Jack-of-all-trades in growing a small business with cutting edge conceptual foundations and technology. Daily role includes management of professional, administrative, and technical staff, procurement, project management, design engineering and shop construction, field project management, subcontractors, contract negotiations, project budgeting, bids, proposals, business development, bench-scale experiments and testing, and research and development.

Remediation branch management including hiring, project management support, business development, and P&L responsibility. Branch performance was characterized by zero OSHA recordables, consistently exceeding budget and profitability targets, execution of projects up to $5M in value, average annual revenue of $5-$6M, and outstanding customer service and relationships.

•Executed multiple projects concurrently, aggressive problem solving, masterminding response operations, self-augmentation of skillsets.

Achieved business growth through multifaceted outreach to diverse clients, securing jobs and revenue in difficult business environments including Ghana, West Africa. Consulted with industrial, hospitality, and government end-clients. Designed water treatment and distribution systems.

Operated WaterCad software modeling-based reports for clients that analyzed height and location of water towers, identify restrictions pipe networks, recommended maintenance and capital improvement solutions, engineering calculations and drawings, municipal treatment, collection, and distribution systems.

Designed a unique, low-cost steel structure for small (5,000 gallon-per-day) water treatment systems installed to provide drinking water to underserved rural residents. Used systematic product development process and clinical approach to design that led to 50% cost reduction over previous models, 75% reduction in time-to-market, and full-scale adoption of the structure.

Engineering calculations, drafted contract documents, selected equipment and materials, performed field sampling, and wrote preliminary design reports.

Quality Control field inspection and lab testing of concrete and compacted soil, including proctor tests, nuclear density gauge, concrete cylinder testing. Structure inspection of Illinois state highway trusses. Inspection of Metropolitan Sewer District (St. Louis) sewers.

Management of the construction and supply of classrooms in northern Ghana, including fundraising, purchase/export/import of equipment from Italy to Ghana, construction management, labor relations, procurement, and carpentry.