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NAME: Oliver D. Smith DATE: 11/24/2014 
POSITION TITLE Senior Technical Specialist 
Page 1 of 5 
ORGANIZATION 
RPM Operations 
Materials & Fabrication Technologies 
LOCATION Las Vegas, NV 
CITIZENSHIP US 
CONTINUOUS SERVICE 05-02-1992 
SPOUSE'S NAME Lucrezia DiPietropolo Smith 
CHILDREN'S DETAILS 
Oliver Jr, Phyllis Helene and Mark 
Hamilton. None living at home. 
EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
Degree, Certificate, etc., School Major (or Subject) Date 
None 
University of Tennessee 
– Knoxville 
Marketing 1955-1958 
B.S. 
University of Tennessee 
– Knoxville 
Metallurgical 
Engineering 
December, 
1970 
Grad 
Work 
University of Tennessee 
– Knoxville 
Metallurgical 
Engineering 
1 ½ year 
OTHER SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION 
PERSONAL: Good writer, independent worker, recognized as technical authority in welding and 
testing, excellent manager of efforts of multiple organizations with diverse goals. 
LANGUAGE English, some Spanish 
CAPABILITY: 
Over 25 years experience in engineering, quality assurance, senior management. 
Have held positions of increasing responsibility in manufacturing, oil & gas, nuclear, 
and government consulting business sectors. I am an accomplished senior 
manager, materials engineer, author, engineering manager and senior consultant. 
MEMBERSHIPS: Welding Research Council, American Society for Materials, American Welding Society, 
OTHER: 
Attended University of Tennessee from December, 1970 until Sept., 1971 in 
graduate school in Metallurgical Engineering. Did not complete due to family 
commitments and financial needs. 
Have held DOE “Q” and DoD “Secret” Security Clearances – none current. “Q: 
Clearance has been dormant for about 7 – 8 years.
Oliver D. Smith, 235200 
WORK HISTORY 
COMPANY, DIVISION OR POSITION HELD, SUMMARY OF 
DATES DEPARTMENT, RESPONSIBILITIES AND 
FROM TO LOCATION AND SUPERIOR SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS 
Page 2 of 5 
Feb., 
2001 
Present Bechtel SAIC, LLC 
Las Vegas, NV 
Materials and 
Fabrication 
Technologies 
Jerry A. Cogar, 
Supervisor 
Senior Technical Specialist — Responsible for the 
technical approach of that will be utilized to manufacture 
waste packages and related hardware. Develop and 
implement testing programs necessary to demonstrate that 
the waste package and related components can be 
fabricated to meet technical and code requirements. He 
develops specifications, statements of work, manages the 
implementation of procurement activities, and directs the 
activities of suppliers that win contracts within his area. He is 
the internal consultant for manufacturing, welding, 
nondestructive examination, materials and process 
engineering. All activities are performed in a Six-Sigma 
environment, and he has several Six-Sigma awards; one of 
which is a team award that resulted in a saving to the 
program in excess of $18 million. 
May., 
1997 
Feb. 
2001 
Science & 
Engineering 
Applications, Inc. 
Las Vegas, NV 
Dr. Dennis Thomas 
Senior Project Manager — Developed and supplied 
engineering/scientific principles, concepts and techniques 
related to the evaluation of the nuclear repository. 
Developed and implemented test planning required to 
describe the thermodynamic performance of air heated by 
nuclear waste. This program involved building a tunnel in a 
remote area, design of I&C’s, construction, test 
instrumentation, data gathering and reduction. 
Managed several large programs and provided technical 
overview for the resolution of complex technical/scientific 
problems. Was member of the Repository License 
Application Design Selection Team (LADS) that selected 
current repository technical design approach? 
Supervisor of Materials Engineering during a transition 
period from Project Engineering to LADS. Identified 
specification requirements for waste package and ancillary 
equipment; including local and national statutes. Interfaced 
with the Department of Energy, National Science 
Foundation and state and federal regulatory agencies. 
Sept. 
1991 
Feb., 
1997 
Bechtel Nevada 
Las Vegas, NV 
Stephen Metta 
Manager, Performance Analysis Systems — Provided 
analysis and evaluation of work performed by Bechtel 
Nevada and support subcontractors at the Nevada Nuclear 
Test Site. The work included engineering, science, 
environmental and radiological safety. He developed the 
management systems necessary to measure the 
implementation of a large variety of requirements imposed 
by codes, standards, and statutes. This included 
development and implementation of a Quality Assurance
Oliver D. Smith, 235200 
program meeting the combined requirements of 
10CFR830.120, DOE Order 5700.6C, MIL Standards 
9858A, 45208A and the statutory requirements imposed on 
nuclear testing. 
Page 3 of 5 
May., 
1986 
April, 
1991 
Science 
Applications 
International, Las 
Vegas, NV 
Dr. Joe Penland 
Division Manager, Applied Management & Technology — 
Division Manager within the Space, Environment and 
Energy Business Sector. This SAIC organizational unit 
provided consulting services to the nuclear, environmental, 
aerospace and military industries. He successfully won and 
managed several important programs, including the 
chemical demilitarization program. 
Prior to this period he successfully managed the technical 
overview of engineering analysis for the Yucca Mountain 
Project during the early site characterization efforts. 
Evaluated materials and processes planned to be used 
during construction and operation and managed 
metallurgical, welding and nondestructive examination 
process selection. 
August, 
1983 
May, 
1986 
Ceracon 
Corporation 
Houston, TX 
Board of Directors 
President & CEO — Mr. Smith directed manufacturing, 
engineering, marketing and sales operations, in the US and 
abroad, for this international manufacturing company that 
did approximately $800 million per year.. This assignment 
was a “turnaround” situation. Markets included consumer 
tools, oil and gas equipment, compressors, valves, 
foundries, forging and machining operations and 
electrical/electronic component production. He improved by 
overall business volume by over $200 million in the time he 
was with the company. 
Nov., 
1979 
Dec., 
1983 
Cooper Industries, 
Houston, TX 
Gary Tustison 
Corporate Manager, Metallurgical Engineering – 
Managed manufacturing engineering support for worldwide 
manufacturing facilities. Duties included technical areas of 
foundries, forging, materials coatings and finishes, materials 
specifications, selection, evaluation, machining, welding, 
NDE and testing. Part of his responsibilities included 
management of the capital investment program and 
providing consulting services to manufacturing operations 
for about 40 different locations. 
Dec. 
1978 
Nov. 
1979 
Applied 
Engineering 
Orangeburg, SC 
Mr. Tommy 
Thompson, 
President 
Quality Assurance Manager — Provided engineering 
support principles, concepts and techniques to this 
diversified manufacturing and service company. He 
developed Quality Assurance policies and processes and 
directed the successful implementation of nuclear and 
commercial quality programs. Additional duties included 
support to the design efforts, welding engineering and 
marketing. He represented Applied on Section IX of the 
ASME Code committee and sat on Sections III and VIII 
design subcommittees.
Oliver D. Smith, 235200 
Mr Smith developed and implemented technical training 
programs designed specifically for quality personnel that 
enabled them to function as technical inspectors on code 
and non-code manufacturing projects. 
Page 4 of 5 
Aug. 
1971 
Dec. 
1978 
General Electric 
Company 
Portland, ME and 
Philadelphia, PA 
Jack Porter – 
Portland 
Richard Ullinger - 
Philadelphia 
July 1977-Dec, 1978, Division Quality Assurance 
Manager Heat Transfer Equipment Manufacturing — 
Portland, Maine. Managed the Quality Assurance 
program for the heat exchanger division which produced a 
wide variety of products for the nuclear, military and 
commercial markets. Developed manufacturing loss 
control program that resulted in this division becoming 
profitable in 13 months; a swing of over $40 million. 
Aug., 1971 to July, 1977, Installation & Service Engineering 
Division, Philadelphia, PA. Was the Welding Engineer 
and Manager of Materials Engineering — Mr. Smith 
managed the materials technology for nuclear reactor 
installation and maintenance and was directly responsible 
for the construction of three nuclear plant installations and 
several GE combined cycle (STAG) plants. 
Managed nuclear refueling outages and commercial 
maintenance outages during slack periods of construction 
activity. Assisted marketing in bidding non-nuclear 
maintenance contracts with electric utilities and navy. He 
developed and implemented the first nuclear QA program 
for all General Electric Service Programs for plants in the 
Northeast United States. These programs were 
implemented during refueling and/or maintenance outages. 
Sept. 
1965 
July 
1971 
University of 
Tennessee 
Chemical & 
Metallurgical Engr. 
Knoxville, 
Tennessee 
Dr. Charlie Brooks 
Research Assistant. While a full time student, Mr. Smith 
worked in the Department of Chemical and Metallurgical 
Engineering where he conducted research in the area of 
superalloy development, welding, precipitation 
mechanisms, and polymer processing. His research areas 
included electron microscopy, optical metallography, heat 
treatment and normal laboratory processes. 
May 
1962 
June 
1965 
The Boeing 
Company – Launch 
Systems Branch 
New Orleans, LA 
Clinton Wilkins 
Manager, Materials & Processes Laboratories 
Mr. Smith managed the design, equipment procurement, 
construction and operation of the M&P laboratories 
managed by Boeing in support of the Apollo rocket 
program. This laboratory conducted testing in metals, 
adhesives, ablatives, coatings & finishes, rubber 
development, corrosion, mechanical testing, metallurgical 
evaluation, metallography, nondestructive examination, 
thermal calibration and testing, heat treatment, welding and 
wet chemistry. Mr. Smith staffed the laboratories and 
handled liaison with NASA and external support 
organizations regarding test development. In the later 
stages of the program, he managed the design, 
construction and initial operations of the Structural,
Oliver D. Smith, 235200 
Mechanical and Handling Facilities. This test area was 
capable of performing tests dynamically (LTV shaker 
systems) with controlled temperatures (-320ºF to +1600 ºF) 
at pressures up to 3,000 psig. A variety of gases were 
tested. They included N2, H2, O2, and air. A wide variety of 
instrumentation was required and a calibration facility was 
design, constructed and operated during this time. 
Page 5 of 5 
March 
1958 
Dec. 
1961 
United States Air 
Force 
Kenneth L. 
Johnson, Col. 
Computer analyst. 
Computer analyst on Atlas “D” guidance and control 
systems.

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Oliver D. Smith resume summary

  • 1. NAME: Oliver D. Smith DATE: 11/24/2014 POSITION TITLE Senior Technical Specialist Page 1 of 5 ORGANIZATION RPM Operations Materials & Fabrication Technologies LOCATION Las Vegas, NV CITIZENSHIP US CONTINUOUS SERVICE 05-02-1992 SPOUSE'S NAME Lucrezia DiPietropolo Smith CHILDREN'S DETAILS Oliver Jr, Phyllis Helene and Mark Hamilton. None living at home. EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS Degree, Certificate, etc., School Major (or Subject) Date None University of Tennessee – Knoxville Marketing 1955-1958 B.S. University of Tennessee – Knoxville Metallurgical Engineering December, 1970 Grad Work University of Tennessee – Knoxville Metallurgical Engineering 1 ½ year OTHER SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION PERSONAL: Good writer, independent worker, recognized as technical authority in welding and testing, excellent manager of efforts of multiple organizations with diverse goals. LANGUAGE English, some Spanish CAPABILITY: Over 25 years experience in engineering, quality assurance, senior management. Have held positions of increasing responsibility in manufacturing, oil & gas, nuclear, and government consulting business sectors. I am an accomplished senior manager, materials engineer, author, engineering manager and senior consultant. MEMBERSHIPS: Welding Research Council, American Society for Materials, American Welding Society, OTHER: Attended University of Tennessee from December, 1970 until Sept., 1971 in graduate school in Metallurgical Engineering. Did not complete due to family commitments and financial needs. Have held DOE “Q” and DoD “Secret” Security Clearances – none current. “Q: Clearance has been dormant for about 7 – 8 years.
  • 2. Oliver D. Smith, 235200 WORK HISTORY COMPANY, DIVISION OR POSITION HELD, SUMMARY OF DATES DEPARTMENT, RESPONSIBILITIES AND FROM TO LOCATION AND SUPERIOR SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS Page 2 of 5 Feb., 2001 Present Bechtel SAIC, LLC Las Vegas, NV Materials and Fabrication Technologies Jerry A. Cogar, Supervisor Senior Technical Specialist — Responsible for the technical approach of that will be utilized to manufacture waste packages and related hardware. Develop and implement testing programs necessary to demonstrate that the waste package and related components can be fabricated to meet technical and code requirements. He develops specifications, statements of work, manages the implementation of procurement activities, and directs the activities of suppliers that win contracts within his area. He is the internal consultant for manufacturing, welding, nondestructive examination, materials and process engineering. All activities are performed in a Six-Sigma environment, and he has several Six-Sigma awards; one of which is a team award that resulted in a saving to the program in excess of $18 million. May., 1997 Feb. 2001 Science & Engineering Applications, Inc. Las Vegas, NV Dr. Dennis Thomas Senior Project Manager — Developed and supplied engineering/scientific principles, concepts and techniques related to the evaluation of the nuclear repository. Developed and implemented test planning required to describe the thermodynamic performance of air heated by nuclear waste. This program involved building a tunnel in a remote area, design of I&C’s, construction, test instrumentation, data gathering and reduction. Managed several large programs and provided technical overview for the resolution of complex technical/scientific problems. Was member of the Repository License Application Design Selection Team (LADS) that selected current repository technical design approach? Supervisor of Materials Engineering during a transition period from Project Engineering to LADS. Identified specification requirements for waste package and ancillary equipment; including local and national statutes. Interfaced with the Department of Energy, National Science Foundation and state and federal regulatory agencies. Sept. 1991 Feb., 1997 Bechtel Nevada Las Vegas, NV Stephen Metta Manager, Performance Analysis Systems — Provided analysis and evaluation of work performed by Bechtel Nevada and support subcontractors at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site. The work included engineering, science, environmental and radiological safety. He developed the management systems necessary to measure the implementation of a large variety of requirements imposed by codes, standards, and statutes. This included development and implementation of a Quality Assurance
  • 3. Oliver D. Smith, 235200 program meeting the combined requirements of 10CFR830.120, DOE Order 5700.6C, MIL Standards 9858A, 45208A and the statutory requirements imposed on nuclear testing. Page 3 of 5 May., 1986 April, 1991 Science Applications International, Las Vegas, NV Dr. Joe Penland Division Manager, Applied Management & Technology — Division Manager within the Space, Environment and Energy Business Sector. This SAIC organizational unit provided consulting services to the nuclear, environmental, aerospace and military industries. He successfully won and managed several important programs, including the chemical demilitarization program. Prior to this period he successfully managed the technical overview of engineering analysis for the Yucca Mountain Project during the early site characterization efforts. Evaluated materials and processes planned to be used during construction and operation and managed metallurgical, welding and nondestructive examination process selection. August, 1983 May, 1986 Ceracon Corporation Houston, TX Board of Directors President & CEO — Mr. Smith directed manufacturing, engineering, marketing and sales operations, in the US and abroad, for this international manufacturing company that did approximately $800 million per year.. This assignment was a “turnaround” situation. Markets included consumer tools, oil and gas equipment, compressors, valves, foundries, forging and machining operations and electrical/electronic component production. He improved by overall business volume by over $200 million in the time he was with the company. Nov., 1979 Dec., 1983 Cooper Industries, Houston, TX Gary Tustison Corporate Manager, Metallurgical Engineering – Managed manufacturing engineering support for worldwide manufacturing facilities. Duties included technical areas of foundries, forging, materials coatings and finishes, materials specifications, selection, evaluation, machining, welding, NDE and testing. Part of his responsibilities included management of the capital investment program and providing consulting services to manufacturing operations for about 40 different locations. Dec. 1978 Nov. 1979 Applied Engineering Orangeburg, SC Mr. Tommy Thompson, President Quality Assurance Manager — Provided engineering support principles, concepts and techniques to this diversified manufacturing and service company. He developed Quality Assurance policies and processes and directed the successful implementation of nuclear and commercial quality programs. Additional duties included support to the design efforts, welding engineering and marketing. He represented Applied on Section IX of the ASME Code committee and sat on Sections III and VIII design subcommittees.
  • 4. Oliver D. Smith, 235200 Mr Smith developed and implemented technical training programs designed specifically for quality personnel that enabled them to function as technical inspectors on code and non-code manufacturing projects. Page 4 of 5 Aug. 1971 Dec. 1978 General Electric Company Portland, ME and Philadelphia, PA Jack Porter – Portland Richard Ullinger - Philadelphia July 1977-Dec, 1978, Division Quality Assurance Manager Heat Transfer Equipment Manufacturing — Portland, Maine. Managed the Quality Assurance program for the heat exchanger division which produced a wide variety of products for the nuclear, military and commercial markets. Developed manufacturing loss control program that resulted in this division becoming profitable in 13 months; a swing of over $40 million. Aug., 1971 to July, 1977, Installation & Service Engineering Division, Philadelphia, PA. Was the Welding Engineer and Manager of Materials Engineering — Mr. Smith managed the materials technology for nuclear reactor installation and maintenance and was directly responsible for the construction of three nuclear plant installations and several GE combined cycle (STAG) plants. Managed nuclear refueling outages and commercial maintenance outages during slack periods of construction activity. Assisted marketing in bidding non-nuclear maintenance contracts with electric utilities and navy. He developed and implemented the first nuclear QA program for all General Electric Service Programs for plants in the Northeast United States. These programs were implemented during refueling and/or maintenance outages. Sept. 1965 July 1971 University of Tennessee Chemical & Metallurgical Engr. Knoxville, Tennessee Dr. Charlie Brooks Research Assistant. While a full time student, Mr. Smith worked in the Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering where he conducted research in the area of superalloy development, welding, precipitation mechanisms, and polymer processing. His research areas included electron microscopy, optical metallography, heat treatment and normal laboratory processes. May 1962 June 1965 The Boeing Company – Launch Systems Branch New Orleans, LA Clinton Wilkins Manager, Materials & Processes Laboratories Mr. Smith managed the design, equipment procurement, construction and operation of the M&P laboratories managed by Boeing in support of the Apollo rocket program. This laboratory conducted testing in metals, adhesives, ablatives, coatings & finishes, rubber development, corrosion, mechanical testing, metallurgical evaluation, metallography, nondestructive examination, thermal calibration and testing, heat treatment, welding and wet chemistry. Mr. Smith staffed the laboratories and handled liaison with NASA and external support organizations regarding test development. In the later stages of the program, he managed the design, construction and initial operations of the Structural,
  • 5. Oliver D. Smith, 235200 Mechanical and Handling Facilities. This test area was capable of performing tests dynamically (LTV shaker systems) with controlled temperatures (-320ºF to +1600 ºF) at pressures up to 3,000 psig. A variety of gases were tested. They included N2, H2, O2, and air. A wide variety of instrumentation was required and a calibration facility was design, constructed and operated during this time. Page 5 of 5 March 1958 Dec. 1961 United States Air Force Kenneth L. Johnson, Col. Computer analyst. Computer analyst on Atlas “D” guidance and control systems.