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Strategic consulting in the area of environmental cost and liability reduction associated with mergers, acquisitions, operations and divestments. Qualified Intermediary for 1031 transactions.Also work part-time with ERM on select client engagements.

Expanded ERM’s share of business with Key Accounts, particularly services to multi-national corporations with extraterritorial needs. Personal sales ranged from $3M to $5M per year. Managed $2 to $2.5M in revenues annually. Championed and supported the rollout and expansion of new lines of service within existing markets. Challenged partners to invest a portion of energies outside of their comfort zones.• Spearheaded compensation committee’s overhaul of the partner compensation model to reward cooperative cross-selling, encourage the development of new products/services, link top-line sales to bottom-line quality of delivery, and focus marketing on the capabilities of the corporation as opposed to the technical expertise of the individual. As a result of this and other changes, top-line revenues grew 20% per annum while achieving margins of 35-40%.• Negotiated strategic alliance between ERM and behind the fence energy developer. Identified major industrial sources of waste energy; developed joint marketing plan; won contracts to conduct feasibility analyses; estimated capital and operating costs, and permitting/construction schedules; developed/submitted permit applications; negotiated with EPA and state authorities to win favored status as pollution prevention projects; raised $1.5M of investor seed capital to pursue projects, each with electrical generation capacities between 25 and 100 MW.• Launched New Services in response to issuance of accounting standard, FAS 143. Utilized Monte Carlo simulations to establish reserve requirements for asset retirement obligations; trained delivery teams; hosted client seminars in alliance with a top five accounting firm and law firms in Houston, Dallas and Chicago. Secured over $1M of new business within the first three months.

Delivered excellent service to clients to become the consultant of choice. Repeat business constituted over 80% of revenues Personal sales and revenues delivered ranged from $1.5M to $2.5M per year. Developed and ran an audit practice in ERM’s Southwest Region as an associate partner. Won numerous $500K+ contracts to conduct national and international environmental, health & safety compliance and management system audits for a host of clients such as Shell, Occidental Petroleum, Holly Corporation, Gulf South Pipeline, Celanese, Calpine and others. In many instances, audit contracts were renewed or spun off additional consulting engagements.• Saved Client $2M by conducting an environmental risk assessment to demonstration that two acquired industrial landfills were safe to remain in operation. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality approved the risk assessment, thus avoiding premature closure. Escrowed funds to address the landfills were released to the client to spend on other priorities.• Negotiated an incentivized service agreement with UK-based company to permit a hazardous waste recycling facility in the U.S. ERM met or exceeded all performance criteria, obtained a permit to commence construction within six months, and received a 20% premium on the $500K contract.• Certified a multi-national corporation’s environmental, health and safety audit programs for two separate divisions, Oil & Gas and Chemicals, at the conclusion of a two-year project. Multiple facilities and corporate support functions were audited around the globe. ERM became the corporation’s preferred consultant to conduct due diligence audits of acquisition targets.

Utilized technical and regulatory expertise to the advantage of clients. Sold and delivered between $1M to $2M in revenues annually.• Demystified EPA’s first industrial pollution control standard for hazardous air pollutants and developed a HON Survival Guide. Hosted educational seminars in Houston, Beaumont, Baton Rouge and New Orleans for major chemical manufacturers. Won more than $2M of work to develop implementation plans for over a dozen chemical complexes.• Saved Client over $1M dollars after discovery of abandoned crude oil pits on property. Turned liability into an asset by conducting statistical sampling; demonstrating the materials were non-hazardous; obtaining permits from the Texas Railroad Commission to use waste crude as road base; and negotiating a deal with a West Texas rancher to improve 14 miles of ranch roads.• Co-authored “Environmental Management for Mexican Industry" to promote opening of ERM-Mexico. Conducted a series of compliance training workshops for Maquiladora operators and multi-national corporations in major cities along the US/Mexico border. ERM-Mexico is now recognized as an environmental service leader in Mexico.

Manufacturing Engineering Manager - Managed/mentored staff of six manufacturing engineers in support of wet chemistry processes at world-scale printed circuit packaging facility. Defined operational windows and established clear procedures to improve product quality and yield (TQM). Qualified vendors for outsourced operations.Environmental Affairs Manager - Supervised nine environmental engineers/scientists responsible for site compliance with environmental, import/export, and right-to-know regulations.• Won corporate award for waste reduction and cost savings. Reduced site waste volumes and disposal costs by 60% over a two year period. Project included the identification of alternate markets where waste materials could be sold as products. Agency approval was obtained for waste reclassifications.• Led cross-functional team to develop and implement an automated hazardous materials tracking system to comply with Right to Know regulations and permit limits. To avoid the expense and disruption associated with installing and training personnel on a new software system, existing systems were cleverly modified and linked together to provide new functionality.