1. NAME: Oliver D. Smith DATE: 11/24/2014
POSITION TITLE Senior Technical Specialist
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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.
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WORK HISTORY
COMPANY, DIVISION OR POSITION HELD, SUMMARY OF
DATES DEPARTMENT, RESPONSIBILITIES AND
FROM TO LOCATION AND SUPERIOR SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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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
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program meeting the combined requirements of
10CFR830.120, DOE Order 5700.6C, MIL Standards
9858A, 45208A and the statutory requirements imposed on
nuclear testing.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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March
1958
Dec.
1961
United States Air
Force
Kenneth L.
Johnson, Col.
Computer analyst.
Computer analyst on Atlas “D” guidance and control
systems.