F rank A. Palermo
AutoCAD / M icroStation Designer
Concord, CA. 94521
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Mr. Palermo has almost 30 years of Hand drafting and computer aided drafting and design experience
t hroughout the United States and abroad. He is proficient in several software applications including
A utoCAD (from version 2.0 through 2015), Land Desktop and Civil3D 2013, M icro Station (from 3.0
t hrough V8i) Inroads and Project Wise. M icrosoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Outlook and
Photo Editor) as well as a variety of scanning and image editing software have been key components in
daily production. In 1995 Frank started and ran a small business as a private tutor, teaching computer
hardware, DOS, Windows, M icrosoft Office and AutoCAD and MicroStation basics. In the private sector,
he has completed work through all phases of project development, including project implementation,
p rocedure outlining, production setup and t raining, technical writ ing, quality control and project
management.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
United Airlines (through Corestaff Services),
San Francisco, CA Nov. 2014 – present
Sr. CAD Technician (Technical Publications)
ARUP, San Francisco, CA 2010 – 2014
Sr. Civil Structures CADD Technician
Contractor / Consultant 2009
CADD Specialist
AECOM, Oakland, CA 2007 – 2009
CADD Specialist, Design Build
HDR Engineering, Inc., Oakland, CA 2001 – 2007
Drafting Coordinator / CADD Specialist
M ichael Baker Engineering, San Diego, CA 2000 – 2001
CADD Specialist (Contract), Design Build
Dean Ryan & Associates, Los Angeles, CA 2000
CADD Specialist (Contract)
Westec Business Security, I rvine, CA 1998 – 2000
Product Manager / Special Projects Manager
I rvine Ranch Water Distr ict, Municipal Water District, I rvine CA 1998
CADD Specialist (Consultant)
QuadGeo, Inc., (GIS, AM/FM, CAD Service Co.), Corona, CA 1997 – 2000
CAD Consultant
Self-Employed 1997 – 2000
Computer Tutor
Digitech In ternational Inc., GIS, AM/FM, CAD Service Co., Yorba Linda, CA 1995 – 1997
CAD Project Specialist
Union Texas Petroleum, Houston, TX 1994 – 1995
CAD-Draftsperson (Contract)
Fairfield Digitizing Services / Fairfield Industries Int'l, Houston, TX 1987 – 1994
International Operations Manager 1990 – 1994
Houston Operations Supervisor, FDS 1988 – 1990
Lab Supervisor 1987 – 1988
Sierra Productions Inc., Houston, TX 1982 – 1986
Associate Producer
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
• Alameda County Transportation Authority, Niles Canyon Railroad Corridor
• BART Seismic Retro-fi t Project – Orinda to North Concord Viaducts and Stations
• Lone Tree Way (Antioch/Brentwood, CA.) RR Crossing and Grade Separation
• California H igh Speed Rail Project (1999 feasibility study ~ Present)
• HDR/CH2M Hill: - Project Thomas, Baja Mexico Rail Preliminary Design
• City of Concord Public Works Department, Concord, City of - Commerce Avenue Extension
• City of Hercules, Hercules Rail Station, Hercules, CA
• City of Rohnert Park, Rohnert Park Railroad at Grade Crossing Replacement
• City of San Antonio, Beithel Creek / Beithel Road Environmental Impact, San Antonio, TX
• City of San Antonio, Holbrook Road Drainage Improvements, San Antonio, TX
• City of St. Helens, Water Filtration Facility, St. Helens, OR
• City of Stockton, Stockton, Interstate 5/French Camp Parkway In terchange Project
• City of West Sacramento, Bryte Bend Water Treatment Plant Expansion, West Sacramento, CA
• City of Yuba City, Water Treatment Plant Expansion to 85 mgd, Yuba City, CA
• Council of Fresno County Governments, Council of Fresno County Governments - Rail
Consolidation Study, Fresno, CA
• Sacramento County Water Agency - Big Horn Groundwater Treatment Plant, Elk Grove, CA
• Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District - Disinfection Contact Basin Elk Grove, CA
• Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District - Upper Northwest Interceptor Section 7 & 8,
C itrus Heights, CA
• Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD) - New Natomas and South River
Pumping Stations, CA
• San Jose Airport Expansion; Utili ty, Drainage and all Access Roadway Improvements
• Delta Diablo Sanitation District Conveyance System and Wastewater Treatment Plant Master
P lan Update
• DMB Associates - US 101/State Route 25 In terchange and Improvements, CA
• Dublin San Ramon Services District - Maintenance Building, Dublin, CA
• El Dorado I r r igation Dist rict - Pleasant Oak Main Pipeline, CA
• Filanc / HDR Design-Build JV, El Segundo Water Reclamation Plant Phase IV Expansion, El
Segundo, CA
• Golden Gate Bridge H & T District, Golden Gate Bridge Phase I I I, CA
• HNTB Corp./HDR, Railroad Relocation PE (SVRT), M ilpitas, CA
• Holliday Development - UPRR Truckee
• Incline Village General Improvement Distr ict - Export Pipeline, Incline Village, NV
• I rvine Ranch Water District, 2005 Los Alisos Water Reclamation Plant Upgrades, I rvine, CA
• MN/DOT, TH 212 Design-Build Project, Chanhassen, Chaska and Eden Prairie, M N
• Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency - Salinas Pumping Station VFD Design
• Napa Sanitation District - Task Order No. 10 - Phase I East Spring Street and Montecito
Boulevard Sewer Rehabilitation Improvement, Napa, CA
• Nevada Department of Transportation, Wetlands Mediation and Review (On Call)
• Nevada Rail Partners, Bechtel Yucca Mountain, NV
• Orange County Sanitation District, Activated Sludge Rehabilitation for Plant No. 1, Fountain
Valley (Talbert), CA
• Port of Oakland, On-Call Eng Des Services. / Railroad
• Samoa Pacific Group, Samoa Pacific Group, New Grade Crossings
• San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission, ACE Rail Corridor Analysis
• Sonoma County Transportation Authority, SMART Rail System Pln & On-Call, Sonoma, CA
• Sonoma County Transportation Authority, SMART Rail Systems Planning
• Town of Yountville, Yountville Flood Bar r ier Walls Design and Construction Services, Yountville,
CA
• TxDOT San Antonio Evergreen, 2002
• TxDOT San Antonio District, US 281-Loop 1604 Interchange, San Antonio, TX
• Union Pacific Railroad, Engineering Design Services for Automobile Transloading Facility
E xpansion, M i ra Loma, CA
• Union Pacific Railroad, Track Capacity Upgrades, Sacramento to Stockton Permitt ing – Union
Pacific Railroad
• UPRR - Alviso To Santa Clara Capacity Project
• UPRR - Mowry To Albrae - Coast Subdivision Capacity Project
• UPRR ICTF Feasibili ty Study and Design, Pt of Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA
• UPRR, Sunset Route Feasibility Study
• UPRR-Amoroco Road Grade Crossing
• Walter Disney World, M iami H igh Speed Rail Study
• Yucaipa Valley Regional Water Filt ration Facility Design and Construction, Yucaipa, CA
EDUCATION
A.A.S. in Computer Science, VT I, Houston, TX
HONORS AND AWARDS
HDR
• Gold Pathfinder Team, TH 212 Design-Build, 2005
• Gold Pathfinder Team, St Rose PKWY Ph I IA, 2005
• Crystal Pathfinder Team, US 281-Loop 1604, 2005
• Local Pathfinder Team, SMART Team, 2004
PROFESSIONAL AFFI L IATIONS
Associate Member, ASCE