Education

Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, Butte, Montana

M.S. in Project Engineering & Management (MPEM) program 2016)

Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, Butte, Montana

M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering 2004 - emphases extractive

Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, Butte, Montana

B.S. in Mining Engineering, 1987

Professional Experience

Renewable Energy Company, REC, Advanced Silicon Materials LLC:

Process Engineer: 8/2014 to 2 July 2018

Primary Responsibilities included: Project Management & Process Engineers tasks for Butte’s core manufacturing process, e.g. (Management of Change, Implement and maintain project cost controls on a variety of chemical manufacturing plant projects, i.e. (Providing Scope including develop performance & quality measures, work packages & resource plans, and scheduling Gantts).

• Project Management and Engineering Support (Stage-Gate approach)

o Project Chartering & “Business Case” Proposals (Initiation & Concept Phase).

o Front-End-Engineering-Development (FEED Phase) & Operational Readiness Planning

o Detailed Engineering & Installation (Execution Phase) – Monitoring and Controlling

o Close-Out Phase - Managing Action Items, Lessons Learned, and Performance Measure (ROI).

• ISO 9001: 2015, Quality Management System, Lead Auditor. Primary responsibilities included performing process audits of Butte’s core manufacturing processes, e.g. (Gas processes).

• Managed, Butte’s (weekly) Project Prioritization Requests – Insourced Maintenance Labor.

• Managed Butte’s Minor Properties Purchases

• Provided staff SAP trained, e.g. (Purchase requisition, Service entries, and Project work orders).

Portfolio Management Coordinator, (5/2010 to 8/2014)

• Primary tasks included coordinating Butte’s project portfolio work for the Project Management Office (PMO). Worked with project managers coordinating their projects within SAP’s PPM module.

• Additional work included, Project Managing – Primarily REC’s Research & Technology Department Group focusing on various research, quality, and cost reducing initiatives, e.g. (Gas feed purification – implemented Point-of-Use molecular sieves and optimizing product form factor – bend, bow, and ellipticity).

Technician 11/2003 to 5/2010

• Hired to assist PhD with REC’s new product development (Higher order Silane derivatives)

• Provided assistance in product realization of the new product demonstrated. Task included bench scale, pilot scale, and demonstration plant. The demonstration plant is an autonomous system with an inherently safe design. Developed experimental test plans, designs - analyzed results and reported findings.

• Extensive testing and evaluating poly-silicon technologies, e.g. (Continuous improvement derived, targeting quality and quantity improvements).

MSE Technology Applications, Inc., Butte, Montana

Process Engineer, Project Control Engineer, and R&D responsibilities from 1989 to 2004

A) Process Engineer responsibilities - 1996 - 2004

• Duties included, Project Engineering support on a variety of technologies development concepts targeting acid mine drainage challenges.

B) Project Control Engineer (PCE) - 1996 to 2004

• Duties included, Project master plan schedule development, resource leveling loading and leveling, monitoring & control cost, and providing performance updates using earned valve.

C) Analytical Lab Technician 1991 to 1996

• Duties included, extensive work operating and maintaining lab AA’s, and ICP’s

D) Research & Development (R&D) - 1989 to 1991

• Duties included, assisted lead researcher in performing R&D task for a novel high-temperature high-purity ceramic binder system.

Extra Training:

-ISO 9001: 2015, Quality Management System, Lead Auditor

-SAP “Super-User” – Proficiency, SAP (PPM), Project Systems (PS), and

Maintenance Management module. -Fundamentals of Supervision: LSU

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