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I have over 40 years of International and Canadian consulting experience in engineering and environment. In recent years, I have worked extensively on overseas projects, involving international transboundary water quality and water productivity, as well as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), particularly PCBs, and the Stockholm Convention, in several countries. This work had led to a number of contributions to the United Nations World Water Development Reports a well as winning a Canadian Consulting Engineering Award of Excellence in the International Category.I was formerly Principal Engineer and Director of International Projects and beforehand Ontario manager for audits, environmental site assessment, risk and remediation for a major Canadian engineering company with a similar role previously for two other major engineering companies. I had overall responsibility for the technical and management direction to a staff of environmental specialists including engineers, scientists, hydrogeologists and remedial designers and for direct liaison and follow-up with clients to ensure satisfactory delivery of services. My work focused on environmental site assessments, groundwater quality, site decommissioning, cleanup and remedial design and implementation. I have managed numerous large-scale site investigation and cleanup projects in Canada and overseas involving inorganic and organic soil and groundwater contamination as well as PCBs and hazardous substances. My earlier experience comprised geotechnical studies, engineering geology, and materials engineering and quality control. Overall projects have encompassed a wide range of industrial, institutional, commercial and residential sites and structures as well as power stations, bridges, tunnels, landfills, mines, roads, pipelines, marine and military facilities.

Listed skills include Environmental Awareness, Environmental Impact Assessment, Geology, Hydrogeology, and 9 others.