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Salem, Oregon

· Performs survey field work in two person crew using Trimble equipment· Survey related research and calculations· Registered drone pilot

New Bern, North Carolina

Always-on staff member ensuring positive and safe experiences for volunteers and impacted stakeholdersRecruited and developed team leaders to take unskilled volunteers into flooded homes providing muck and gut, mold sanitation and debris removal services to under or uninsured homeownersPurchased tools, maintained field ops budget and established daily workflow for all field teamsProvided worksite hazards, flood demolition and restoration theory, and safety training to 150+ volunteersCoordinated project team to keep seven groups of up to ten volunteers working on sites six days per weekWorked directly with homeowners and volunteer teams to complete response work on 51 sites in four weeks

Nepal; Houston, Texas; St. Thomas, Usvi

Held multiple leadership roles on seven volunteer-based disaster relief projects in two countriesTeam Leader: organize daily tasks, tool training and maintain safety standards for teams of up to 25 in the fieldSite Manager: organize and inventory tools, provide safety briefings, track purchases and coordinate workflowBase Manager: daily inventory of critical supplies, performed site maintenance and created camp-culture projectsField Volunteer: active learner and participant in construction, agriculture, sustainability, data and demolition tasks

Greater Denver Area

Completed air permitting application packages for ~50 new and modified oil and gas sites in ColoradoManaged ACTS database to collect millions of air quality data points for federal and state air quality reportingInterpreted existing and proposed federal and state air quality regulations and their business impactsCreated and implemented new processes in Oracle to improve data quality and limit manual collectionWorked with state inspectors to ensure environmental compliance was maintained for ~1,250 oil and gas sitesTrained 200+ field employees on environmental requirements, compliance practices and data collection toolsTrained on ALOHA model for air hazard modeling

Greater Denver Area

Analyzed air quality datasets, addressed gaps and formatted custom reports for compliance requirementsWrote SQL queries, technical documentation and automatic database processes to meet client data needsOn-site consultant advised oil and gas clients on data reporting, data needs and air quality complianceMaintained ACTS database with client assets, emission source inventories and permitted requirements Configured ACTS to collect required compliance data points from field and other databasesProvided database training to clients’ office and field personnel and ran internal SQL training for intern classProduced weekly status updates for clients and consulting managers

Greeley, Colorado

Presentation Titles:• Thesis: Testing Cambrian climate sensitivity to land surface conditions using PLASIM• Climatic and anthropogenic forcing of badland environments• Using stratigraphic markers in Badlands National Park to reconstruct paleotopography• Reconstructing the ~1.8 ka Taupo eruption on New Zealand’s North Island• Teaching climate change in high schools using the UNEP Java Climate Model

Greeley, Colorado

• Awarded as an outstanding teaching assistant by faculty and students• Taught laboratory sections of geology, meteorology, and astronomy • Collaborated with professors to make best-practice curriculum choices• Monitored student progression and learning through educational data collection and analysis• Designed internet technology/spatial analysis labs for laboratory sections

Badlands National Park, South Dakota

• Collected sedimentary, geographic, and stratigraphic data in Badlands National Park• Analyzed field data to prepare topographic maps and stratigraphic columns• Created detailed daily reports summarizing location, activities, and collected data

Multiple Locations

• Worked directly with clients to create custom professional documents• Desktop publishing with Microsoft Office and Adobe Design Suites• Managed simultaneous projects independently through prioritization and efficiency best practices• Supervised workflow tracking across shifts and teams• Diagnosed equipment problems and made appropriate repairs• Internal and external canvasing

Master'S Degree, Geological And Earth Sciences/Geosciences, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Earth Science Club Honorary Member, Storm Chasing, Geology Field Trip Leader, and Racquetball Tournament.

Natural Resources Gis Certification, Geographic Information Science And Cartography, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Math Tutoring (Remedial Algebra - Calculus) Completed GIS certification for natural resource desciplines. GIS is.

Bachelor'S Degree, Design Studies, 3.8

Studied design process; Architectural history, materials, and techniques; urban and park design; computer aided drafting and modeling.