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San Jose, California, United States

United States

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Supervisory and management role for on-site management of waste programs for large institutional technology clients. • Liase with the different federal, state, and county agencies that routinely audit the client’s facilities• Manage staff in safety training, regulatory compliance, quality improvement, personnel activities, recordkeeping, transportation scheduling and compliance requirements• Manage facility-wide compliance audits including field audits, inspections of staging, accumulating and storage areas for compliance• IATA/DOT chemical shipments for clients• Deal with business costs and communicate costs to sales for new business; quote projects to clients• Develop written Standard Operational Procedures

San Francisco Bay Area

Project manager trainee responsible for on site management of waste program for large institutional technology client. Coordinate client's EH&S team and executives. Supervise ACT field chemists and hazmat drivers, providing them with tools and guidance on waste management projects. - Enlist ACT corporate resources as needed to ensure 100% customer satisfaction- Manage and track facility-wide cradle to grave waste generation, storage and disposal- Responsible for proper packaging of waste in accordance with IATA hazmat shipping regulations- Perform inspections of staging, accumulating and storage areas to ensure proper housekeeping procedures and compliance- Sample and profile new waste streams or any wastes needing analytical testing- Evaluate specialty waste materials such as gas cylinders and potentially-explosive compounds and determine disposal options- Schedule transportation and disposal for outgoing wastes as needed- Provide weekly status reports to facility management

Sunnyvale, Ca

On-site collaboration with client facility management and staff for chemical waste management. Skills included:- Understanding Federal/State EPA requirements for hazardous waste disposal.- Understanding and managing chemicals based on physical and chemical properties.Responsibilities at client facilities included:- Preparing for and overseeing projects at facilities- Prepare proper packaging of hazardous waste to maximize efficiency and maintain compliance- Inventory wide variety of hazardous and explosive chemicals for proper disposal or for HMBP- Perform inspections of staging, accumulating and storage areas to ensure proper procedures- Oversee the Inspections of storage areas for leaks or spills- Collect, segregate, and properly package waste chemicals for disposal to maximize efficiency- Advise on maintenance, compliance, and safety- Sampling and profiling of new waste streams or any wastes needing analytical testing- Prepare all necessary tracking paperwork- Utilize waste management software to efficiently and accurately manage waste program- Assess and assign proper waste codes to all materials that are designated for disposal- Maintain and manage waste profile data- Provide waste tracking reports as needed- Prepare manifests, and land disposal restriction notifications- Identify unknown laboratory chemicals when they are encounteredComplete OSHA Hazmat and Chemist TrainingCommercial Class C license with Hazmat endorsement.

Sunnyvale, Ca

Manage waste management programs in close collaboration with EH&S personnel at large institutional technology client.

Thi Qar, Iraq

Duties included testing and developing petroleum products; planning, managing, and performing experiments; and optimizing processes for production and quality.-- In charge of organizing data, and generating reports of experiment results and analyses.-- Monitored, analyzed, and troubleshooted equipment and process issues during experiments.-- Identified process wastes through experiments and analysis.-- Collaborated with team, including engineers and technicians.-- Accounted to managers.-- Carried out the preparation and tracking of regulatory and institutional documentation.-- Participated in setting lab safety-testing procedures within institutional HSE policies.-- Selected to present a formal lecture to the Iraq national Minister of Oil and lab managers.-- Presented lectures on increasing accuracy, production, safety, and performance levels.-- Worked in conjunction with technicians and engineers to perform a wide array of downstream petroleum processing experiments, which included: • Analysis of oil products for Flash Point, API gravity, SP gravity, Viscosity, Distillation;• Testing Soft Point, Ductility, and Penetration in Asphalt lab; • Analysis of crude oil and derivatives produced during the refining stages;• Determined chemical and physical properties and conformity; and• Determining pH, oil in water, TDS, TH, Turbidity, and Connectivity.

Earned highly competitive position with U.S. Army offering field support during combat missions.• Interpreted for the U.S. Army for military operations, training, interviews, and meetings.• Cultural liaison for U.S. Army officers, providing cultural perspective and understanding of the region’s historical, political, sociological, and economic trends.• Required to learn extensive United States cultural practices and complex military terminology.• Handled highly sensitive information and was present at confidential meetings.

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: American Institute of Chemical Engineers - San Jose State University Chapter

Associate’S Degree, Chemistry