Natalie Starfish, Pe, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Nuclear Systems Engineer in the Division of Preparedness and Response, Operations Branch as a Headquarters Operations Officer (HOO) and a Headquarters Emergency Response Officer (HERO). Provides expert advice and technical evaluation to Incident Response Operations and regional office staffs involving issues associated with the activities of NRC licensees and their facilities. Cognizant NRC technical representative in the continuously staffed NRC Operations Center. Receives, assesses, and responds to notifications of emergencies or reportable events occurring at NRC licensed facilities, radiological transportation accidents, and other radiological events.

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

I led, developed and elevated an engineering services team for the United States Government that supported the facilities of the world’s scientific standards and technology community. Supervised 12 direct engineers, technicians, an administrator, and a supervisor with five employees. My team provided maintenance engineering services to a high technology campus with 62 owned and leased buildings, utility support, including steam, hot water, water, electrical, on-site solar, an energy savings performance contract (ESPC), compressed air, and a Distributed Control Systems team that kept 24/7 tight tolerances of temperature and humidity to support the mission of NIST.

Hoover Dam

Decided which programs and major projects were initiated, dropped, or curtailed. Determined the level of resources, timing, emphasis and changes in direction needed to improve operations. Was responsible for the management of the Lower Colorado Dams Office electrical and SCADA capabilities in support of the Hoover, Parker and Davis Dams. Supervised, directed, and developed, the electrical and SCADA Lower Colorado Dams Office engineering staff. Provided positive direction, recognized employee achievements, insured fairness, evaluated performance against standards, identified training needs, and developed professional staff. Certified as a Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) Level 2. OGE-450 filer.

Boulder City, Nevada

Wrote and published award winning children’s books. Created and led a small business. Encourages and promotes literacy on all levels. Books Authored; Starfish Loves to Read, The Alphabet According to Starfish, The Alphabet According to Starfish - A Print & Color Coloring Book (free iBook), The Alphabet According to Starfish - An Audio Enhanced iBook, and Shelby’s Unbirthday.LIKE US on Facebook @ www.Facebook.com/StorytimeWithStarfishI have authored three paper children's Book, "Starfish Loves to Read", "The Alphabet According to Starfish", and "Shelby's Unbirthday. They are all available to purchase online NOW at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You can also order them through your local bookstore and save yourself the shipping cost.I have also authored and published two iBooks, "The Alphabet According to Starfish, an Audio Enhanced $0.99 iBook", and "The Alphabet According to Starfish - A Print and Color Coloring FREE iBook.Purchase links and more information is available at my site http://www.NatalieStarfish.comThere is also a FREE Mobile APP available, TEXT STARFISH to 72727

Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

Was responsible for investigating and analyzing conditions to identify underlying causes and to determine corrective actions to reduce the likelihood or consequences of recurrence. Certified as a Bechtel Engineer.

Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky

Developed the instrumentation list for the monitor and control system of the Off Gas Treatment System, the Static Detonation Chamber, the HVAC systems, fire alarm, fire protection, and all the Explosive Destruction Technology (EDT) ancillary support systems. The EDT is part of the of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) at the Blue Grass Army Depot used to safely destroy mustard agent filled projectiles. Evaluated and developed control solutions, within applicable codes, standards, approved procedures and BGCAPP policy, for the EDT monitoring and control system.

Luling, Louisiana

Responsible for the development and guidance of Analyzer Maintenance Technicians. Provided expertise for the plant technical and maintenance for 700+ Process Analytical Instruments. Led, developed, and maintained Process Analyzer and Sample Systems designs, standards, documentation, and training. Provided process analyzer support expertise for plant and corporate level capital projects. Assisted in development and maintenance of compliance reporting documentation for Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS), and Ambient Continuous Air Monitoring Systems. Shared innovations to similar plants throughout the company.

Luling, Louisiana

Developed and guided Process Control Technicians. Worked collaboratively with maintenance technicians, production technicians, project engineers, process engineers, and maintenance engineers. Led, developed and maintained process control design, configuration, simulation, standards, documentation, and operator training. Provided expertise in advanced control technology. Assisted in the management of the long term reliability for the plant process control systems. Worked with Process Engineering to implement control strategies that meet the needs of the business. Managed the proper turnover of implemented control strategies to the customer, which included proper documentation, training of area personnel, and follow-up. Championed standardized alarm management techniques (ISA 18.2) throughout the plant with effective use of alarm metrics. Collaborated with expert Process Engineers from all our chemical manufacturing facilities to develop and get approval of a global alarm management guideline in less than 6 months.

Tempe, Arizona

Provided technical support for the operation, maintenance and environmental compliance of the Ocotillo Gas and Oil Power Plant. Responsible for plant capital improvements. Analyzed process and equipment testing data for safe operations and root cause determinations. Recommended and implemented process changes to improve plant performance. Compiled and submitted Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS) emission reports to the EPA. Led a Six Sigma Black Belt project that had $118K (1.948%) fuel savings in the first year for a 50 year old Power Plant.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Clients: Four Corners, Cholla, Yucca, Ocotillo, Saguaro and West Phoenix Power PlantsProvided corporate engineering services as Project Engineer and Lead Controls and Electrical Engineer for Power Plant capital projects. Projects included: Sulfur Dioxide Scrubber & Ash Removal Upgrades, Water Panel Replacement, Fire Protection, Water Lance Installation, and Water Balance. Engineering project support included initiation, reauthorization, project management, project estimating, engineering design, code analysis, code interpretation, budget tracking, construction inspection, system descriptions, equipment data books, and instrument data sheets.

Tempe, Arizona

Clients: BF Goodrich, Merck, Motorola Inc., and ON SemiconductorDesigned instrument and controls for new cleanroom facilities for semiconductor and bio-pharmaceutical applications. Instrument and Control Engineer of record with a number of semiconductor cleanroom, fire alarm design, facilities support, acid scrubbers, ammonia scrubbers, hazardous material storage, and hazardous production material buildings. Also designed demolition and conversion of building areas to certified cleanroom facilities as the Lead Instrument and Controls Engineer. Worked as the Lead Instrument and Controls Engineer for a major chemical plating line relocation for the production and the wastewater treatment areas. Designed semiconductor expansions and new facilities with respect to fire and safety codes as a Lead Life Safety Engineer.

Mesa, Arizona

Responsible for transferring and scaling up production on the Micro-Gas Generator lines. Worked closely with Production in training team members, writing new procedures, streamlining processes, and solving day-to-day issues. Team leader of in-house and consulting engineers and technicians in the safe and timely start-up of a highly explosive powder loader. Utilized “design of experiments” tools to increase process capability on a laser welding process to provide a hermetic seal to very small parts. Selected as one of Special Devices top engineers to receive the company’s strategic training to become a Six Sigma Black Belt.

Yuma, Arizona Area

Responsible for process control of agricultural chemical milling operations. Wrote, installed, debugged, tested and tuned process control schemes. Established acquisition and analysis for process data.

Yuma, Arizona Area

Client: United States Army Yuma Proving GroundConsulted with clients on all aspects of environmental compliance to military regulations, local, state and federal laws. Designed and supervised environmental drilling, sampling and inspections. Sealed and coordinated engineer reports and documents. Supervised engineers and administrative staff.

Austin, Texas Area

MOS13 / APRDL in Austin, TexasRecommended, designed, installed, and tested process control and monitoring software and hardware for Life Safety Systems, water, air, and waste processes for a 130,000-square-foot Class M1/M3 cleanroom facility. Provided technical liaison support to Site Safety and Fire Department during chemical and fire emergencies. Provided indirect supervision and training of a team of electricial and fire alarm technicians. Represented Motorola in several value engineering projects for MOS13 and APRDL. Championed an effort to provide utilities to a specialized R&D laboratory, which included working closely with the Fire Marshall to obtain several variances.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Designed poor quality ground water treatment plants. Also designed the process control and monitoring for unmanned processes. Wrote state and local Air Quality permits. Provided support to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to review and comment on Air Permits submitted by other consulting firms.

Tonopah, Arizona

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Water Reclamation Facility, Tonopah, ArizonaProvided engineering support as the Engineer-in-Charge of a 90-MGD tertiary wastewater treatment plant at a nuclear generating station. Gave engineering support to operations, maintenance, capital projects, and budget submittals. Analyzed, recommended and implemented process control strategies. Member of the controls team which changed out a centralized monitoring and control system to a distributed control system. This control and monitoring system change-out was done with no outages or impacts to the power production of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. Received a substantial monetary award for alleviating water data accuracy concerns with our water provider, which halted a contract renegotiation.

Bse, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Army ROTC 1979-1981I was on the Deans list for my last 3 semesters. I also graduated from the Army ROTC early.

Certification, Six Sigma Black Belt

Activities and Societies: Cockrell School of Engineering Center for Lifelong Engineering Education with Air Academy AssociatesSix Sigma.

Mba, 6 Hours Toward Mba