o Air quality professional with background in developing, implementing and managing air quality policies and procedures in accordance with regulatory and corporate requirements. o Primary advisor and technical expert for air quality, greenhouse gas, water, and compliance of regulations for two dairy processing locations. o Provides guidance in EPA, State, and local air quality rules, regulations, and experience in negotiating and interacting with regulatory agencies. o Manage and complete permit compliance submittals and applications; obtain business-conscience permits for new or modified facilities including NSR and Title V permits. o Establish and implement environmental management system (EMS). o Track and interpret air quality, water, and SPCC regulations and advise management on future potential concerns and issues. o Interact directly with federal, state, and local officials including but not limited to negotiating permit terms and compliance interpretations to eliminate notices of violation. o Promote the company's EH&S philosophy and culture over all business units. o Review and analyze results of air quality and greenhouse gas testing, monitoring, and inspections. o Management and plan amending of Spill Prevention Counter Control plan (SPCC), Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP). o Management of hazardous waste generation (Used oil, Universal waste, E- Waste). o Monitoring contractors performance and progress working on projects at the facilities. o Ensuring that approved projects are carried out in an acceptable and timely manner, and that all regulatory requirements are met, and preparing environmental compliance reports. Projects: > Title V renewal submittals and new PTO conditions administrating . > Green house gas data procurement and record administrating. > Waste water real-time data telemetry established for feedback and environmental reductions. > Design bulk chemical containment for safety and regulatory compliance. > EPA alternate monitoring authorization, predictive emissions monitoring (PEMS).
Process Consultant 1998 - 2007
Findley and Associates, Sole Proprietorship
o Assist all plant functions related to industrial water reclamation, reuse, and byproduct extraction examination. o Achievements reducing organic industrial wastewater discharge with accomplished by-product recovery. o Perform water studies and stream characterization, with assessment on product yields. o Construct and present human visual tools for mass exchange network designs through computer programming. o Generate water demand models and water pinch analysis for process feasibility potential. o Endorse industrial waste water and byproduct integration processes including project economics. o Development and design of environmentally sound processes for integration in accordance with GMP. o Aid plant personnel with entire pilot testing phase and commercial equipment selection. o Process collaboration with plant personnel and regulating agencies, SWRCB, DWR. Projects: > Achieved Pilot study and commercial equipment selection for Raisin waste water project. > Submitted Pilot study and commercial equipment selection for Carrot waste water project. > Evaluate Pilot study for Yeast waste water project. > Engineering of a membrane filtration system including AutoCAD PFD, PID drawing of well water polishing project designed for boiler feed makeup water.
Quality Management Consultant 1997 - 1998
Chemical management and supplier
o Provide membrane filtration technical support for clients and district managers in United States. o Administration of membrane filtration cleaning protocols; SOP's for United States and Canada in accordance with FDA, USDA, cGMP codes and practices. o Perform membrane filtration plant audits and make recommendations through inspection of process performance and product quality. o Management of membrane filtration projects by identifying problems and implementing solutions. o Perform informational as well as educational presentations for clients, industry, and conventions. o Implementation, development, and programming of PC based membrane filtration projection programs. Project: > Executing consortium collaboration and identification of major equipment design flaw on waste water segregation system for Olives manufacture, Madera, CA.
Engineer 1994 - 1997
Original equipment manufacture o Coordinate and accomplish western division pilot study programs. o Project and design engineering for western division based fabrications to GMP, ASME, AWS, ASTM codes and standards. o Research and development of new applications including optimizing new and existing system performance parameter's. o Preparation of western division equipment sales and service quotations. o Start-up and commission of western division filtration systems including special application systems to USDA, FDA, GMP codes and standards. o Navigate western division equipment quotations and pilot testing proposals. o Analyze pilot testing data and generate of pilot study reports o Examine and diagnose membrane filtration faults and performance problems. o Maintenance of current and historical western division technical records. Projects: > Establishing design and fabrication of chemical reclaim unit for Milk and Creamery Manufacture, Fresno, CA > Ensuring successful equipment pilot studies leading to sales receipts greater than $500,000 US dollars from Olives Manufacture, Madera, CA. > Achieving pilot study and commission of first milk filtration bacterial removal unit in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada.
Education University of California, Davis, Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, 1994