Power Plant Engineer

David W. Denenberg

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Merrick, New York 11566

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516-***-****

Objective

Secure a management or engineering/consulting position, bringing exceptional skills in engineering, project management, waste water treatment and management, water resource protection, capital budgets, infrastructure and public works, environmental sciences and remediation, parks and recreation, finance, government, community relations and law.

Professional Experience

Jan. 2015-Present

Engineering, Environmental, Intellectual Property and Land Use Consultant - Member

Cobra Consulting Group, LLC., Jericho, New York

Co-founder, concierge consulting on environmental, engineering, intellectual property, capital projects, waste water treatment, remediation, construction and land use matters.

1999-2015

County Legislator, District 19, 8 terms

Nassau County Legislature, Mineola, New York

Chair and/or ranking member of Public Works, Environmental, Parks and Finance Committees.

Sponsor of over 35 laws concentrating in environmental protection, public works, capital projects and finance.

Created clean energy, waste water oversight, transportation and highway and environmental bond programs.

Hosted over 650 public meetings to provide constituent service and education for infrastructure, sewage treatment, environmental protection, parks and recreation, land use, public safety, tax/assessment, and quality of life issues.

Led Sandy and Irene recovery, sewage treatment plant, power plant, construction, landfill reclamation, open space and water resource preservation, parks, road, traffic and community revitalization projects.

1989-2014

Intellectual Property and Environmental Attorney – Partner and Dept. Chair

Denenberg & Lester, Uniondale, New York

Cobrin & Gittes, New York, New York

Davidoff, Hutcher & Citron, New York, New York and Garden City, New York

Environmental counseling for construction, reclamation, remediation, dredging, water treatment and energy production projects. Counseling included negotiations, design, planning, community outreach, securing permits and aocs.

Litigation of Navigation Law, CERCLA and RCRA cases.

Patent, trademark and copyright prosecution and counseling for portfolios, licensing, and opinion matters.

Lead attorney on numerous patent, trademark and trade secret litigations. Litigations included extensive motion practice, deposition, conferences, Markman hearings and trials.

1985-1989

Engineer and Product Manager

Veeco Instruments, Plainview, New York

Designing reactive gas applications for, and marketing of, semiconductor manufacturing equipment including ion beam and plasma etching, deposition, topography and high vacuum equipment.

1983-1985

Engineer III

New York City Department of Environmental Protection, New York, New York

Engineering responsibilities included water resource management and protection; landfill closure, capping and reclamation; solid waste disposal and cogeneration initiatives; and Brooklyn Navy Yard remediation.

Implementation and development of state of the art WAQIS (water quality information system).

Education

J.D. Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York

summa cum laude, 1988

B.S.Ch.E. Cooper Union, New York, New York

cum laude, 1984

Interests

Environmental sciences including alternative energy, wastewater treatment and water resource protection; parks and recreation; transportation and highways; smart growth; and construction.

References

Available upon request.

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