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Washington, Dc, Us

Silver Spring, Md

► Skilled project manager capable of building agile teams integrating science, engineering, technicians and IT developers.► Successfully managed IT products that drive the mission of the Center into the future; HFR Surface Currents Mapper, the Center’s enterprise GIS Architecture, Coastal Inundation Dashboard and C-MIST data management and analysis system.► Experienced project manager of personnel, budget, equipment, and logistics for IT and scientific field projects, experienced in Jira, Big Picture, Trello, MS Project…► Chief architect modernizing scientific computational systems; prototyping, requirement gathering, system modeling, designing databases, procuring hardware, testing procedures.► Skilled managing people, developing partnerships, & obtaining stakeholder requirements.

SCIENTIFIC PROJECT LEADER► Lead Oceanographer and project manager for comprehensive circulation studies: Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, Dutch Harbor, Southeastern Alaska, East Coast of Florida, St. Andrews Bay, Pisquataqua river, Hudson River, Portsmith Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Galveston Bay► Lead team of scientists, engineers, IT, and field technicians ► Project budgeting, gantt chart, logistics, team building, scoping, risk management, outreach ...► Lead team of oceanographers to build ocean operational observing systems in coastal and estuarine environment. ► Collect and analyze oceanographic data to describe and predict ocean circulation.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

► Maritime Services Program Manager; Strategic planning of developing products and services advancing the Center’s vision and mission► NOAA's PORTS® (Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System); Built customer relationships and managed the operations for 33 Physical Oceanographic Real-Time Systems (PORTS) nation-wide.► National Current Observation Program (NCOP); Managing project leads and task managers of coastal and offshore data collection projects.► Operational Hydrodynamic Modeling Program.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

President’s Management Council (PMC) Inter-agency Rotational ProgramFellowship through OPM, Six month detail learning and exchanging ideas with the FAA- Developed partnerships within federal agencies such as the Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, and Office of Personnel Management.- Strengthened AIR’s organizational performance program and improved AIR’s ability to monitor its performance across critical areas.- Advised AIR by reviewing an Organizational Performance measurement program (AIR Operational Health) to add more data driven decision making to execute its core functions and to achieve its strategic goals.- Guided AIR to use new approaches for performance measurement and innovated the existing AIR Health program by convincing the organization to adapt new metrics and methodologies.- Built coalitions by working closely with divisions within AIR, breaking down silos and establishing a culture of integration and data sharing.- Consulted across AIR divisions to develop new approaches and techniques for evaluating data for the Compliance Program- Provided interpretations of the Compliance and Enforcement Actions in a usable application to help inform operational policies.

Austin, Texas Area

Hydrologist and oceanographer developed scientific and leadership skills► Managed Comprehensive Circulation Studies: Galveston Bay, Matagorda Bay, Brazos River, Sulfur River► Developed hydrodynamic models to determine freshwater inflows to maintain the health and productivity of the bays and estuaries of Texas.► Applied mathematical interpolation methods to optimize for river bathymetry.► Lead a six boat, fifty man, four agency, fifty-two hour round the clock intensive inflow hydrodynamic study of Matagorda Bay.► Model domain generation using advanced mesh building tools► Environmental impacts of planned desalination plants► Contract manager► Hiring managerTECHNOLOGIESFinite Element Modeling, salinity probes, pressure transducers, acoustic Doppler velocity meters and current profilers, GPS beacons and receivers, laser range finders, CTD, hydrolab, DO, pH, turbidity, and depth sounders

Education: Molecular dynamics, finite element, finite difference, and cellular automata modeling; Ecological, environmental, hydrodynamic modeling; Chaos and complexity theory; Advanced physical, chemical, geological and biological oceanography; Advanced mathematics - linear algebra, calculus, PDE, ODE, FFT, Complex variables.LAB PROJECTS: Prepared samples; ion exchange resins and solvent extraction techniques; Measured concentrations using various instruments: GF/AAS, fluorimetric analyzer, TOC Analyzer, CHNO/S Analyzer; Examined resulting data to evaluate gradients from river to sea.Field work: Collected water samples from rivers, bays, and open oceans using ultra-clean sampling techniques; Collected water samples for DOC, trace metals, Thorium, DO, mercury (aqueous and aerosol); Developed sampling procedures and collecting instruments; Planned field studies; Worked on small boats and large research vessels.

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