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Richard Shandross

Experienced and hands-on innovator, product developer, project manager / team leader, experimentalist, and investigator. Confident communicator with high-caliber writing and presentation skills.

Headline: Engineer
Work status: Employed Full-Time
Industries: Cleantech
Skills: Business, Chemical Engineering, Design, Engineering, Event planning, Intellectual Property, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Patents, Software Engineering, Spanish, System Administration, Writing
Groups: MIT Clean Energy Prize 2010
Interested in: Employment opportunities, Helping friends, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities
Schools: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: General Dynamics C4 Systems, Taunton, MA
Position: Senior Systems Engineer
Time period: January 2004 - Present
Description: Deputy Program Manager for Engineering and Senior Systems Engineer

Employer: Forward Technology Consulting, Newtonville, MA
Position: President and Founder
Time period: January 2003 - December 2004

Employer: TIAX LLC, Technology Consulting Firm, Cambridge, MA
Position: Manager, Reaction Engineering
Time period: January 2002 - December 2003

Employer: Arthur D. Little, Inc., Technology Consulting Firm, Cambridge, MA
Position: Manager: Reaction Engineering, Consultant: Food Equipment Engineering
Time period: January 1996 - December 2002

Employer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Position: Postdoctoral Assoc, Research and Teaching Asst; Chemical Engineering Dept
Time period: January 1985 - December 1996

Employer: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, Chicago, IL
Position: State Implementation Officer and Environmental Engineer, Hazardous Waste Management
Time period: January 1979 - December 1985

Employer: General Dynamics C4 Systems, under TAD Technical Services, Taunton, MA
Position: Senior Member of Technical Staff
Time period: December 2004
Description: Senior Member of Technical Staff, CHS Engineering.

EDUCATION

University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Time period: 1996
Degree: Chemical Engineering, PhD

University: Northwestern University
Time period: 1979
Degree: Environmental Engineering, BSc

INFORMATION

Memberships: American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
American Chemical Society (ACS).
Combustion Institute, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society.
Awards: General Dynamics Awards: Silver Eagle – flawless project execution, 2008; Bronze Eagle.

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