Professional Geologist / Project Manager

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Results driven self-starter with significant regulatory experience in a wide variety of geologic, hydrogeologic, geochemical, and regulatory settings. Includes 15 years of strategic environmental management and direct project management relating to contaminant fate and transport in soil, air, and groundwater environments for RCRA and CERCLA monitoring and remediation systems. Primary expertise has been in the areas of groundwater investigations, pollution prevention, regulatory compliance, preparation of solid waste permits and documents, as well as coordination and management of remediation projects.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TETRA TECH INC., Houston, Texas 2006-2008

Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services worldwide.

Senior Consultant

• Provide strong, effective project leadership and management through near-continuous appraisal of project information, deliverables, and financial controls from many independent sources.

• Author and senior peer review of client environmental monitoring plans during various permitting processes.

• Provide expert testimony using strong experience base, integrity, and interpersonal skills.

• Facilitate compliance with the evolving legal and regulatory landscape by managing exposures and delivering accurate and timely regulatory reports.

• Document and coordinate project-specific regulatory compliance commitment with state and federal regulatory obligations concerning impacts to monitoring systems.

• Provide individual training and leadership to a wide range of field personnel and non-technical managers to effectively reduce the environmental compliance costs associated with meeting specific regulatory interpretations and implementation procedures.

• Senior review and approval of in-house or third party HSE plans associated with projects managed.

WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. (WM), Houston, Texas 2004-2005

Waste Management, Inc. is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America.

Senior Manager

• Significant experience in negotiation of NOVs and agency information requests, pollution control process design and permitting, environmental compliance auditing, remediation system design and construction, waste disposal site investigations and remedial actions (RCRA and CERCLA).

• Represent corporate interests on strategies for preparing and defending environmental programs of permit expansions and Greenfield permit applications.

• Corporate representative for all environmental investigations, assessments, corrective measures, remediation projects at over 75 RCRA facilities in a five state area (TX, OK, AR, LA, and MS).

• Directly accountable to senior management for administering contracts and work product of third-party contractors for impacted facilities within assigned area.

• Through active participation in senior level work groups; developed process standardization and streamlined regulatory compliance approaches associated with various business units to reduce costs and liability. Resulted in creation, administration, and implementation of company policies and procedures concerning HSE matters.

• Authorized to defend and directly negotiate a broad range of regulatory compliance issues with all applicable regulating bodies.

• Provide supervision and hands-on training to staff, vendors, and consultants assigned to area of responsibility or projects.

• Assured timely investigations, inspections, reporting, and document/record retention in matters associated with assigned projects.

SOUTHERN GEOSCIENCES, INC. (SGI), Houston, Texas 1999-2004, 2005-2006, Present

Southern Geosciences is a small environmental firm dedicated to providing objective third-party expertise to owner/operators of RCRA and CERCLA facilities in the southern United States.

Principal

• Third-party representative of multi-billion dollar corporations for defense and interpretation of the hydrogeologic and geochemical environs surrounding their owned and operated RCRA and CERCLA facilities.

• Strong advocacy of clients' interests with state and local regulatory agencies. Worked closely with, and provide expertise to, corporate and third party team(s) on permitting issues.

• Provided detailed input to state agency during rule making process on behalf of world’s largest waste disposal company. Specific language of several sections in revised regulations were changed as a result.

• A clear understanding of corporate environmental and safety policies concerning compliance issues. Prepared and implemented a plan of action for operations/compliance staff to achieve corporate and regulatory directives.

• Proactively anticipated compliance issues and provide an innovative solution that could be implemented by the operations staff to avoid operational and regulatory difficulties.

• Manage budgetary restrictions by anticipating operational and regulatory conditions that could adversely affect project costs.

BROWNING FERRIS INDUSTRIES, INC. (BFI), Houston, Texas 1990-1999

Browning Ferris Industries (now Republic Services, Inc.) is a leading provider of services in the domestic, non-hazardous solid waste industry.

Area Landfill Environmental Manager 1997–1999

• Directly responsible and accountable for environmental issues at 33 active business units in seven state area representing about 40% of BFI’s disposal market.

• Evaluated, prioritized, and directed all RCRA Subtitle D environmental monitoring projects, assessments, corrective measures, and remediation projects in TX, OK, AR, LA, TN, KY, and MS.

• Managed and implemented agreements with various third-party consultants, drillers, and vendors for BFI projects.

• Provided training and leadership to a wide range of field personnel and non-technical managers to effectively reduce environmental compliance costs in the areas of regulatory interpretation and implementation.

• Interpreted, defended, and directly negotiated regulatory compliance issues with state and local regulating bodies reducing long-term environmental compliance costs.

• Provided cost-benefit and regulatory analyses of environmental assessments and corrective measures to Senior Managers and Legal Department.

Assistant Regional Environmental Manager 1995-1997

• Supervisory role involved responsibilities for implementing and tracking environmental policies at 39 active business units.

• Provided technical expertise on environmental compliance issues to various regulatory agencies, and private citizen groups on behalf of employer.

• Standardized regulatory compliance approach to common environmental problems and issues.

Senior Hydrogeologist 1990-1995

• Environmental management and related technical responsibilities focused on hydrogeologic characterizations, geologic and geochemical evaluations, and environmental assessments near BFI disposal facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

• Provided coordination between design, procurement, and/or construction for integration of technical content and scheduled activities.

• Coordinated preparation and issuance of project deliverables, design documents, and bid packages.

• Maintain operationally consistent work processes that enable worksharing to be effectively executed between multiple offices and construction sites.

• Designed, certified, and installed 40 CFR, Part 258, Subtitle D groundwater monitoring systems for 25 active landfills in the southern US.

• Provided environmental due diligence for acquisitions on Corporate, Regional, and District market development projects.

• Internationally mobile and comfortable with diverse and dissimilar cultures. International experience included: Rendering comprehensive and very detailed geologic evaluations and related cost projections for a multi-national joint venture team of two major resource recovery projects in Hong Kong. Both were completed on time and within budget. Extensive on-site appraisals of three capital projects in Paraguay, Argentina, and Chile. Prepared detailed documentation of findings and provided innovative solutions to very complex technical and cultural issues for executive management. Traveled extensively in Western Europe.

COLUMBIA GAS DEVELOPMENT CORP. (Exploration Department), Houston, Texas 1985-1990

Columbia Gas Development is active in pursuing opportunities in all segments of the natural gas industry and in related energy resource development.

Geophysicist

LICENSES AND AFFILIATIONS

AIPG - Certified Professional Geologist – No. 10475

Texas – Professional Geoscientist – No. 137

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Geology, Stephen F. Austin State University; 1985.

Bachelor of Science (Geology major), Stephen F. Austin State University; 1981.

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