EXPERIENCE
Technical Writer, Contract
M&H Energy Services, 2900 Wilcrest #300, Houston TX 77042, 4/08 - 8/08. Drafted
an operating philosophy for an LNG terminal. Revised the operations manual for a
natural gas platform fuel gas system. Documenting refinery control systems, e.g.
sorting and formatting alarm tables. Editing process operations manuals. Writing
competency assessments for technicians and operators.
Curriculum Consultant
National Oilwell Varco, 5100 N. Sam Houston Parkway W., Houston TX 77086, 12/07
- 1/08. Interviewed experienced operatiors and planned instruction for new
operators of the Continuous Circulation System, a new tool that maintains mud
circulation during drilling tool joint changes.
Technical Writer, Contract
National Oilwell Varco, 10000 Richmond, Houston TX 77042, 11/06 - 8/07. Edited,
wrote and illustrated operations and maintenance manuals for petroleum drilling
equipment, based on my observations and photographs, interviews, technical
drawings and common sense.
Technical Writer, Contract
Chevron Hydrogen Company, 3901 Briarpark, Houston TX , 5/05 - 9/05. Wrote
operations and maintenance manual and parts source book for the first energy
service station to provide hydrogen made from natural gas drawn from the gas
main.
Technical Writer, Contract
Industrial Micro Solutions, 10622 Rockley Road, Houston TX, 2/05 - 3/05. Solved
software/hardware problems and wrote a calibration guide for the T-Mount, a
printed circuit assembly using the Texas Instruments PGA309 sensor signal
conditioner to improve the accuracy of an automotive torque meter.
Technical Services Chemist
Veolia Water Process Solutions, 4760 World Houston Parkway, Houston TX 77032,
5/01 - 5/04 Developed, wrote and taught test methods. Analyzed petroleum
wastewaters and sludges for pH, density, viscosity profile, oil, water & solids.
Coordinated outside analyses. Repaired instruments. Chose surfactants and
polymers for centrifugal separation. Provided Shipper's Declaration for Dangerous
Goods and EPA Toxic Chemicals Release Inventory. Alerted management to changes in
regulations. 40hr HAZWOP. ISTC Basic. Served on Safety Committee. Closed facility
at night.
o wrote procedure for oil, water, and solids in one test and presented it to
ASTM
Instructor
ESI/ITT Technical Institute, 2222 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston TX 77058, 11/00 -
04/01 Taught electronics for associate degree program.
Electronics Technician
Hydril Company, 3300 N. Sam Houston Parkway E., Houston TX 77032, 9/97-7/00.
Manufacturing electronic controls for subsea hydraulics. Tested pressure
transducers. Wrote test procedures. Used MS Office, AS/400 and face-to-face
negotiation to coordinate the electronics testing and troubleshooting lab with
engineering, regulatory compliance, documentation, inspection, routing, materials
control, and purchasing.
o won a group bonus for timely completion of Hydril's subsea pressure control
system for ENSCO
o proposed and won acceptance of a new way of accounting for hookup wire, saving
time and money
o revised the transducer test procedure, making a troublesome component one of
the most reliable
Member of Technical Staff, Contract
Boeing North American, 555 Gemini, Houston TX 77058, 1/96-2/97 Analyzed flow of
heat in space shuttle components and radiant heating of shuttle/payload/space
station combinations
o made a spreadsheet to identify unneeded conductors in the 3-D thermal model of
the Space Shuttle nose cap and removed them several weeks ahead of schedule
Technical Writer
Chemical Technology Consultants, 10101 Fondren, Houston TX 77096, 10/94-12/95
o obtained battery technology data by phone and generated newsletter copy
o revised a 290-page book on ultrapure materials for semiconductors
Electronics Technician
Panametrics, 820 Gessner #220, Houston TX 77024, 10/94-10/95 Repaired ultrasonic
thickness gages and flaw detectors. Supported customers.
Technical Editor, Contract
Curtin Matheson Scientific, 9999 Veterans Memorial, Houston, TX 77038, Houston,
Texas, 3/93-2/94. Made the biennial catalog descriptive index.
o introduced spreadsheet-based indexing and generated most of the descriptors
for a general catalog having more than 1700 pages
Engineering Assistant
Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co, Box 58561, Houston, TX 77258, 4/89-12/92.
Analyzed flow of heat in space shuttle payloads and prepared camera-ready
documents
o prepared interface control document revisions and first-generation drawings
for the Base Flow Heating Experiment (Aeroassist Flight Experiment).
o progressed from typing and proofreading analyses others had prepared to
revision and origination of the analyses themselves, integrating text, data from
Microsoft Excel, and mainframe downloads: complete document production including
illustrations and drafting
o evaluated ways to detect and remove toxic contaminants that might be spilled
on the outside of a space suit during servicing of Space Station Freedom;
quantified using spreadsheets
o made 16 thermal reports over a 3.5-year period; major responsibility for 9
o one of the thermal analysis team recognized by JSC Acting Director Paul Weitz
for "..outstanding contribution on the design, development and certification of
the Extended Range Payload Communications Link (ERPCL) Flight System on STS-51."
o one of seven people recognized by the Commercial Programs Office for
"..outstanding support which has contributed significantly to excellent
performance on our Systems Engineering and Mission Integration Support (SEMIS)
contract."
Instructor
Hargest College, South Main Street, Houston TX, 7/87-10/87 Vocational
electronics for computer repair students
Teacher
Nixon-Smiley CISD, Box 400, Nixon TX, 10/78-3/79 JHS life sci. and Earth sci; HS
physical sci., biology and chemistry
Teacher
Calvert ISD, Calvert TX, 8/77-5/78 JHS Earth science or health; HS biology,
physical science and physics
o two of my students placed in the district and one in the regional UIL science
competition
CERTIFICATES
Texas provisional secondary teacher certificate, biology and science composite,
issued 1978
FCC General Radiotelephone Operator with Ship's Radar Endorsement, issued 1980
Texas permit to teach vocational electronics, issued 1986
HazWOpER 40hr + refresher
EDUCATION
BA, Amherst College, biology
MS, Univ. of Ark., plant pathology
Certificate, Inst. of Electronic Science
21 sem. hr. mathematics 5 sem. hr. drafting
8 sem. hr. physics 54 sem. hr. electronics
27 sem. hr. chemistry 8 sem. hr. biochem.
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