A diversified environmental professional with 38 years of experience as a geologist, hydrogeologist and accomplished ground-source (geothermal) industry advocate and project manager/technical manager/director for major geothermal installations. Self-starter with a passion for transforming the energy industry through greater adoption of ground-source heat pump systems (GSHPs).Over the past two years was immersed in community/networked and utility-scale GSHPs, including site selection, field testing coordination, and design for gas and electric utility clients as part of rate case proposals and under New York State's new UTEN legislation. Diversified experience in environmental and groundwater resource assessments and developing cost-effective subsurface investigations. Performed geo/hydrogeologic mapping for web-based geothermal feasibility screening tools for New York City, Westchester County, New York State and along the Eastern Seaboard.Highlight projects included managing design and construction of upgrade of St. Patrick's Cathedral's HVAC system (New York City) to a 10-well GSHP system (standing column wells), coordinated Proof-of-Concept field testing of water-filled boreholes for Cornell University's flagship Emma and Georgina Bloomberg building at its NYC Tech Campus on Roosevelt Island, NYC, and co-authored of NYC's Geothermal Heat Pump Manual (see publications sections for link). The St. Patrick's Cathedral project was awarded the most prestigious award from AIA, the 2019 COTE Top Ten Award and was in the Top 10 nationally. https://www.aia.org/showcases/6130295-st-patricks-cathedral
Listed skills include Environmental Awareness, Geothermal, Remediation, Solar Energy, and 22 others.