Refinery Lab Manager/Supervisor, Environmental Engineer
Resume:
Michael Kang
Richmond, VA *3237
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Employment History
Retired
Lab Supervisor
**/**** – 08/2003, Sunoco Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Supervised and provided technical oversight for the Analytical, Environmental and Remote Lab Services areas.
Lab Manager Duty: Managed 4 chemists, 4 supervisors, 34 technicians and an office assistant.
Provided technical supports to the refinery operations.
Method development and technical training in ICP, XRF, FTIR, AA and UV/VIS.
Initiated, purchased and installed new analytical instruments and the latest one was ICP spectrometer.
Planned and performed the refinery lab relocation project.
Managed and trained QC/QA of analytical procedures – SPC control charts, Round Robin samples, proto samples, and standard check samples.
Lab liaison duty handling Federal, State and Local agencies in compliance issues.
ISO 9000 auditor training.
Environmental Lab Supervisor
12/1992 – 08/1994, Chevron USA. Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Supervised Environmental Lab and Remote Lab Services groups, which involved 9 refinery remote lab units along with the supervision and management of all technicians.
Provided training, technical support of refinery operations.
Developed G.C. methods, such as Benzene content in gasoline, MTBE determination in gasoline, Aromatics content determination in gasoline by GC-MS and simulated distillation by G.C.
Participated in Chevron’s Quality Assurance Manual Team and wrote sampling and sample custody procedures.
Attended Atlantic Regional Exchange Group meetings and ASTM D-2 subcommittee meetings.
Acted as the point-of-contact to all regulatory agencies (EPA, PADEP, DELCORA etc.).
Senior Research Assistant
03/1982 – 12/1992, Chevron Research and Technology Co., Richmond, CA
Responsible for maintenance of NMR spectrometers (Varian XL-300, Bruker CXP-100, CXP-300, and MSL-500.
Maintained UV/VIS spectrometers and FTIR spectrometers.
Provided training to other technicians on operation and maintenance of NMR and other spectrometers.
Provided NMR spectra interpretations of high resolution liquid spectra as well as solids spectra.
Trained in EPR and Mass Spectroscopy.
Attended G.C. school at the Virginia Tec offered by Gas Processors Association.
Attended GC-MS interpretation and maintenance courses by Hewlett Packard Company and Virginia Technical University.
Analytical Chemist
01/1981 – 03/1982, Pacific Refining Company, Hercules, CA
Performed and maintained instrumental analysis (A.A., G.C.,UV/VIS) of waste water and petroleum products.
Provided technical supports to the refinery operations.
Performed Method development and training technicians.
Maintained two Octane engines and one Cetane engine.
General Manager/Owner
06/1979 – 01/1981, Alhambra Yamaha, Alhambra, CA
Managed the Yamaha motorcycle dealership.
Trained in factory training in maintenance and repair.
Oversaw of business accounts, customer relations and other administrative responsibilities.
Lab Technician
04/1976 – 06/1979, Ethyl Corporation, Long Beach, CA
Performed analysis of petrochemical products (G.C., A.A., UV/VIS, X-ray).
Blended gasoline products with the anti-knocking compounds according to the major oil company’s requests. It included the susceptibility study for each component.
Maintained 6 Octane engines and one Cetane engine and provided the Octane and the Cetane Analysis methods training to many technicians from abroad as well as in-house.
Cashier(Journeymen Clerk)
01/1970 – 6/1974, Safeway Store, Paso Robles, CA
Started as a part time box boy and promoted to a journeymen clerk performing checking, customer service, stocking, receiving in the back room.
Joined the International Retail Clerks Union.
Research Pharmacist
03/1967 – 11/1969, Chong Keun Dang Pharmaceutical Company, Seoul, Korea
Responsible for the production of Chloramphenicol (Chloromycetin).
Initiated an approval of this product by the FDA of USA and achieved the goal in 1968,
R & D drug testing method development of procedures, quality control, and hands on many drug assays and toxicity tests.
Education
05/1999, Widener University, Chester, PA
Master of Engineering in Engineering Management(Environmental Specialty)
06/1974, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
B.S. in Chemistry.
02/1967, School of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
B.S. in Pharmacy.
Experience
Considerable experience with FTIR (Digi-Lab), UV/VIS and G.C.
Relief Lab Shift Supervisor for Chevron Alaskan Refinery for three months.
Lead technician for eight months (as start-up crew) at Gaviota Oil and Gas Plant, Gaviota, CA.
Helped Chevron Corporation as a translator of patent works (Korean/English and English/Korean).
Well versed in PC computer operation and trouble-shooting (Windows OS, MS Office etc.).
Community Activities
Philadelphia Korean Lions Club member – Vice President (1996-1999)
Board of Director for Korean American Association of Greater Philadelphia (1997-1999)
Board of Director for North America Chung-Ang University Alumni Association(1982-1984)
Northern California Korean American Association – President (1982-1984)
TRY (Teach Richmond Youth) – workshop leader and tutor for Richmond School District Community service program)
Bay Area CHEMATHON (San Francisco, CA) volunteer – High school science teaching workshops
Santa Maria, CA Science Program – Originator and teacher for teaching science for the community children
Santa Maria, CA Museum of Flight – Organizer and volunteer for restoring vintage aircrafts
Civil Air Patrol member (2nd Lt.) since 2004
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