1. Donald A. Richardson, CSST
1844 CR. 540
Alvin, Texas. 77511
Email: don.richardson1006@att.net
Phone: 281-331-2985 (H) 832-212-3265 (C)
SUMMARY
Project Manager/Engineer/Trainer/Site Safety Technician Manager of all Environmental, Health and Safety
projects for DOE sponsored projects under RPSEA. CSST and project engineer with design, building and
maintenance of subsea drilling, pipeline, intervention systems, work over, and completion fluids for the oil &
gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico. Written and presented numerous papers for OTC, Clean Gulf and other
conferences as well as magazine articles. Supervised the pipeline and casing corrosion control for brine
completion fluids in S.E Asian Oil and Gas fields. Experienced with Biomedical and Life support systems.
Trained NASA personnel for space science missions and taught TQM on corporate level. See list of projects
managed.
EXPERIENCE
ResearchPartnershipto Secure Energyfor America (RPSEA) November 2011 to Present
Ultra Deepwater Project Manager in charge of multiple multimillion dollar projects for gas and oil research
and development projects funded by the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technical Laboratory
(NETL). Managed all drilling, completion, intervention, safety, health, environmental and Metocean projects
from start to finish. Interfaced projects between multiple oil companies and service organizations working to
achieve a common goal.
I.S.S.C August 2009 to October 2011
Security Advisor for Port of Texas City - Provided physical security for the Port of Texas City plants and
docks.
MRI, Technologies April 2005 to January 2009
Manager, Research and Development Laboratory, Project Manager/Project Engineer - Hydril
Company LP electronics department research and development Lab Manager (Mux Lab), project engineer,
system troubleshooter, and installation checkout engineer. Pressure and corrosion control systems engineering
of subsea stack systems. Legacy Electronic system upgrade engineer – systems 15 years or older updated to
modern systems
Functional Lead for Environmental Control Life Support System (ECLSS) and Crew Habitation and Health
Accommodation (CHHA) IV&V requirements for hardware and software Lockheed Martin Orion Space Craft.
Use Case analysis using iUML software for hardware systems test and integration.
Barrios Technologies February 2005 to December 2005
Project Manager/Project Biomedical Engineer - Sustaining Engineering support and hardware development
lead of biomedical systems for International Space Station Crew Health Care System (CheCS) air quality
systems, technical and engineering support for ISS HMS Defibrillator.
MRI, Technologies August 2003 to February 2005
Project Manager/Project Engineer/Biomedical Systems Engineer – Sustaining Engineering support and
hardware development lead of biomedical systems for International Space Station Crew Health Care System
(CheCS) air quality systems, technical support for water quality systems.

2. LockheedMartin February 1984 to August 2002
Project Engineer/Biomedical Hardware Development Engineer/Experiment Systems/Liaison Engineer -
Engineering support and hardware development for Life Science Experiments for the International Space
Station and Space Shuttle missions.
Systems Engineer - Validated all project phases including requirements, technical and documentation were
integrated within the baseline project.
Systems Engineer/Integrator - Designed, tested and installed interface equipment for the Waterside Security
System. Installed, designed and interfaced fiber optic equipment and cables for use with non-fiber optic
equipment controlled by a computerized security system.
FORACS Engineer - Responsibilities included were the acquisition, analysis and reporting of data obtained on
ASW , RDF & ECM Systems. Performed Weapon Systems Accuracy Test (WSAT), Fleet Operational
Readiness Accuracy Check Site (FORACS), and Combined Anti-submarine Readiness Test (CART) test on
U.S. & NATO ships, including AEGIS and Trident systems. Served as test engineer, test director, roving
engineer, sonar engineer and deck engineer as assigned.
Dresser-Magcobar 1979 to 1983
Field Fluid Engineer/Completion Fluid Engineer - Responsibilities included the design, building and
maintenance of drilling, work over and completion fluids for the oil & gas industry in Indonesia. Additional
duties included casing and pipeline corrosion control for brine completion fluids as well as the supervision and
training of Indonesian engineers. Wrote software for use on HP systems to be used by field engineers when
unable to contact main office for technical assistance.
Education:
B.S. Degree Oceanographic Technology, Electronics Minor
Florida Institute of Technology, Jensen Beach, Florida
NCCER 100 Hour CSST Certification, Safety Council Texas City
-Field Safety (NCCER)
-Safety Technology (NCCER)
-Construction Site Safety Technician (NCCER)
-Construction Site Safety Supervisor (NCCER
-OSHA 30 Hour in Construction
U.S. Navy Electronics "A" and "C" Schools,
Gravity Meter, Magnetometer School &User Controlled Navigation Systems School,
Western Geophysical Company, Houston, Texas
Fluid Engineering School,
Dresser-Magcobar, Houston, Texas
U.S. Navy - Civilian Contractor
AN/BRD-7 Operators School
AN/BQQ-5 Advanced Operators School
ASW Sonar Range Prediction
Project Management: Planning, Scheduling & Control,
S.M.U., G.E/RCA, Houston, Texas
Leadership and Professional Development Program
Lockheed Martin, Houston, Texas
Jacobs Management Leadership Course
Jacobs Sverdrup, Houston, Texas

3. Author/Presenter:
Clean Gulf Conference 2012-2014
Offshore Technical Conference 2012-2014
Sub-Sea Tie Back Conference 2012-2014
CigMat Materials Conference 2013
Organizations and Societies:
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Society for Underwater Technology (SUT)
Hydrographic Society of America (HSOA)
Marine Technology Society (MTS)
Lions Club International
Partial Listof Projects Managed for RPSEA/NETL:
Hi-Res Environmental Data for Enhanced UDW Operations Safety.
Human Factors Evaluation of Deepwater Drilling, including Literature Review.
Effect of Climate Variability and Change in Hurricane Activity in the North Atlantic.
Design investigation of extreme high pressure, high temperature, (XHPHT), subsurface safety valves (SSSV).
Robotic MFL Sensor for Monitoring and Inspection of Deepwater Risers.
Development of a Research Report and Characterization Database of Deepwater and Ultra-Deepwater Assets in
the Gulf of Mexico.
Effect of Global Warming on Hurricane Activity.
Coil Tubing Drilling and Intervention System Using Cost Effective Vessel.
New Safety Barrier Testing Methods.
GOMEX 3-D Operational Ocean Forecast System Pilot Project.
Technologies of the Future for Pipeline Monitoring and Inspection.
Replacing Chemical Biocides with Targeted Bacteriophages in Deepwater Pipelines and Reservoirs.
Enumerating Bacteria in Deepwater Pipelines in Real-Time at a Negligible Marginal Cost Per Analysis: A
Proof of Concept Study.
Ultra Deep Water Seabed Discharge of Produced Water and/or Solids.
Autonomous Inspection Of Subsea Facilities.
High Resolution 3D Laser Imaging for Inspection, Maintenance, Repair, and Operations.
Sensors and Processing for Pipe, Riser, Structure, and Equipment Inspection to Provide Detailed Measurements,
Corrosion Detection, Leak Detection, and/or Detection of Heat Plumes from Degraded Pipeline Insulation.
Deepwater Subsea Test Tree and Intervention Riser System.
Gyroscope Guidance Sensor for Ultra-Deepwater Applications.
More Improvements to Deepwater Subsea Measurement - FOLLOW ON PROJECT.
Smart Cementing Materials and Drilling Muds for Real Time Monitoring of Deepwater Wellbore Enhancement.
Deepwater Reverse-Circulation Primary Cementing, 2 phases.
Intelligent Casing-Intelligent Formation Telemetry System.
Coil Tubing Drilling and Intervention System Using Cost Effective Vessel, Phase 1.
Synthetic Hurricane Risk Model for the Gulf of Mexico, 3 Phases.
Autonomous Underwater Inspection Using a 3D Laser, 4 Phases.
Instrumented BOP Ram: Drill Collar/ Tool Joint Locator.