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Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Portland, Oregon, United States

Project Scientist under the US EPA Region 10 START contract with Weston Solutions, Inc. Responsibilities include environmental emergency responses, site investigations, removal site evaluations, contaminated materials removals, environmental montioring equipment management and upkeep and strong client relations. Project tasks include project planning, collection of field data, data analysis and deliverable preparation.

Portland, Oregon, United States

Duties included: US EPA Superfund Technical Assessment Response Team (START) member responsible for environmental emergency responses and removal projects under the US EPA Region 10 START program. Conduct environmental site assessments and environmental cleanup projects for Bureau of Land Management and other federal and state agencies. Expertise in environmental analytical and monitoring equipment for the purpose of water, air and soil analysis and monitoring. Provide support for emergency management planning projects and exercises for Local, County, State agencies and assist with facilitation of associated workshops.

Portland, Oregon Area

Duties include: US EPA Superfund Technical Assessment Response Team (START) member responsible for environmental emergency responses and removal projects under the US EPA Region 10 START program. Conduct environmental site assessments and environmental cleanup projects for Bureau of Land Management and other federal and state agencies. Expertise in environmental analytical and monitoring equipment for the purpose of water, air and soil analysis and monitoring. Provide support for emergency management planning projects and exercises for Local, County, State agencies and assist with facilitation of associated workshops.

Columbus, Ohio Area

Duties included: Completing Environmental Site Assessments (ESA) screenings, Phase I ESAs and Phase II ESAs for private clients and transportation agencies. -ESA Screenings: Conducted more than 140 ESA Screening projects for transportation projects with team of field professionals. ESA Screenings are conducted for the purpose of identifying potential sources of contamination located within a transportation project area. -Phase I ESAs: Conducted more than 140 Phase I ESA projects for private sector clients and government agencies with team of field professionals. Phase I ESAs are conducted for the purpose of environmental due diligence as a part of property acquisition. -Phase II ESAs: Conducted more than 70 Phase II ESA projects for private sector clients and government agencies with team of field professionals. Phase II ESAs are conducted for the purpose of identifying subsurface contamination in soil and groundwater. -Landfill oversight: Conducted landfill oversight for the Ohio Department of Transportation, LUC-75 Roadway improvement project.-Groundwater monitoring: Conducted groundwater monitoring at landfills, former coal fired-power plants and as part of Phase II ESAs.-Soil sampling: Conducted soil sampling in order to identify soil stratum, hydrogeologicalcharacteristics and subsurface contamination.-State and Federal regulations: Working knowledge of NEPA, CWA, CAA, ASTM-2013, Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulations and ODOT ESA Standards for roadway improvement projects.-Environmental Compliance: Includes ESA projects for transportation projects and private sector clients and landfill permitting renewal. -Data Interpretation: Ability to interpret data collected from field work, government agency databases and laboratory analytics for the purpose of identifying environmental issues.

Expert Chef with more than 11 years experience in the hospitality industry providing excellent customer service, staff and operations management, and quality products.

Delaware Ohio

Duties included: Completing efficiency testing at coal-fired power plants for various facility functions. Testing included isokinetic coal fineness testing in order to assist with the optimization of pulverized coal injection into the boiler system, high velocity thermocouple (HVT) testing in order to observe temperature gas gradients within the boiler, and flue-gas testing in order to observe gas ratios at various points throughout the facilities duct work for the purpose of determining combustion efficiency.

Assisted with research at the McHale Laboratory soy bean breeding program which provides an organic seed bank for soy producers in Ohio and nationwide. Duties involved sampling seeds, sample processing, upkeep of nursery plants, upkeep of green housed plants, equipment maintenance, planting, data entry and routine laboratory duties.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Assisted with a toxicity study for dissolved solids in fresh water habitats. Mesocosms replicated fresh water systems impacted by resource extraction. Responsibilities also included water quality monitoring in the East Fork watershed.

Waterman Farm

Responsible for routine farm work and assisting researchers with research plot maintenance.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Environment And Natural Resource Management

Coursework focused on environmental policy and impacts to the environment from human activities.

Associate'S Degree, Applied Business In Culinary Arts

Completed coursework with a focus in the fundamentals cooking and business management.