EDUCATION
BSCHE, 1978, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. GPA: 3.22 / 4.0.
JD, 2004, St Louis University School of Law, St. Louis, MO. GPA: 3.26 / 4.0.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current Employers Name Withheld - Missouri
Senior Project Manager and Program Director: 2008 to Present.
Providing overall project management, design coordination, budget preparation, schedule maintenance, execution and project support on a wide variety of process/mechanical projects at the major refinery. Responsibilities include the preparation of project budgets and cost reports, developing and managing manpower loading requirements, preparing and updating schedules, providing project status reporting to the client and upper management, developing change management control systems, and managing the overall risk on these projects.
HNTB Dallas, TX
Chief of Staff & Deputy Program Manager-Special Projects: 2008.
Chief of Staff and Deputy Program Manager on a multi-billion dollar toll road initiative with executive management responsibilities for contract administration, procurement, document control, quality management, and risk management. Other duties include the preparation and review of executive summaries, committee resolutions, and Board resolutions, as well as coordination of the Board agendas items related to multi million dollar procurements, policy-making items, and pertinent legal issues on the project. Other responsibilities include legal interpretation and advising, interfacing with legal firms, contract review, preparing and interpreting financial projections and forecasts, cost reporting, preparing estimates, manpower loading, scheduling and hiring of personnel on the project.
Metro - St. Louis, MO.
Assistant General Counsel: 2005 to 2007. Deputy General Counsel: 2007. Interim General Counsel: 2007 to 2008.
Reporting directly to the General Counsel with responsibilities on a daily basis for drafting and reviewing consultant & confidentiality agreements, procurement contracts, real estate agreements, easements, leases, civil petitions, and other legal documents. Other duties included drafting and negotiating settlement agreements, resolving issues related to breach of contract, construction claims, fraud, negligence, workers compensation, employment, personal injury, environmental compliance, and real estate. Responsible for supervising multiple outside law firms, as well as, an in-house legal e-discovery team of attorneys working on a civil litigations related to construction claims.
Consulting Engineer - St. Louis, MO.
Process Engineering / Project Management Consultant: 2005.
Provided engineering consulting expertise on process design, project management, project controls, and environmental compliance. Activities include P&ID and PFD preparation/review, piping layout review, equipment specification, and preparing cost and manpower estimates for engineering proposals. Equipment worked on included: chillers, cooling towers, heat exchangers, centrifugal and PD pumps, sanitary tanks, pressure vessels, sanitary piping, high purity water systems, CIP, SIP, electric and pneumatic valves, instrumentation, and blending systems.
Emerson Process Management - St. Louis, MO.
Contract Principal Engineer & Project Controls Manager: 2004 2005.
Provided contract project management support on a $35,000,000 electrical and re-instrumentation upgrade project at a major refinery. Responsibilities for project controls, financial forecasting, cost reporting, estimates to complete, manpower loading, scheduling, and change management control. Systems worked with: SAP and Oracle.
Jacobs Engineering St. Louis, MO.
Senior Process Engineer: 2001. Project Engineer/Manager: 2002.
Provided process engineering and project management assistance on pharmaceutical and consumer chemical projects for Eli Lilly, Unilever, & Kraft Foods. Duties included process design, project management, mechanical equipment specification, discipline coordination, estimate/proposal preparation, drafted project standards, preparation of project status reports, preparation and maintenance of project manuals, prepared cost reports, manpower planning, P&ID and PFD preparation/review, and pipe routing/layout review. Equipment worked on: piping, centrifugal and diaphragm pumps, cooling towers, sanitary tanks, sanitary piping, CIP, SIP, agitators, and chillers.
Schreiber, Yonley & Associates - St. Louis, MO.
Associate Engineer/Project Manager: 20012002.
Provided consulting, process engineering, environmental engineering support and project management in the areas of hazardous waste management design and compliance to the cement industry. Activities included process design, project management, equipment specification, review of Part B permits, and related site assessments. Equipment worked on: rotary kilns, tankage, piping, centrifugal and diaphragm pumps, scrubbers, and agitators.
PC& E Consulting Engineers St. Louis, MO. St. Louis, MO.
Principal Engineer & Project Engineer/Project Manager: 1999 2001.
Lead process/project engineer for consumer chemicals plant expansion projects at Procter & Gamble responsible for overall process design (front end and detailed), project management, engineering schedule, preparing cost estimates, preparing design basis documents, drafting process study write-ups (feasibility, conceptual, and definition), preparing and implementing commissioning /qualification /validation (CQV) plans for new processes, commissioning of new processes and start-up. Equipment and systems worked on: ozone generators, chillers, cooling towers, heat exchangers, PD pumps, sanitary tanks, sanitary piping, high purity water systems, CIP, SIP, electric and pneumatic valves, instrumentation, and blending systems.
Aerotek / Watkins Engineering Kansas City, KS.
Contract Process Engineer & Project Engineer: 1998 1999.
Provided contract process and project engineering services to Procter & Gamble. Responsible for process design, product development, project engineering/management, material balance preparation, P&ID preparation and review, process equipment specification, preparation of design basis documents, preparation of process studies (feasibility, conceptual and definition), preparation and implementation of commissioning/qualification /validation (CQV) plans, operating instruction write-ups, and start-up. Equipment worked on: chillers, cooling towers, heat exchangers, PD pumps, sanitary tanks, sanitary piping, high purity water systems, CIP, SIP, electric and pneumatic valves, instrumentation, and blending systems.
Fru-Con Consulting Engineers St. Louis, MO.
Lead Process Engineer/Lead Engineer: 1995 1998.
Lead process engineer on numerous projects in the silicon wafer manufacturing industry at MEMC with responsibility for preparing cost estimates, process design basis, process studies (feasibility, conceptual and definition), process design (front end and detailed), detailed bid specification, bid tab evaluation and preparing operating instructions. Instrumental in facilitating: product development, process scale up, process design, specifying equipment, start-up, installation, and commissioning. Served as Lead Engineer on a major plant expansion project in the consumer chemicals industry at Procter & Gamble with responsibility for the overall design, product development, process scale up, process design, and specification of process equipment project execution, installation, commissioning, start-up. Equipment worked on: heat exchangers, tankage, clean room furnace, process gas supply systems, high purity water systems, ozone systems, HF waste treatment, electric and pneumatic valves, instrumentation, centrifugal and PD pumps, static mixers, instrumentation, electric & pneumatic valves and agitators.
Phillip Environmental Columbia, IL.
Senior Environmental Engineer: 1994 1995.
Provided environmental and process engineering support for hazardous waste recovery technology. Duties included process design, construction, and start-up of a pilot plant in support of this technology. Equipment worked on: tankage, reactors, distillation columns, filters, centrifugal and PD pumps, static mixers, and agitators.
Environmental Concepts, Inc. Jefferson City, MO.
Senior Process & Environmental Engineer: 1993 1994.
Process and environmental engineering support, in the areas of hazardous waste management design and compliance, to the chemical, waste, and cement industries. Prepared Part B permits, NPDES permits, air emission permits, and calculations supporting the permitting efforts. Equipment worked on: tankage, piping, centrifugal and diaphragm pumps, static mixers, treatment chemical addition systems, solvent extraction, and agitators.
Independent Consultant St. Louis, MO.
Process Engineering and Environmental Engineering Consultant: 1991 1993.
Provided process and environmental support to the chemical, waste, and cement industries. Activities included process design, project management, equipment specification, waste management training, MFD, P&ID and PFD preparation and review, and facility layout development. Equipment worked on: rotary kiln, tankage, piping, centrifugal and diaphragm pumps, static mixers, chemical addition systems, solvent extraction, agitators, PLC's, instrumentation, electric and pneumatic valves.
Volt Technical /PDS Technical Services Sauget, IL.
Contract Process & Project Engineer: 1990 1991.
Provided contract process and project engineering services to Ethyl Petroleum on the Alkylbenzene debottlenecking project that increased capacity by 50%. Specific responsibilities included process design and simulation, P&ID, PFD and MFD development, prepared mass and heat balances, drafted equipment specifications, prepared design basis documents, completed air pollution permit calculations, and presentations to upper management related to project approvals and status. Equipment worked on: glass lined vessels, heat exchangers, centrifugal and PD pumps, water scrubbers, vacuum jets, tankage, electrostatic precipitators, PLC's, instrumentation, electric and pneumatic valves.
International Waste Energy Systems St. Louis, MO.
Senior Process/Environmental Engineer: 1988 1990.
Provided consulting environmental engineering support to the rotary kiln hazardous waste incineration industry. Duties included process/environmental support in the write-up and preparation of RCRA Part B permits, NPDES permits, air emission permits, and calculations in support of these permitting efforts. Clients included Union Carbide, Trade Waste Incineration, and Waste Management Systems. Equipment worked on: rotary kiln, tankage, piping, centrifugal and diaphragm pumps, static mixers, chemical addition systems, solvent extraction, PLC's, instrumentation, electric and pneumatic valves and agitators.
Lafser & Schreiber, Inc. St. Louis, MO.
Process Engineering and Environmental Engineering Consultant: 1987 1988.
Process and environmental support to the chemical, waste, and cement industries in the areas of process design, project management, RCRA and SARA compliance, equipment specification, waste management training, review and preparation of RCRA Part B and air permits, environmental site reviews, P&ID and PFD preparation and review, facility layout development, environmental site assessments, risk assessments, and site remediation. Equipment worked on: rotary kiln, tankage, piping, centrifugal and diaphragm pumps, static mixers, chemical addition systems, solvent extraction, and agitators.
Sigma Chemical St. Louis, MO.
Senior Environmental Engineer: 1986 1987.
Provided supervision of hazardous waste management personnel at the DeKalb facility with ongoing responsibility for day-to-day environmental compliance with state and federal environmental regulations. Equipment worked on: rotary kiln, tankage, piping, centrifugal and diaphragm pumps, static mixers, chemical addition systems, solvent extraction, PLC's, instrumentation, electric and pneumatic valves and agitators.
Monsanto Chemical Company St. Louis, MO.
Senior Process Engineer & Environmental Engineer: 1984 1986.
Responsible for the preparation of capital project requests, process design, and project management with the supervision of construction, maintenance, and operation personnel. Projects completed were in the areas of yield improvements, environmental, safety, waste minimization, and quality control. Other duties involved ground water monitoring, training hazardous waste personnel, site assessments, preparation of hazardous waste reports, air emission inventories, air pollution equipment permits, and hazardous waste manifests. Equipment worked on included: clarifiers, filters, centrifugal and diaphragm pumps, heat exchangers, tankage, piping, and conveyors.
Koch Engineering Company Wichita, KS.
Process Sales Engineer: 1983 1984.
Process engineering design, marketing, and technical sales of in-line static mixers to the petrochemical industries. Duties included detailed process design, interface with engineering and production personnel, and presentation of engineering seminars. Development of static mixer design software was also completed. Equipment worked on: Static mixers, piping, tankage, electric and pneumatic valves, instrumentation, and blending systems.
Davy McKee Engineers & Contractors, Inc. St. Louis, MO.
Process Design Engineer: 1981 1982.
Responsible for the process design and specification of pumps, process vessels, storage tanks, heat exchangers, fans, combustion air preheaters, gas processing equipment and utility/process piping for the petrochemical industry. Computer process simulations of sour water strippers, forced air heat exchangers and air preheaters were provided. Equipment worked on: sour water strippers, distillation columns, forced air heat exchangers, air preheaters, chillers, cooling towers, heat exchangers, centrifugal and PD pumps, sanitary tanks, sanitary piping, high purity water systems, CIP, SIP, electric and pneumatic valves, instrumentation, and blending systems.
Monsanto Chemical Company Sauget, IL.
Process Engineer I & II: 1978 1981.
Responsible for preparing project appropriations requests, project design, project installation, project management, supervision of construction and operating personnel, preparation of operating instructions, operator training, and start-up. Computer process simulation and designs of heat exchangers were provided. Equipment worked on: piping, tankage, centrifugal pumps, electric and pneumatic valves, instrumentation, and air supply systems.
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