Rami E. Cremesti BS, MS
Danail Nikolaev Street #57
Plovdiv, Bulgaria 4002
Mobile: +359- 898- 240 121
Email: rami@cremesti.com
Web: http://cremesti.com/
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Summary/Objective: Seeking a senior engineering service/sales/consulting position where I can apply and build my technical chemical knowledge and experience in industrial water treatment as well as my communication, people and leadership skills. I hold a BS and MS in chemistry and have 8 years of cumulative experience in teaching, chemical research, IT consulting and industrial water treatment in heavy chemical industry.
Education:
- MS Industrial Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 1998 - GPA 3.73 (Full teaching/research assistantship), AXE Member
- BS Chemistry, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon 1995 - Dean’s List
- Nalco training program in water treatment engineering (power generation, cooling systems and wastewater treatment) and consultative selling special training.
- Spherion Technology Consultative Selling seminar, Irvine, California 2001
- Courses in Databases, Web and Graphic design.
- Fluent in English, Arabic and Bulgarian. Some French.
Relevant Skills and Abilities:
Chemistry Skills:
- Experience in industrial water treatment: boiler water treatment (corrosion inhibition, O2 scavenging, anti-scalant and dispersant programs), cooling systems (exchangers, chillers, closed cooling water loops, cooling towers - programs used: corrosion inhibitors, anti-foulants, biocides, algicide, dispersants), and waste water treatment (ionic and polymeric coagulants/flocculants).
- Water chemistry tests and analysis (PH, conductivity, Fe, Silica, free Cl2, Ca, Mg, Carbonate/Bicarbonate, Zinc, Phosphate, P and M alkalinity, hydrazine, dissolved oxygen, sulfite, etc.)
- Understanding of CIE, Styrene, EDC, VCM, Olefins, Ethylene, and Utilities industrial processes.
- Operated/maintained advanced analytical, high vacuum and surface characterization equipment such as Potentiometers, Scanning Tunneling Microscope, Scanning Electron Microscope, FTIR Spectrophotometer, CVD reactors and Atomic Force Microscope as part of graduate Silicon surface science research.
- Experience working in Clean Room and designing/implementing experiments in analytical chemistry to measure various organic and inorganic analytes.
- Undergraduate research in Organic synthesis, purification and characterization (wet bench techniques, IR, NMR, Mass Spectrometry, distillation, separation techniques, characterization, Chromatography, TLC).
Sales Skills:
- Polished professional sales skills and natural ability to build positive business relationships
- Consultative selling and Return On Investment (RIO) approach
Technical Writing and Computer Skills:
- Superb technical writing skills honed by writing myriad academic scientific research papers as well as 6 years of IT experience working in the areas of web/graphic design, consulting, technical writing, business analysis and implementation support (developing training materials) on large software projects.
- Excellent computer skills (MS Office, Dreamweaver MX, Photoshop).
- Excellent online, library and resource research skills.
Course Background:
Chemistry (organic, analytical, physical organic, inorganic, computational, biochemistry), Physics, Math, Biology, Molecular Biology, Materials Science, Pharmacology, Web Design, Database Design and Programming. Completed Nalco Industrial Water Treatment and Consultative Sales courses.
Selected Scientific Papers/Projects/Presentations:
- Successful servicing of SABIC cooling tower treatment trial based on Zinc Phosphate, anti-scalants, non-oxidizing biocide and Chlorine water chemistry.
- Thesis Research Topic: “Potentiometric and FTIR-ATR Study of the Surface SiO2 Etching Using Hydrofluoric Acid”, Presented in regional ACS meeting. Advisor Dr. Oliver Chyan, UNT Chemistry Department.
- "FTIR and AFM Investigation of Organic Contaminants in The Process Environment", graduate project participant. Advisor Dr. Oliver Chyan.
- Contributed to the development of a ppb-level potentiometric sensor for the detection of trace metallic contaminants in hydrofluoric acid. Advisor Dr. Oliver Chyan.
- Undergraduate Thesis Research Topic: “Chlorosulfonation of 1,3 Diketones”, Undergraduate research for the Chem. 299 Honors course, Department of Chemistry, American University of Beirut, Spring 1995. Advisor: Dr. Paul Bassin.
Hobbies/Interests:
Reading, photography, surfing, swimming, fishing, camping, hiking, mountain biking and traveling.
Work Experience:
Nalco Saudi, Dammam, Kingdom Saudi Arabia December 2004 – August 2005
As industrial water treatment Application Engineer, working on the boilers and cooling systems of SABIC petrochemical industrial complexes SADAF and Petrokemya. My job consists of weekly sampling of boiler and cooling water installations, analysis, program report writing and interaction with client process engineers, production teams, supervisors and plant operation personnel. Used Consultative Selling approach to identify new water treatment applications. Serviced Styrene, Utilities, Olefins, Ethylene, VCM, Polystyrene plants and a cooling tower. Within Nalco, I interact with sales, distribution, production, lab, and the applied services departments.
CREMESTI.COM Internet Consulting12/99-12/2004
Founded startup Internet consultancy in Irvine, California in 1999. Worked with various .com's in various industries (real estate, manufacturing, educational, etc.) as freelance web/graphic designer and Internet consultant on projects ranging from complete online-presence creation, Internet search engine visibility, online marketing campaigns, and subjaect matter development. My last project was as language expert working on the statistical translation software of LanguageWeaver in Marina Del Rey, California.
SPHERION TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTS 10/2000 - 08//2001
Spherion Technology Architects - the Technology branch of Fortune 500 Spherion (NYSE: SFN) - provides value-added consulting services and project support in the areas of Software Quality Management, Enterprise Application Integration, and Information Design Services. As a Consultant in Spherion’s Southern California Information Design Services practice, I worked as a Technical Writer on a variety of internal and external IT projects with large companies such as General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. On these projects I worked in the areas of software documentation, implementation, training and support.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS, DEP’T of CHEMISTRY 08/96 - 12/98
As a Chemistry Teaching Assistant, instructed freshman labs/classes, gave class lectures, corrected exams/quizzes/reports and taught students essential lab procedures, instilled sense of excitement about learning Chemistry. Walked three graduate students through the process of writing their MS/PhD. theses.
As a Research Assistant, conducted various research projects in silicon surface science and contamination detection and control, managed the operation of the Analytical Chemistry lab, trained/lead three freshmen and one graduate student in miscellaneous research projects, managed supply and ordering and scientific equipment maintenance and repair. Interacted with various research groups in the university such as in materials science, biology and biochemistry. Established lab SOP’s and validation protocols and maintenance/calibration routines for various instruments and processes.