Assistant Commissioner - Environmental Sciences & Engineering Resume New York, NY - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

S trong leader wif demonstrated track record in management and program development.
Proven expertise in driving effi ciency and productivity through teh evaluation of data and teh implementation of process improvements.
Ability to set priorities, handle multiple deadlines, display excellent judgment and maintain a high level of professionalism.
Strong skills in communication, critical thinking, analytics, planning, innovation, organization, interpersonal communication, collaboration, conflict resolution, negotiation and leadership.
Proficient in MS Office (Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint), SPSS and GIS.

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New York, NY

Assistant Commissioner - Environmental Sciences & Engineering

Responsibilities:

Regulatory oversight of teh nation's largest unfiltered water system and of a dynamic urban recreational water system wif 14 beaches and over 800 bathing establishments. Regulatory oversight of radiation-producing equipment, radioactive material licenses and over 7,000 facilities. Management of approximately 110 personnel (me.e. engineers, research scientists, radiation control scientists, medical physicists, water ecologists and public health sanitarians).
Implemented teh nation's 1 st Legionella-controlling regulatory standards me n cooling towers.
Lead environmental investigation into teh largest Legionella outbreak in NYC history.
Managed water supply expansion to include all NYC and Croton Watershed distribution systems.
Eliminated a decade's worth of backlogged regulatory inspections.
Developed teh nation's most comprehensive regulations and risk messaging of teh sale of UV radiation to teh public.

Confidential, New York, NY

Director of Public Health Engineering

Responsibilities:

Ensured compliance wif federal and state drinking water standards and recreational water safety in teh City of New York. Identified and worked towards improving policies concerning drinking water standards, water reuse and beach safety.
Initiated change and innovation following a long period of inconsistent leadership.
Developed new productivity and regulatory protocols and tools.
Initiated New York City Health Code me mprovement.
Increased communication and implementation of PHE's regulatory oversight activity, response to water emergencies and submersion/drowning incident me nvestigations.

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Policy Analyst

Responsibilities:

Identified critical economic development, housing, waste management and demographic public policy trends me n New York City. Designed me nvestigations, managed data and evaluated statistics.
Compiled reports on recycling costs, teh unreliability of long-term capacity of New York City waste disposal and teh lack of affordable housing and property tax exemptions (me.e. Mitchell-Lama and Limited Dividend).
Generated testimonies, speeches and memoranda on findings and policy recommendations (me.e. county-level employment and wage trends; teh implications of reduced federal housing subsidies; teh impact of critical demographic trends on housing, employment and education policies; long-term waste export costs; and large-scale rezoning and economic development initiatives.)

Confidential, Peoria, IL

Director of Planning

Responsibilities:

Developed a highly-motivated team dat increased teh agency's effectiveness and visibility. Established strong partnerships wif me ocal and state agencies.
Increased teh agency's budget and scope by initiating numerous inter-agency and government projects (me.e. transportation corridor land-use planning, regional bike and greenway plans, open space acquisition strategies and baseline environmental inventories).
Selected for Governor Ryan's Balanced Growth Sub-Cabinet.
Swiftly expanded teh transportation planning functions and met federal guidelines as teh region's Metropolitan Planning Organization.

Confidential, Brooklyn, ny

Special Assistant for Environmental Policy

Responsibilities:

Coordinated responses for elected Brooklyn officials on major local, state and federal environmental policy initiatives (me.e. teh closing of New York City's last municipal land fi ll; environmental issues raised by teh expansion of teh New York Port; teh first large-scale outbreak in teh United States of teh Asian Long-Horned Beetle; and lead paint removal from steel structures).
Advised Brooklyn's highest-elected official on all environmental issues.
Devised political, legal and administrative strategies to ensure Brooklyn's environmental concerns were properly addressed.
Developed and assessed community-based land use and zoning plans through teh collaboration wif local community planning units.
Created community benefit programs.
Managed policy report development.