Experience

New Mexico Environment Department

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Feb 2022 - Present



Sealaska Technical Services

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Field Lead

  • Jun 2018 - May 2021

  Support the Los Alamos Legacy Cleanup Contract in the site-wide surface water compliance monitoring program at Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL) as subject-matter expert (SME) and technical lead for the stream gauge station network. • Oversight of subcontractor field crews • Report writing • Data analysis • Write and edit Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) • Survey stream reaches using Trimble Total Station • Model streamflow using HEC-RAS • Create and update rating curves • Operate, maintain, and build remote, solar powered stream gauge stations and precipitation monitoring stations on a telemetry network of up to 55 stations • Research and test new equipment, and upgrade gauge stations • Maintenance and upgrades to radio, cellular, and satellite telemetry systems • Maintain an inventory of equipment and equipment cost • Help with an annual budget of equipment cost Show less



TerranearPMC

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Project Scientist

  • Apr 2015 - May 2018

  Support the site-wide surface water compliance monitoring program at LANL as functional technical lead. This includes operation and maintenance of gage stations, precipitation stations, and telemetry network. Ensure continuous, accurate data of discharge and precipitation data. Contribute to process improvements for gage and telemetry network. • Maintain 55 gage stations with 9210 Sutron data loggers, various water level instruments, radio telemetry, and some with tipping bucket rain gages on ephemeral and intermittent streams and at springs • Four types of water level instruments used: Shaft encoders, Bubblers, Ultra-sonic sensors, and Radar sensors • Calibrate sensors for specific location • Research and test new equipment • Recommend upgrades to gage stations • Maintenance and upgrades to radio telemetry system in the field • Maintain and improve the telemetry polling of station data through the program XConnect on the server which stores the data in a SQL server database and is accessed by the program Hydstra • Maintain camera system and cellular telemetry of images • Go to person for troubleshooting issues with gages, telemetry, and cameras • Collect water samples with ISCO samplers • Survey stream reaches at gages using Trimble Total Stations or GNSS systems • Use survey data in HEC-RAS to model streamflow at gages to create rating curves • Use rating curves to determine a sampling trip level • Program dataloggers for instruments, with rating curves to convert stage to discharge, and to activate ISCO samplers at a specified trip level • Maintain an inventory of equipment • Collect channel soil samples of fresh deposits • Sample spring water • BMP inspections and maintenance Show less



Colorado State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2012 - Dec 2014

  Researched the surface and subsurface hydrologic processes of ephemeral streams for an eco-hydro-geomorphic watershed and stream classification system for the purpose of defining responsible land management. • Determined precipitation thresholds from watershed field data in order to identify parameters of flood response. • Developed a hydrological research plan, implemented the plan, and collected data with field instruments for an environmental sensitivity assessment from a hydrological perspective. Responsible for all aspects of the study including instrument set-up and maintenance and data downloading at monitoring sites as well as interpretation of the data. Instruments at sites included: pressure transducers for stream flow recording, rain gauges, soil moisture, temperature sensors, net radiometer, anemometers, pyranometers, quantum sensors, humidity sensors, soil heat flux sensors. • Collected spatial data using Trimble GPS • Responsible for site selection and installation. • Wrote programs for Campbell Scientific dataloggers. • Compiled, processed, and analyzed hydrologic data from all sites. • Created maps, delineated watersheds, and determined watershed and stream network characteristics using ArcGIS. • Modeled soil moisture using Hydrus 1D. • Conducted soil particle size analysis. • Created water retention curves using a WP4 Dewpoint PotentiaMeter to determine matric potentials of soil samples. • Developed PowerPoint presentations for status updates. • Contributed writing to status updates and project final report. Show less



Paradise Landscaping

• Landscaper

  • Jan 2007 - May 2012

  Part time landscape work. Part time landscape work.



The University of New Mexico

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Technical Specialist

  • May 2010 - Sep 2010

  Summer job working in the Earth and Planetary Science Department. Most work involved water quality research. Installed monitoring wells. Took water samples from rivers and wells. Summer job working in the Earth and Planetary Science Department. Most work involved water quality research. Installed monitoring wells. Took water samples from rivers and wells.



The Peregrine Fund

• Hack-site Attendant

  • Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

  Hack-site attendant in Southwest Texas during the reintroduction of two sets of five Aplomado Falcons. Hack-site attendant in Southwest Texas during the reintroduction of two sets of five Aplomado Falcons.



Destination Wilderness

• White water raft guide

  • May 2005 - Aug 2006

  Whitewater raft guide and trip leader during the summers of 2005 and 2006 on a few different Oregon rivers. Regional manager during the summer of 2006. Whitewater raft guide and trip leader during the summers of 2005 and 2006 on a few different Oregon rivers. Regional manager during the summer of 2006.



Marble Street Studio

• Assistant Photographer

  • Aug 2002 - Jun 2003

  Assisted on photo shots, lead photo shots, possessed photos in Photoshop, answered phones, worked with clients. Assisted on photo shots, lead photo shots, possessed photos in Photoshop, answered phones, worked with clients.