Corrosion Engineer

Corrosion Engineer, Schiff Associates, Claremont, CA (2007-2010)

Corrosion Control in the water / wastewater industry

Corrosion Specialist, Northern Natural Gas Company, Bloomington, MN (2006-2007)

Technical support for the Minneapolis Region of Northern Natural Gas.

Pipeline Corrosion / Integrity Engineer, Think Energy /

BP Dome Pipeline, Iowa City, IA (2005-2006)

Contract corrosion and pipeline integrity work for BP Dome Pipeline

Senior Corrosion Engineer, M. J. Schiff & Associates, Inc.,

Concord, CA (2004-2005)

Project manager for pipeline integrity surveys mostly in the water / wastewater industry

Senior Corrosion Engineer, Corrpro Companies, Inc.,

San Leandro, CA (1996-2003)

Survey and evaluate existing cathodic protection systems, design and install new cathodic protection systems, and internal and external corrosion failure investigations. Involved in cathodic protection design and field testing for a variety of cathodic protection applications.

Materials Engineer, Chevron Research & Technology Company, Richmond, CA (1992-1996)

Pipeline and corporate corrosion control consulting, Chevron corporate technical manual writer on pipeline corrosion control, corrosion expert witness, non-metallics technical support on hoses, elastomers, pipeline coatings, and atmospheric coatings

Corrosion Specialist, Chevron Pipe Line Company, San Ramon, CA

(1989-1992)

Represented Chevron Pipe Line on NACE International, GRI (Gas Research Institute), and API (American Petroleum Institute) Technical Committees. Home Office Engineering corrosion consultant. Standardized corrosion standards and practices for Chevron Pipe Line.

District Transmission Engineer, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Victoria, TX (1988-1989)

Compressor engine maintenance, electronic and dry flow chart gas measurement, corrosion control, and other miscellaneous district engineering tasks.

Corrosion Control Engineer, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, New Caney, TX (1981-1987)

In charge of complete corrosion control of approximately 1,200 miles of natural gas pipeline located in the states of Texas, Louisiana, and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Supervised two corrosion control technicians.

PROJECTS

Supervised 350 miles of close interval pipe to soil survey and analyzed the survey data to locate pipe coating damage

Key team member in running a total of 900 miles of electronic metal loss survey and grading of the data which found 3 miles of corroded pipe that required replacement.

Assisted computer software developers in designing pipeline integrity software for BP Dome Pipeline. Software used included PICS (Pipeline Information Control System) by Baseline Technologies, Inc., RiskAnalyst by Dynamic Risk, Inc. and HCA Analyst Tool by Integrated Informatics, Inc.

Construction engineer on hydrotesting 21 miles of pipeline believed to have possible stress corrosion cracking problems.

Wrote the pipeline corrosion control section of the American Petroleum Institute (API) pipeline integrity recommended practice

Construction Engineer on a 2.5 million dollar pipeline rehab project that recoated 22 miles of 30-inch pipeline and replaced 2 miles of corroded pipe.

Chief Construction Engineer on a pipeline rehab project that replaced 2 miles of corroded 10-inch diameter pipeline.

Chief Coating Mill Inspector on several projects that coated a total of 150 miles of pipe.

Project Leader of testing an experimental computer system to read cathodic protection rectifier data by pipeline patrol plane.

Project Manager for a project which involved close interval pipe to soil survey, depth of cover, and GPS measurements on 25 miles of petroleum product pipeline.

Designed, witnessed installation, supervised installation, and performed final post-installation inspection as required by project specifications for cathodic protections systems installed to protect natural gas, crude oil, petroleum product, reclaimed water, and water pipelines.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering Michigan State University

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Tau Beta Pi - National Engineering Honor Society

NACE International

Registered Corrosion Engineer in California, #CR1139

SSPC (Steel Structures Painting Council)

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