Director 1 - Corporate NDE Level III

Objective

Dedicated high performing degreed NDE professional with over 25 years of experience who can assess the situation, develop strategies to efficiently trouble shoot and execute solutions to complex issues on critical projects worldwide.

I am seeking a dynamic Level III (technologist) management position with an international Engineering and Construction firm that draws on my broad experience and ability to develop strategies that produce timely effective solutions and provide the best path forward.

Education

BA Economics SUNY University of Buffalo 1980

A.A.S NDT Technology Schenectady County Community College 1984

BWR Systems Training Cooper Nuclear Station 1997

Current Certifications;

ASNT Level III UT, RT, PT, MT

http://www.asnt.org/certification/cert/certdetail.cfm?id=22021

Automated PDI Supplements 4 and 6 Detection and Sizing (Reactor Pressure Vessel)

Employment History

Director 1 Corporate NDE Level III August 2008- Present

Fluor

Greenville, South Carolina

Responsibilities include managing the Fluor NDE program and taking the lead on the resolution of all NDE issues encountered on Fluor construction projects worldwide. Activities included traveling to international or domestic project sites to troubleshoot NDE concerns, the validation of NDE techniques, development of corrective actions and verification that NDE staff or vendors were in compliance with code requirements. (Russia, Qatar, Netherlands, Spain and the US)

Consultant (Applications Development) March 2007 – August 2008

Structural Integrity Associates

Charlotte, North Carolina

Responsible for the developed Phased Array techniques for UT inspections of fossil and Nuclear power plant piping/components. This included manual and automated Phased Array Techniques utilized in EPRI PDI (Performance Demonstration Initiative) Qualifications.

Project Manager May 2005 – March 2007 EPRI (Electric Power Research Institute)

Charlotte, North Carolina

Coauthored ten EPRI publications relating ultrasonic inspections of Nuclear plant dissimilar welds and developed strategies to optimize exam code coverage.

NDE Level III March 2003 – April 2005

Wesdyne (Contract)

Waltz Mill, Pennsylvania

Cognizant Level III on PWR (Pressure Water Reactor) top head CRDM (control rod drive mechanism) ultrasonic TOFD inspections. Performed data analysis and prepared associated final evaluation reports. (US and Japan)

NDE Level III *August 1994 – April 1999

General Electric Inspection Services (contract) * May 2002 - January 2005

Huntersville, North Carolina

Responsible for data analysis of automated ultrasonic nuclear reactor pressure vessel inspections and the preparation of associated final reports. (US and Japan). Activities included detecting, sizing and the disposition of ultrasonic indications (aspect ratio calculations).

Wrote technical training documents and provided automated ultrasonic data analysis training.

NDE Level III September 1996 – May 1997

Cooper Nuclear Station

Brownville, Nebraska

Planned and executed Level III NDE (ISI and the corrosion monitoring program) outage activities at Cooper Nuclear Station (Nebraska Public Power District).

NDE Project Manager/Technical Lead *August 1989 – August 1994

CTI Inc.

Martinez, California

Planned, managed and executed automated ultrasonic inspections on storage tanks, pressure vessels and pipelines in Alaska and the western US.

NDE Project Manager/Technical Lead October 1985 - August 1989

Combustion Engineering/Amdata (contract)

Windsor, Connecticut

Planned, managed and executed automated and manual ultrasonic inspections of fossil power plants (boilers, piping and headers).

*Various domestic and international projects.

Prior Certifications;

API 510

AWS CWI

Experience with the following codes

ASME; Sections I, V, VIII, IX, XI,

B31.1, B31.3

API; 1104, 650

AWS; D1.1/CSA W59

Skills;

Microsoft Office Suite

Autocad

Omniscan

Tomoview/Ultravision

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