Civil & Environmental Engineering

Founded successful pest control business, serving both residential and commercial customersOversee all aspects of operations, including employee management, client development, sales, and operationsIntegrated project management, sales forecasting, and business analytics to identify impact of employee time and product cost on profit to increase bottom line and double sales in first yearLeveraged client relationships, plant, and equipment to add higher margin landscaping design, installation, and maintenance to portfolio of services offered

Supervised, trained, and tasked crew of sixteen employees responsible for grounds maintenanceReduced water and maintenance costs by championing and managing the selection and installation of high efficiency irrigation heads Redesigned hydraulic map and system to better regulate water flow within the central control; maintained and repaired resulting new systemBenchmarked crew efficiency against national standards to improve performance and reduce costs

Developed and implemented laboratory collection and calibration standards for NIST certified equipment, including calibration of equipmentTested effluent from R/O plant to monitor limits set forth in our NPDES permitResponsible for reporting daily test results to DHEC on a monthly basis

Conducted failure analysis in sports equipment according to ASTM, NOCSAE, ANSI and CPSC standards.Applied knowledge of safety standards to develop new products.Advised third party designers to facilitate prototype success in safety testing.