Senior Technical Advisor

• Feb 2023 - Present

Senior ESG Analyst / Investigator

• Apr 2020 - Present

• Developed dynamic scalable financial and operating models for a $250MM green database energy arbitrage project involving natural gas, solar, wind, and grid power, water sourcing and stewardship, and bitcoin/blockchain, as well as a $200MM solar partnership with a European power company, both involving prominent Texas oil and gas ranchers and landowners. • Collaborated with datacenter expert to design agile power architecture with optionality and modularity to switch between wind, solar, battery, and natural gas sources with minimal downtime, only drawing from the grid when necessary, and selling all energy to the grid during emergencies. • Designed sustainable recirculating water cooling systems for 50 MW green data centers in West Texas, using solar power, gravity assist, and evaporative cooling to maintain operating temperatures below 82F/27C while emphasizing responsible environmental stewardship by minimizing evaporative and leakage losses. • Evaluated third-party battery bank solar power storage solutions for integration into green data centers and solar farms. • Provided technical guidance and input to venture capital investors and large landowner, real estate, and energy partners. Show less

Research Scientist

• Mar 2021 - Oct 2021

• Evaluated and optimized blended polymer-based fluid packages for delivery of nanoparticles and flocculation and removal of contaminants including iron, paper and textile fibers, microplastics, heavy metals, surfactants, and oil and grease. • Conducted strategic product review to evaluate water treatment products, including biocides, polymers, flocculants, and surfactants for new markets and applications in recycling, paper, textiles, mines, landfills, and farming. Established value propositions for new products including biocides, polymers, flocculants, and surfactants. • Designed and tested procedures and equipment to grow and monitor anaerobic sulfate-reducing bacteria, as well as physical models of client ponds and reservoirs, for formulation and small-scale testing of biocide packages in a restricted-budget laboratory. • Saved 20+ man-hours per project by programming an Excel/VBA application that analyzed data from field TWA reports and formulated a chemically identical 5-gallon sample in the Houston lab from distilled water and an inexpensive library of salts, metals, oils, fibers, and microplastics. This eliminated the costs and risks of refrigerating and shipping time-sensitive water samples across the country. • Prepared and delivered risk assessment and remediation plan under budget for microbial contamination in polymer stock at main production facility. Characterized bacteria species based on unique microbiology. Developed and tested cost-effective in-house biocide treatment, QAQC methods, and process improvements to raise efficiency, turn-around, safety, and product quality. Authored reports and implementation plan and presented to C-suite executives. Show less

Director of Field Engineering

• Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

• Directed field laboratory team of 5 supporting water treatment operations using proprietary nanotechnology and conventional chemistry for environmental remediation of iron, oil, and solids in produced water across multiple client sites in New Mexico and Texas. Designed and built 4 laboratory facilities (HQ, satellite, and mobile field) under budget. Managed laboratory inventory, budget, HSEQ and third-party QAQC testing. Tracked and maintained key performance indicators (KPI), for executives and customers. • Led data analysis and data management for CarboNet’s field operations, handling >300 sample points daily. Authored procedures and data reporting programs to coordinate sampling, testing, and real-time analysis across all job sites. • Saved >$500K, manufacturing lead time, and 500 man-hours for travel, set-up, and manufacturing by modeling 3 customer treatment sites with CAD and fabricating scale models to evaluate CarboNet’s water treatment products under replicated flow and chemical conditions from the field. Interpolated effluent data from models to guide full-scale treatment programs. • Reviewed deliverables and daily reports, presented to C-suite executives and customer representatives. Show less

Senior Technical Specialist

• Apr 2018 - Sep 2019

• Engineered cost-effective oilfield chemical packages for major global customers. Collaborated with Project Managers, Product Champions, field staff, and client representatives to manage implementation. Projects included water treatment (re-use, recycling, reclamation, biocides, flocculants, coagulants, filtration, ion-exchange, O2 and H2S scavengers, oxidizers, and corrosion inhibitors), wellbore solutions (water and oil-based drilling fluids, completion brines, fluid loss control, breakers, displacements, cleaning, and gas hydrate prevention) and fracking (slickwaters, screens, and proppants). • Formulated and optimized biocide packages with >95% kill efficacy for field sites that were previously intractably contaminated. • Conducted strategic product review and R&D’d evaluation and analysis methods for water treatment chemicals and equipment, including biocides, antimicrobial coatings, oxidizers, and polymers, to reduce inventory expenses, certify new products, update Quality Management System, and identify new markets and applications. • Saved >1,500 man-hours by designing Jira architecture using data analysis, barcode scanning, 5S, and Lean Six Sigma to build an online real-time inventory with >700 chemical and product entries. Coordinated with HSEQ Supervisor to implement program and train entire TIG facility staff. • Developed methods and media via literature review and in-house R&D to cultivate species of Sulfate Reducing Bacteria in nonsterile laboratory environment. Created standard contaminated water samples from culture blends to compare microbial mitigation methods in controlled setting. • Authored and reviewed deliverables including safety and environmental risk assessments, JSA’s, SOP’s, and technical reports for product performance, formulations, and QAQC to Project Managers, Product Champions, and customers. • Recognized with both TETRA’s Individual 5S Champion and Team 5S Champion awards and featured on the TIG website. Show less

Consultant and Technical Advisor

• Sep 2017 - Apr 2018

• Coordinated with clinical research lab at Baylor University on development and QAQC of a pharmaceutical colloidal nanotechnology that delivered oxygen to mammalian cells. R&D demonstrated that the product increased blood oxygen saturation in peripheral tissues, increased survival time after haemorrhage, accelerated wound healing, and reduced scar tissue in burns and lacerations. • Generated $3.5MM OPEX and CAPEX savings for a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility by developing process improvements, optimizing formulations and catalysts, and redesigning production machinery, mercury fume abatement equipment, and waste disposal pipeline to improve efficiency and meet or exceed HSEQ requirements. Show less

Associate, R&D Tax Credit Consulting

• Jan 2016 - Sep 2017

• Delivered over $30MM in OPEX savings as R&D Tax Credits, exceeding 210% of initial estimates, by utilizing broad multi-industry scientific background to conduct financial analysis and evaluate corporate structure, R&D activities, product value streams, and production processes for small businesses in the petrochemical, biochemical, mechanical and aerospace engineering, precision manufacturing, industrial fabrication, food/beverage, MEP, mining, construction, and factory automation industries. • Managed portfolio of >50 client files simultaneously. • Collaborated with >30 attorneys to review and legally substantiate credit calculations within the framework of U.S. Code §41, Treasury Reg. §1.41, and relevant case law precedents. • Authored technical reports to substantiate the basis of qualification for R&D projects, R&D employees, investments in new technologies and materials, and third-party contractors towards the R&D credit. Show less

Chemist

• Aug 2014 - Nov 2015

• Supported project engineers and technical service engineers from the Completion and RDF segment to deliver custom chemical packages for a major oil and gas clients including Shell, Chevron, Exxon, BP, Anadarko, Hess, Total, and Pioneer. • Designed, tested, and optimized polymer-based and oil-based formulations for reservoir drilling fluids, fluid loss control pills, breakers, corrosion inhibitors, brine compatibility and reclamations, and displacements, corrosion inhibitors, and QAQC of existing and new products. • Served as lead chemist on $900MM drilling fluid package for Shell’s offshore program. Collaborated directly with VP and Dept. Head daily to review client proposals and optimize fluid design for extreme geologies, temperature, pressure, and environmental sensitivity. • Authored deliverables, QAQC, and technical reports to showcase product performance. • Finished 1st of 35 in Laboratory, 2nd overall in M-I SWACO Drilling Fluids Fundamentals School. Show less

Technical Advisor

• Sep 2012 - Aug 2014

• Developed business plans which attracted $25MM term sheet for frack water treatment and enhanced oil recovery - an innovative centralized wastewater collection hub in West TX that pioneered brackish water re-use in fracking. The hub networked over 50 wells, assessed influent flowback and produced water quality, and adaptively blended sources to uniform brackish standard for just-in-time delivery, at a cost-effective efficiency profile.• Liaised between business, sales, and outside vendors, providing technical guidance and insight on water innovation, water sourcing and disposal, water chemistry, petroleum chemistry, oilfield and lab equipment, QAQC, HSEQ, and industry best practices.• Designed innovative Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) tank battery complex using strategic decanting and geometry to decrease turbulence around entrained oil droplets, leading to improved separation and skimming. Show less

Engineer - Water Treatment and Product Development

• Sep 2012 - Aug 2014

• Designed laboratory and methodologies to research water disposal, water treatment, and enhanced oil recovery in support of a network of >50 oil wells in the Delaware Basin, Ellenberger Formation.• Spearheaded chemical and biological feasibility studies on stimulation and microbe enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) methods.• Developed biocidal and corrosion-preventative procedures for oilfield equipment.• Investigated B. subtilis fatty acid metabolism mutants for paraffin degradation. Show less

CEO and Lead Instructor

• Jan 2010 - Aug 2014

• Launched tutoring startup specializing in online and in-person instruction of Biology, Chemistry, Advanced Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, and Computer Programming for undergraduates and high school students. • Interviewed, hired, and managed a team of five tutors specializing in advanced STEM fields. • Oversaw marketing, advertising, outreach, and client management for >150 customers in the Dallas, Houston, and Bryan-College Station areas. • Fully paid off student loan debt with proceeds. Show less

Graduate Researcher

• Sep 2010 - Mar 2013

• Discovered novel neurological pathway for mating behavior in nematode worms (Caenorhabditis elegans) via laser-stimulated excitation and inhibition of individual cholinergic neurons and ganglia, with applications for neurological disorders and ADHD neurobiology and neurochemistry. • Engineered, synthesized, and isolated DNA plasmids via targeted mutagenesis in Escherichia coli to label specific C. elegans mating neurons with GFP. • Performed GAL-4/UAS staining of digestive tissues in fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) metabolic mutants. Show less

Graduate Teaching Assistant

• Aug 2010 - Dec 2012

• Instructed >300 undergraduate students in Biology for five semesters at Texas A&M University. Designed curriculum, lesson plans, and laboratory assigments. Managed coursework and assessments. • Received exemplary marks (>4 of 5) from student reviews every semester. • Instructed >300 undergraduate students in Biology for five semesters at Texas A&M University. Designed curriculum, lesson plans, and laboratory assigments. Managed coursework and assessments. • Received exemplary marks (>4 of 5) from student reviews every semester.

Undergraduate Researcher - Department of Biology

• May 2008 - May 2010

• Designed and synthesized DNA plasmids to examine the wnt-8 gene and enhancers in embryonic development of the zebrafish (Danio rerio) brain.• Discovered early onset of gene expression in midbrain-hindbrain boundary with applications for screening and detection of developmental and genetic disorders.

Undergraduate Researcher - Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

• Dec 2007 - May 2010

• Protoyped and developed first commercial rice product (Uncle Ben’s Ready Rice Whole Grain Brown) to earn FDA’s “Good Source of Dietary Fiber” label for MARS Food Corporation.• Researched and created dietary fiber analysis method to determine starch and mineral content of over 200 rice cultivars using simulated human digestion and UV Spectroscopy. Managed global sourcing of cultivars.

Researcher

• May 2006 - May 2007

• Investigated and characterized Alternaria sp. fungal-resistant strains of turfgrass for residential use in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Managed, grew, propagated, sampled, and analyzed inventory of >50 turfgrass species in specialty greenhouses. • Researched Ig-E mediated causes of fungal allergies at UT Southwestern Medical School. • Investigated and characterized Alternaria sp. fungal-resistant strains of turfgrass for residential use in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Managed, grew, propagated, sampled, and analyzed inventory of >50 turfgrass species in specialty greenhouses. • Researched Ig-E mediated causes of fungal allergies at UT Southwestern Medical School.