MS Engineering Management, PMBA, MS Environmental Sci, PhD/Geophy.

VICTOR J. LOPEZ, PhD, MSEM, PMBA, MS, CEHP

***** ** *** ** - *********, FL 33031

**********@*****.*** / 786-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Assure quality performance and administration in cross-disciplinary operations, including research and development. Improve technology integration, its transfer, all level and media communications, resource allocations, and returns optimization. EDUCATION

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION and ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT Master of Science in Engineering Management, Enterprise Systems (SAP) Graduate School - College of Engineering and Computing, Florida International University, Miami,

(01-12/ 2012)

Professional MBA, Strategic Planning and Entrepreneurship: Chapman Graduate School of Business, Florida International University, Miami, (08/2006-08/2009) Total Quality Management Training

Miami Dade County Health Department (MDCHD): Leader and Member of Sterling Quality Teams, 1998 - 2022.

Information Technology: Upgrades in database planning, design and development, Geographic Information Systems, and cross discipline scientific and business applications using state-of-the-art hardware and computer software systems. (1971-present) Charter School Development: Charter School Institute, Barry University, Miami, (1999) ABCs of Export - Import Business, U.S. Small Business Administration and International Trade Mart - Louisiana District Export Council and U.S. Department of Commerce, New Orleans. 1984 Certification in Management: School of Business, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, (08/1982-05/1983). ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND ENGINEERING AND SANITARY SCIENCES MS Environmental Sciences

University of Texas at Dallas - School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, (01/1975-05/1978) Internship: On alternative energy resource exploration and production policy. Master Course in Applied Public Health - Florida Public Health Institute, FAU June 2009. CEHP: Certified Environmental Health Professional

Public drinking water, pool and onsite sewage disposal, and emergency response and recovery programs: Florida Departments of Environmental Protection, HRS, Health, and Miami Dade County Health Department. (MDCHD), 1993 - 2022.

Food Service and Lodging Management Certifications: Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants; and National Assessment Institute, 1995. Fire Safety Certification: Florida Division of State Fire Marshal - Bureau of Fire Standards and Training, 1995.

Coastal Environments Training Internship: Punta Betín Marine Research Institute, Santa Marta, Colombia, 1968.

EARTH SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

Oil and Gas Exploration Trainings, Amoco Schools, Tulsa-OK, 1981-83 Geosciences/Geophysics, PhD: School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Texas at Dallas. (01/1973 - 05/1981).

Dissertation: On geophysical sounding methods of the Earth in California, Wisconsin, and New Mexico. Computerized systems development and application to tectonic studies and to geothermal resource exploration.

MS Seismology (Equivalent), International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Japanese Ministry of Construction, Tokyo. (09/1971-08/1972) Research: On computerized Tsunami simulation impacting Japan’s Sanriku coast. Professional Geologist # 176, MS in Geo-Engineering (Equivalent), Faculty of Sciences, National University of Colombia, Bogotá. (02/1965-01/1971)

Thesis: On Jurassic -Triassic Volcano-tectonic deposits in Colombia's Central Cordillera. EMPLOYMENT

Environmental Specialist III, State of Florida Departments of Health, and of Business and Professional Regulation, Miami Dade County Health Department (MDCHD), Environmental Health and Engineering Division and Bureau of Inspections (1993-2022). As member of MDCHD’s Improvement Teams, took part in earning two State of Florida Governor Sterling Awards. In charge of, and/or coordinating Florida's Environmental Engineering Programs: Well Surveillance to locate and monitor ground water contamination by plumes with hydrocarbons and other toxic chemicals using customized Geographic Information Systems applications. Consultant to locate and review multiple phase contamination site assessment and remediation reports, to survey and sample potentially impacted wells and to design and manage databases and related internal and external client communications.

Limited Use Water Systems to assure regulated potable well construction and protection, water plants design and operation, and overall compliance with levels of hazardous chemicals and bacteria. Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems Supervision: permitting activities after Hurricane Andrew of construction - repair of, and of Potable water Systems, and compliance-recovery in SW disaster affected region of Miami Dade County, and response-recovery after natural disasters and epidemic events.

Member and leader of Total Quality Management Teams: Improve Programmatic and generic database designs (Access and Excel), data acquisition and processing optimization, to upgrade hiring and promotion practices, classify and evaluate State of Florida Workforce and to use GIS. Leader and Developer: comprehensive bi-lingual (Spanish-English) environmental inspector training program sponsored by USAID/Florida International Volunteer Corps for the Honduran Ministry of Health.

Other Environmental Health, Engineering and Epidemiological Activities: such as preparation of a draft of Miami Dade County Ordinance to inspect septic systems, sanitary surveys of all level water plant systems, and of septic systems serving commercial and manufacturing facilities, inspections of food and lodging facilities, of rental and private properties for diverse environmental health hazards, and member of MDCHD’s Epi Team.

Assistant Professor, King Abdulaziz University - Faculty of Earth Sciences, Jeddah Saudi Arabia.

(03/1986-08/1987)

Taught Hydrocarbon Exploration Seismology, and Petroleum Geology courses, and supervised mainly Saudi Arabian oil field exploration and production research projects by seniors and graduate students, and prepared faculty research proposals.

Senior Geophysicist, Senior Grade Research Scientist: Amoco Production Company, New Orleans - LA, and Amoco Research Center, Geophysical Division, Tulsa - OK. (01/1981-08/84) Innovator of three dimensional P and Shear wave seismic exploration surveys, and well log computer- expert systems researcher use to assess known hydrocarbon fields, and oil and gas pseudo-depth

“pay”: productive reservoirs in Colorado, Northern Alaska and Gulf of Mexico provinces. Computer Consultant, Shell Oil Company Technology Center / Sigmatics Corporation, Houston - TX.

(03-10/1979)

Incorporator of Space Oblique Projection System, to Shell's Geo-Exploration Information Systems to enable use of Geographic Information Systems.

Teaching, Technical and Research Assistant, University of Texas at Dallas: Geo-sciences Division - Energy Center, Richardson-TX. (01/1973-05/1978)

Assisted and co-taught courses on geological and geophysical science exploration, on natural and man- made disasters, and on related software applications. Developed and demonstrated software systems for controlled and natural source electromagnetic and geomagnetic soundings of the Earth to locate mineral and water (including geothermal) resources. Performance as Field Manager-Researcher for geophysical exploration projects in Wisconsin and New Mexico, and as Observer-in charge at the Dallas Geomagnetic Observatory.

Researcher, University of Helsinki: Finnish Institute of Seismology. (10-12/1972) Investigator of seismic velocity distribution models of the Earth’s Crust in Scandinavia by use of a seismic ray tracing computer simulation system to interpret the resulting velocity distribution models. Seismologist Trainee, Japan’s Ministry of Construction, International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo. (09/197*-**-****)

Courses and Laboratory Trainings provided by UNESCO and Japanese experts. Onsite observations of seismic, volcanic, and other disaster effects, and of resulting safe mitigation and prevention engineering public, and construction works at diverse locations in Japan. Researcher of Computerized Tsunami Propagation Simulation to assess tsunami impacts from earthquakes offshore Eastern Japan. Adjunct Professor, Free University of Colombia, College of Science Education - Department of Chemistry and Biology, Bogotá, Colombia. (03-08/1971) Lecturer of Geology and Mineralogy to Bio-Chemistry Seniors employed as science teachers in Colombian schools.

Geophysicist, Texas Petroleum Company, Bogotá – Colombia. (03-09/1971) Participant in Oil and Gas exploration projects in the Putumayo, Guajira and Llanos basin. Recommended an exploratory well in the region where the Cusiana oil field discovery took place. OTHER

American Citizen, Bilingual (English-Spanish)

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