Project Manager

Bradley Ward

Project Manager

EXECUTIVE PROFILE

      A
loyal, proficient and verifiably productive Project Manager who consistently
exceed expectations for meeting or exceeding aggressive goals in
high-accountability and time-sensitive environments.  Extremely successful when acquiring diverse
projects outside area of expertise and learning new disciplines to finish goals.  Often characterized as competitive,
energetic, optimistic, positive, trustworthy, and outgoing with an infectious
sense of humor, a remarkable ability to multitask, and the communication and
interpersonal skills required to create a work environment that is affirming to
the employees and profitable for the company. 

AREAS OF PROFICIENCY

                             9 years of Project Management                 Safeguard & Security Supervisor                                                            Primavera P6 and MS Project                       DOE/DOD/DOT Regulations

                             Laboratory Scale Product Development        Capital Costs, Baselines, and Controls

                             Problem Solving
Equipment/Systems     
Test/Operating Plans/Procedures                  

                             Process/Energy Simulation Software            Training and Team Building

                             Air Quality Dispersion Modeling                    Patent Development

                             Off-Gas Measurements and Controls         Presentation/Public Speaking

    Waste and Water Management                    Business Research and Development

                             Permitting, Auditing, and Compliance        Scoping,
Managing, and Scheduling

                            Material Characterization                            PFD and P&ID Development

EXPERIENCE

             
Battelle (Idaho National Lab); Idaho Falls, Idaho                   05/02  01/11

R&D Project
Manager in research projects and research groups.  Managed and supported cradle-to-grave projects
which include, but not limited to:  Renewable
Energy Engineering, Chemical Processing, and Material Characterization.

Leadership and Management Success:

Solar For Schools

 
Manage,
build, and operate an array of 6 170 watt PV modules at a local Idaho school.

 
Over
a year, it will produce more than 1,000 kilowatt-hours of clean, renewable
energy.

  Project
budget of $450K

Wind For Schools

 
Manage,
build, and operate three 2.4kW Skystream wind turbines at local Idaho schools.

  Support educational
outreach and promote knowledge of renewable energy resources by allowing
students to observe and analyze energy production under varying weather
conditions.

 
Project budget of $2.5 million over 3 years.

      New Horizons Pluto Mission Manager

  Supervise 12 Full-Time
Technicians to design, procure, build, clean, document, maintain, calibrate,
and test tooling hardware and tools used to build Radioisotope
Thermoelectric Generators (RTGs) in compliance with NASA policies.

  Maintain
a departmental annual budget of $1.5 million.

  Maintain
strict compliance to NASA policies in material procurement, testing and
calibration, and life cycle documentation of tools.

      Department of
Energy Safeguard and Security Manager

  Supervise five
Environmental, Health, and Safety(EH&S) auditors that track the inventory,
recovery, disposal,, shipping, and storage of special nuclear materials (SNM)
at INL

  Maintain a
departmental annual budget of $350K

  Conducted audits of
recovery practices, transportation, and storage of SNM from DOE reprocessing
facilities.

Bradley Ward

New Waste Calcining Facility (NWCF) MACT Upgrade

 
Manage,
build, and test pilot plant calciners to test various chemical flow sheets and
validate radiological waste disposition solutions and pollution control
equipment.

  Tested feasibility of
MACT off-gas equipment including: electro static
precipitators, flue gas desulfurization systems, NO_x/SO_x reduction
systems, carbon beds, particulate cyclones, and fabric filters.

  Instrumental
contributor to the design of the New Waste Calcining Facility (NWCF) off gas
system at INL.

 
Project budget of $1.4 million.

      ANSTO
Synroc Fluidized Bed Mockup

 
Manage,
build, and test the conversion of liquid radiopharmaceutical waste surrogates
into suitable solid reactants for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology
Organisation (ANSTO)

 
Investigate
de-nitration, volatilization of the pollution control equipment in a reduced
environment (H₂-N₂)

 
Project
budget of $900K                                                                                                                 

Deliver
results that met or exceeded expectations.

 
Author
material release permits (NPDES), environmental impact designs (EA, EIS, APAD)
for various research and development projects. 

 
Author
R&D DOE-end product conceptual engineering/design reports and proposal
submissions
along with standard operating and validation protocol, QA/QC, and EH&S procedures. 

 
Develop solutions that characterize
chemical processes that provide detailed analysis and advanced state-of-the-art
computer modeling capabilities to evaluate behaviors, such as chemical reaction
and material release.

v  Recognized
for superior performance with the Work of
Excellence Award (2003, 2006, 2007)

v  Recognized
by DOD for superior support as a member of the New Horizons Pluto Mission (2007)

v  Successfully manage
multiple complex projects with conflicting deadlines

v  Consistently achieve
aggressive, weekly, self-scheduled goals

v  Communicate
frequently with customer base to help drive results and process improvements

v  Published in Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Life cycle assessment
of ISPRA Mark 9 thermochemical cycle for nuclear hydrogen production

v  Published in Waste
Management, "Synroc Process for Uranium Rich Waste from 99-Mo
Production.

v  Constantly
ranked as a Top Performer by Customer
Reviews (2002-2010)

EDUCATION