Sample Projects

Transuranic Waste management plan

Developed conceptual plan for removing waste containers from a burial area to an above-ground storage facility for Los Alamos National Laboratory. This plan included evaluation of equipment, personnel needs and preparation of schedule as well as risk assessment for safety, environmental, financial, and programmatic factors.

Tire Recycling

Grass-roots plant for processing used tires into commercially saleable materials.

Management required dealing with many parties to successfully push the project forward. Coordination with project financiers, civil engineers, the transportation authority, the county planning department, and the state environmental agency to complete a provisional permit and a construction and operating plan. Evaluation of technologies, selection of technology vendors, and equipment planning for this project. This project included planning for labor and materials traffic as well as a provisional market survey for the plant products.

Headache machine

Development of a home health care device for people who suffer from severe headaches. Supervised all aspects of the product and business development. This included market surverys, market channel design, product design for manufacturability, creation of detailed business plan and marketing plan.

Challenges included communication of the product philosophy to health care community and application to the FDA regulatory process

Internet strategies

Developed Internet strategies for several small and medium-sized businesses. This included the visual and functional design of websites, search engine placement, and competitive analysis. Development of websites incorporated business strategy, target customer profiles and demographics, and technical requirements.

Arsenic-containing waste

Planning and process design for management and treatment of highly toxic liquid waste. The conceptual design included process design encompassing scientific data, customer preferences, industry standards, and legal requirements. Evaluation of impact of processing equipment on facility, estimate of construction cost and schedule, and development of control and operating philosophies. The design included provisions for safety, durability, and minimizing human contact.

Strategic marketing/Technology evaluation - telecommunications

For a start-up telecommunications firm, developed a market survey and strategy.

The study included the impact of evolving technology and deregulation in the communications field, analysis of industry structure and financing, and probable consolidation among participants, given capital requirements and market conditions. The analysis took into account cable television, entertainment, telephone companies, computer and other hardware manufacturing firms and their motivations for reacting with and/or acquiring the start-up in response to offensive and defensive threats. Identified strategies for deal formation and a suggested a framework for valuing the company as an option for an acquirer.