EXPERIENCE

♦ Zero Waste Alliance, Portland, OR                                                        Jun 2003 to Dec 2015
Technical Services Manager
Consult with and recruit businesses and organizations to participate in innovation and sustainability (3E) implementation projects on Environmental Protection Agency, Northwest Health Foundation and Portland Development Commission (PDC) Sustainable Business Assistance & Green Gain programs. 

Responsible for client contact and marketing, developing technical proposals, and manage budgets.

Projects included health impacts of work practices, reduction in use of toxic materials, and process improvements in manufacturing facilities to reduce natural resource impacts and process wastes.

Measure lifecycle inventory (LCI) related Greenhouse Gas (GHG)/carbon and water footprints of processes and materials.

Manage collaborative partnerships with stakeholders to identify sector level solutions.

Prepare final reports and prepare presentations for internal and external stakeholders.

 Combined annual savings for sustainability projects, including PDC (est.): $400,000 – $800,000

 

♦ Xerox-Office Printing Business, Wilsonville, OR                                      Jan 2000 to Feb 2003
♦ Tektronix-Color Printing & Imaging Division, Wilsonville, OR                  Sep 1996 to Dec 1999
NOTE: Tektronix– Color Printing & Imaging Division acquired by Xerox– Office Printing Business unit.

Senior Analytical Chemist & Process Quality Engineer
Principal scientist in Mfg-Eng group tasked to resolve product quality issues, and develop/innovate for critical properties measurements of solid ink product. ($100M+ per year in sales)

Coordinate activities with Manufacturing and R & D departments to sustain production and to launch new product initiatives (NPI) and provide oversight on Industrial Hygiene (IH) hazardous chemical monitoring system.

Develop technical specifications for contracted services and identify technology based innovative solutions using statistical methods to resolve manufacturing and product quality issues (DOE, SPC, C_pk).

Supervise and train junior staff & technicians, manage internal & contractor relationships, prepare proposals and final reports, technical presentations.

Annual savings, operations and process improvements: $400,000 – $600,000

 

♦ Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA                             Dec 1989 to Aug 1996
Senior Research Scientist & Project Manager
Principal scientist on $1.5 M technology development & innovation project to implement safer methods for process characterization of hazardous waste streams.

Project management for environmental remediation (RCRA, CERCLA), materials characterization, and safety initiatives at the Hanford Superfund site and at the alkali metal cooled Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) nuclear reactor.

Serve on laboratory Safety and Operations committees and support RCRA TSD(B) permitted facility for on site management of mixed hazardous materials.

Supervise and train junior staff & technicians, manage technology partnerships and networks, prepare proposals, final reports, deliver presentations.

Projected annual savings, process characterization projects: $5,000.000 – $10,000,000