Austin Riley

Austin Riley

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Project manager at Lifetime Construction

  • Education

    • University of Colorado Boulder

      2013 - 2018
      Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering for Developing Communities 2nd Year Master's Student

      Current student in BS/MS Concurrent Enrollment Program graduating December 2018, 3.7 GPABachelor of Science in Civil EngineeringMaster of Science in Environmental Engineering in Engineering for Developing Communities tract • Minors in Spanish and Global Engineering• Student in renowned Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities• Passed Fundamentals of Engineering Civil Exam—will be EIT at graduation• Relevant courses: Sustainable Community Development I &… Show more Current student in BS/MS Concurrent Enrollment Program graduating December 2018, 3.7 GPABachelor of Science in Civil EngineeringMaster of Science in Environmental Engineering in Engineering for Developing Communities tract • Minors in Spanish and Global Engineering• Student in renowned Mortenson Center in Engineering for Developing Communities• Passed Fundamentals of Engineering Civil Exam—will be EIT at graduation• Relevant courses: Sustainable Community Development I & II, WASH, Disaster Recovery/Humanitarian Response, Engineering Computing, Professional Issues• Won Study Abroad Student of the Year of entire university Show less

    • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

      2015 - 2015
      Civil Engineering Junior

      • Pursued civil engineering degree while being fully immersed in the Spanish language and culture• Completed challenging engineering courses in Spanish

  • Experience

    • El Puente (The Bridge)

      May 2013 - Aug 2013
      Summer Internship

      Local church in the colonial city of Granada, Nicaragua--led high school teams through various ministry sites• Demonstrated leadership by leading teams of five to fifteen through different volunteering sites such as a nursing home, the dump, activities with the local children, interacting with the local barrios (neighborhoods), etc.• Quickly adapted to a foreign environment

    • Engineers Without Borders USA

      Sept 2013 - Dec 2018

      • Currently manage 200 volunteers and six active international water and sanitation projects• Ultimately responsible for all elements of projects including design, finances, communication, education, and construction• Ultimately responsible for allocation and management of major amounts of funding ($111,175 budgeted for this fiscal year)• Teach lessons to students on technical design for small water and sanitation systems• Teach and use Volunteer Village, a Salesforce application for all project organization Show less

      • Chapter President

        Dec 2017 - Dec 2018
      • Project Manager-- CU Chapter

        Dec 2016 - Dec 2017
      • Active Member-- CU Chapter, Peru team

        Sept 2013 - Dec 2016
    • Colorado WASH Symposium

      Sept 2014 - Mar 2015
      Lead Coordinator

      Co-led team of 15 students to organize and prepared the annual Colorado WASH Symposium for around 200 participants

    • Colorado WASH Symposium

      Sept 2015 - Mar 2018
      Finance Lead

      Won grants for and effectively managed funds of over $20,000/year

    • Lifetime Construction

      Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
      Quality Controller

      • Monitored quality of construction of residential roofs• Responsible for communication with clients and coordination of subcontractors

    • University of Colorado Boulder

      Sept 2016 - Apr 2017
      Research Assistant:Holistic Risk Reduction in Community Relocation After Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines

      Used NVivo to develop and perform qualitative analysis of community characteristics that lead to successful relocation after a disaster

    • Water For People

      Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
      Intern

      • Assessed and registered protected springs, public taps, and storage tanks for drinking water in rural Rwanda• Learned ArcGIS Pro from scratch to map and analyzed data related to drinking water for the entire district in Rwanda• Wrote successful VBA code that helps district authorities visualize their water and sanitation data dynamically• Participated in water and sanitation reflection sessions with Rwanda district authorities and stakeholders

    • Community Engineering Corps (EWB, ASCE, and AWWA Partnership)

      Sept 2018 - Mar 2019
      Intern

      • Responsible for migration of historic project and program information from Excel and PDFs into Salesforce Platform• Participated in reviews of monitoring and evaluation framework and online user interface • Work in Salesforce online platform daily

    • Lifetime Construction

      Mar 2019 - now
      Project Manager

      Coordinate materials, crews, and pernitting for various projects for a general contractor. Specialize in working with property insurance in hail claim management

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Master Mechanical

      International Code Council
      Sept 2019