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The following is a summary of the author’s professional career and is typical of the information found on a resume.

NOTEWORTHY EXPERIENCE

Most creative: Founder and Director Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity programs and services 1998-Present

Most independent: Senior Technical Advisor, Office of Engineering, Safety and Environmental Support, Defense Programs, Department of Energy (1993-1998)

Most senior management position: Acting Director, Office Research , Development and Testing Facilities, Defense Programs, Department of Energy (1992-1993) Oversight and infrastructure responsibility for approximately 37,000 federal and contractor employees at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, and the Nevada Test Site

Most revealing: Co-arbitrator for resolution of disagreements over a Nevada Test Site fatal helicopter accident investigation (1992)

Greatest impact: Chief, Technical Training Branch, Office of Scientific and Engineering Recruitment, Training and Staff Development, Department of Energy (1990 -1991)

Greatest “big picture” view: ditto, Chief, Technical Training Branch,

Most challenging: Program Manager, Radiological Health and Emergency Preparedness, Office of Safety Policy and Standards, Department of Energy (1988-1990)

Most fun: Emergency Response Coordinator, Region I, US Nuclear Regulator Commission1985-1988

Greatest specialized scientific skill: Radiation Effects Research Scientist, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda MD 1978-1981

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Managerial and Program Management Experience

  • Development and management of Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity programs and services.

  • Headquarters line management implementation of environmental and occupational safety and health programs, disciplined operations, oversight, and infrastructure for approximately 37,000 federal and contractor employees at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, and the Nevada Test Site.

  • Supervised and managed development of the Defense Programs technical training and qualification program and its associated integrated professional program for approximately technical 350 employees to meet Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board disciplined operations and oversight requirements.

  • Oversaw the development of all technical programs for the Office of Scientific and Engineering Recruitment, Training, and Staff Development for the Department of Energy's 4,000 technical employees with primary focus on integrated disciplined operations and oversight.

  • Performed as program manager for the Department of Energy Radiological Protection and Emergency Preparedness Program including policy and guidance, field oversight, and research and development activities with an approximate $4 million budget (1988 dollars).

  • Managed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Region I Emergency Preparedness Program encompassing all NRC licensed facilities in the New England and Mid-Atlantic States.

  • Managed the radiological safety program for the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) research reactor, linear accelerator and broad based medical research and development programs

  • Managed and programmatic lead for the radiological dosimetry support services program at the AFRRI including research and development activities.

  • Managed the administration of the Enlisted Physics Curriculum at the Naval Nuclear Power School, Orlando Florida.

Personnel/ Human Development Experience

  • Creativity consultant - primary individual and small business coaching on personal and/or professional issues

  • Consultant Workshops
    Orchestrating the Organization
    Facility/Organizational Conduct of Operation
    Creating Organizational Cultural Change
    Fundamentals for Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity
    Fresh Breath of the Heart
    Feminine Power
    Building Blocks for Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity
    Foundation for the Education of the Heart
    Navigating from the Heart
    Origins of Thought
    Oneness - Understanding the Longing of the Heart
    Individual/Organizational Rituals and Ceremonies

  • Developed or established training and staff development programs for:
    Defense Programs technical personnel and integrated professional development
    Department of Energy technical personnel
    US NRC Region I Emergency Response Program
    Armed Force Radiobiology Research Institute radiological safety
    Radiological health aspects of the Defense Nuclear Agency Medical Effects of Nuclear Weapons
    Programs for Department of Defense medical personnel.

  • Formal instructor appointments
    Navy Nuclear Power School
    Naval Aerospace Medical Institute
    Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
    Defense Nuclear Agency Medical Effects of Nuclear Weapons Course
    Department of Energy (various)

Technical Experience

  • Consultant via Alpha Management Solutions, Inc to US Army Chemical Demilitarization Program on formality and disciplined operations

  • Facility and personnel environment, health and safety program and integrated disciplined operation implementation for both research and development and operations of high hazard operations

  • Extensive regulatory and non-regulator inspection and assessment experience for disciplined operations and oversight

  • Facility operations and line management experience

  • Lead research scientist for radiation and damage effects on biological and material systems.

  • Extensive knowledge in program and operational management of emergency preparedness and emergency response

  • Commercial and military power reactor applications and non-power reactor applications, operations and oversight

  • Broad based non reactor and medical nuclear research and development experience

  • Approximately 15 technical publications circa 1974 through 1989

  • Provide workshop on the topic of creativity and the origin of one’s thoughts and one’s thinking.

  • Books:  Unpublished - essential material placed on the Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity family of web site

UNIQUE ASSIGNMENTS AND EXPERIENCES

Developed accelerated learning and training methodologies for Defense Programs, Department of Energy

Co-arbitrator for resolution of disagreements over a Nevada Test Site fatal helicopter accident.

Department of Energy representative to the Nuclear Energy Agency Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health, Paris, France. International policy and guidance.

Member of the Defense Nuclear Agency Nuclear Weapons Accident Response Team for world wide deployment.

Chairman, National Naval Medical Center Federal Credit Union Loan Committee. Policy and loan operations.

AFRRI Drug and Alcohol Control Board. Control of usage of all controlled substances at the medical research facility (narcotics, alcohol, hallucinogens, etc.).

AFRRI Reactor Safety Committee and Radiation Facilities Safety Committee. Oversight of all research and development radiological activities at the medical institute.

Led a joint Defense Programs/Laboratory task force to develop an integrated risked based prioritization system (multiattribute utility theory methodology).

EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY CHRONOLOGY

Independent Creativity Consultant/Writer 1998 - Pres

Founder and Director Releasing Your Unlimited Creativity programs and services 1998-Present

Department of Energy 1988 - 1998
Senior Technical Advisor, Office of Engineering, Safety and Environmental Support, Defense Programs 1993-1998
Acting Director, Office Research , Development and Testing Facilities, Defense Programs 1992-1993
Deputy Director, Office Research, Development and Testing Facilities, Defense Programs 1991-1992
Chief, Technical Training Branch, Office of Scientific and Engineering Recruitment, Training and Staff Development, 1990 -1991
Acting Director, Division of Resident Programs, Office of Quality Assurance 1990
Program Manager, Radiological Health and Emergency Preparedness, Office of Safety Policy and Standards 1988-1990

US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1982 - 1988
Emergency Response Coordinator, Region I, 1985-1988
Project Engineer, Reactor Licensing and Inspection Office, 1983-1985
Reactor Engineer - Operator Licensing Examiner, Reactor Licensing and Inspections Office 1982-1983

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Defense Nuclear Agency, 1978 - 1982; Active Duty, Lieutenant, US Navy Medical Service Corps
Radiation Safety Office, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, MD 1981-1982
Radiation Effects Research Scientist, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda MD 1978-1981

US Navy, 1973-1978; Commissioned Ensign, 1973; Resigned Lieutenant, USN 1978
Director, Enlisted Physics Division, Naval Nuclear Powers School, Orlando FL 1977-1978
Instructor, Naval Nuclear Power School, Mare Island, CA and Orlando FL. 1974-1977

 

CERTIFICATION/EDUCATION/TRAINING

Certified Health Physicist (1982-1998)
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Reactor Operator Examiner (1983-1987)
B.S. Physics, Villanova University, 1973
M.S. Physics, Naval Postgraduate School, 1974
Communication Electronics, Capitol Radio Engineering Institute, 1982
National Naval Medical Center Clinical Nuclear Medicine 400 hours, 1978
Various technical and non-technical related training programs

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