Guillermo García

ac15c8@r.postjobfree.com Tucson, Arizona Cell Phone 520-***-****

SUMMARY

A diverse background in a wide range of disciplines with a mix of professional experience in private and public sectors. Sound experience in water resource analysis with proven ability of strong quantitative and analytical skills. Team player with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with co-workers, general audiences and clients.

QUALIFICATIONS

PhD degree in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering with focus in Water Resources.

Specialization in hydrologic and hydraulic analyses.

Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture.

Master’s degree in Urban Planning.

Proficiency with the following design tools: HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS, TR-55, HEC-GeoRAS, and PC-Hydro.

Advanced ability to manipulate Word/Excel documents, including layout, content, and formatting in combination with AutoCAD and GIS.

Experience in preparing written reports, proposals and correspondence.

Experience working with floodplain managers, topographical mapping engineers, emergency managers, community planners, and State and local officials.

EXPERIENCE

M3, Architecture, Engineering and Construction Management, Tucson, AZ

Seven years

Job Title: Civil Designer

Researched Government regulatory guidelines and procedures to fulfill requirements for environmental compliance of company projects.

Comparison of hydrology and hydraulic design procedures of the following manuals:

Standard Manual for Drainage Design, City of Tucson.

Standards Manual for Drainage Design and Floodplain Management of Pima County.

Maricopa County, Hydraulics Design Manual.

Pinal County, Hydrology (Vol. 1) and hydraulics (Vol. 2) Manuals.

HEC 5 - Hydraulic Design of Highway Culverts.

HEC 15- Design of Roadside Channels with Flexible Linings.

HEC 22 -Urban Drainage Design Manual, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

Texas Department of Transportation Manual.

Prepared excel templates of the above procedures and various equations for Calculation of Time of Concentration and Lag Time in both US and International System of units.

Carried out analysis of climatic data for application in design of tailings dams, hydrology of mining projects.

Reviewed hydrology reports and carried out a comparative research of hydrology and hydraulic procedures in the context of flood risks.

Pinal County, Florence, Arizona Three years

Drainage Engineer

Reviewed drainage reports submitted by engineering companies for housing and commercial developments.

Reviewed and analyzed architectural/engineering designs and report and as-built plans

Reviewed results generated with HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, HEC-1, PC-Hydro, Flow Master, and other programs.

Revised for flood purposes the DFIRM panels from FEMA against various county databases.

Reviewed Letters of Map Revision (LOMR) submitted by developers.

Prepared reports and correspondence in response to submitted drainage reports.

Interface with agency staff, outside engineers, developers, and the public

United States Geological Survey (USGS), Tucson, AZ One year

GIS Lab Student Worker

Georeferencing images/maps; digitizing features into GIS datasets; attributing GIS features; creating and printing maps; creating and managing datasets and related files; managing data; creating cartographic and other products using GIS and CAD software, relational and object databases utilizing plotters, printers, digitizers, scanners and internet applications.

For training future users, I prepared a manual entitled “Building Control Points for Raster Geo-Referencing” using ArcGIS, as well as “Interactions between HEC-GeoRAS and HEC-RAS using ArcView.

EDUCATION

PhD degree in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering with major in water resources and minor in watershed management. University of Arizona.

Master’s degree, Urban and Regional Planning - Landscape Architecture. University of Arizona.

Land surveying, AutoCAD, GPS. Pima community College. Tucson, Arizona.

Interpretation of Aerial photos, International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences. Enschede, the Netherlands.

TRAINING

Hydrologic Modeling Guidelines per Arizona State Standards. Arizona Department of Water Resources, (ADWR). Tucson, AZ. April 2007.

Watershed Runoff Analysis with HEC-1. Gateway Community College and Floodplain Management Association (AFMA), Phoenix. Jan, 2007.

Hydrologic Analysis with WMS (Watershed Modeling System) software for watershed runoff analysis, use of GIS data in watershed modeling, floodplain analysis and mapping. Arizona department of Transportation (ADOT). Aug. 2006.

Storm Water Regulation, Current Issues. Lorhman Education. Phoenix. May 2007

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Teacher Assistance course of Fundamentals of Engineering offered by NextGen Engineering at the Community Center Tucson.

Landscape Design for the Ronald MacDonald Children House, Tucson, Arizona.

Architectural Landscape Design for Avra Cooperative Water Company. Marana, Arizona.

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