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Maintains an active USNRC Senior Reactor Operator License for Comanche Peak Units 1 and 2. Qualified Shift Technical Advisor and Shift ManagerEnsures timely and safe execution of clearance and tagging activities, corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, and surveillance testing.Evaluates Technical Specification Limiting Condition tracking for degraded or inoperable equipmentInterface with on-site regulatory inspectors to ensure strong relationships are maintained and legal facility license requirements are adhered to.Enforces high standards in daily risk identification and mitigation, human performance tools, and conservative decision making in safe plant operation.In 2 year off-shift role as Operations Support Supervisor, filled role as the station team lead in an Operations Training Objective 1 Self-Assessment, department lead in a Mid-Cycle Assessment, and participated in numerous cross-functional troubleshooting and process improvement teams. Implemented annual department self assessments, interfaced regularly with NRC inspectors to ensure alignment on key regulatory issues, and served as the station program owner for Timed Operator Action (TOA) Validation.

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant

Pursuing Senior Reactor Operator License

Charleston, Sc

Oversees all aspects of safe and reliable reactor plant operation on a Moored Training Ship, converted from a decommissioned nuclear submarine, through employment of a crew of 50 enlisted and civilian contractor personnel and interfacing directly with Naval Reactors regulatory personnel at one of the Navy’s only two sites for training future nuclear operators for shipboard dutyAccountable for safe work practices, maintenance of reactor and steam plant chemistry, watch standing issues with subordinates, prompt casualty response, proper tracking and employment of reactor accident mitigation systems, and continued plant availability for training classes of 60 officer, enlisted, and civilian contractor students during the crew's daily rotating 8-hour shiftAnswers directly to the Officer-in-Charge of the moored training ship for all matters concerning day-to-day operations, unanticipated changes, maintenance, training of students, staff qualifications, and safe plant operationAlso qualified subordinate watch stations of Engineering Officer of the Watch, Engineering Duty Officer, and Auxiliary Control Room Supervisor

Greater San Diego Area

Responsible for a division of 30-40 sailors in safe and reliable operation of a A4W reactor and steam plant during static in-port and extremely dynamic at-sea situations, including launching of aircraft using steam catapults, constantly changing propulsion demands, and dynamic electrical power demands, as well as complex casualty situations, both actual and simulated for drills. Oversaw all aspects of operating 2 critical reactors, catapulting, electrical generation and distribution, clean water generation and distribution, ship’s propulsion, and waste disposal for an embarked crew and admiral’s staff of over 5,000 personnelAwarded Navy Commendation Medal and Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal for completely overhauling a 550-man department’s self assessment program, culminating in an above average grade during Naval Reactors audit.Hand selected as one of 6 Propulsion Plant Watch Officers during an arduous 2014 Reactor Certification Examination. Spearheaded a watch team of 24 individuals in daily propulsion plant operation. Direct authorization required for every change in equipment status.Effectively communicated with peers to achieve specific plant conditions for 1,100 individual maintenance items and 20 major ship's switchboard de-energizations and cleaning, enabling a major national asset to meet operational obligations on timeExcelled as one of two division officers hand-selected as part of the propulsion plant drill team, ensuring safe training during casualty drills of 3 watch teams consisting of 60 watch standers each in preparation for the ship's 2015 Reactor Certification Exam, directly contributing to a 45% improvement in the ship's score from the previous yearCoordinated daily repairs to equipment during an 8 month pier-side maintenance period with strict adherence to deadlines in preparation for the ship's eventual transition to Japan as the nation’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier

Ballston Spa, Ny

Qualified and certified to operate a prototype nuclear reactor in preparation for shipboard reactor operationRanked #4 out of 35 officer students upon graduation

Goose Creek, South Carolina

Completed graduate-level study of nuclear physics, materials fundamentals, thermodynamics, reactor plant and steam plant chemistry, electrical engineering, and dynamic nuclear plant operationFinished with a 3.19/4.00 GPA, top half of officer student class at graduation

San Diego, California

Ensured 2 fire control/targeting radars, 4 missile launchers, two automated machine gun mounts, and 25 targeting and tracking consoles were ready to support the ships Unit Level Training assessment (ULTRA-C) as Fire Control Officer Hand selected to serve as the Combat Information Center officer for this challenging certification, a position typically reserved for an officer 1-2 pay grades senior

San Diego, California

Directly responsible for a division of 25-30 sailors in maintenance, training, qualification, and operationsQualified and routinely stood watch as Officer of the Deck - the Captain’s direct representative on the bridge during all hours of the day, earning trust and showing poise under extreme stress in directing safe navigation of a multi-billion dollar national asset while launching and recovering aircraft and amphibious assault vehicles within 2 miles of shorePerformed planning and oversaw safe execution of ship's refueling operations totaling 400,000 gallons, 32 successful small boat launches, 17 days of amphibious operations, 5 anchoring evolutions, and the ship's amphibious certification, in which the command received a 96.7% grade

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Energy

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Economics

Activities and Societies: Varsity Football

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Nuclear Engineering Technology/Technician