Resume of Mobashir Noman Ahmad 775-***-****)

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EXPERIENCE

Environmental, Metallurgical, & Petroleum Consultant, Reno, NV

Mar 1994-Present(40 hours/week):

Capital projects & acquisitions to $40 million.

Chemical inventory reporting under TSCA, chemical spill cleanups & hazardous waste site remediation.

Conduct contract negotiation, preparation & review, technical training, chemical process development & plant design, transportation costing, technical report preparation & review; & standard operation procedures manual preparation for chemical processing, machine operation & miscellaneous operations.

Conduct environmental audits of manufacturing facilities for waste minimization, recycling & reuse of wastes & to ensure regulatory environmental compliance.

Engineering consulting services for chemicals & processes.

Environmental assessments & remediation for heavy metals for plating shops, rifle ranges & hexavalent chromium sites.

Environmental, health & safety implementation in hazardous waste facilities & manufacturing facilities.

Environmental remediation for BTEX from gas stations & auto repair shops.

Environmental site assessments, audits, inspections, due diligence, site inspections & regulatory compliance under state & federal environmental regulations for manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Canada & China.

Evaluated lead contamination in rifle ranges for the US Air Force & presented alternatives such as physical recovery & no-action based on natural environmental degradation; in-situ bioremediation.

Evaluated waste streams for recycling & landfilling from petroleum industry, mining operations, power plants, steel pickling plants, chemical plants, blending plants, pipelines, wellfield operations, epoxy plants, manufacturing operations, & warehouses

Hydrometallurgical & pyrometallurgical expertise for recovery of metals from ores & secondary materials.

Implementation of corrosion prevention due to hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide & microbial influenced corrosion.

Management of office & technical staff.

Managed the large-scale cleanup of heavy metal contaminated sites & sites contaminated with oil.

Negotiated product exemption under RCRA with state and federal agencies.

Performed permitting for salt water injection wells for several companies in Utah.

Prepared material safety data sheets, MSDSs, for proprietary produced chemicals.

Prepared spill prevention, control & countermeasure, SPCC, plans for clients for oil wells in Utah.

Remediation of plating shop in the Seattle, WA area & cleanup of leaking oil storage tanks in oil fields in Utah.

Prepared Autocad 2007 drawings, APDs (Application for Drilling), AFEs (Authorization for Expenditure), ROWs (Right of Way), Sundry Notices, SPCC plans & air permits; downhole & pipeline chemical treatment; design & optimization of surface & downhole oilfield equipment; supervision of contractors, employees, well & pipeline work; expert testimony for unitization of field; oil & gas well evaluation; geophysical logs evaluation; & federal & state regulatory liaison.

Prepared & implemented PHMSA Operation, Maintenance & Emergency Manual, under 49 CFR DOT Part 191 & 192, for an intrastate gas transmission line in Utah.

Prepared all documentation including all appendices & annual reports for PHMSA & state of Utah for voluntary regulation of intrastate pipeline under PHMSA.

Represented customer for annual inspections of pipeline by state of Utah.

Prepared legal documents for state & federal courts for clients, both as plaintiff & as defendant, such as complaints, responses & discovery documents for law suits in UT, NV & TX.

Project development for the recycling of spent Ni/Mo, & Co/Mo desulfurization catalysts, to produce sodium molybdate, vanadium pentoxide & crude nickel.

Project management for the development of recycling from laboratory to plant scale for F006/Cr & ZnO feedstocks, among others.

Project management & fiber optic internal & end to end testing on Lucent equipment for proper connectivity for Global Crossing & AT&T in FL, NY, British & U.S. Virgin Islands & WA for local & international connectivity.

Review environmental assessments & permits for commercial & manufacturing properties, for natural gas pipelines & gas plants.

Stabilized or recycled materials containing As, Ag, Au, Cd, Cr, Co, Cu, Mo, Ni, Pb, Sn, Ti, V & Zn.

Supervised employees & contractors to have zero work related accidents & environmental incidents.

Worked with the US Bureau of Mines in developing new recycling technologies for desulfurization catalysts.

Worked with multiple state agencies for environmental permitting.

Technical Account Manager, Champion Technologies, Inc., Pinedale, WY

Oct 2011-01/21/2013(40 hours/week):

Provided technical expertise to local oil & gas producers in the use of chemicals to inhibit bacteria, corrosion, emulsions, hydrate, hydrogen sulfide, paraffin & scale formation.

Provided expertise in the user of foamers to increase gas production.

Provided expertise in the removal of solids from produced water, cleaning of surface facilities, etc.

Reviewed technical reports of company personnel & prepared technical reports & proposals for customers’ solutions to oilfield problems & usage of desired chemicals to achieve customers’ goals.

Assisted company personnel during quarterly & annual reviews for company's customers.

Provided technical expertise to solve customers' environmental concerns in cooperation with company's environmental personnel.

Account Manager for Shell Pinedale Anticline field.

CRM software usage & implementation for company’s customers.

Helped Ultra Petroleum discover worker exposure to benzene in produced condensate.

Customers included Anadarko, BP, Encana, EOG, Shell, Ultra & others.

Research & Development Coordinator, Eticam, Fernley, NV

Jun 1991 – Mar 1994(40 hours/week):

Conducted environmental audits of facilities generating hazardous wastes & facilities accepting hazardous wastes for environmental compliance.

Conducted environmental audits of facilities where secondary materials were shipped to ensure

compliance with RCRA & all state & federal regulations.

Conducted periodic environmental audits of own facility, a fully permitted Part B TSDF, Treatment Storage & Disposal Facility, for compliance with Nevada & USEPA regulations.

Developed process technologies in the laboratory & scaled up to plant level.

Evaluated byproduct streams such as sodium sulfate contaminated with hexavalent chromium to remove Cr to non-detectable levels & sell purified sodium sulfate.

Obtained sample approval from receiving recycling facilities & landfills.

Placed secondary materials for recycling at smelters in the U.S. & Canada for Cr, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb & Zn materials.

Received Cr containing F006 slurries from Boeing Aircraft in Everett, WA, removed the P to less than 500 ppm at the plant then shipped the resulting F006 Cr solids to Inmetco at Ellwood City, PA for recycling into the stainless steel industry.

Visited customer sites to review processes for waste minimization & product purity to ensure acceptance at our facility.

General Manager Operations, Pakistan Chrome Mines Ltd (a subsidiary of Pacific Energy & Mining Company), Muslimbagh, Baluchistan, Pakistan

Nov 1986 – May 1991(40 hours/week):

Prepared & reviewed contracts; & prepared, reviewed & negotiated irrevocable letters of credit.

Supervised export of ore by ship, barge & container.

Supervised geological exploration, mapping, mining exploration & sampling.

Supervised surface & underground mining of chromite; & surface mining of magnesite.

Supervised the beneficiation, grinding & flotation of ores.

Supervised the calcination & dead-burning of magnesite.

Supervised the maintenance & utilization of heavy machinery.

Supervised the procurement, inventory & safety of explosives.

Supervised quality control & sampling of ore.

Supervised transportation of ore by rail & truck.

Platoon Leader, 2LT, US Army, Corps of Engineers & Divisional AER Officer, USA

June 1984 to Oct 1986 (Active Duty) (40 hours/week) & Oct 1986 to Jan 1991 (USAR Ready)

Conducted training of soldiers & gave support to an infantry mechanized battalion in combat engineer support, such as setting up of minefields, breaching of minefields, bridge building, demolitions & other theater of war operations.

Tied for first academically in class at Engineer Officer Basic Course out of two platoons.

Was divisional Army Emergency Relief Officer & lifted the morale of the entire division.

EDUCATION

Admitted to & took classes in PhD programs for Metallurgical Engineering & Environmental Science at the University of Nevada, Reno.

M.S., Metallurgical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Mackay School of Mines.

EOBC, Engineer Officer Basic Course, U.S. Army Engineer School, Ft. Belvoir, VA.

B.S., Geophysical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado.

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Environmental Manager, EM-1449, State of Nevada, 1995; https://petroleumfund.ndep.nv.gov/ExternalReports/ReportPopUp.aspx?ReportName=activecerts

Professional Engineer, Mining/00458, Pakistan Engineering Council, 1988; http://www.pec.org.pk/getpecno.aspx

Standard, K-12(Sub), Substitute, License# 000*******, State of NV, expires 2/1/2023.

https://online.nvdoe.org/#/VerifyLicense

OSHA 24-Hr HAZWOPER training.

OSHA 40-Hr HAZWOPER training.

Project Management Essentials

ORGANIZATIONS

Nevada Legislature Paid Lobbyist, Satview Broadband, a cable company in Elko, NV, for the 78th Session.

Member of the Nevada Petroleum & Geothermal Society.

Secretary of the Board of Directors of Republican Men’s Club of Northern Nevada (7/14-1/18).

Member Republican Men’s Club of Northern Nevada

SKILLS

Can install, use & maintain electric & pneumatic pumps, heat exchangers, reactions vessels, impellers, plate & frame filter presses, drum filters, spray dryers, impellers, rotary dryers, load cells, magnetic separators, dissolved air flotation equipment, high temperature gas & electric furnaces & associated control equipment.

Completed Champion Technologies’ technical & sales training.

Experienced public speaker.

Experienced technical writer.

Proficient in Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, CRM and other proprietary programs.

Experienced in hydrometallurgical laboratory & pilot plant operations; general wet chemistry laboratory procedures; X-ray diffraction analysis; ICP & AA instrument usage.

SELECTED REPORTS

M. Ahmad, “Environmental Due Diligence of Fidelity Exploration & Production Company, Utah,” report to Pacific Energy & Mining Company. (2015)

M. Ahmad, “Report on Conformance with API Specification 5CT of Casing Sold, API, P110, 5.5-inch Diameter, 20 Pounds Per Foot, by New Mexico Pipe & Supply to Pacific Energy & Mining Company,” report to Pacific Energy & Mining Company. (2015)

M. Ahmad, “Testing of Exeter’s Ash at Geneva Energy for the Production of Zinc Sulfate Monohydrate Meeting USEPA’s Published Criterion According to 40 CFR Parts 261, 266, 268 & 271 [FRL-7248-3] RIN 2050-AE69, Zinc Fertilizers Made from Recycled Hazardous Secondary Materials, Final Rule [FR DOC 02-18584 FILED 7-23-02; 8:45 A.M.], Testing Dates: 10/2/2007-10/5/2007,” report to Exeter Energy & Geneva Energy. (2007)

M. Ahmad & J. O’Brien, “Pilot Plant Testing to Produce Zinc Sulfate Monohydrate from Exeter Energy’s Zinc Oxide Ash,” report to Exeter Energy.” (2004)

J.E. Murphy, T.G. Carnahan, & M. Ahmad, “Removal of Bullets from Small Arms Firing Range Soils,” report to Parsons Science, Inc. (1999)

T.G. Carnahan, J.E. Murphy, M. Ahmad, & M. Misra, “Leaching Study & Preliminary Plant Design for Preparing Zinc Sulfate Monohydrate (ZnSO4.H20) from Colonial Metals’ Fly Ash,” report to Colonial Metals, Inc. on behalf of University of Nevada-Reno. (1998).

M. Ahmad, T.G. Carnahan, & J.E. Murphy, “Production of Zinc Sulfate from Exeter Energy’s Zinc Bearing Ash,” report to Exeter Energy. (1997).

M. Ahmad & R.G. Reddy, “Recycling of Chrome Containing Materials Herein-Before-L&-Filled,” Proceedings of HAZMACON’ 95 ABAG, ed. by T. Bursztynsky & M.L. Loss, CA, Association of Bay Area Governments, Oakland, CA, pp. 514-525. (1995).

M. Ahmad & G. Sklar, “Chrome Chemical Production from Spent Chrome Containing Solutions,” internal research report. (1995)

REFERENCES

Byron B. Bradd

Consulting Chemical Engineer.

Telephone number: 775-***-****. Email: addsst@r.postjobfree.com

Jim Gibbons

Former Governor of Nevada & U.S. Congressman

Telephone: 775-***-****. Email: addsst@r.postjobfree.com

Dan Green

VP Pacific Energy & Mining Company.

Telephone number: 775-***-****. Email: addsst@r.postjobfree.com

James E. Murphy

CEO, Silver State Metals & Semiconductors.

Telephone number: 775-***-****. Email: addsst@r.postjobfree.com

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