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Denver, Colorado, United States

Supervised a high performing and safe operations team of up to 40 personnel across multiple functions and facilities, while driving the efficient and cost-effective use of numerous resources through consistent and effective application of policies and procedures. Assured safe, reliable, and compliant operations, drove continuous improvement, and ensured customer satisfaction. Drove attainment of corporate and business unit strategies, goals and objectives, and process and performance metrics. Provided visible safety leadership and actively contributed to the creation, implementation, and continuous improvement of a strong, sustainable safety culture. Drove real time safety accountability through safety meeting participation, job briefs, audits, training, accident investigation/event assessment, and job site observations. Evaluated team performance based on operational efficiency, reliability and quality metrics and took corrective action where appropriate, focusing on process adherence and data integrity. Identified continuous improvement opportunities and drove adoption of process changes through effective collaboration and expectation setting. Provided direct leadership over crew effectiveness, quality and productivity. Ensured correct crew composition and skills are in place to meet operational, reliability, customer and financial objectives. Participated in workforce and development planning efforts, established clear expectations, and effectively managed performance. Provided training, coaching and oversight and drive employee engagement. Oversaw and coordinated the execution and documentation of work in accordance with policies and procedures and regulatory standards. Supported and ensure required compliance and technical training is completed.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Operated, inspected, monitored, and performed minor maintenance on power plant boilers, turbines, auxiliary equipment, and other systems. Performed equipment operational checks and made operating adjustments as required. Started up and shut down equipment and responded to unit upsets and emergencies. Isolated all electrical and mechanical energy sources for lockout/tagout clearances. Operated and performed maintenance on equipment. Monitored and recorded plant conditions. Recognized and reported any abnormal equipment operation and performed actions to place equipment in a safe condition.

Redlands, Ca

Performed industry and human research for a non-profit organization. Developed business plans and documentation for implementing changes needed to maximize volunteer performance and capabilities, and to increase staff performance. Presented change recommendations in a variety of formats, such as video/electronic/printed, for clients and provided continuing support for implementation of changes.

Ventura, Ca

Inspected, tested, calibrated, and repaired electrical system protective relays, instrumentation, controllers, battery chargers, associated cabling, and HMI computers. Maintained, altered, and validated electrical prints, drawings, and documentation. Followed and enforced all applicable NERC-CIP requirements for power system protection. Acted as a substation operator to perform electrical switching as necessary to perform assigned work. Worked on various capital projects, including several circuit breaker replacements, several transformer bank replacements (including one 'A' Bank 220/66kV replacement), and two HMI replacements. Electrical systems worked on included all voltage ranges from 220kV to 4kV in the transmission and distribution systems.

Redlands, Ca

Project manager for a power plant Warehouse SAP project. Interacted with numerous craft, warehouse, finance, and IT personnel to update an entire power plant warehouse inventory. Directly supervised eight personnel to successfully update in excess of 5,500 inventory items (and 200,000 data points) with an estimated value of $20 million. Saved the company in excess of $1 million by providing information on assets that had been lost, orphaned, and outdated. Performed in-depth analysis and analytics to discover the status of the plant's warehouse data within SAP. Provided timely updates and presentations to plant management on project goals, implementation, and progress. Created plant process controls for ordering new materials to ensure that new materials have sufficient data captured to prevent problems from reoccurring.

Redlands, Ca

Project supervisor for a power plant SAP/eSOMS project. Interacted with numerous craft and IT personnel to update all of the gas turbine, steam turbine, and water treatment plant "as designed" mechanical prints to conform with "as built" specifications and after construction plant alterations via the red line process. Directly supervised three personnel during the project to create a functional location database in excess of 30,000 entries for inclusion to SAP and eSOMS. This database allowed for better cost controls and material condition assessment by allowing part failures to be tracked down to the component level, vice the unit block level. This level of tracking allowed for failure analysis to be performed to identify developing plant problems and design issues. The database also was designed to bridge eSOMS and SAP by allowing work notifications to be written as discovered by plant operators during routine log taking and rounds. The database increased safety by electronically performing Lockout/Tagout controls via eSOMS.

Redlands, Ca

Operated gas and steam turbines, generators, DCS control systems, mechanical and electrical auxiliary equipment, fuel systems, oil and hydraulic systems, water treatment systems, waste water systems, cooling tower systems, and fire protection systems. Inspected and serviced large plant equipment such as boilers, turbines, generators, and electrical vaults. Initiated lockout/tagout controls on plant equipment. Performed electrical switching for 220kV and 18kV breakers, disconnects, and grounds. Performed chemical analysis on cooling tower, boiler, demineralized water, and water treatment systems. Handled hazardous chemicals such as hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, ferric chloride, sodium hypochlorite, lube oils and greases, and various vendor-specific proprietary chemical solutions. Performed mechanical and electrical maintenance for plant equipment. Performed troubleshooting, repair, installation and removal of plant equipment. Qualified and trained as a first responder for hazardous materials, medical response, and fire response. Read electrical and mechanical prints as necessary for plant operation and fault analysis. Participated in numerous plant work projects for bi-yearly outages, including a Gas Turbine Hot Gas Path Inspection and Gas and Steam Turbine/Generator Major Overhauls.

Norfolk, Virginia

Qualified up and including Reactor Operator and Shutdown Reactor Operator. Operated the reactors onboard after qualification and performed maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, repairs, and replacement of reactor control and safety equipment. Promoted to Petty Officer First Class (E-6) on the first available exam at three years in the service with one of the highest exam scores of the cycle. Proposed and created a division within Reactor Department to handle work package control and planning of two nuclear shipyard availability periods. Directly supervised six plant personnel during both shipyard periods. Supervised the planning and processing of more than 20,000 jobs during a single shipyard period and delivered the nuclear work ahead of schedule. Performed daily meetings with high level shipyard naval and civilian workers and ship’s force naval personnel to track work package completions. Proposed and created a Material Condition Assessment Program to increase the warship's capabilities and readiness by identifying potential asset problems before manifesting themselves. Held a security clearance as required for the nature of reactor operation work for the government.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Business Administration And Management, General, High Distinction

Graduated with High Distinction with a 4.0 GPA in October 2017

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Management, High Distinction

Graduated with High Distinction with a 4.0 GPA in August 2013. Concentration in Human Resource Management.