I seek consulting opportunities on private sector projects with difficult, unique, and or complex-overlapping regulatory jurisdictions including those at different levels.I also seek to provide geoarchaeological consulting on projects throughout the far west. I specializey in landscape evolution and reconstruction employing analysis of existing landforms, stratigraphy, aerial photograph , historical maps, and satellite images. I also conduction site specific geological investigation.

Blue Roman Ranch is a horse ranch specializing in the breeding of line-bred Hancock-performance and working horses including the highest quality blue roan registered American Quarter Horses. www.westcoastroans.com.

I prepare cost estimates and budgets, negotiate contracts, develop project work plans and research designs, hire and supervise personnel, develop company personnel and management policies, establish technical guidelines for staff and consultants, supervise and conduct technical research, participate in report preparation as a principal author and or general/technical editor (author or editor of more than 2,500 technical reports of various types), responsible for client services and and relations, and business development. I have principal responsibility for all federal undertakings including writing technical reports, conducting National Register evaluations, writing Historic Property Treatment Plans, agreement documents, findings of effect documents, data recovery plans, and reports. I have responsibility for studies completed under California Environmental Quality Act and the California Coastal Act. Have responsibility for all cultural resource consultation completed under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (including Nationwide permits) for the Corps of Engineers. I have intimate familiarity with the integration of the National Environmental Policy Act-Section 106 compliance process. For the past several years most of my technical work has been in the fields of historical archaeology and geoarchaeology.Selected reports I have completed may be found at https://backdirt.academia.edu/RogerHWerner?notification_code=jwb1OvZd. Those qualified to review sensitive material should feel free to contact me for sections of reports not not attached to the downloads. I am an SOI qualified principal investigator for Prehistoric and historic Archaeology, and History. I was a member of the Society of Professional Archaeologists from November 1, 1982 to November 1996 when I voluntarily resigned. RPA qualified but not listed.

Reviewed environmental impacts studies for technical adequacy and for compliance with city ordinances; preparing city policies on cultural resource consultant qualifications, report content, and research guidelines (with assistance from other members); reviewed certificates of appropriateness for modifications to historic structures; and advised city planning commission on all cultural resource related matters. The board member position was a multifaceted one that involved compliance review, education, public outreach, and general consulting with project proponents attempting to refurbish old buildings.

I joined IVI when I sold Deltanet Services to Internet Ventures. I was retained as President of the new local subsidiary Community Wide Web of Stockton and joined the IVI management team as Vice President of Business Development. My primary responsibility was to market our high speed T1 and Frame Relay services to businesses and develop turn key ISPs in small markets. A secondary responsibility was identifying ISP acquisitions, initiating contact to determine interest, and then negotiating value and terms of acquisition. I then assisted in the acquisition, including systems and personal integration.

Provided overall supervision to field mapping crew and GIS analysis in the collection of field data and in the design and use of these data for project related purposes. Was also responsible for the overseas transport, set up, and support of computers and peripherals The Black Sea Project was a 3-year university-based archaeological research project focused on the southwestern part of the Crimean Autonomous Republic of the Republic of Ukraine, within the City of Sevastopol. The goals of the project were to develop a digital map atlas for parts of the ancient city of Chersoneses and prepare a digital 3-dimensional map of a portion of the archaeological ruins subject to archaeological investigation. This project was a joint effort of MacAlester College and the Ukrainian Academy of Science.

Founder of start up internet service providership. I served primarily with the marketing of high speed data services including T1 and frame relay, and retail sales of dial up internet. I helped negotiate the sale of this business to a regional internet carrier. I also hired and supervised technical staff, and supervised day-to-day operations.

Teaching in an informal setting in the Crimea, Ukraine in the use of databases, CAD, and GIS for archaeological research and data management.

Directed collection of field data and generation of final maps of a 1 square mile area containing a first century AD Jewish city. This project was a joint effort of the University of Rochester, Bar Ilan University, and the Israel Antiquities Authority. June-July '92, June-July '93

GRANTDevelopment of Generally Acceptable Methods of Using Geographic Information Systems in the Management of State-Wide Archaeological Site Data Bases, Wyoming, USA

Taught courses in Archaeological Field Methods, Archaeological Laboratory Methods, and Prehistory of the Western United States, California Archaeology

Developed curriculum and taught senior seminar in Public Archaeology.

Taught classes in General Archaeology, California Archaeology, California Indians, Field Archaeology

Taught adult education in California archaeology, California ethnography, and Field archaeology

As principal archaeologist for the Sacramento office, I prepared technical and cost proposals, was involved with in house peer review, and I conducted cultural resource investigations associated with company-prepared environmental impact reports environmental impact statements, mitigated negative declations, environmental assessments, and other environmental documents.

Between fall 1975 and Spring 1977 I was an unclassified graduate student in the Department of Anthropology. Between September 1977 and June 1983, I was a classified graduate student in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and the Department of Anthropology.

Designed and implemented field research programs in northwestern California; prepared research proposals and cost estimates; participated in archaeological site evaluation utilizing State of California criteria; participated in National Register evaluations; administered small and medium scale projects; trained beginning anthropology students; participated in the preparation and implementation of public relations enterprises sponsored by the university; and worked as a crew person on survey and excavation projects

Taught Native American Students courses in archaeological and laboratory field methods, Federal and State Regulatory Compliance

Provided technical consultation to California park superintendents; aided in the preparation of park cultural resource management plans in particular the plan for Yosemite National Park; developed curriculum for and taught archaeological awareness and appreciation courses designed for park ranger staff; and conducted more than 100 cultural resource surveys in a dozen western National Parks, monuments, and recreation areas.

Reviewed environmental impact reports (EIRs) and environmental impact statements (EIS') for technical adequacy; prepared County procedures for implementation of the archaeological element of CEQA; and made recommendations to the Planning Commission regarding the need for field surveys on local development projects.

Served as a field and laboratory assistant on projects in Northwestern California from Marin to Humboldt counties.

Performed technical research under the supervision of more experienced staff including archaeological field and laboratory tasks, and ethnohistoric research.Government Positions

Helped transfer archives from University of California Archaeological Survey to California Department of Parks and Recreation, sorted northwest coastal archaeological site records from the rest of northern California, helped complete inventory of records, helped transfer records to Sonoma State University, helped set up the center, transferred archaeological site locations from 15-minute to 7.5-minute topographic maps, field checked archaeological sites whose locations were uncertain, helped integrate District o1 Clearinghouse and Northwest Information Center records into a single system, conducted record searches, catalogued newly submitted reports and archaeological site records.

Catalogued and filed archaeological resource management reports and then mapped locations of studies on 7.5-minute topographic quadrangles