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Career Summary Many years of experience in the surveying and engineering industries. Expertise includes Land Survey, Technical, Mechanical, Architectural, Survey Field Work, Scale Model Building, calculating and drafting residential and commercial/ALTA survey. Skilled in AutoCad 12-2008, AutoCad Civil 3D 2016 & LandDesktop, Carlson, C & G Survey 7, Visible Survey (VisiSoft COGO), Trimble Geomatics Office (TGO), Trimble Business Center (TBC), ArcView, AutoSketch, LEROY. Career Highlights * Sr. Survey Technician, UniversalPegasus Inc. (November 2008 - November 2011 & July 2014 to Present) * 160 mile 48" Spectra "Valley Crossing" pipeline from Aqua Dulce to Brownsville, Texas. Responsible for processing and stringing field data from 6 crews utilizing Trimble Business Center and AutoCad Civil 3D. * 260 mile 36" Spectra "Nexus" pipeline from Hanoverton, Ohio to Willow Run, Michigan. Responsible for processing and stringing field data from 10 crews utilizing Trimble Geomatics Office and AutoCad Civil 3D. * 30 miles of the 36" Kinder Morgan "Cortez" pipeline in New Mexico, plus the pump stations for the project from Denver City, Tx to Cortez, Colorado. Responsible for processing and stringing field data utilizing Trimble Geomatics Office and AutoCad Civil 3D * 854 miles of the 1.661 mile 36" Keystone "XL, Phase 4" pipeline beginning in Hardesty, Alberta and extending southeast through Saskatchewan, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and ending in Nederland, Texas on the Gulf of Mexico. The Phase 4 portion crossing Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. Responsible for QC, processing and stringing field data, supporting the field crews and the Engineering and Environmental Departments. * Provided survey and mapping support for American Burying Beetle (ABB) Project in Nebraska as a part of the Keystone "XL, Phase 4" for the Environmental Department. * Editor and Illustrator for the Universal Pegasus Field Procedure Manual. * The preliminary and restake phases of the 29 mile 36" Kern "Apex Expansion" in northern Utah, crossing the Wasatch Range to Salt Lake City. Responsible for processing and stringing field data and supporting crews, drawing deed sketches and subdivision plats, building and maintaining property master drawing, checking property plats and descriptions, built detailed model of project for Google Earth (kml) for easy data access. * The 5 mile 8" Enbridge "ETEC Hardin County Power" project located in Hardin County, Texas. Responsible for processing and stringing field data, deed and right-of-way (ROW) sketches, drafting plats, and writing legal descriptions utilizing Trimble Geomatics Office and AutoCad Civil 3D. * The 14 mile 20" Enbridge "Trawick to Double D, East Texas" project in Nacogdoches and Rusk counties. Responsible for processing and stringing field data, drafting plats, and writing legal descriptions utilizing Trimble Geomatics Office and AutoCad Civil 3D. * The 29 mile 4" Enbridge "Pittsburg to Tenneryville" project in Camp, Upshur, and Gregg counties located in northeastern Texas. Responsible for processing and stringing field data, deed and ROW sketches, drafting plats, and writing legal descriptions utilizing Trimble Geomatics Office and AutoCad Civil 3D. * The preliminary and as-built phases of the 49 mile 20" Aspen "Odessa Fuels" project in West Texas located in Andrews, Ector and Midland counties. Responsible for processing and stringing field data, deed and ROW sketches, drafting plats, and writing legal descriptions utilizing Trimble Geomatics Office and AutoCad Civil 3D. * The preliminary phase of the 11 mile 16" Enbridge "EOG 16", East Texas" project located in Shelby County in 2008. Responsible for processing and stringing field data, drafting plats, and writing legal descriptions utilizing Trimble Geomatics Office and AutoCad Civil 3D. * The Natural Gas Pipeline Co of America "Navaho-Eddy Interconnect" boundary survey in Eddy County, New Mexico in 2008. Responsible for processing and stringing field data, deed and ROW sketches, boundary survey, drafting plats, and writing legal descriptions utilizing Trimble Geomatics Office and AutoCad Civil 3D. * The Pipe Yards for Dun Transportation project located in Mobile and Escambia counties in Alabama Okaloosa, Okeechobee, Jackson, Jefferson, Pasco, Taylor, and Levy counties in Florida from 2008 to present. Responsible for processing and stringing field data, deed research, deed and ROW sketches, drafting exhibits and Shape files utilizing Trimble Geomatics Office and AutoCad Civil 3D * Sr. Mapping Designer, Mustang Engineering (February 2012 - July 2014) Responsibilities include plats, permits, and alignment sheets for Seaway Crude Pipeline, Webster to Baytown Y Grade, Chlorine 7 Project (Dow Chemical), DOW Field Services, Enterprise Equistar survey technical support for OXY Seminole CO2 and Dow Field Services ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey for DOW Chemical Company, Promesa, Jackrabbit A & B, and Bella New Builds (Phillips Pipeline), and Enterprise Seaway Lines. * Sr. Survey Technician, Clark Surveying (January 2008 - November 2008) Responsible for deed, plat, and flood zone research, calculating and drafting residential and commercial/ALTA surveys, and composing metes and bounds, as necessary. * Residential and Land Survey Drafting Manager, AllPoints Surveying Company (September 2005 - November 2007) Design color coded format product to simplify presentation of survey data to mortgage and title companies. Design and write code for line-types for use in AutoCad and C&G to increase efficiency. Participate in interview process for new hires. Responsible for training draftsmen Check other employees' work for accuracy and adherence to format. Responsible for drafting complicated residential and commercial/ALTA surveys, for calculating, drafting, and naming plats of new subdivisions, and calculation of all jobs for daily production in residential drafting department. Composed metes and bounds as necessary. * Control Survey Department Manager, Tri-Tech Surveying Company (December 2002 - September 2005) Generate plats of entire subdivisions, plotting all easements and encumbrances onto said plats. Dispatch crews to perform single surveys of whole subdivisions, calculate boundaries, and establish independent centerline control to provide known coordinate set for subsequent field work in said subdivisions. Maintain database of these control surveys and supported crews in their use. Prepare "stakeout" packages for field crews. Assist with calculations for daily production in drafting department. Compose metes and bounds based on current deed, adjoiners, and collected field data. Prepare exhibits as necessary to support and clarify boundary decisions for clients and counsel. * Drafting Manager, The Windrose Surveying Company (December 1991 - November 2002) Perform necessary calculations and produce finished drawings (AutoCad) from field notes, per plat or metes and bounds. Manage residential drafting department by supervising and assisting draftsmen and checking their work before forwarding to RPLS for signature. Responsible for making boundary decisions (under RPLS supervision), flood zone determinations and completing flood certificates. Compose metes and bounds based on current deed, adjoiners, and collected field data. Produce "stakeout" job packages for field crews. Draw topographic surveys and all profiles for utility encroachments. "OK" the placement of slab forms for builders and produce finished surveys of same. Responsible for ordering and distributing equipment and supplies for drafting department. Set up and operated office computer network including drawing and data archive. Drew complicated residential and commercial/ALTA surveys from field notes, per plat or metes and bounds (AutoCad and manual drafting). Researched plats. * Draftsman, H & M Engineering (July 1990 - December 1991) Calculated and drew both residential and commercial title surveys, per plat or metes and bounds from field notes. Pulled and filed plats, prepared deliveries, and worked in the field. * Draftsman, Hughes Surveying Company (June 1989 - July 1990) Drew residential and commercial property surveys per plat or metes and bounds from field notes and computer generated models. Ordered equipment, pulled and filed plats, calculated bearings, generated daily production reports, and organized incoming land titles. * Research Assistant, Dr. Dona BirdwellPheasant, Department of Sociology, Lamar University (April 1987 - July 1987) Compiled database from census tract information for several counties in Ireland and utilized this data for analysis of marriage patterns in small Irish farming communities. * Research Assistant, Lamar University English Department (January 1987 - March 1987) Researched micro-film library for all incidences of chemical accidents in the 1960's for a book to be published by the instructor about the Beaumont area chemical industry. * Student Assistant, John and Mary Gray Library, Lamar University (January 1986 - August 1987) Sorted and shelved books, maintained of floor, Reserve Room, and Microfilm Microfiche collections, and assisted students in locating material. Filled a staff position operating the Reserve Room during the last month of employment. * Contract Draftsman - Produced Blueprints for machinist's use for a heavy equipment company in Beaumont, TX.

Education
SCHOOL | MAJOR | YEAR | DEGREE |
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Houston Community College | Drafting Studies | 1994 | Bachelor Degree |
University of Houston | Anthropology | 1991 | Bachelor Degree |
Lamar University | Science/Geology Studies | 1987 | Bachelor Degree |

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