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San Francisco Bay Area

Lead and manage all aspects of the multi-disciplinary Gas Transmission Systems (GTS) Area for Kleinfelder's West Division. GTS provides high quality gas transmission and distribution pipeline engineering, asset knowledge management, station engineering, and project management services for utilities across North America through its growing team of 300 highly skilled employees. GTS was acquired by Kleinfelder in October 2020 and is able to utilize Kleinfelder's deep bench of ancillary service offerings to provide more turn key design and management services for our growing client base.

Walnut Creek, California, United States

· Responsible for planning, coordinating, and directing a broad range of activities focused on ensuring the success of the Corporate Operations department· Provide direct day to day management support to VP, Corporate Operations overseeing a 160 EE organization· Serve as the liaison with other departments at GTS representing Corporate Operations· Responsible for managing departments that provide Health & Safety and analytical support functions to the entire corporation· Provide meaningful decision making and direction to ensure growth and profitability targets are met

Atlanta, Ga

· Responsible for oversight of newly established GTS Southeast District Office located in Atlanta, GA· Serve as the Responsible Engineer and provided oversight for project management teams to ensure success of the District Office· Responsible to ensure quality of analysis and design of engineering projects, project management services and compliance with all relevant codes & standards· Balance industry experience with consulting skills to ensure the successful completion of projects· Lead and have direct supervisory responsibilities for all office personnel including: Supervisors, Engineers, Project Managers, Field Engineers and support staff· Responsible for overseeing the design and execution of four ILI retrofit projects totaling over 50 miles, two pipeline replacements totaling over seven miles, and a dig PMO program that has completed or is currently managing over 800 Integrity Management or investigation driven digs

Walnut Creek, Ca

· Managed six engineering design teams supporting replacement, hydrotest, and ILI retrofit projects· Educated & supported team members in theory, industry regulations, and best practices· Scheduled & tracked project deliverables and deadlines to ensure that client needs were met· Provided technical support and problem solving to GTS and client engineers· Reviewed construction drawings and other supporting technical documents related to pressure testing · Interfaced directly with clients to represent the GTS team and work product· Tracked and monitored project costs and provided client with progress updates

Walnut Creek, Ca

· Designed mainline valve assemblies and replacement– Blow-off valves, bridles, cross-ties, gauge taps, thrust block design, valve supports, vault boxes, pits, frame and covers · Designed multiple trenchless pipeline installations including HDD and jack-and-bore· Developed welding procedure related to: in-service, multiple repairs, and cold welding · Developed test procedure which included clearing and cleaning pig runs, fill and dewater processes, spike and test pressures, test safety, and spill response · Designed pipeline piggability retrofits to allow for In-line inspections including permanent launcher and receiver design as well as assess ILI data and make repair recommendations for identified anomalies· Performed data validation and test segment identification, records research and job package organization · Developed Pipeline Feature List (PFL) · Supported clearance planning for distribution and transmission outage planning and coordination· Identified and coordinated temporary gas support as required to eliminate interruptions to customers· Expert in PCF selection, welding requirements, tapping, and plugging procedures· Performed engineering design for MAOP verification in accordance with client standards Federal Code

Berkeley, Ca

· Education and Research Emphasis in Thermosciences and Business Technology Management.· Conducted research pertaining to scaling and modeling buoyant flows in buildings using plume scaling laws and Particle Image Velocimetry to quantify and visualize fluid flow. Designed, built, tested, and analyzed results on an individual research project while also re-building an inactive PIV machine. · Published M.S. Thesis: Applying PIV and Scaling Methods to Better Visualize Flows in Architectural Scale Models

Davis, Ca

Performed research in 2 different labs. · Advanced Highway Maintenance and Construction Technologies (AHMCT) Lab:Individually compiled and analyzed cost and injury data to present to Caltrans to supplement proposed designs by the lab to reduce worker expose and injuries. Designed a cutting mechanism attachment for use on an autonomous vehicle for use as a highway brush mower. Worked under the supervision of lab director Dr. Steve Velinsky.· Atmospheric Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel:Conducted research modeling turbulent effects of atmospheric boundary layers. Tasked with designing and building scale models as well as conducting supervised tests. Worked under the supervision of Lab Director and Chair of the Engineering Department, Dr. Bruce White.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Concentration In Finance And Organizational Strategy

Management Of Technology Certificate, Business

Master Of Science (Ms), Engineering

Education and research emphasis in: Mechanical Engineering and Thermosciences

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Aeronautical Science & Engineering