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Homestead, Florida, United States

• Licensed by the U.S. NRC as a Senior Reactor Operator for the Turkey Point nuclear power plant. Assigned to fill the dual roles of Operations Outage Manager and Shutdown Risk Manager. Managed the 150-member Operations.
• Managed multi-disciplinary teams to determine the best course of action following major equipment failures. Led each team to consider regulatory compliance, economic, safety, and feasibility of options. Prevented two.
• Coordinated substantial changes to an in-progress refueling outage schedule. Led the station to sequence the new work and allocated appropriate resources. Avoided impact to the outage critical path and overall outage.
• Developed newly licensed and under-performing Unit Supervisors and used formal methods such as creation of individual development plans to quantify improvement. Provided informal feedback and coaching on their.
• During actual and exercise emergent equipment failures, evaluated conditions to determine emergency action levels and authorized emergency declarations to Federal, State, and local government agencies. Authorized.

Hancocks Bridge, New Jersey, United States

• Supervised non-licensed operators at the Salem nuclear power plant. Ensured personnel met safety and production goals. Liaised between the Operations Department and site fire department, ensured nuclear safety during.
• Led development of a system for tracking first-line supervisors’ observations of their subordinate’s performance. Improved compliance with industry standards for performance management.

Champions Gate, FL

• Provided emergency preparedness-related services to Federal, regional, and private sector clients. Responsibilities included all aspects of project management, from proposal development to project execution and.
• Conducted threat and hazard assessments for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing facilities and a major annual music festival that attracts over 100,000 attendees.
• Evaluated emergency response plans for a variety of local and regional government agencies and school districts.
• Developed, facilitated, and evaluated emergency response exercises for hazardous materials accidents, CBRNE/WMD attacks, hurricanes, and disease outbreaks.
• Advised a major commercial shipping port during their adoption of the NIMS and ICS. Created a tailored response strategy that addressed the port’s threats and required response.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

• On a part-time basis (approximately 10 hours per week), supported military humanitarian assistance/disaster response research projects.
• During a short-term assignment to the U.S. Embassy to Portugal, developed the concept and objectives for a joint U.S.-Portuguese civil-military earthquake response exercise. Briefed the concept and anticipated outcomes.
• Co-authored the conceptual framework for the provision of humanitarian assistance/disaster response information and coordination to medical professionals in austere environments.

Mountainhome, PA

• Advised U.S. Air Force installations during the service’s transition to NIMS/HSEEP. Supported programs such as WMD Incident Response Training, All-Hazards Response Training Program, and Medical Readiness Exercise and.
• Used Arc GIS, atmospheric dispersion modeling software, and other models and population data tools to estimate the population health effects of nuclear power plant accidents, hazardous materials accidents, and.
• Briefed senior military (Colonel/O-6 and General/O-7) officers, government civilians (SES), and civilian leaders (mayors, etc.,) on interagency exercise and assessment outcomes. Provided candid feedback and advice.
• Taught HSEEP fundamentals courses. Worked with students throughout week-long practical courses to improve exercise design, control, and evaluation.

Various

• Led various sized and types of teams, ranging from five government civilians to 20 contractors in the design, installation, and testing of shore-based command and control projects. Served as the Chief Engineer aboard a.
• Served as the Deputy Project Manager for the design and installation of a Joint U.S./International Security Assistance Force operations center in Kabul, Afghanistan. Directed all work from mock-ups in the U.S. to final.
• Through an aggressive schedule of exercises and critical evaluations, developed two emergency response teams that had previously received grades of 0% and 25% on an externally administered inspection to 100%.
• Developed a condition-based maintenance program, in addition to the existing time-based program, to improve equipment availability. Delivered equipment availability twice that of similar ships, at a 25% reduction in.

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Served as a chemistry and radiological controls technician, mechanical systems operator, and instructor in the U.S. Navy Nuclear Power Program.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Public Safety (Specialization In Emergency Management)

Quantitative dissertation: The Relationship Between Adults' Parental Status, Caregiving System, Trust, and Risk Perception.

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management

Degree completion included 18 semester hours of emergency management courses.

Bachelor Of Science, Radiation Protection/Health Physics Technician