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Richard J. VanLieshout
President & Project Manager Consultant
STRENGTHS:
Finding creative solutions to difficult problems.
Exceptional organizational capabilities.
Obtaining successful results through delegation, development and motivation of other team members.
Adept at breaking complex problems into manageable pieces.
Asking questions that stimulate the creativity of others.
Skilled at completing difficult projects quickly.
Coordinate diverse functional areas toward a common goal.
WORK HISTORY:
Creative Engineers, Inc. - 9 Years
Founder, President and Project Manager
Callery Chemical Company - 7 Years
Director of Operations (including manufacturing, maintenance, engineering and product development)
Southdown Inc., Kosmos Cement Division - 2 Years
Maintenance & Engineering Manager
Ciba-Geigy Corporation - 5 Years
Project Manager & Senior Maintenance Engineer
B.F.Goodrich Chemical Company (now Poly One Co.) - 5 Years
Senior Project Engineer
AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE:
Use & remediation of alkali metals (sodium potassium and NaK).
Project & Process Engineering in diverse chemical processing units.
Construction management.
Design and implementation of maintenance improvements including CMMS.
Management of chemical processing and utility operations.
Facility engineering including steam, water, air, nitrogen, HVAC and refrigeration systems.
Experience with many highly hazardous materials: vinyl chloride, anilines, amines, diborane, sodium, various solvents.
Batch and continuous processing.
Reaction, distillation, extraction, filtration, drying, solvent recovery, blending, material handling, other unit operations.
OSHA Process Safety Management; ISO 9000 programs; ASME Code.
EDUCATION:
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 1987 MBA
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 1981
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering
ALKALI METAL EXPERIENCE
CEI Operator – manufacturing sodium dispersions for KMR Industries and sodium based etchants - Ongoing
CEI Consultant – Consulting to & for Metaux Speciaux (French Sodium Producer) – Ongoing.
CEI Business Manager – ASARCO Sodium Storage Tank Cleanout – Complete April 2005
CEI Business Manager – TSF SNAP Reactor Dismantlement Project - Ongoing
CEI Operator – Fluor Handford Cold Trap Sodium Removal – 2004
CEI Project Manager – Fluor Hanford CRCTA Residue Removal – 2004
CEI Project Manager – NaK Reaction Tests and Demonstration (UKAEA) 2003
CEI Project Manager – Dow NaK Tank Cleanup Project 2003
CEI Project Manager – BWXT Y-12 Project, NaK Cleanup Project 2001
CEI Project Manager – Bulk Sodium Storage and Transfer Facility for Two H. C. Starck Tantalum plants, one in the US and one in Thailand. 1999 to 2001.
Director of Operations Callery Chemical Company with responsibility for all production, safety, health, engineering, maintenance, site services and the development laboratory. Responsibility included the NaK production unit, the potassium production unit, the potassium superoxide production unit.
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Creative Engineers Inc.
P.O. Box 206 | Phoenix, MD 21131
phone 443-807-1202 | fax 410-683-9707
info@CreativeEngineers.com