Risk/Safety Assessment
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Applied probabilistic risk analysis (PRA) in
conjunction with Integrated Safety Management (ISM) for the River Protection
Project –Waste Treatment Plant, RPP-WTP, design at the Hanford National
Laboratory. Responsible for ensuring
compliance with the Authorization Basis and PSAR documentation.
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Developed sections of the RPP-WTP PSAR, one of the
Authorization Basis (AB) documents of the project. Familiar with all aspects of the AB for the
RPP-WTP. Performed AB Maintenance
compliance evaluations for proposed design changes of the RPP-WTP. Familiar with USQ screening.
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Led a data analysis effort to determine
equipment failure modes and rates for BWR Individual Plant Evaluations (IPEs)
at the Dresden
and Quad Cities Nuclear Power Stations.
Extensive work with Safe Shutdown Equipment (SSE). Familiar with Systems, Structures, and
Components (SSC). Extensive experience
applying IEEE 500 failure and reliability data for fault tree development.
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Supported fault tree and event tree development
for BWR IPEs at the Dresden
and Quad Cities Nuclear Power Stations.
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Performed the IPEEE fire analysis for Sequoyah
Nuclear Power Station. Work included
determination of USQ impacts, e.g. 50.59 evaluations.
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Supported update of the Dresden, LaSalle, and Quad Cities Nuclear
Power Station Probabilistic Safety Assessment (PSA).
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Responsible for the determination of applicable
standards to comply with Safety Analysis Reports (SAR), law and contractual
requirements at multiple Department of Energy facilities. The subject matters included Configuration
Management, Nuclear Safety, Management Systems, Decontamination and
Decommissioning, Waste Management, Environmental Management and others for the
Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site and the Lockheed Pit9 Environmental
Remediation Project. These projects
included identification and evaluation of applicable industry standards,
Federal, State, and local laws, DOE Orders, regulatory agreements such as RCRA
permits, TSRs and Technical Specification documents. Developed familiarity with Safety Analysis
documents including DOE Orders 5480.22, 5480.23 and DOE Standard 3009 and
Quality documents such as NQA-1 and ISO-9000.
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Managed a major electrical transmission grid
assessment, Black Start Analysis, for Southern California Edison to insure
adequate power recovery to nuclear power facilities in the event of a grid
blackout.
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Managed two independent fire analysis reviews to
identify conservatism in the Individual Plant External Events (IPEEE) fire
analysis for the Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station.
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Conducted numerous system walk-downs of
commercial fossil and nuclear power plant.
Business and Construction Project Management
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Prepared funding appropriations, developed
contracts, awarded and managed $1,300,000 in new construction for a Water
Treatment Facility and roofing project for a hazardous waste incinerator. Responsible for configuration management of
all project related design information.
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Managed all phases of project design and
construction activities for an emissions monitoring project and an acid
transfer project totaling $3,400,000 at the Idaho Chemical Processing
Plant. Responsibilities included
environmental activities (NESHAP, NEPA, and Environmental Assessments
documentation) and system operational tests after construction. Responsible for NQA-1 completion and review.
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Design,
awarded and managed a fast track dust transfer system for a hazardous waste
incinerator.
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Managed
$13,000,000 of asbestos removal and insulation work and developed cost
estimating guidelines.
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Managed an Internet software company's sales and
marketing, technical services, and programming departments. Developed and implemented
sales goals, initiatives to increase the company’s worth and a web marketing
process that doubled sales indicators.
Applied a web-based marketing process to international markets to
increase sales and decrease sales staff workload. Increased profit on software sold. Developed and implemented a software testing
program and issues tracking process. Developed
an Internet based helps/support program.
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Responsible for the startup and marketing of
three companies including an Internet based business to broker retail prices
for various industries, a retail sales company, and a technical consulting
company.
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Responsible
for subcontractor (500 personnel) oversight with NIOSH and OSHA safety
regulations.
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Managed software production schedules for two
software product updates and development of two new software products. Development included a fast track production
schedule to expedite new product development.
Asset Management
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Developed and managed Economic Risk-Based Prioritization
(ERBP), an assessment process to prioritize capital expenditures based on
return-on-investment. ERBP is currently
being used to manage $2,000,000,000 in assets with an annual investment of
$400,000,000.
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Provided the National Security Agency with ERBP
decision theory for a benchmarking effort to reengineer information management
in the U.S.
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Supported development of a maintenance
management program based upon PRA techniques for a 330MWe coal-fired generating
plant. This risk-based approach considered
economic risk as the basis for performing maintenance.
Reengineering/Management Assessments
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Supported the Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies
Waste Operations integrated planning project to develop a baseline schedule
integrating activities both horizontally and vertically.
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Supported a root cause analysis at the Quad
Cities Nuclear Generating Station in preparation for NRC Diagnostic Evaluation
Testing (DET). The purpose of the
project was to identify deficiencies in the station's safety and maintenance
management.
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Supported an independent audit of the Quality
Verification, Self-assessment, and Issue Management functions at all six
Nuclear Power Generating Stations and the Corporate Nuclear Oversight group for
Commonwealth Edison Company. The purpose
of the project was to integrate safety, quality, and maintenance to improve
generation capacity.
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Reengineered numerous departments and processes
including data analysis, sales and marketing, technical support, and asset
management.
Startup Engineer
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Responsible for new equipment startup and
preparation of Operating Procedures for a $10,000,000 plant expansion at a
RCRA/TSCA hazardous waste incinerator and remediation services facility. The equipment included a dust collection
system, solids material handling system, sludge feed system, and a site fire
protection system. Developed tests for
and performed system operability testing on new equipment installations.
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Performed startup testing of a rapid transfer
system for radioactive samples.
Procedures/Training
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Developed Nuclear Maintenance and Hazardous
Waste Operations and Training Procedures.
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Developed a PRA technology transfer process for
Commonwealth Edison Analysts.
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Developed and executed a training course for
Commonwealth Edison, NUS, and Westinghouse for Data Collection and Analysis.
Environmental Compliance/Permitting
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Responsible for RCRA Permit Application, Spill
Prevention and Control Countermeasures Plan (SPCC), and Closure Plan accuracy
for a RCRA/TSCA rotary incinerator.
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Responsible for plant and permit upgrades for a
RCRA Trial Burn at rotary incinerator.
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Responsible for environmental activities
including but not limited to EAs, sample plans, CWA and CAA.
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Extensive work with TSCA and RCRA regulations.
Corporate Negotiating
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Developed and negotiated teaming arrangements
with consulting competitors to provide the "best in class" proposals.
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Developed teaming arrangements with two Indian
Nations for the study of a spent nuclear fuel Monitored Retrievable Storage
(MRS).
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Negotiated
contract change savings up to 60% as a project manager.
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Developed and
negotiated a teaming arrangement between large utility company and a major
consulting company.
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Developed and
negotiated contract sales and employment agreements.
Grant application and proposal development
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Developed numerous winning proposals.
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Developed numerous grant applications.
Engineering/Design
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Designed a solids transfer system at a hazardous
waste rotary incinerator.
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Provided technical coverage for plant shutdowns,
maintenance, and resolution to emergent problems.
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Prepared Incident and Trouble Reports.
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Trouble shot, evaluated, and provided
professional engineering solutions for nuclear reactor equipment.
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Designed down hole piping and casing runs of
7000 feet.
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Designed new process plant piping systems.
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Developed standardized construction contracts
that resulted in a 65% reduction in engineering time.
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Trouble shoot and optimized existing incinerator
equipment to maintain throughput.
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Supported drilling, well fracturing, unit work-over
and maintained crude oil recovery units.
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Calculated oil and gas reserve estimates and
allowable allocations.
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Safety and Risk Analysis Consulting Associate
2001-Present
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Independent Consultant 6/97 – 2/00
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Director / Manager, 10/98 – 7/99, Brooks
Internet Software, Idaho
Falls, ID
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Owner, 4/96 – Present, CPCS, Idaho Falls, ID
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Business Unit Manager, 9/96 – 5/98, SCIENTECH, Idaho Falls, ID
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Consultant / Analyst, 6/91 – 9/96, Tenera, Idaho
Falls, ID
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Project Manager, 6/90 – 6/91, Westinghouse,
Idaho Chemical Processing Plant, Idaho Falls, ID
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Process /
Startup Engineer, 2/89 – 6/90, APTUS
Environmental Services of Westinghouse, Coffeyville,
KS
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Engineer,
6/84 – 2/89, Naval Reactors Facility,
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Idaho
Falls, Idaho
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Engineer,
5/80 – 5/83, (Summers), General
American Oil Co. of Texas, Seminole, Oklahoma
