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EDUCATION:
Masters in Civil & Environmental Engineering June 09
University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry March 06
University of California, Santa Barbara
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
California Engineer In Training # 137271 October 09
Hazardous Waste Training in California 2010 and 2011
Complete Environmental Regulations Training October 2011
Candidate Highlights:
Fluent in English, Spanish, and Armenian
Secret clearance previously held at Lockheed Martin Skunkworks from 2010-2012
Experience interfacing with Vendors and Contractors
Experience in manufacturing and environmental work settings
Experience in leading anomaly resolution activities
Lead Level 2 Materials Engineer
Built an animatronics project, experience with Arduino
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Shakar Bakery , Van Nuys, California
Entrepreneur/CEO Dec09-Current
Experience with cost management, marketing, customer service, vendor relationships and business development
Designed cake projects that integrated chemistry, mechanical and electrical engineering while preventing cross contamination between the electronics/materials and the food source. Best known worldwide by developing the first ever Daft Punk animatronics cake. I designed and built the structure and provided engineering specifications to a computer engineer who assisted in developing the Arduino platform used to run the animatronics. The project gained worldwide attention and you can read about it on my website here.
Both business and projects have been published in highly reputable engineering and cake magazines and blogs
Developed new mediums of food science in the business that were lighter and more cost efficient in order to reduce work load while increasing profits.
Kroner Environmental Services, Inc., Los Angeles, California
Environmental Engineer April12-Jan13
Project manager in civil and environmental remediation projects. Responsibilities included reviewing project site environmental repots, developing time lines for removal, scheduling site walks with utility companies, and calculating how much soil and water removal would be required.
Led and supervised the remediation for the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension future maintenance yard in Monrovia, California. Project included supervising contractors during remediation process and collaborating with the project Authority as well as other engineers. Remediation worked included lead, arsenic and asbestos removal.
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Palmdale, California
Materials Engineer Level 2 Aug10 – April12
Project manager in Environmental, Safety and Health compliance projects to ensure Material & Processing projects complied with Environmental guidelines involving air, water and soil pollution. This involved reviewing documents and proposals from different disciplinary groups to assure compliance.
Lead hazardous waste minimization projects to satisfy SPCC, DOT, RCRA, SARA, TRI, TSCA, NESHAP, and AQMD regulations. This involved replacing hazardous materials with more environmentally friendly materials while reducing company expense, checking air quality permits, and performing online research to find better cost reductions for the company.
Lead weekly environmental compliance trainings that covered topics from Environmental, Health and Safety.
Subject Matter and Lead Materials Engineer for the F-35 tools thermal mapping survey. The purpose of this project was to problem solve a thermal issue in the F-35, which I was able to do within 4 months. I created large scale tests to find the thermal issues on F-35 parts, supervised and audited the shop floor and analyzed the results. This project required collaboration with Manufacturing and Material Engineers.
Project lead- collaborated with the Low Observables department to develop a low-VOC anti-static rain erosion coating system for F35. I investigated different paint materials, created and ran test plans to see which material best suited the program’s needs.
Lead engineer for the REACH program (Registration, Evaluation, Au...
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