Executive Profile & Select Highlights
Mission focused Leader and Manager with 30 years’ professional experience that includes 20 years executing DOE Contractor responsibilities, obligations, and activities at Rockwell/Westinghouse Hanford, Battelle Memorial Institute (BCO), Fernald Cleanup Site, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and 10 years in Private Industry and Commercial Nuclear Power. Possessing a strong background in Radiochemistry, Health Physics, Program Management, and Integrated Safety Management. Recognized for Radiochemistry Operations the DOE Ohio Field Office for effective management, efficiency, and fiduciary responsibility.
Team Building and mentoring staff for leadership increases individual employee ability, overall efficiency, instills ownership and reduce attrition of personnel. Mentoring staff ensures a clear vision of the goals and makes the common ground achievable for an overall successful mission. When the staff member understands the vision, it reduces a partial commitment while instilling the sense that the mission comes first.
Developing the team will require a commitment to train the less experienced supporting and developing the next generation of leaders for a diverse workforce. Commitment and communicating expectations will support the succession planning to build each individual and their respective strengths. By building the workforce, shaping the mental model and knowledge, each will work more efficiently individually or in a team environment.
Project Management skills include designing and assembling three separate Radiochemistry laboratories and one advanced counting facility which included procurement of instrumentation, coordinating with internal and external agencies for installation, building facilities, training personnel and certifying laboratory for use with local regulating agency. Many of the laboratory projects were between three and five million dollars with sustained annual cost for operating budgets over ten million dollars.
Projects developed and managed skills include:
- Mission Support Test Service Develop Nuclear Measurement Test program for use of recently acquired gamma and neutron detection instrumentation. To include coordinating installation, operational and QA acceptance.
- Encore Uranium/URI leadership for Radiological Controls for shipping, training, and mentoring Health Physics Technician.
- Mission Support Test Services initial project is to ensure a successful transition of dosimetry systems while maintaining accreditation with DOE Laboratory Accreditation Program. Coordination with external clients, DOE and internal stake holders. Contracted services and development of scope and award criteria performed. Instrumentation updates and installation of 12 Mirion Technologies Gross alpha/beta model 6LB counters, procurement of 120 handheld field instruments for upgrade of capabilities and replacement of dated instrumentation.
- Pantex site procured and replaced over one million dollars in stationary equipment which included coordination with internal and external personnel and acted as Site Technical Representative for each contract and project.
- Battelle Memorial Institute redesigning and developing processes to run Radiochemistry laboratory, train personnel in operation and quality control. This included project and annual budgetary fiduciary, procurement of multi-million dollars in instrumentation, facility redesign and regulatory permitting.
- Fernald Ohio OU-1 project design, build and develop a full-service Radiochemistry laboratory on-site with limitations. Worked with union personnel to accomplish tasks, operate within Fernald Safety program and facilities for ensuring proper build and execution of laboratory process.
- Bechtel Hanford design, develop and manage an advanced count room. This included open communication with field projects, DOE clients and inter comparison testing for operational excellence.
- International, Ipoh Malaysia. Design, develop and train locals to run a Radiochemistry laboratory for detection and quantification of Natural Occurring Radioactive Materials. Communications was essential as culture and regulatory requirements were not fully in place and often had to be negotiated with the Malaysia States local technical experts for acceptance.
Education
Master of Science in Project Management, City University, Seattle WA, 2008
Graduate Certificate in Project Management, City University, Seattle WA, 2006
Bachelor of Science in Health and Safety Management, Pacific Western University, Honolulu HI, 1998
RECENT EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE
Measurement Control Program Officer
Nuclear Material Control & Accountability 07/2023- 12/2024 (Retired)
Nevada National Securities Site Mission Support Test Service LLC
Mercury, Nevada 89023
Employment Verification 615/620-0569 or Verifications@Thomas-and-Company.com
Project Management coordinating installation of new equipment in secure facility to include initial operations, vendor verification, and establishing operating parameters.
Program Development for routine operations and controls to validate results to quantification of materials.
Mentoring new personnel from academia to work environment and providing expectations for code of conduct and excellence of operations for human performance and reporting.
RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER (RSO) 11/2022-07/2023
Encore Uranium
Kingsville, Texas 78363
Program Development for Radiation Safety Officer for Uranium extraction and processing. Personnel management for radiological control, design and review of procedures and process to include ALARA incorporation. Health and Safety overview of Processing procedures, managing dosimetry, Rad Training, Operations, and Industrial Hygiene.
MANAGER RADIOLOGICAL PROJECTS 10/2021 – 11/2022
Nevada National Securities Site Mission Support Test Service LLC
Mercury, Nevada 89023
Employment Verification 615/620-0569 or Verifications@Thomas-and-Company.com
Project Management and ISMS oversight for Dosimetry and Radiation Monitoring Systems. Developed Dosimetry installation project which includes authoring contracts, developing Project schedule, coordinating external audits and managing internal resources, ultimately changing dosimetry readers for the site while maintaining DOE Laboratory Accreditation.
Communications for Dosimetry transition includes multi contractors on site who utilize MSTS dosimetry and depend on accreditation process. Communications performed via written, electronic, and face to face meetings.
Continual Improvements for Radiological instrumentation pre-deployment. Coordinated the installation of 12 fixed instruments with 5 different facilities, and craft personnel, plus 120 new model hand held field instruments.
Health Physicist, Senior Specialist 01/2020–10/2021
Consolidated Nuclear Securities (CNS), Pantex
Amarillo, TX 73101
Employment Verification employmentverification@cns.doe.gov
Mentoring of inexperienced peer personnel. Active involvement to less experienced personnel through
direct mentoring and field observations.
Project Management and ISMS oversight for Radiation Area Monitoring Systems installation for Radiation Safety. Direct input on location, requirements and cost. Procured/contracted over two million dollars in dosimetry measurement equipment and installation in an 18-month period.
Site Technical Representative (STR) for contracts and activities for Radiation Safety Department. Oversight of two contracts, a training and technical oversight for Dosimetry. Both are required to account for time and material. Effective cost accounting performed and no contract overages.
Quality Assurance Officer for dosimetry. A technical position offering regulatory and technical advice to ensure compliance with the Department of Energy Laboratory Accreditation Program.
RADIATION PROTECTION SUPPORT MANAGER 02/2016–01/2020
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Battelle Memorial Institute
Richland, WA 99354
Employment verification (509) 375-6677 (Retired)
Manage, Implement, and Execute daily and planned work for 19 represented technologists on day-to-day
operations. Included is communication with multidisciplinary staff of Researchers, Engineers, and represented employees.
Communications with client and customer to maintain efficient process and clear expectation of requirements, meeting expectations leading to success.
Integrated Safety Management System (ISMS) throughout the process for initiation, planning, execution,
monitoring and controlling to closures. Each phase would incorporate responsibilities; identify clear roles and identify hazards. All personnel trained and coached on Operational Excellence.
Change Agent and through Leadership; A clear vision and expectation promoted, and demonstrated to each technologist. These expectations reinforced during weekly staff meetings and one-on-one sessions. During critical path work or First of a Kind evolutions, the coaching was increased during prejob activities and discussed with the “what could go wrong” scenarios to prepare the workers to excel at performance.
Continual Improvements in customer service, accountability, efficiency and effectiveness. The redesigning of scheduling tool to assist customer in knowing who was available to support their project. This made an overall improvement in level loading manpower and customers being able to schedule resource with a confidence that they had support.
CHEMISTRY OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR (RELIEF MANAGER) 01/2013–02/2016
Energy Northwest Nuclear Operating Station (formerly WPPS)
Richland, WA 99352
Employment verification (509) 372-5000
Established Vision; Planned and Executed a Chlorination System for continued plant operations to clean
cooling towers. Research, identified, justified, procured, and installed continuous treatment system to reduced organic contaminates in plant effluents while maintaining regulatory requirements with both State and Federal limits. Skills required financial justification, engineering and plant safety committee acceptance, authoring contracts and procurement documents. The installation reduced overall labor and chemical usage saving the department’s annual budget over $100K/year.
Led and managed 36 persons staff to include professional, administrative and represented employees. Employee engagement is crucial as a manager to ensure the vision and understanding at all levels maintained.
Audits and Inspections: Engaged in regulatory and oversight activates such as Institute of Nuclear Powers
Operations (INPO), and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) inspections. Plant Chemistry maintained within technical specifications.
Designed and Maintained annual budget of $11.5 million dollars for chemical, consumables, and salary for department. Fiduciary value was necessary during this period as budget constraints mandated a reduction to accommodate austerity measures supporting plant operations.
Earlier Professional Experience & Select Achievements
Senior Health Physicist and Chemistry Operations Supervisor, Kewaunee Power Station, WI
Senior Project Manager, Earth Tech, San Antonio Texas
Non-Destructive Assay Scientist, Project Enhancement Corporation, Richland, WA
Laboratory Manager (Radiometric), GeoSyntec Consultants, Ipoh Malaysia
Senior Radio-Chemist, Thermo Hanford, Richland, WA
Radiochemistry Laboratory Manager, International Technology, Fernald OH
Radio-Analytical Laboratory Manager, Battelle Columbus, OH
Technical Instructor – Hazardous Waste, Westinghouse Hanford, Richland WA
Industrial Hygienist, Westinghouse Hanford, Richland WA
United States Air Force, Enewetak Atoll Cleanup, Republic of Marshall Islands
Key Achievements:
- Designed, developed, start-up and managed three separate Radio metric laboratories.
- Developed, procured and validated D&D characterization program for three reactors
- D&D 11,000 drums of uranium and waste managed facility
- Worked at several plutonium facilities to include manufacture, operations, and assembly
Key Certifications
- INPO Nuclear Chemistry Manager
- Senior Management Training (Battelle Columbus)
- Site Technical Representative (STR)
- Senior Assessor Training (INPO)
Significant Awards & Recognition
- Atomic Veteran issued by Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Department of Energy Award for Cost savings for the Advanced Characterization System
- Westinghouse Award for Training (29 CFR 1910.120)
- Letter of Recognition, DOE Ohio Field Office (Radiochemistry Operations)
- Eagle Scout
(This résumé was posted on 6 November 2024.)