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SUMMARY
* Responsible for managing domestic and international multidisciplinary environmental programs including environmental and social impact assessments, environmental, health and safety due diligence audits, and environmental and social management plans
* Directed large-scale environmental site and remedial investigations and remediation programs
* Provided litigation and insurance support to attorney on case-specific environmental issues, damages, and natural resources damage claims
* Developed and conducted customized presentations, workshops, and seminars for domestic and international regulatory agencies, banks, environmental managers, and environmental attorneys
* Responsible for business development and project strategies.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
International & Domestic Environmental Management
* Provided environmental management and permitting consulting to large-scale natural resource development projects including mining, ore processing, geological exploration, oil and gas exploration and development, major oil and gas pipeline construction and operations.
* Directed environmental and social impact assessments; baseline studies; environmental, health and safety due diligence and compliance audits; and environmental and social management and monitoring plans in various geographic areas and ecosystems.
* Developed project strategies and prepared proposals, work plans, and budgets for large-scale subsurface investigations. Worked with clients and regulatory agencies to identify their needs and streamline project work. Supervised field projects at RCRA and CERCLA sites.
* Developed and supervised the state-of-the-art remediation programs including soil-vapor extraction and air sparging systems, well point systems, and high capacity pump-and-treat systems.
* Developed and directed aquifer testing programs in transmissive water-bearing formations suitable for public water supply and irrigation, and in aquifers with very low transmissivity to select remediation alternatives.
* Developed and directed geophysical and soil-vapor investigations to interpret subsurface conditions including electromagnetic, VLF, and magnetometer surveys and borehole logging.
* Directed the field operations using PID, FID, CGI, portable gas chromatographs, organic vapor analyzers, and other field instrumentation.
* Managed ore exploration requiring rock drilling and coring program to 2,000 to 3,000 feet.
Business Development
* Developed new business through environmental conferences, trade shows, direct mail marketing, and personal contacts.
* Developed new company services as a way to differentiate the firm in a competitive environmental consulting market.
* Developed and conducted customized presentations, workshops, and seminars for domestic and international regulatory agencies, banks, environmental managers, and environmental attorneys on various topics in environmental and social management.
* Opened up overseas and European markets for subsurface investigation equipment manufactured in the USSR.
Litigation and Insurance Support
* Retained by client's legal counsel and insurance claim specialists to interpret project data and peer-review documents. Identified and interviewed experts and made site inspections to develop case strategies.
* Generated expert reports, case-specific databases, and computer models to support client's counsel, insurance claims specialists, and adjusters.
* Developed cost estimates for large-scale site investigations, property damage claims, and cleanup projects as part of environmental claims analysis.
* Directed environmental due diligence and natural resource damage evaluations.
* Consulted environmental attorneys and insurance claims specialists on various domestic and international environmental laws and regulations.
* Provided comprehensive assessments of Brownfields, military bases, and Superfund sites as part of their economic redevelopment.
* Developed simple graphic images to allow the court to visualize complex environmental conditions.
Staff Development and Training
* Trained environmental scientists, geologists, chemists, wildlife and vegetation specialists, socio-economic consultants, engineers, and others (including inter-office training and domestic and international contractors) in environmental and social impact assessments, environmental, health and safety due diligence audits, site investigations, computer modeling, and environmental database management.
* Peer-reviewed wide range of environmental and social studies reports, policies and guidelines, computer models, presentations, and other materials developed for technical and lay audiences.
Market Research/Research and Development
* Responsible for research and forecasting changes in worldwide subsurface investigation technologies to support Soviet industrial development policy.
* Developed and promoted advanced drilling techniques.
* Developed and promoted advances in instrumental drilling for in-situ ground characterization.
Technical Writing
* Prepared reports, work plans, proposals, presentations, guidelines, technical papers and peer reviews, SOPs, QAPPs, HASPs, and instruction manuals.
* Prepared abstracts and technical documents for attorneys' use.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2007–present Vice President, International Projects
AATA INTERNATIONAL, INC., Fort Collins, Colorado (New York office)
1996–2006 Senior Program Manager
AATA INTERNATIONAL, INC., Fort Collins, Colorado (New York office)
1989–1996 Project Manager
EDER ASSOCIATES, INC., Locust Valley, New York
1982–1988 Team Leader
NATIONAL MINISTRY OF GEOLOGY AND SUBSURFACE PROTECTION
CONSULTING CENTER, Moscow, USSR
1983–1988 Technical Writer (concurrent with the full-time employment as the Team Leader)
Abstract Journals of NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES and NATIONAL MINISTRY OF GEOLOGY AND SUBSURFACE PROTECTION, Moscow, USSR
1980–1981 Field Supervisor
UNDERGROUND TUNNELING & CONSTRUCTION CO., Moscow, USSR
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Earth Sciences (1979)
Institute of Geological Exploration, Moscow, USSR
Bachelor of Science in Geology and Mining Engineering (1977)
Institute of Geological Exploration, Moscow, USSR
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
* International Association for Impact Assessment
* The Environmental, Health & Safety Auditing Roundtable
* Association of Groundwater Scientists and Engineers
National Ground Water Association Division
LANGUAGES
Russian (native), Ukrainian (working knowledge), German (technical translation)
COUNTRIES OF EXPERIENCE
Domestic:
* Florida * New York
* Georgia * New Mexico
* Illinois * Ohio
* Kansas * Pennsylvania
* Maryland * Texas
* Michigan * Vermont
* Nebraska * Wisconsin
* Nevada * Wyoming
* New Jersey
International:
* Armenia * Kazakhstan
* Australia * Kyrgyzstan
* Azerbaijan * Moldova
* Bolivia * Republic of Congo
* Brazil * Russia
* Canada * Ukraine
* Georgia * United Kingdom
* Ireland * Venezuela
* Israel *
SELECTED CLIENTS
* Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Houston, TX
* Avalon International, L.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma
* Bakyrchik Gold P.L.C., London, United Kingdom
* Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc., Elko, Nevada
* Bateman Engineering, Inc., Denver, Colorado
* BHP Minerals, London, United Kingdom
* BP, Sunbury, United Kigdom/Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island, Russia
* Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York
* Bullivant Houser Bailey Pendergrass & Hoffman, Portland, Oregon
* Cameco Corporation, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
* ChevronTexaco, San Ramon, California
* Chevron Business Development, Inc., London, United Kingdom
* Costilla Energy, Midland, Texas
* CSX Transportation, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida
* De Beers, multiple office locations
* Dundee Precious Metals, Inc., Toronto, Canada; Sofia, Bulgaria
* Duracell, Tarrytown, New York
* Echo Bay Mines, Englewood, Colorado
* Ennex International plc, Dublin, Ireland
* European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), London, United Kingdom
* ExxonMobil, Houston, Texas
* Exxon Neftegas Ltd., Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
* Fairchild Industries, Inc., Farmingdale, New York
* Frontier Mining Ltd, Denver, Colorado
* Gold Reserve, Inc., Spokane, Washington
* International Paper, Ticonderoga, New York
* Israel Electric Corporation Ltd., Haifa, Israel
* Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., Denver, Colorado
* KazMinCo, Surrey, United Kingdom
* Kvaerner Metals, Toronto, Canada
* Lenox China, Pomona, New Jersey
* Marathon Oil Company, Houston, Texas
* Minproc Engineers Limited, Perth, Australia
* Murphy Oil USA, Inc., Superior, Wisconsin
* National Presto, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
* Newmont Gold Company, Denver, Colorado
* Nicoletti Kissel & Pesce, New York, New York
* North American Salt Company, Hutchinson and Lyons, Kansas
* Ogden Aviation Service Company (LaGuardia Airport, NY, and Newark Airport, NJ)
* Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Washington, DC
* OXY-USA
* Penntech Papers, Inc., Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania
* Pepsi-Cola, Long Island City, New York
* Putney Paper Company, Putney, Vermont
* Redeco Limited, L.L.C., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
* Rio Tinto, Bristol, United Kingdom
* Royal Haskoning, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
* Sakhalin Energy Investment Company, Ltd., Rijswijk, The Netherlands/Moscow, Russia
* Shell Exploration & Production Services B.V., The Netherlands
* Vulcan Chemicals Company, Wichita, Kansas
* Western Pinnacle Mining Ltd., Moscow, Russia
* Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, Albany, New York
* World Bank, Washington, DC
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