Christian Spencer Email & Phone Number

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Actively practicing organizational change management (OCM) with both gas and electric utility clients to ensure successful implementation of technology projects related to the adoption of new GIS, work management and graphic work design applications. As a member of the SSP consulting team, I engage clients on a variety of needs including GIS technology.

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

Provided subject matter expertise in software support and configuration services to a Natural Gas Distribution/Transmission organization for the following vendors/applications:- CGI Technologies - PFIELD, Pragma Geo and Pragma CAD. Service Order and Dispatching Management System. Tasks: Route Work Optimization, crew utilization analysis, configuration.

Tampa, Florida

Provided strong leadership role within the Standards and Technical Services workgroup as a software implementation coordinator for the gas business unit. Primary focus centered on software administration, training development for compliance software use, troubleshooting compliance scheduling system/crystal reports, GIS system field/office usage, service.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Successfully completed a thru hike of the Appalachian Trail by hiking 2194 miles from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Mount Katahdin, Maine.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Hired initially as a mid-level environmental regulatory specialist for a public utility company in the East Tennessee area. Transitioned to a natural gas compliance specialist responsible for ensuring adherence to federal regulations for the distribution of natural gas to 100,000 customers and primary liaison with Tennessee Regulatory Authority inspection.

Greenville, South Carolina / Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Initially responsible for all aspects of field data collection to support the Life Sciences Department of a global environmental engineering consulting firm. Duties included field data collection of fish tissue, aquatic invertebrates, soil, groundwater, subsurface borings, sediment, surface water, and air. In addition, learned to perform data.

Birmingham, Alabama Area

Performed project management for environmental assessment studies of heated effluent discharges at seven fossil generating facilities located in Florida and Mississippi. Studies were established to aid in compliance with Section 316(a) of the Clean Water Act. Project methodology included field data collection of thermal levels, surface water chemistry.

Birmingham, Alabama Area

Initially performed environmental assessment studies at seven fossil generating facilities operated by Gulf Power Company and Mississippi Power Company. Responsibilities included field data collection of surface water, sediment and biota from small watercraft in freshwater and estuarine environments, deployment/retrieval of in-situ water quality sondes.

Birmingham, Alabama Area

Initially hired to support vacuum truck operation for large collection system assessment/remediation. Quickly advanced to field crew leader of a TV inspection team to visually asses the current state of the collection system (identify defects) and document defects through video and measurement techniques for future repair.

Master Of Science (Ms), Environmental Management

Graduate degree in Environmental Management with an emphasis in environmental law, wetland assessment, contaminated site assessment and.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biology

Activities and Societies: Euphemian Literary Society, Beta Beta Beta - biological honor society, Erskine Business ClubUndergraduate degree.