Founder and COO of Gila Mining, a U.S. company that evaluates legacy mill and mine tailings properties for usable strategic elements and/or aggregate/cement additives. Gila is currently ramping up to start its first mining project in New Mexico. The Gila is evaluating other projects for precious metals and strategic elements (magnesium, lithium, rare earth elements) in Arizona, Wyoming and Texas.

Principal Consultant focusing mine and mineral resource development, gold, base metal, rare earth elements and lithium exploration, mining project financing, oil and gas field production/operation, hydrogeologic investigation and environmental assessment/remediation across Canada, United States and globally.

Director and technical manager for gold mining projects and oil/gas related groundwater and production related projects in Alberta, Eastern Canada and Northeastern US.

Founded of environmental and mining consulting services company, serving public and private industry clients in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Vermont and New York performing Phase I and II environmental evaluations, groundwater investigation, mine valuations, and litigative support.

Senior project manager and hydrogeologic, geologic and mining consultant. Created mining consulting group responding to Pennsylvania aggregate and coal industry. Performed coal bed methane evaluation for anthracite coal region and evaluated chromite and limestone properties in the Philippines..

Geoscience manager rejuvenating Geosciences Department by developing new and maintaining existing client base. Creating mining consulting group responding to Pennsylvania and Maryland aggregate and coal industry. Performing services for environmental, waste, groundwater, and remediation consulting engineering.

Initial responsibilities for Geosciences Group, later expanded to encompass professional/technical development and supervision of over 40 environmental professionals – geoscientists, hydrogeologists, chemists, geophysicists, civil, geotechnical and environmental engineers. Developed and maintained existing client base for governmental and private industries in environmental, waste, groundwater, and remediation consulting engineering. Performed strategic planning for business development and internal operations. Participant in fiscal responsibilities for internal operational functions within the Albany office. Developed business plan and SOQ for closed mine demolition, remediation and reclamation focusing in Southwestern US. Developed business plan to pursue water resources projects in upstate New York and New England.

Co-founded environmental consulting and remediation services company, serving public and private industry clients in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas with LUSTs, bulk storage facilities, pipelines, landfills, mining properties, and litigative support. Responsible for overall business development with a 500% growth in client base (measured in total billings) within first 5 years. Overall P&;L responsibilities for organization.

Progressive increase in responsibility from Sr. Hydrogeologist to Geosciences Manager with final responsibility for development and supervision for 18 technical staff. Developed marketing materials and provided business development for new and existing client base, providing investigative and remediation services to the solid waste, petrochemical, railroad, and power industries. Sr. Project manager on million-dollar, large-scale soil and groundwater investigation and remediation projects for public and private sector clients. Wrote proposal, prepared budget and schedules, prepared presentations and won 3 year contract to aid USMC Camp Pendleton to investigate, characterize and close three landfills; expanded services to health and safety, hazardous material management and water resources. Project manager for: assisted client's research and development department with set-up of onsite pilot-scale biological treatment demonstration; Prepared preliminary cost estimates and schedule for the treatment processes studied for the site; Provided project and technical management of excavation and bioremediation activities for 345,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil; $13.8 million soil remediation completed in less than 18 months.