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Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area

Director of a $19.5M+/year Strategic Planning, Interface Management, and Information Technology and Services Programs for Department of Energy Plateau Remediation Contractor at the Hanford nuclear site. Expanded efforts to optimize, integrate and institutionalize program, project, and business improvements in performing mission requirements.

Director of an $18M+/year Information Resource Management, Technology, and Services Program for the Department of Energy Plateau Remediation Contractor at the Hanford nuclear site. Recognized for performance of transition office startup and due diligence in assuming contract from previous contractor. Currently institutionalizing new program and project approaches to support mission alignment and execution.

Director and Architect of a $13M+/year Information Resource Management and Technology Program for a Department of Energy Tank Farm Contractor at the Hanford nuclear site. Recognized for effective management and optimizing of information systems, technology, and resources at strategic, tactical, and operational levels. Cost savings from continuous improvement initiatives estimated at $1.5M annually.Project Manager for new technology enhanced work control system, for company-wide corrective and preventative maintenance. System capability includes positioning for movement to paperless work processes. Return-on-Investment (ROI) exceeds $1M annually with expected long-term return of $10M+ annually. Project Manager for first wireless remote camera installation at the Hanford site designed to reduce labor requirements for entry into controlled nuclear facilities. Reduced surveillance entries, improved safety, and reduced costs for access to hazardous locations by personnel. ROI expected to reach $1M annually.Project Manager for design and implementation of Strategic Field Automation Initiative, the first wireless infrastructure project at the Hanford site designed to mobilize the workforce, improve communications, shorten work process cycle time, collect equipment information, and reduce total overall cost of operation. Manager of Project Controls applying and instituting fundamentals and standards within Project Controls processes, systems, and data management restoring company-wide project performance measurement system credibility. Client verified and validated compliance with EIA-748 industry standard for Earned Value Management Systems. Project Manager for four successful multi-million dollar information systems and technology transition projects that prepared and transferred facilities and functions between government contractors.

Project Manager for development of the fiscal year 1996 multi-year work plan for the $170M Tank Farm Transition Projects operations and maintenance program. Managed preparation of baseline cost estimates, financial plans, program schedules, and cross-program integration functions. Received significant customer recognition for quality and cost reduction improvements. Project Manager for comprehensive $21M Tank Farm Operations & Engineering As-Built Project which verified plant mechanical and electrical configuration, restored engineering documentation, labeled equipment, and upgraded necessary procedures to improve facility and operational execution.Project Manager for deactivation of the antiquated computer automated surveillance system for Operations; recovering schedule and delivering final shutdown ahead of planned Y2K performance expectation.Project Manager for implementation of a strategy to improve operational configuration management and conduct of operations, increase field productivity, resolve safety issues, and reduce cost of maintaining infrastructure operating programs

Project Engineer for project controls, administrative, and personnel functions for the Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant with primary responsibility for development of start-up procedures and testing schedule.Hanford Site Administrator responsible for implementation and training on new maintenance work control system across Westinghouse Hanford facilities encompassing over 12,000 personnel. Operations Shift Manager over multi-discipline operations and maintenance staffs at the PUREX Chemical Processing Facility during nuclear chemical process operational phases and maintenance outages. Project Manager for successful implementation of a new maintenance work control process and system at the PUREX facility.

Mba, Information Systems Management

Bs, Business Administration

Aa, Business Administration