Manager Management

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGER

An expert in the field of environmental program management. Well-suited

for a complex industrial site or for multiple facilities at the regional or

corporate level. Self-starter that can acclimate quickly and begin

contributing at a highly productive level. Strongly versed when it comes to

strategic planning, environmental management systems, permitting, auditing,

due diligence, remediation and training programs. A significant asset to

any established company that is seeking a someone with the wisdom,

knowledge and experience to best position the company and drive continuous

improvement.

EXPERTISE

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Environmental Strategic Environmental Permitting Environmental Auditing

Planning

Compliance & Regulatory Contaminated Site Incident Investigation

Affairs Investigation

Environmental Due Contaminated Site Environmental Training

Diligence Remediation

KEY SKILLS ASSESSMENT

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Developed and managed best-in-class environmental programs for the full

range of issues faced by large, complex industrial facilities.

Implemented Environmental Management Systems including objectives and

targets and environmental performance measurement and permit/compliance

obligation tracking

Identified training needs and developed comprehensive programs for all

levels in the organization to drive continuous environmental performance

improvement.

Negotiated permit conditions and solutions for compliance issues that

facilitated operational flexibility while still meeting regulatory

requirements.

Built and managed high performance environmental teams that consistently

met or exceeded key environmental performance indicators.

Professional Experience

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KINROSS GOLD, Round Mountain, NV 2012 - 2015

Environmental Manager

Led a high performance team of eight professionals in exceeding

environmental leading and lagging key performance indicators, including

mentoring/coaching.

Supported future growth through permitting of a major mine expansion.

Strategy development for mine closure planning.

Assessed environmental risk, effectiveness of current controls and

developed action plans.

Developed a site-wide water management strategy.

Active involvement in management team inspections and incident

investigations.

Mentored/coached environmental engineers.

Performed overseas audits of Kinross mining properties.

Rio Tinto Minerals, Boron, CA 2007 - 2012

Environmental Manager

Developed and implemented strategies for obtaining permits for critical

business expansion projects.

Owned the site ISO 14001 Environmental Management System including setting

and achieving objectives and targets, performance measurement and

continuous improvement.

Lead efforts to identify environmental training gaps, develop SOPs and

visual work instructions and delivered environmental training to all

organizational levels.

Developed closure strategy for onsite legacy facilities and associated

groundwater contamination.

Key participant in developing ground-up revision of the reclamation plan

and closure cost estimate.

Managed 60-acre reclamation field plot study.

Active participation in numerous incident investigations and root cause

analysis.

Performed audits of Rio Tinto facilities in the US and Canada.

CHAMBERS GROUP, Bakersfield, CA 2006 -2007

General Manager

Implemented the business plan for a new branch office including marketing

professional services, day-to-day operations management.

Developed strategy for redevelopment of a former military facility

GEOMATRIX, Bakersfield, CA 2005 - 2006

Senior Scientist

Assisted GE Energy Financial Services in obtaining the environmental risk

information needed to make business decisions on financing acquisitions of

oilfield properties.

Interfaced with California Department of Toxic Substances Control in

approvals of risk-based closure plans for numerous brownfield redevelopment

projects.

KENNEDY/JENKS, Bakersfield, CA 1998 - 2005

Client Manager

Key team member in obtaining a DOE grant on behalf of a major California

oil producer to conduct a pilot study to evaluate feasibility of treatment

oilfield produced water for beneficial reuse.

Assisted facilities in identifying environmental risks and in developing

action plans to correct compliance concerns

Executed numerous site assessment and remediation of contaminated

properties

Assisted clients in identifying environmental risks and developing

permitting/compliance action plans

McFARLAND ENERGY, Santa Fe Springs, CA 1988 - 1997

Environmental Manager

Developed and implemented a strategy for controlling air emissions from

cyclically steamed oil wells that increased production and reduced

operating costs while meeting regulatory requirements.

Worked with regulators to develop a compliance plan and schedule for an

alternative method for disposing of oilfield wastewater that avoided being

named in a Cleanup and Abatement Order.

Negotiated with regulators on a method for reusing crude oil impacted soil

onsite as road base, saving the company $500,000 in cleanup costs while

meeting regulatory requirements.

Education & Training

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Bachelors of Science, Natural Resource Management - California State

University Humboldt, Arcata, CA

Qualified Environmental Professional - Institute for Professional

Environmental Practice

Rio Tinto trained Lead Environmental Auditor

Ongoing environmental and management training

Awards & Distinctions

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Selected to serve on Rio Tinto Global Mine Reclamation Collaborative

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