CESAR A. CHIRINOS, M.S.
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QUALIFICATIONS: Technically strong engineer-geoscientist, specially adept to
numerical simulations and design. Outstanding and with proven success at consultative,
technical sales. Advanced knowledge in project management. International culture and
demeanor; fluent in Spanish. Specialized in deep foundation design, earthquake
engineering and geophysical surveys. !
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EXPERIENCE AND TRANSFERABLE SKILLS!
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Independent Geo-sciences Consultant. Charlottesville, VA. 2011 - 2014.!
Engineering Consultant / Project Manager!
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• Geotechnical engineering: shallow and deep foundation!
• Geotechnical engineering: Earthquake engineering, vibration analysis, numerical modeling!
• Engineering: Project Management !
• Engineering: Financial Management!
• Geophysical surveys: GPR, EM61, Refraction seismic!
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Professional Engineering Services Inc. Caracas, Venezuela. 2009 - 2011.!
Engineering Consultant / Project Manager!
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• Established and managed geotechnical consulting service department with a focus on oil
and gas infrastructure.!
• Successfully led a cross-functional team in a heavily regulated environment.!
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Halliburton Corporation. Caracas, Venezuela. 2007 - 2009.!
Account Business Development Lead!
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• Contributed to win an Offshore bid in excess of US$ 20 MM, adding value with technical
expertise and executive relationship building.!
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• Envisioned and organized an Executive Technical Talks Series for client’s (PDVSA) top
management, showcasing Halliburton’s integral technical solutions for oil and gas services,
creating an impact of 13% market share increase.!
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Halliburton Well Services. Maracaibo, Venezuela. 2006 - 2007.!
Senior Technical Advisor. Western Country Technical Operations Manager: Well Seismic!
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• Won, planned, supervised and led, four well-seismic acquisition jobs in excess of US $
3MM.!
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• Delivered hundred plus technical presentations on the subject of well seismology!
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COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE SKILLS!
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• MS suite: Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint Project, Access. !
• OS: Windows, Mac, UNIX, LINUX. !
• Programming Languages: FORTRAN (77, 90, HP), HTML, PYTHON. !
• Software packages: MATLAB, MAPLE, MATH-CAD, SAS, MINITAB. GEOSTUDIO!
• Scientific Editors: LaTeX.!
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EDUCATION!
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Norwich University. Northfield, VT!
Master in Civil Engineering. !
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• Concentration: Geotechnical Engineering !
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Blacksburg, VA!
Master of Science in Physics.!
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• Research interests: Applied Solid Mechanics, Innovative Materials.!
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Central University of Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela.!
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering.!
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• Evaluated as equivalent to U.S. ABET Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree by WES,
New York, NY.!
• First place in cohort.!
• Geosciences: geotechnical engineering!
• Geophysical surveys: GPR, EM61, Refraction seismic!
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LANGUAGE SKILLS!
• Spanish (Fluent) !
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• Portuguese (Read/Write/Understand) !
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• French (Read) !
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• German (Read)