Experience

Talquin Electric Cooperative, Inc.

• United States
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Water Services

  • Feb 2023 - Present

• Manager of Water Services

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  • Direct the regulatory and environmental compliance programs for nineteen public drinking water systems and six biological wastewater treatment systems.• Lead team of licensed water treatment and wastewater operators to manage systems in four-county service area.• Provide public presence to address questions, concerns, and media outreach on water quality and wastewater treatment.• Reduced regulatory compliance issues across all water and wastewater systems.• Directed the implementation of mobile instrument monitoring in critical systems significantly reducing overtime hours.• Coordinated the implementation of mobile platforms to bring in-field data, compile reports and provide key performance indicators. Show less

• Compliance Manager/Laboratory Director

  • Jan 2009 - Aug 2016

  • Developed and currently direct in-house laboratory quality assurance program and quality systems to achieve and maintain NELAC and FDOH certification.• Manage laboratory staff and conduct NELAC demonstration of capability training.• Compile and write environmental reports for grant applications to USDOE and USDA RUS.• Developed database project for water quality data storage and legacy data retrieval.• Provide routine water quality and compliance reports to the cooperative’s board of directors.• Design and prepare monitoring and sampling programs for new USEPA and FDEP regulations.• Created Visual Basic frontend on precautionary boil water notification tracking that enhanced the notification Show less



Florida Department of Environmental Protection

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Environmental Specialist III

  • Mar 2007 - Jan 2009

  • Conducted extensive reviews of literature and water-quality data to develop total maximum daily load (TMDL) reports. • Consulted and collaborated with state government entities, interested stakeholders, and private citizens on the development and implementation of watershed assessment management plans. • Presented calculated TMDLs and related information in public workshops. • Conducted extensive reviews of literature and water-quality data to develop total maximum daily load (TMDL) reports. • Consulted and collaborated with state government entities, interested stakeholders, and private citizens on the development and implementation of watershed assessment management plans. • Presented calculated TMDLs and related information in public workshops.