
Professional skills and abilities include:
. Experienced Law Enforcement Professional
. Experienced Measurement while Drilling / Logging Engineer in the Oil /
Gas field
. Experienced DOT Compliance Inspector
. Experienced DOT Safety Consultant
. Multi -tasking and Prioritization
. Certified Accident Investigator
. Outstanding Communicator
. Teamwork and Team Environments
. Certified DOT Transportation Inspector
. Goal and Objective Oriented
. Organization Skills
. Detail Oriented
CREDENTIALS
Mississippi Certified Law Enforcement Professional
US DOT Certified Hazardous Material Inspector
US DOT Certified Utilities / Transportation Inspector
World Safety Organization Safety Certified Technician
Certified Hazardous Materials Technician
Tactical Combat Casualty Care, EMT- Tactical
US Army Veteran, Honorable Discharge
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Crescent Directional Drilling
2010-Present
Logging Engineer / MWD 2008-2009
. Operate the retrievable and non-retrievable MWD equipment, proficient
with pulser, stepper pulser, APS pulser, electronics and gamma
modules, Boregyde EM tools.
. Assist the Directional Driller with tools and techniques similar for
each of these methods. Knowledge in numerous specialty tools used in
directional drilling such as conventional drill motors, steering
tools, bent-housing drilling motors, measurement while drilling (MWD)
tools. Assist the Directional Driller with BHA's, assembled as
planned including correct make-up torque, doping and handling.
. Worked with both oil-based and water-based muds as well as run air and
air/mist jobs.
M & M Pipeline Services
2009
Field / Transportation Safety Coordinator
. Monitored and managed compliance with OSHA regulations, state
and local laws and the USDOT Natural Gas regulations.
. Monitor, investigate, identify and resolve site level Safety,
Security, Health & Environmental issues, providing weekly and monthly
reports.
Stonewall Police Department 2009-
2010
Assistant Chief of Police, Investigator
. Responsible for the safety and security of people, property, resources
or environment or any single segment or combined segments thereof.
. Provide overall management and oversight to a small department of
experienced law enforcement professionals
Mississippi Department of Transportation/ MS Public Service Commission
2006-2007
DOT Compliance Inspector / Training Instructor 1999-
2005
. Plans, schedules, and carries out activities designed to improve
highway safety and increase compliance with appropriate safety related
regulations in major program areas such as the following: MCSAP, HM,
CDL, SAFESTAT.
. Follow up to an audit or in response to complaints; upon advice and
approval by the supervisor, initiates enforcement investigations to
develop supportive evidence of the kinds and volume needed to sustain
criminal or civil forfeiture actions, cease and desist orders, or
other proceedings.
. Conducts in-depth investigations into the causes of highway accidents
and hazardous material incidents involving motor carriers to determine
whether Federal laws have been violated and to develop information for
use in refining the regulations and in furthering the agency's
accident prevention program.
. Provide written or oral interpretations of the regulations within the
framework of the operations manual and other guides; drafts letters,
memoranda, and internal reports to respond to questions on a variety
of technical subjects; maintains liaison and effective working
relations with other Federal and State officials involved in highway
safety.
Meridian Police Department
1997-2002
Senior Police Officer / Training Instructor
2006-2006
. SWAT member assigned as Sniper Team Commander with 11 years experience
as a military and police Sniper /Marksman. Cross trained on Entry,
CQB, close / executive protection.
. Certified Accident Investigator, investigate all traffic fatalities
and major crashes, including evidence collection, diagramming, and
testifying in criminal and civil trials.
. State / Federal Certified Instructor in traffic, SWAT, Force
Protection, DUI, firearms, commercial vehicles and general police
topics.
. Served as a Deputized U.S. Marshal to serve felony warrants, search
for fugitives, and participate in gang arrests and processing.
. Member of the Southeast Region Emergency Response Team
DynCorp International 2004-
2006
US State Department Law Enforcement Advisor to Iraq
. Direct consultant/advisor to Kurdish Minister of Interior. I provided
daily - weekly briefings with the Minister, staff and Provincial
Police Chief's on Intelligence, Rule of Law, and Policing in a
Democratic society, setting up policies and procedures for police
departments and also providing training.
. Performed along with my team, weekly briefings to U.S. Military
Command Staff, U.S. Department of State staff and U.S. Department of
Justice staff. These briefings included intelligence gathering and
dissemination, situation reporting on Iraqi Security Services
(training, supply, and support).
. Provided dignitary/ close protection to DOS, DOJ AND US Military
Command Staff while on mission within my assigned region of Iraq.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Certified Trainer USDOT, USDOJ, USDOS
Certified Utilities Investigator
OSHA 30 Hour Course
OSHA 10 Hour Course
First Responder, National Association of State Fire Marshals
US DOT Hazardous Material Inspector
US DOT Radiological Inspector
US DOT Motor Carrier Safety Compliance Inspector
Combat Lifesaver Certification
Incident Command
Confined Space Rescue
Certified Accident Investigator
Basic /Advanced Tactical Medic
EMT-Tactical certification (TCCC)
Basic Life Support Instructor, CPR AED
Structural Collapse Technician
WSO Certified Safety Tech
Marine Engineering Technical Certification, MS Gulf Coast Comm. College
Occupational Health and Safety, Bachelor's, Columbia Southern Univ.
Quitman High School, Quitman, MS, HS Diploma
AWARDS
MS Governor's Award for Highway Safety(x2)
Chief's Letter of Achievement for Highway Safety (x2)
Departmental Unit Award for Accident Investigation
US Army Letter of Meritorious Actions, Operation Enduring Freedom, 19
December 2004
US Dept. of State Letter of Meritorious Actions, Operation Enduring
Freedom (CPATT)
US Army Honorary Combat Action Badge, 2006