Industrial Ventilation, Air Pollution Control and Mining Mechanical Engineering Design Expert

Expertise

• Design and Application Engineer for various industrial plants and projects.
• MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration); miner training, mine entry of all types and emergency management for incident command systems.
• Air pollution control system design and operation.
• Recruit, train and management of manufacturers' representatives.
• Application Engineer for air pollution control and dry bulk material handling systems.
• Design of equipment plans and functions.
• Sales management process equipment: Mining, power, cement, grain and chemical industries.
• Dust collection system design, start up and operator training.
• Incident command system: Liaison Officer, Incident Communications Manager and status check-In.
• Process Equipment Systems: Start up , troubleshooting , retrofit and commissioning.
• Design and retrofit of cement plant processing clinker coolers.

Expert Witness Experience

• Expert Witness: Involving misapplied dust collection system equipment.

Experience

Undisclosed Company, Proprietor, 2004 - Present

• Manufacturers' Representative Firm providing strategic sales of air pollution control systems, dust collection and mitigation, stack gas monitoring instrumentation.
• Product recommendation and product offering.
• Developed subsidiary company, providing consultation services on Industrial Ventilation System Design, Performance, Operation and Maintenance for both new and existing equipment.
• Professional Witness on air Pollution technology Applications.
• Serve as Customer Support Specialist for companies represented both through phone, email and field visits.
• Serve as mediator between clients and manufacturers on equipment, contract, and organizational issues.
• Dry bulk material conveying system design (pneumatic and mechanical); feeding, metering and storage.

Fuller Bulk Handling, (various divisions and locations), 1991 - 2003

Western District Sales Manager, 2001 - 2003

• Sales Manager for line of pneumatic conveying technology and sliding vane compressors.
• Hire, manage, motivate and train a network of Manufacturers Representatives.
• Extensive sales promotion travels in the 13 most Western States to major facilities in the; cement, power, mining, gypsum, lime, fly ash, copper, alumina, gold, waste water, mineral processing and oil - gas Industries.
• Manage service centers in assigned territory. Chaired meetings to negotiate service agreements between clients, sales representatives and equipment end users.
• Managed training program for sales representatives, in the design and operation of pneumatic conveying systems.
• Review commercial terms to communicate; legal issues and risks, to senior legal and accounting management.

Senior Design Engineer: Clinker Cooler Systems Engineering, Bethlehem, PA, 1994 - 1997

• Design Team Leader: Cement Manufacturing Cooler Designs and Modifications.
• Structural design of process equipment, including stress analysis and welding design.
• Design of hydraulic drive systems and applied mechanics for the design of weldment support structures.
• Developed Design Standards and Documentation for ISO Registration.
• Generating, approving and enacting: blueprints, site layouts, specifications, and construction methods.
• Solo operation as company 'diplomat' in third world countries: Identifying, documenting and resolving equipment design and operational issues. Including the onsite direction of repair and refurbishment operations.
• Worked across cultural boundaries to diffuse distressed clients to accept alternative views and work for common goal.

Application Engineer Air Pollution Control, Bethlehem, PA (Fuller - Kovako), 1991 - 1994

• Sizing, design and pricing of air pollution control systems (bag houses, wet scrubbers and cyclones).
• Responsible for providing systems that assure EPA compliance.
• Development and writing of course training materials for presentation to Sales Agents and corporate employees.
• Design and procurement of specialized pressure vessels fabricated from conventional and exotic materials.
• Proficiency in the sizing of explosion suppression, prevention and relief systems for explosive powders per National Fire Protection Association ( NFPA ) guidelines.

J.C.C., Sheriff's Office, Incident Manager, 2002 - Present

• Team Incident Management: Type 3 for the Office of Emergency Management.
• Incident Communications Manager; supervise Incident communications staff, maintain unit's metrics and records.
• Status Check in Recorder: Vet and track resources responding to a wildland fire or all hazards incident.
• Deploy, set up, and staff county mobile communications van. Issue, program and field maintain cache of government owned radios.
• National Incident Management Systems course work completed towards Liaison Officer and Safety Officer.
• Participated in response to: wildland fires, vaccine distribution, flood, and reception of Katrina evacuees.

Schenck Weighing Systems, Golden CO, Western Regional Sales Manager, 1999 - 2001

Sales Manager for a line of heavy industry weigh systems.

• Interviewed, selected and trained a network of Sales Representatives.
• Applications and proposal preparation.
• Strategic planning of Sale Representatives training based on outcome oriented metrics.
• Prepare training curriculum, procedures and training methods of class room and field training programs.
• Identified all heavy industry facilities in 11 Western States and established appropriate rapport with key contacts.

GEA Integrated Cooling Technologies, Inc., Lakewood, CO, Applications Manager, 1998 - 1998.

• Manager of Applications with a staff Engineers, preparing Cooling Tower Proposals.
• Cooling tower process design and development of technical proposal to meet client specifications.
• Responsible for post contract cost analysis and updating cost database.
• Bid Solicitation, Negotiations and Project planning with Electrical and Mechanical Subcontractors.
• Key Member of Standards Committee, identifying and implementing product design enhancements.

Diamonex Optical Products Group, (Monsanto), Allentown, PA, Facilities Engineer, 1998 - 1998

• Managed simple to complex, clean room design modification projects in compliance to ISO 5 standards.
• Identified need for, specified and enacted Boiler Water Treatment Program.
• Authored plant emergency response and evacuation plan.

Borough of Northampton, PA, Management, 1992 - 1996

• Public Service to Mayor, fulfilling the Emergency Management Coordinator role.
• Selected Staff Members and Managed Emergency Operations Center.
• Formed unified command structure for municipal agencies in conflict resolutions.
• Authored and implemented Municipal Emergency Operations Plan to assure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, including the direction and management of requirements for continuity of operations.
• Developed functional relationships with: Stake holders, Emergency Responders and State and Local Officials.
• Initiated, developed, designed and coordinated training exercises with; Fire, Law Enforcement, First Aid Squad, Fire-Police volunteers, Steak Holders and Municipal Elected Officials.

Micron Powder Systems and MikroPul, Summit, NJ, 1988 - 1991

Regional Manager Process Equipment and Air Pollution Control Groups

• Sales, service and installation of pulverizing, dust collecting, mixing and analytical laboratory systems.
• Design of Pulverizing and Dilute Phase Pneumatic Conveying systems, including inert.
• Presentation of process and Capital Equipment to Plant Engineering and Management Prospects.
• Routinely receive visitors to host their visit for witnessing laboratory testing and equipment performance.

Waltron Ltd., Aqualert Division, Whitehouse, NJ, 1987 - 1988

Water Chemistry Analyst - High Pressure Boilers
Marketing Coordinator

• Responsible for all applications of Waltron's product line.
• Authored Training and Operation Manuals for clients and representatives.
• Coordinated : advertising, press releases, magazine ads, direct mailings and trade shows.

Honors & Publications

Credentials

• Professional Engineer, Pennsylvania - Licensed
• Coursework Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• G-290 Public Information Officer (PIO)
• L-965 Liaison Officer (LOFR) All Hazards
• ICS-400 Advanced Incident Command System for Command and General Staff, Complex Incidents
• ICS-300 Incident Command System: Intermediate
• PER-320 Personal Protective Measures for Biological Events
• S-248 Status Check in Recorder (SCKN) and Demobilization Unit Leader (DEMOB)
• Resource: Ordering, Receiving & Distribution All Hazards
• Staging Area Manager (STAM) All Hazards
• IS-244 Developing and Managing Volunteers
• IS-27 Orientation to FEMA Logistics
• IS-42: Social Media in Emergency Management
• IS-26 Guide to Points of Distribution
• S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior
• S-130 Wildland Firefighter Training including fire shelter deployment and fire line field exercise

Languages

• Spanish - conversation

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• National Science Foundation Oceanographic Research Grant
• Elected Fellow - The Explorers Club, NYC

Publications

• Author of article: Sizing of Explosion Vents
• Training and Operations for Employee and Customer Instructional Manuals.

Education

• B.S. Mechanical Engineer, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ