| back to resumes 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. |