Experience

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  Haugen energy

  Jan 1977 - Jan 1978

  Landman

  Summertime employment in tri-county area surrounding Williston, North Dakota. Worked with team to conduct courthouse research and to determine mineral ownership of tracts to be leased by professional petroleum landmen.

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  Cherry oil

  Jan 1978 - Jan 1980

  Petroleum landman

  Summertime employment opportunity. Primary focus on courthouse research, spreadsheet preparation and analysis and document preparation and upkeep for major operators.Worked extensively in several counties in North Dakota and Montana.

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  University of minnesota

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1988

  Research scientist

  During education at University of Minnesota, worked in laboratory and patient environments at University of Minnesota teaching hospital and affiliated laboratories. Among responsibilities were NIH grant monitored studies in the fields of psychopharmacology-methadone research, ECMO research at the pediatric cardiology laboratory,microbiological and cellular immunology mathmatical modeling research, and infectious disease research. Exclusive work was performed independently and mostly with high levels of expectation of performance. Show less

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  United states peace corps

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1991

  Peace corps volunteer

  Large business cooperative development work in large animal cooperative in Zaire, Central Africa.Performed veterinary work, herd management and best management practices for collective and individual herds by selective culling and leading and performing vaccination campaigns.Secondary project involved midwifery and vegetable community gardening.

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  Vinnell corporation

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1996

  Sr. residential advisor/acd

  Responsibilities escalated through Sr. Residential Advisor to Manager of primary team and temporary and weekend residential dormitory employees. Scheduled work assignments for over 30 permanent and part-time employees, and 250 residential and 50 off-center students.Upheld and developed student accountability measures,conducted staff training programs, performed student training programs, ensured compliance measures and conducted random audits of reliability programs to adapt ongoing Vinnell Corporation's management practices to Job Corps Center in highly stressful, high turn-over environment. Developed gang awareness teaching units with local police force during active criminal activities associated with Center. During placement gap in Residential Director, served as Acting Interim Residential Director. Show less

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  Va medical center

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1994

  Sr. research scientist

  Laboratory research models and patient assessments for infestious disease NIH-subsidized grants.Conducted psycho-pharmacological research on methadone therapy in patients.Two papers published (attributed co-author) in infestious disease periodicals as a result of research findings.

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  Plains exploration

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1996

  Petroleum landman

  Petroleum landman; independent leasing agent on active producing plays and virgin tracts.Focused on McKenzie, Divide, Williams, Burke, and Mountrail Counties, North Dakota.

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  Diamond resources, inc.

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1998

  Petroleum landman

  Conducted land record research, joint operating agreements, farm outs, title clearance, curative work, royalties and due diligence for mineral interests for major production companies. Obtained mineral owner leases and coordinated surface landowner damages throughout Western states.

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  Basin energy

  Jan 1997 - Jan 1997

  Petroleum landman

  Performed courthouse research to patent and mineral leasing for landowners as part ofteam that worked for producers in producing region.Determined HBP and working interests in properties in Eastern ND and Western MTContacted landowners to secure top leases and additional land rights as well as requisite chain of title and acknowledgment of title defects.

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  Wilbanks exploration

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Sr. land agent

  Participated in easement acquisition for Transco/Williams MarketLink FERC natural gas transmission project. Worked on individual landowner and conservation land negotiations, including parcel preparation for eminent domain.Negotiated for temporary workspace and permanent easements with private landowners and with municipalities.Left this position to relocate to Washington DC in-house in the State Governmental Affairs group.

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  Linderlake corporation

  Jan 1998 - Jan 1998

  Contract land agent

  Performed dish site analyses for Winstar Corporation that encompassed 7 metropolitan communities. Prepared land cost estimates for legal and damage settlements and project forecast costs to measure ROI.Performed fesibility analyses of viable sites and presented in spreadsheet format to assess further site analysis.

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  Williams company

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Sr. representative, state governmental affairs

  Monitored regulatory and state legislative development for natural gas gathering, processing and transportation.Lobbied and coordinated energy sector for state legislatures. Coordinated state lobbyists in eastern regional states. Team participant on Cove Point LNG terminal: Worked with collaborative team that successfully coordinated scoping meetings, regulatory filings and landowner concerns to bring Cove Point LNG Terminal on-line.Partnered with FERC, Regulatory and project development professionals on earmarked projects. Expedited troubleshooting for Williams Communications fiber-optics’ build through metropolitan areas; coordinated lobbyists in northeast working on local and regional broadband network. Show less

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  Englobal

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Sr. land agent

  Third-party land representative for natural gas transmission and distribution system Granite State Gas Transmission & Northern Utilities (they were acquired by Unitil in October of 2008).Guided team in negotiating damages and permits with local emergency personnel. Assisted project engineers in establishing construction routes while acquiring necessary approvals to meet structured timelines which provided forward-looking recommendations. Due diligence and assisted legal department in land right document preparation. Feasibility analyses on compliance issues. Part of team to prepare integrity management plan and PHMSA audit compliance. Show less

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  Unitil service corp.

  Oct 2008 - Aug 2012

  Sr. land agent

  Primary function was to perform managerial duties involved in land acquisition, disposition, lease administration and technical support in electric and natural gas operations in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Unitil acquired transmission and distribution natural gas assets to integrate into their electric and gas distribution portfolio. Duties included:Asset management through acquisition and sale of assets.Emergency and routine maintenance communications.Database management and asset negotiations.FERC audit compliance assurance and asset management. Show less

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  Cha consulting

  Jul 2012 - Aug 2014

  Technical project manager: energy infrastructure, right of way and real estate

  Managed right-of-way agents and resource allocation on electric, utility and intra-state pipeline projects in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.Assisted with NERC audits.Managed timeline and landowner negotiation strategies.Prepared, edited and reviewed deeds, co-location agreements and landowner plats.Coordinated with clients to actuate real estate closings. Face of client with municipal agencies, businesses and landowners.Attended stakeholder project meetings and present land status updates.Presented position to municipal authorities to seek transfer of assets or clarification of status of project. Show less

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  Cornerstone energy services

  Aug 2014 - Jan 2015

  Row coordinator

  Contacted owners to negotiate real property rights, survey access, or encroachment issues on electric transmission reliability projects in New Hampshire.Responsible to purchase real property via fee simple, easement, using appraisals or comparable market analysis.Responsible to present updates to client and to make recommendations for route or infrastructure changes.Worked with governmental regulatory agencies and municipalities to secure requisite permits.

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  Percheron, llc

  Jan 2015 - Aug 2015

  Sr. right of way agent

  Right of Way Agent working with private landowners, businesses and municipalities on FERC natural gas transmission project located in 5 states. Primary responsibility was with 7 New Hampshire communities and approximately 400 landowners. Contacted landowners, requested survey permission and the acquisition of easements during the FERC pre-filing process.Updated line list, spreadsheet and integrated databases and external media resources to support client as needed.Attended public hearings, performed survey updates and municipal status reports.Uploaded contact information and files in GeoAMPS software. Show less

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  Percheron, llc

  Dec 2015 - Apr 2017

  Regional manager, new england - field services

  Primary function is to assist the Regional Director in all aspects of project management, personnel management, client interaction, business development, invoice review and approval, staffing, payroll, process and procedure implementation and reporting to corporate officers as requested.

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  Cornerstone energy services inc.

  Apr 2017 - Jan 2020

  Right-of-way manager
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  Synergy land services ltd.

  Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

  Vice president of operations, us
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  Coates field service, inc.

  Apr 2020 - Jul 2021

  Right of way
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  Eversource energy

  Jul 2021 - Aug 2023

  Supervisor, t&d rights and survey
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  Verdanterra, llc

  Aug 2023 - Nov 2024

  Regional director of operations
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  Trc companies, inc.

  Nov 2024 - now

  Director-land and right-of-way