BENJAMIN MARK, MBA, PMP, PG ac895r@r.postjobfree.com

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Hydrogeologist and project manager with over 20 years of global experience in consulting services. Expertise in REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, GROUNDWATER STUDIES,and meeting the clients’ business objectives.

Provided consulting services in top 200 Engineering News Record (ENR) listed

environmental consulting companies for both the public and private sectors clients.

Provided expertise for large complex infrastructure projects ranging from $50,000 to

over $1.5 million in budget with teams of 5 to 25 people, and managed scope, cost,

quality,schedule, resources, and stakeholders expectations.

Conceptualized, identified and performed the processes needed in each phase of a project

life cycle. Developed plans and Managed projects from inception to completion on time and

within budget utilizing strong technical skills, regulatory and management knowledge

resulted in clients’ retention and referrals, and increased firm’s annual services

revenue by 2% to 4% consistently. Professional experience include:

Environmental Impact Studies

Environmental Site Assessments

Site/Remedial Investigation (SI/RI)

Remedial Action (RA)

Aquifer characterization

Numerical modeling

Water quality & Permitting

Quality Assurance & Control

Regulatory compliance

Health and Safety

Project management

Energy & Sustainability

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Developed one of the large public capital improvement businesses with project budget

ranging from $500K – 1M through a team and competitive bid process. Planned and initiated

each phase of the project’s life cyclic, and provided expertise services to stakeholders

successfully.

Identified clients business needs and scope of work for over 30 complex projects located

in 10 Counties in New Jersey. Developed and executed management plans by monitoring,

controlling and closing within proposed cost and scheduled time;

Founder and Executive Director of EcoGreen Solutions, LLC, a small environmental

consulting firm since its inception in 2009 to present without debt, loan, violation or

claim;

Received excellent professional work compliment from the United States (US) General

Services Administration (GSA) for groundwater expertise services provided to Brownfield

projects located in US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA’s) Region 4.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

EcoGreen Solutions, LLC, Budd Lake, New Jersey 2009 - Present

A multidisciplinary small Environmental Consulting firm providing services to both the public and private sectors clients. Services include Regulatory Compliance, Impact Studies, Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) Phase I and Phase II, Site Characterization, Site/Remedial Investigation (SI/RI) and Remediation (RA), Brownfield Redevelopment, Health and Safety Plans (HASPs), Underground Storage Tank System (UST) closure and subsurface evaluation, Construction Monitoring and Support, Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) Plans (QAPjPs), Sustainability, and Project Management (PM).

Sr. Project Manager/Managing Partner Feb 2009 – Present

Oversee the firm’s daily business and field operations, and coordinate with

subcontractors, clients, and review accounts payable and receivables;

Prepare proposals and attend pre-bid meetings;

Develop new business through the professional network and social media, and maintain

existing clients’ business relationship, and obtain referrals through exceptional

services;

Conceptualize and manage projects from inception to completion utilizing knowledge and

skills;

Prepare, review and edit technical reports, including field and analytical data,

figures, maps, geologic cross-sections, and provide the conclusion with recommendations;

and

Facilitate, collaborate and negotiate effectively with regulatory agencies and clients

on projects’ compliance, technical, and case closure tasks.

U.S. Department of Defense (Sub-contractor), Fort Monmouth, NJ May 2008- Feb 2009

U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is the lead Federal agency responsible for conducting environmental investigations and implementing the final cleanup plans at the military base under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Act, and Installation Restoration Program (IRP).

Senior Hydrogeologist

Averted violations for technical deficiencies of 43 IRP sites considered for No Further

Action (NFA) under the BRAC by identifying and evaluating reported data, and arbitrated

on technical issues with supporting documentation and analytical results.

Developed numerical groundwater Flow and Fate Transport model for entire U.S. Army Base

and assessed risk by evaluating a light non-aqueous phase liquid (LNAPL) and dense non-

aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) impacts using K-values obtained by grain-size analysis, and

monitored natural attenuation for each classification exception area (CEA) site.

O’Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc, Edison, NJ Nov 2006-Oct 2007

Top 200 Engineering News-Record (ENR) listed $98 million Company provides environmental consulting service to State, Municipal, Commercial, Industrial, Manufacturing and Utility clients.

Senior Hydrogeologist /Associate

Identified DNAPL and LNAPL plume extent in fractured bedrock by evaluating rock cores

and analyzing data, and provided the remedial plan on time for Superfund site;

Reduced RI delineation cost by 15%. Analyzed, developed and executed RI Workplan (RIWP),

and received RI Report (RIR) approval from the State on time for manufactured gas plant

(MGP) sites;

Arbitrated on RI unresolved issues addressed in the regulatory agency’s Notice of

Deficiency (NOD) letters, and received RIR and RA Workplan (RAWP) approval on time from

State for the MGP sites;

Reduced utility client’s remediation cost of 12% by defining and implementing cost

effective methodology in RAWP; and

Received NFA letter on time from the State for large pharmaceutical site upon successful

completion of a CEA established in conjunction with an approved groundwater remedy.

EDUCATION:

Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Global Economics (1993)

Eastern University, St. Davids, PA

Master of Science (MSc) in Geology (1985)

Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka State, India

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Geology (1982)

Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka State, India

PRO BONO EXPERIENCE:

Such as micro-economic development projects in underdeveloped countries, especially in clean drinking water supply and irrigation wells.

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