Summary of Experience: 
 - 14 years professional experience (5 years in hydrogeologic consulting and 9 years regulatory experience with U.S. EPA).
 - California Registered Geologist 6210 and  Engineer in training XE073527.

EDUCATION

University of California Berkeley

Master of Engineering, Mineral Engineering (Hydrogeology Group) May 1991.

Adviser: Prof. T.N. Narasimhan

Engineering Report: Application of Under-Pressured Vaporizer Well (UVB) Technology to Remediation of Volatile Organic Compounds in Ground Water at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site.

California State University, Hayward

B.S. Geology 1985.   Honors List 1985

HONORS

2000 U.S. EPA Bronze Medal for participation in creation of Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response directive on Monitored Natural Attenuation.

1999 U.S. EPA Bronze Medal for outstanding efforts as co-chairman for development of an ASTM standard for remediation by natural attenuation at Leaking Underground Storage Tanks sites.

1996 U.S. EPA Bronze Medal for outstanding efforts in developing a standard for risk-based corrective action for Leaking Underground Storage Tanks sites.

1995 U.S. EPA Region 9 Bronze Medal for developing a new risk-based decision-making strategy for underground storage tank corrective actions.

1993 Federal Employee of the Year, San Francisco Bay Area, Scientific Category

1993 U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development STAR Award, Paper co-authored with Robert Hillger of RREL, "Underground Storage Tanks on Indian Lands".

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, San Francisco, California

Hydrogeologist/Environmental Engineer, Office of Underground Storage Tanks 1991-present.  Provide technical support and information to State Underground Storage Tank (UST) program managers for AZ, CA, HI, NV, Guam, American Samoa, and Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI).  Direct UST/LUST program implementation on Indian Lands in Region 9 including: Interaction with Tribal Personnel; Interaction with other Federal agencies; Interaction with tank owners and operators; Review of consultant reports; Regulatory Interpretations; Education and outreach; and Supervision of in-house contracts.  Participate in national level policy and decision making groups including ASTM committees of Guide for Corrective Action for Petroleum Releases E-1599, Risk-Based Corrective Action E1739, and Remediation by Natural Attenuation.

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California

Graduate Student Research Assistant, 1989-1991.  Assessed technologies for remediation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ground water, through numerical simulation of fluid flow and contaminant transport using TRUST and TRUMP computer codes on VAX 8600.  Installed, and configured Apple Macintosh and IBM PS/2 systems for research use.

Weiss Associates, Emeryville, California

Project Geologist 1989-1991, part time.  Managed ground water contamination remediation projects including: proposal and budget development; Client and regulator contacts; Supervision of junior level staff; Well installation; Ground water quality sampling and chemical concentration data interpretation; Potentiometric surface mapping; Aquifer testing; Analytical flow modeling; and Production of regulatory compliance reports submitted to the California Regional Water Quality Control Board.

Senior Staff Geologist 1985-1989  

Conducted all aspects of ground water monitoring and ground water contamination remediation projects including: Ground water flow and solute transport modeling; Hydrogeologic data collection, compilation and interpretation; Aquifer testing; Report writing; Bore hole logging; Monitoring well design, installation and development; Computer assisted data analysis; Computer program development; and State-of-the-art ground water and soil sampling.  Co-supervised company computer hardware and software acquisition, operation and maintenance.  Served as company Safety Officer.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Project Management for Site Assessment and Remediation, University of California Berkeley Extension, 1994, 1995, 1996

Oceanography, Chabot College, 1992

Guest Lecture, Contaminant Fate and Transport Modeling, San Francisco State University, 1992

Teaching Assistant, Environmental Public Policy, U.C. Berkeley, 1998.

COMMITTEES

Co-chairman for ASTM task group for Remediation by Natural Attenuation E1943-98.

Task group member, ASTM Risk-Based Corrective Action for Petroleum Release Sites, E1739 

Task group member, ASTM Guide for Corrective Action for Petroleum Releases, E1599.

SPECIAL SKILLS

ASTM sanctioned trainer for E-1943-98 Remediation by Natural Attenuation.

ASTM sanctioned trainer for E-1739 Risk-Based Corrective Action for Petroleum Release Sites.

Spanish reading skills and speaking knowledge.