Power Plant Technical

Donald Hanley

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City: Las Vegas

State: NV

Zip: 89117

Country: USA

Phone: 702-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: 65

Willing to Relocate

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Donald J. Hanley, Ph.D.

8660 Buttercreek Way

Las Vegas, NV 89117

702-***-**** (cell)

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http://www.linkedin.com/in/djhanleyphd

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

* 15+ years as senior technical communications specialist, senior public relations specialist, senior internal communications specialist, in both internal and external communications

* 12 years as instructor/visiting assistant professor teaching college- and university-level courses in writing, linguistics, literature, and humanities

CORE COMPETENCIES

* Translating complex scientific and technical concepts into understandable language for a wide range of audiences: technical staff, all levels of employee population, the general public, educated nonspecialists, and government officials/policymakers

* Developing and teaching workshops on technical, professional, and risk communications

* Writing clear, engaging internal communications from management to employees

* Mentoring coworkers on ways of capturing and communicating essential concepts for targeted audiences

EDUCATION

* Ph.D., English, Washington State University, 1989

* B.A., French, Eastern Washington University, 1984

* M.A., English, Eastern Washington University,1982

* B.A., English, Eastern Washington University, 1976

* Post-graduate work in French and Spanish, Washington State University, Whitworth University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May 2010 - November 2011. Senior Technical Communications Specialist. Booz Allen Hamilton, 651 Holiday Drive, Foster Plaza 5, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15220. Phone: 412-***-****. Developed technical documents for U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory; researched, wrote, edited reports and white papers on complex energy-related subjects for both technical and nontechnical audiences; collaborated with subject matter experts (SMEs) developed and presented employee training sessions on copyright law, use of sources, and proper citations. Major reports: shale gas drilling, clean coal technology, electricity markets, electric grid stability and reliability.

April 2009 - Present. Communications Consultant (on-call). Nevada Corporate Communications, PO Box 34521, Las Vegas, NV 89133. Phone: 702-***-****. Website: www.nvcorpcomm.com. Wrote/edited proposals, website content, business, technical, and public relations documents. Translated public information materials on maternal and infant health into Spanish; included web pages, radio and TV spots, booklet, bus wraps. See: www.babyurmine.org/.

May 1998 - March 2009. Senior Writer/ Senior Public Relations Specialist. Internal and External Communications, Bechtel SAIC Co., LLC, management and operating contractor for the Yucca Mountain Project, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Las Vegas, NV. (May 1998 - February 2001. Institutional and External Affairs, Science Applications International Corporation, subcontractor to TRW Environmental Safety Systems-same project, location, duties.)

Major Accomplishments:

* Collaboratively authored, shepherded through technical and policy approvals, and finalized editing of public-information document on the safety case for licensing the Yucca Mountain repository. The 16-page booklet, -The National Repository at Yucca Mountain,- summarized the 8,600-page license application in language accessible to the public and policymakers.

* Co-authored and edited public-information materials summarizing the scientific and technical studies, programmatic history, and legal and regulatory framework for the Secretary of Energy`s recommendation to the President and Congress that Yucca Mountain be developed as the nation`s first geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Document provided to every member of Congress.

* Collaboratively authored and edited -Critical Decision-1 Update: A Summary,- used internally by the DOE Energy Systems Acquisitions Advisory Board in recommending approval of a major simplification and redesign of Yucca Mountain repository systems and facilities.

* Authored article on the Yucca Mountain repository in Pollution A to Z, a college-level reference book published by Macmillan.

* Completely revised and rewrote a multilesson curriculum on ionizing radiation for the DOE`s curriculum Science, Society & America`s Nuclear Waste. As part of team, reconceptualized and redeveloped the entire middle- and high-school curriculum, previously available only in hard copy, as a web-based resource for teachers around the world.

* Served as writing consultant to scientists and engineers authoring sections of a multivolume report to Congress: Viability Assessment of a Repository at Yucca Mountain.

* Co-authored and edited a summary booklet for Congress and the general public: -Overview of Viability Assessment of a Repository at Yucca Mountain.-

* Served as writing consultant to scientists and engineers authoring License Application Design Selection Report, which recommended possible design approaches that could enhance the repository`s functional evolution.

* Authored, or updated and revised, key public information fact sheets on scientific and engineering studies for proposed Yucca Mountain repository.

* Designed and taught technical writing course for Yucca Mountain engineers whose first language was not English.

October 1991 - July 1995. Technical Communications Specialist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, operated by Battelle-Northwest for the U.S. DOE, Richland, Washington.

Major Accomplishments:

* Edited major documents for the Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction Project, prepared under contracts with the American Nuclear Society and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

* Edited portions of the Environmental Impact Statement for Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant #1.

* Taught workshops on technical writing for science, engineering, and management staff.

September 1981 - June 1997. Visiting Assistant Professor/Adjunct Assistant Professor/Instructor: English and Humanities. Western Oregon University, Monmouth, Oregon; Yakima Valley Community College, Grandview, Washington; Washington State University, Richland; Washington State University, Pullman; Lewis and Clark State College, Coeur d`Alene, Idaho; Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington.

Major Accomplishments:

* Taught broad range of writing, linguistics, literature, and humanities courses, from first-year composition to master`s-level seminar. Most frequently taught course was -Technical and Professional Writing.- List of all courses taught available upon request.

Selected Publications

* Hanley, Donald J. -Yucca Mountain.- Pollution: A to Z. Macmillan: New York. October 2003.

* Hanley, Donald J.; Enloe, Elizabeth K. -Early, Consistent, and Transparent: Risk Communication and the Siting of Geologic Repositories.- Accepted for presentation and publication in the Proceedings of the Ninth International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference. Las Vegas, Nevada. April 29 - May 3, 2001. Not ultimately published.

* Hanley, Donald J.; Curran, M. Colleen. -Government Agencies and Public Communications: Information, Education, or Lobbying

- Proceedings of the 27th Annual Waste Management Symposia. Tucson, Arizona. February 25 - March 1, 2001.

* Falls, Andrew; Cotton, Thomas A.; Hobbs, Sam H; Hanley, Donald J. -Flexibility in the Design of a Yucca Mountain Repository: The Option for a Dry Repository.- Technical position paper prepared for DOE undersecretary.

* Hanley, Donald J. -Beaming the Bard Aboard: How Not to Be Boring When Teaching on TV.- Proceedings of the Washington State Joint Community College/University Faculty Development Conference. Richland, Washington. April 27, 1991.

Selected Presentations

* -Writing Across the Curriculum: From Calculus to Carpentry.- Faculty development workshops at Columbia Basin College. Pasco, Washington. February 4 - March 11, 1993.

* -But Will It Fly, Orville

Some Thoughts on Teaching the Writing of Instructions/Procedures.- Tri-Cities Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Richland, Washington. February 26, 1992.

* -Technical Writing and the Collaborative Document Analysis Project (CDAP).- National Council of Teachers of English: Pacific Northwest Regional Conference on Teaching English in the Two-Year Colleges. Portland, Oregon. February 22 - 23, 1991.

Professional Affiliations

* Society for Technical Communication

* Modern Language Association (elected member of Delegate Assembly, 1991-94)

* International Association of Business Communicators

* Public Relations Society of America

Recognition and Awards

* Award of Excellence, Electronic Newsletter Redesign, Las Vegas Valley Chapter, Public Relations Society of America, 2008

* Pinnacle Award, Best Electronic Newsletter, Las Vegas Valley Chapter, Public Relations Society of America, 2006

* Bechtel SAIC Silver Award, for sustained excellence in writing and editing, 2003

* Bronze Quill Award, Best Newsletter Design (3+colors), Las Vegas Chapter, International Association of Business Communicators, 2002

Computer Skills

* WordPerfect, MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe FrameMaker

* Programming: HTML (beginning-level skills)

Foreign Languages

* French, Spanish, Latin

References available upon request.

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