Environmental Science Professional with •••••+ years of research, regulation, oil exploration, fund-raising, map creation, writing and cross-cultural teamwork in a fast-paced global environment.
Summary of Qualifications
• Exceptional leader and team player with mentoring skills.
• Excellent communicator with oral presentations and
writing/publishing experience.
• Multi-lingual—fluent in English and Turkish.
• Skillfully able to manage and serve cross-cultural teams
from many different cultures.
• Professional and educational background experience in
environmental and oil exploratory mapping.
• Successfully balanced •••••+ years of professional public
regulatory and private
careers.
• Flexible self-starter able to readily adapt to new and
unique job and personal environments.
• •••••+ published articles in various magazines and journals.
• Limited federal background security clearance
Selected Career Achievements
Oversight and Regulation
• Regulated industrial, municipal and inert landfills
throughout North Dakota; oversaw siting and construction
of new landfill cells; created technical reports and
enforced federal and state environmental statutes,
monitored methane and other greenhouse gases and
investigated private/public dumping issues.
• Consulted with community leaders regarding landfill
remediation, siting, design & closure issues.
Technical/Free-Lance Writing and GIS Map Creation
• Created detailed technical reports based on federal and
state environmental statutes.
• Developed scores of GIS-based computerized maps based on
real world environments.
• Researched and wrote ••••• published articles for scientific
and popular journals.
• Founded a •••••(c) (3) non-profit scientific organization.
• Drafted subsurface geological maps for analyses of
hydrocarbon pay zones.
• Completed two Masters-level courses in GIS mapmaking &
satellite imagery
Educational Counseling/Test Administration
• Advised professional military students on career path and
coursework options.
• Managed student tuition programs and scholastic
advancement.
• Administered all online course testing, CLEP and other
placement testing and military advancement testing.
Non-Profit Organization Creation and Fund-Raising
• Founded and led a non-profit organization.
• Provided oral presentations and developed non-profit
fundraising plans for organizations and individuals over
a period of ••••• years.
Teaching, Teamwork and Leadership
• Taught in secondary schools, guided students and
developed a curriculum.
• Motivated teammates in foreign cross-cultural language
learning and outreach settings.
• Guided communities and individuals in environmental rules
and recycling programs.
• Trained oilfield geologists on analyses of petroleum
hydrocarbon identification.
Professional Experience
Environmental Scientist October ••••• to present.
North Dakota Department of Health
Division of Waste Management
Sawyer and Bismarck, ND•••••
Director/Map Creation Specialist June ••••• – August •••••
International Ecological Partnerships
Grand Junction, CO
Educational Counselor July ••••• - July •••••
Central Texas College
Killeen, TX
Hydrocarbon Well Logger
Tooke Engineering, Inc.
Casper, WY
Education and Training
Master of Science in Geography ••••• GPA.
S.D. State University, Brookings, SD.
Bachelor of Arts in Earth Science •••••.
Minot State University, Minot, ND
Bachelor of Science in Education ••••• GPA.
Minot State University, Minot, ND
Specialized Training/Professional Development
• Completed ••••• hour OSHA HAZMAT training and certificate,
and yearly refresher courses.
Technical Programs
• MS Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Windows
•••••/•••••/XP/Vista
• GIS ESRI, Inc., ArcView, ArcInfo Map-Making Software
