HIGHER EDUCATION:
* Proficiency Certificate - Industrial and Computer Electronics; October 1, 1995; University of Idaho
* Bachelor of Science; Major - Industrial Technology; Studied Industrial and Computer Electronics (Nuclear Instrumentation and Controls); December 22, 2000; University of Idaho
* Masters of Science - Industrial Technology Education; Studied Human Performance and Accident Investigation; May 13, 2005; University of Idaho
CITIZENSHIP, MILITARY, & SECURITY
Citizenship:
* Natural born US citizen
Military:
* Service-connected disabled veteran
* 1985-1989 - US Navy. Served as an Electrician's Mate in the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. Received honorable discharge due to a service-connected disability.
* 1981 - 1985 - US Air Force. Served as a Weapons Control Radar System technician on F-4C/D Phantom II fighter jets. Honorably discharged upon enlisting in US Navy.
* DD214 and VA service-connected disability certification letter available on requested.
SECURITY:
* Previously DOE L / Q cleared. Last clearance action ~2005.
* Previously read into Specific Manufacturing Capabilities project (US Army @ INL) in ~2004.
* Have held DOD Secret clearances in US Air Force and US Navy during 1980s.
* Previously enrolled in Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission reliability program.
EXPERIENCE - SYNOPSIS:
Twenty-six years of operating, managing, mentoring, training, servicing, and providing oversight to high risk nuclear facilities and activities. Includes line management of reactor and non-reactor nuclear facilities, project support/management for broad span of nuclear and non-nuclear projects, and oversight/mentoring of challenged projects. Other positions include providing oversight to development and maintenance of nuclear safety documents, safety bases supporting documentation, to positive and negative Unreviewed Safety Questions, accident/incident investigation and cause analysis, human factors engineering and anthropometrics, nuclear facility startup/restart subject matter expert (SME) for the Idaho National Laboratory, and human performance SME for the ICP's Waste Management organization. Determined category and reportability of events. Other recognized expertise includes: Conduct of Engineering, and configuration management; Conduct of Operations; Conduct of Maintenance, configuration management; maintenance/outage/turnaround management & complex work planning; emergency management/ERO, and training (classroom, simulators, drills, & OJT). Service prior to entering the naval nuclear power program being focused fighter plane radar maintenance, calibration, repair, and refurbishment. As the current president and majority owner of Sheryck, LLC, a nuclear and technical services company, I and my partner have ensured support a broad variety of projects including provision of nuclear engineering, project management, human performance/human factors, assessment, training, and research. Our customers have included CH2M-HILL Canada, CH2M-WG Idaho, E2 Consulting Engineers, NASA, and Plexus International.
EXPERIENCE BY TYPE:
* Served as Chair of Independent Safety Review Committee (ISRC) for ICP Waste Management department and as one of two Deputy ISRC Chairs for the entire Idaho Cleanup Project. Served as the Waste Management project's senior internal oversight for nuclear safety process development, review, authorization, and implementation and as deputy to the company's senior internal oversight function. This required maintaining familiarity with all of the company's safety bases documents (~13) at one time or another and staying up to date on the facilities, their bases, and their USQs.
* Certified all levels of Reactor Operator (including SRO/SS/STA) as well as Nuclear I&C Technician at the Advanced Test Reactor. Served as a Shift Manager and Operations Assistant Manager. Qualified as and served as a Nuclear Facility Manager and/or Facility Manager responsible for, over the span of three different positions, a total of 200+ nuclear, radiological, and non-nuclear facilities. This includes the Advanced Test Reactor, two mothballed reactors, a developing tritium research facility and other nuclear/chemical laboratories, the TRA hot cells, dry storage of irradiated fuels and specimens, and several canals of spent fuel. Area also included facility utilities, non-nuclear facilities, and structures composing (with nuclear facilities) all 100 acres of the Test Reactor Area and large areas of INTEC (predominantly Spent Nuclear Fuels.) As manager, was responsible for ensuring employee comprehension and compliance in order to ensure the safety bases documents, including criticality safety analyses, TSR bases, USQs, and ways to impact the bases could be recognized.
* Served as the ATR Outage Coordinator for three years. Responsible for ensuring outages were planned and executed on or ahead of schedule with maximum efficiency. Position required an excellent technical understanding of the plant, an understanding of work control, package development, and craft boundaries, and strong communication skills.
* Served in a variety of positions outside of reactor management where I, as manager, was entrusted with ensuring safety basis compliance. These positions included: TRA Landlord (incl. two mothballed reactors - MTR and ETR - a canal of aged spent fuel, unirradiated fuel storage facilities, nuclear laboratories, hot cells, etc.); "Wet-To-Dry" spent fuel transfer project manager; Spent Nuclear Fuels NFM; and NMIS recovery project co-lead; over a decade of ERO participation, including qualification as On-Scene Lead, Operations Manager, and Emergency Action Manager.
* Through review and approval chain maintained responsibility for safety equipment maintenance, and configuration management of the plant, the systems, and the supporting documentation. This included all systems from safety class to commercial grade, including not only safety bases and quality level compliance, but also code and standard (ASME, IBC, NFPA, NQA-1, ISO, etc.) compliance.
* Responsible for the taking of equipment offline and putting it back on. This meant understanding the operability testing prior to doing so. Responsible for safe management of operating and offline equipment configuration. This resulted in a strong familiarity with government requirements (CFRs, RCRA & CRCLA, EPA permitting, etc.) as they relate to industrial operations.
* Outside standard O&M document configuration management, document experience includes intimate involvement with safety basis development, compliance, execution, and interpretations. Operational management required maintenance, modification, construction, and D&D support, including experience with a broad variety of document processes like CMMS, construction contracting and change orders, locally-developed control processes, department/company-wide processes, and government processes.
* Responsibilities included involvement in all types of personnel actions (hiring, relieving, releasing, training and qualifying, rewarding, motivating, disciplining, promoting, appraisals, contracting, etc.) for operating shifts, my staff, and subcontractors.
* Most direct reports: ~100. Most direct and indirect reports: ~350.
* Largest opera...
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