Project Manager Management

G. O. Geo GRAENING, PhD, MSE, REA I R SUM

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Biology, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

(UAF), 2000.

Master of Science in Engineering, Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, UAF,

1994.

Bachelor of Arts, College of Creative Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara,

1991.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Natural Investigations Company, Folsom, California.

Owner and Principal (2004 present)

Project management of numerous biological assessments, NEPA & CEQA compliance, wetland delineations,

Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, etc.

California State University at Sacramento, California.

Adjunct Professor (2005 present, part-time)

Instructor for undergrad./grad. courses such as BIO160:General Ecology, BIO279:Conservation Biology &

Wildlife Management, BIO294:Zoology Seminar, and BIO299:Problems in Biological Sciences; active

researcher in conservation biology and subterranean ecology topics (see faculty website at

www.csus.edu/indiv/g/graeningg ).

CH2M-Hill, Inc., Sacramento, California.

Senior Biologist (2006 2008)

On-call, senior staff member for specialty project management and technical writing, including various habitat

conservation plans, biological assessments, arborist appraisals, etc.

Tetra Tech, Inc., McClellan, California.

Senior Environmental Scientist (2004 2006)

Project management and staff supervision of research/engineering team producing preliminary assessments,

site investigations, remediation work plans, and monitoring of environmental contamination for the US Army

Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, Formerly Used Defense Sites Program.

The Nature Conservancy, Arkansas Field Office & Oklahoma Field Office.

Ecologist (2001 2003, full-time; 2003 2006, part-time)

Consulting scientist for the Ozark Karst Program and other conservation programs, specializing in conservation

planning, bioinventories / taxonomy, monitoring and bioassessment.

Analytical Environmental Services, Inc. (AES), Sacramento, California.

Senior Biologist (2003 2004)

Managed the biological department, including staff supervision / hiring, proposal writing and budgeting, agency

consultation, and technical report production. Project manager or team member of numerous environmental

documents (NEPA & CEQA) and constraints analyses. Field biologist performing wetland delineations /

permitting, biological assessments, special status species surveys and permitting; GPS/GIS computer

mapping.

1017 Carter Street, Folsom, CA 95630 916-***-**** ********@*************.***

G. O. Geo GRAENING, PhD, MSE, REA I R SUM

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Research Associate and Instructor (2000 2002)

Research Assistant and Instructor (1993 2000)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND LICENSES

Registered Environmental Assessor 1, License # 08060, CA Department of Toxic Substances Control.

Certified Arborist, # WE-6725A, International Society of Arboriculture.

OSHA Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) certified.

Active memberships: California Native Plant Society; California Stormwater Quality Association; International

Erosion Control Association; International Society of Arboriculture; International Society of Biospeleology;

National Speleological Society; Oklahoma Academy of Science; Southwestern Association of Naturalists.

Non-active memberships: American Fisheries Society; American Society of Agricultural Engineers; American Water Resources

Association; Arkansas Academy of Science, Ecological Society of America; North American Benthological Society; Sigma Xi: the

Scientific Research Society; The Nature Conservancy; The Wildlife Society.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Relational database creation and management (Microsoft Access)

Technical figure creation (Adobe CS Suite, including Acrobat document preparation and computer drawing

and layout on Illustrator CS, Photoshop CS, and InDesign CS)

Biogeographical analyses using GIS (ESRI ArcGIS 9.x geographic information system software)

Statistical analyses using SPSS Inc. software

Internet website creation for public notices, data sharing, etc.

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

1017 Carter Street, Folsom, CA 95630 916-***-**** ********@*************.***

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