Professional Resume:

Objective: Being a contributing achiever of a working team and with over twenty years of experience, I’m seeking employment in the geothermal, oil, or mineral industry as a geologist or related discipline.

Employment History:

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Great Basin Science Sample and Records Library

2175 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, Present

Project Geologist:

Constructing a digitized geothermal well-log data base for the State of Nevada and configuring to achieve on-line public access.

DHI Services

2202 Zeus Court, Bakersfield, CA 93308 2007-Present

Mud Logging Geologist:

Collected data from sensor arrays, geological information, and monitored drilling parameter to assemble mud logs and geological models of geothermal fields for company clients. Maintained and monitored safety equipment during drilling. Worked closely with client staff and crew on double and triple terr drilling rigs.

Tecton Geologic, Inc.

7755 Bell Road, Windsor, CA 95492 2005-7

Mud Logging Geologist:

Compiled data from sensors and recorded rock chip descriptions during rotary drilling operation on geothermal wells and monitored the activities during well construction and/or workovers with platform and truck mounted rigs, working closely with client staff and the drilling crews.

Baker & Drake, Inc.

Sparks, NV 1994-2005

Road Supervisor:

Oversaw a fleet of up to 80 taxi cabs, where I supervised driver related issues, trained new personnel, presented safety classes, assisted law enforcement with investigations, and assisted with company public relations.

F & M Exploration 1979-1994

Consulting Geologist/ Co-Owner:

Managed and developed projects and generated viable prospects for the oil and mineral exploration industry. Also, to a lesser degree assisted engineers in environmental and construction projects

Exploration Geologist: 1973-1979

Mineral and geothermal exploration, generating projects with the following: Conoco Mineral Exploration, Hydro-Search, Inc. Electrodyne Geophysical. International Mineral & Chemicals, Urania Exploration, Inc

Pacific Gas and Electric Company,

Part Time while attending college. 1967-1971

Educational Background:

Postgraduate: Geological Science Department, Mackay School of Mines & Geology, University of Nevada, Reno; 31 graduate level credits in economic geology with application of aerospace remote sensing and petroleum exploration in the Great Basin of the western United States.

Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology: Mackay School of Mines & Geology, University of Nevada, Reno.

Graduate from Placer Joint Union High School, Auburn, California; Associate of Arts Degree, Sierra College, Rocklin, California.

Professional Associations:

The American Association of Petroleum Geologist, and Charter Member of the Division of Environmental Geosciences; American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; the Geological Society of Nevada, and the Nevada Petroleum Society. For the later: served on the membership committee (1990-95) and the office of Treasurer (1995).

Publications:

“Western Nevada seeps show oil and gas potential,” Richard N. Francis & Scott B. McDaniel, Western Oil World, March 1992, Hart Publications. Articles about my research work have been published in Western Oil Investor, December 1991; and Petroleum Information, September 1991.

Accomplishments:

Managed exploration projects and supervised drilling activities for geothermal, gold, base metal and uranium. Logged drilling data and filed mining claims. Analyzed photogeology, geochemistry, and geophysics for mineral, and petroleum deposition. Mapped geology and developed cross sections from borehole, surface geology, geochemical, and geophysical data. Underground geological mapping.

Carried out research with archival and computerized data from the Internet. Processed computerized images from Landsat data. Compiled research data for a study of the petroleum resources of the Great Basin of the western United States in order to locate new exploration targets. Organized Federal bid submittals for a small engineering firm, as a subcontractor. Applied remote sensing data to mineral and oil exploration, and environmental assessments. Delineated a continuation of the ore body of the historic Boss Tweed Mine, southwestern Montana.

Presented National Automobile Association safety and driver’s education classes to a fleet of taxi drivers and assisted law enforcement in accident investigations.

Foreign Languages: Some working knowledge of Spanish and French.

Computer skills: Microsoft Systems, Word, Excel, NuroLog, Geodraft, proprietary mud logging & well monitoring. Software.

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