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Greater Denver Area

Lakewood, Colorado

• Providing quality control and technical support for construction and environmental projects.

Greater Denver Area

• Managed the quality control program for Department of Defense, Energy and State construction projects worldwide;• Responsible for staffing, training and supervision of personnel for all ECC North American and overseas projects;• Provided technical support to projects including technical writing and evaluation of plans and procedures, and submittal management;• Conducted project site audits and coordinated development of action plans to correct deficiencies. • Played critical role in company acquiring ISO 9001 and 14001 certifications, which allowed ECC to bid projects in Europe and Canada.• Designed and implemented an on-line application to facilitate project surveillances, enabling the company to track and review audits and gather statistics to improve company systems. • Provided leadership and support for personnel located in remote and isolated locations by making frequent trips and building a strong trust. As a result, communication was vastly improved, information was passed on and we were able to handle and appraise issues before they became problems.

Greater New York City Area

• Collaborated with technicians, engineers, and other specialists on Hurricane Sandy clean-up; • Managed team of 20 staff in fast-moving, 7 days a week, round-the-clock scenario;• Provided crucial information and reports to federal and local officials;• Quantity tracking, location, and targeting of sites for debris recovery logistics. • Maintained a master database that integrated vital information on debris disposition, including GPS coordinates, photos, vehicle information and quantity tracking, allowing government officials to make critical planning decisions while keeping the public informed.

Denver

• Provided GIS analysis and project management supplying emergency management solutions for local government and non-profit agencies; • Created feature classes and web maps using ArcMap and ArcGIS online, and provide client technical support.

Iraq

• Quality control for construction of new facilities and infrastructure for the Iraqi Government; • Interfaced with client representatives on quality matters;• Wrote and reviewed plans and submittals;• Oversight, staffing and training for up to 18 different project sites, contract prices ranging from $5 to $100 million. • Managed and trained a diverse group of engineers from several countries who contributed to the rebuilding effort and succeeded in delivering quality projects under extremely difficult and hazardous conditions. • Established relationships with engineers in Jordan and project personnel in Iraq, fostering better communication between the groups and improving design coordination between both parties.

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Commerce City, Colorado

• Field observation, inspections and testing;• Document and submittal preparation and review, and preparation of RFIs; • Designed Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) of new surface layers and produced placement and volume maps and reports. • Wrote Project Operations Manual with detailed policy, standard operating procedures and emergency protocols, saving the company thousands of dollars by not having to hire an outside consultant for the project. • Designed new DTM’s for the landfill operations using saving both time and money by allowing ECC to supply the daily information to field personnel needed to continue operations and gave the client detailed fill maps for their internal tracking and reporting.

Greater Denver Area

• As part of the CGS's 1:24,000 scale Mapping Program, I orthorectified scanned, aerial photographs using ERDAS IMAGINE LPS. Each block file consisted of 15-20 images that were triangulated using provided ground control and software generated tie points until a RMS (root mean square) error between 0.5 - 2.5 was reached;• Images were then orthorectified using the USGS 30-meter DEM (digital elevation model) series.

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Commerce City, Colorado

• Project Engineer for the construction of a 23-acre, Class C landfill at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Commerce City, CO;• Oversight for the construction of the support buildings and the installation of the electrical and mechanical systems;• Field observation, inspections, testing; • Submittal preparation and review;• Provided material estimates and procurement;• Managed subcontractors.• Scheduled and oversaw vendors and materials to ensure on-time delivery and installation, which allowed work to progress without delay.

Greater Denver Area

• Project engineer for mining, reclamation and landfill construction projects;• Provided project engineering and management, including estimating, survey design and layout;• Managed the research, development and implementation for remediation projects.

Master Of Science (Ms), Environmental Science And Engineering

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Biology

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