Manager Project

Ravi Kommajosyula, PG 713-***-****

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Accomplished Project Manager with 15 years of experience. Works collaboratively to meet project, client, and stakeholder goals and objectives. Highly adaptive, with private, industrial, financial, federal and local government client experience. Quantitative and realistic project management approach with measurable goals for success. Safety leader with excellent safety implementation record. Certified Project Manager (URS Corporation, 2008).

Areas of Expertise

Project Planning and Management

Environmental Risk Assessments

Hydrogeology

Safety Leadership

Downstream Environmental Liabilities

Groundwater Chemistry

Stakeholder Engagement

Remediation System O & M

Groundwater Remediation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Risk Assessment

Project Geologist

Environmental Assessment (EA) International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC)

El Paso, Texas

Served as the project geologist for a comprehensive environmental assessment of the American Canal reconstruction project near ASARCO smelter in El Paso, Texas. EA included a review of historical aerial photographs, site visits, and completion of cultural, biological, traffic, noise, air, soil, and groundwater studies. Authored the soil and groundwater sections of EA. A FONSI was prepared for the American Canal.

Project Scientist

Fate and Transport Modeling Confidential Client Canutillo, Texas

Provided technical guidance in fate and transport modeling for a leaking petroleum storage tank in Canutillo, Texas to evaluate effects of hydrocarbon exposure to human health and groundwater. Developed the fate and transport models for benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, total xylenes, and MTBE. A technical report was subsequently prepared for toxicological evaluation and litigation support.

Remediation

Task Manager

MTBE Groundwater Remediation

Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals Galena Park, Texas

Completed installation of 25 oxygenation wells for passive remediation project. Reviewed the soil and groundwater analytical results for MTBE. As a part of technical report preparation, prepared the tables and potentiometric surface maps. The laboratory analytical results obtained from the assessment were utilized to a design a passive iSOC remediation system at the AST containment area. Also managed the weekly O&M system activities for alkylate recovery system and iSOC passive remediation systems.

Senior Geologist

Missouri River Mitigation U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Kansas

Served as the senior geologist for completion of 60 soil borings and 20 temporary monitoring wells. USACE proposed to restore fisheries and wildlife habitat at series of sites along the Missouri River in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa as part of overall Mitigation project. As a part of report preparation, developed soil boring logs, geologic cross sections, and prepared tables for the Assessment Report. Based on the completed soil response actions, the flow through chute was constructed by excavating or dredging material to form the chute.

Regulatory Project Management

Project Manager

Multiple Projects Texas Department of Transportation South Texas

Activities included management of several assessment and remediation facilities with groundwater impact (VOCs, SVOCs, and RCRA metals); consultation with TxDOT and TCEQ on expediting site closures for affected properties; developing schedules, work scopes, and budget estimates; and training and mentoring of junior staff members.

Project Manager

Site Assessment and Remedial Activities TCEQ State Lead Contract South Texas

Completed site assessment and remedial activities at several retail service stations for TCEQ State Lead Contract. Activities included supervising project team, preparing work plans and schedules, providing technical report review, corresponded with TCEQ on closure activities.

Other relevant experience

Litigation Support

Expert Witness, Underground Storage Tank Construction Activities, Williamsburg, NM.

Risk Assessment

Completed slug testing for groundwater classification, and aquifer groundwater characterization for oil & gas facilities.

Completed assessment and remedial activities for upstream ExxonMobil, midstream P66 (Borger, Sweeny), Kinder Morgan, and Chevron oil and gas facilities.

Remedial experience with SVE, thermal oxidation, ISCO, and iSOC passive bioremediation.

Conducted pilot studies and dual phase extraction events at the upstream oil and gas facilities.

Completed Conceptual Site Models (CSM) and aquifer characterization and groundwater classification for upstream oil and gas facilities.

Conducted LNAPL transmissivity evaluation using ASTM E2856 and API methods at over 30 upstream ExxonMobil, Energy Transfer, and BHP facilities.

Strong working knowledge of RCRA, TRRP, and RRC regulations.

Remediation

Provided project oversight during installation of remediation systems (pump and treat, SVE, skimmer, spill buster, and ThermOx).

Managed sites using passive bioremediation, EOS, microbial inoculum of chlorinated compounds. Evaluated data for MNA remedy and site closures.

Project Manager for Oil & Gas clients for upstream and midstream.

WORK HISTORY

2013- Present Senior Hydrogeologist, GHD, Houston, Texas

2007-2013 Project Manager, URS, Houston, Texas

2006-2007 Senior Geologist, CDM, Houston, Texas

2002-2006 Project Manager, EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Houston, Texas

EDUCATION

M.S. Geology/Geochemistry, Portland State University, OR. 1992.

BSc, Geology and Chemistry, Osmania University, India. 1985

PUBLICATIONS

Final Technical Report Investigate Titanium and Zirconium bearing placer deposits on the continental shelf, Part II., prepared for the Marine Minerals Technology Center, Continental Shelf Division, University of Mississippi, 1991 (with L.D. Kulm, M. Mumford, and C.D. Peterson)

OTHER INFORMATION

US Citizen. References are available upon request.

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