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Mission: To certify steps towards sustainable prosperity
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David W. Burdick PE
Portland, Oregon
United States
Tel: (+1) 503 654-2070
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David’s vision is to support human activities that live within earth’s carrying capacity. He has gained expertise from a blend of international acumen, academic knowledge and engineering/manufacturing experience. David is an expert in Environmental Management Systems (EMS), Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), project management and sustainability gap analysis. He has two degrees in Engineering (Mechanical and Industrial) from the University of Wisconsin and a Masters degree in Environmental Decision Making from the Open University in the UK.
CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Engineering-Mechanical (PE) License # 26503 State of Wisconsin
Registered Environmental Manager (REM) Lcs. # 8196 Nat’l Registry of Env. Professionals (NREP)
Quality Lead Assessor Training; ISO 9000 Stat-A-Matrix; June 7-14, 1994
Lead Environmental Auditor Training; BS 7750 De Montfort University, UK; July 24-28, 1996
Lead Environmental Auditor Training; ISO 14001 Excel Partners; April 20-24, 1998
TNS (The Natural Step) Training Portland, Oregon; 1998-1999
EDUCATION
M.Sc.-- Environmental Decision Making 1995-2000 Open University-Milton Keynes, UK
Bachelor of Science -- Mechanical Engineering 1986-87 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Bachelor of Science -- Industrial Engineering 1977-82 University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
PUBLICATIONS
Benchmarking Corporate Perceptions of ISO 14000 Chapter 10 in "Moving Ahead With ISO 14000" Eds. Philip Marcus & John Willig, Wiley & Sons, NY, NY 1997
ISO 14001 Implementation, Documentation, Audit Review & Verification Matrix, Gateway Communications 6/96
Thesis: Open University: "A comparison of American and European ISO 14001 accreditation requirements and their influences on registrar practice and organizational environmental performance characteristics." 10/98-3/2000
Opportunities to Strengthen the Registration System, The Environmental Management Report, Volume 5 Number 8, August 2000, pp. 17-19 McGraw-Hill Publication
"A comparison of American and European ISO 14001 accreditation requirements and their influences on registrar practice and organizational environmental performance characteristics," Corporate Environmental Strategy, Elsevier, March, 2001
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Affordable Mini Co-Housing Development
Intended to be net zero in energy, water and food, this concept offers four small, octagon shaped homes situated on one standard size city plot of 75 by 100 ft. Each home is between 600 to 900 square feet and has permaculture gardens on the remaining land. The homes are situated on Land Trust land, allowing affordable homes to those earning less than 80% of medium income for the Portland area. Building costs target of $100/sq ft.
Position: Designer/Developer/Owner responsible for garnering the expertise and contributions from architects, developers, grant writers and the Portland and Clackamas Land Trusts to help design and build this high quality, low cost housing model.
Responsible Purchasing Network (RPN) 2006-present
RPN is an international network of buyers dedicated to socially responsible and environmentally sustainable purchasing. Their membership program and consulting services provide institutional purchasers with cutting edge procurement tools and resources designed to save money, conserve resources, reduce waste, and improve efficiency
Position: Advisory board committee member. In conjunction with 12 other board members, participate in discussions regarding procurement tools and certification
Sustainable Products Purchasing Coalition 2001-2006
The Sustainable Products Purchasers Coalition acts a catalyst for the transformation of industry and the marketplace to develop, produce and consume sustainable products utilizing the Coalition's aggregate purchasing power. In 2006, SPPC joined forces with RPN—Responsible Purchasing Network
Position: Technical Committee Chair Responsibilities include investigating tools for Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), coordination of subcommittee to find consensus on LCA categories.
Business for Social Responsibility-Northwest (BSR-NW). 1998-2000
BSR is a non-profit business association that promotes positive business practices in alignment with the environment, equity and community development.
Position: Executive committee member. Responsibilities include coordinating website development for BSR and developing public service announcements around BSR principles to be aired on KMHD radio station.
Environmental Management Systems Users Group (EMSUG). 1997-1999
EMSUG’s mission is to promote the use of environmental management systems sustainable business development. It is composed primarily of professional environmental managers and consultants.
Position: Co-created charter and purpose of the organization. Researched and presented various topics of discussion, including tools for Life Cycle Analysis and my research regarding ISO 14001 accreditation differences and their influences on registrar practice and organizational behavior.
All People’s College. 1999-2001
The All People's college is a holistic educational center designed to interactively teach and enact sustainable development concepts. Founded by Bob Luitweiller, originator of SERVAS (presently a 10,000 person organization dedicated to world peace through home visitation from diverse cultures)
Position: Advisory committee member. Periodically review concepts and policy regarding the establishment of the college.
Multi-State Working Group (MSWG). 1998-2000
The MSWG is a group of environmental professional and governmental policy makers to develop and influence ISO 14001 policy in order to improve its reliance as an environmental tool.
Position: Advisory committee member. Periodically participate in discussions regarding accreditation and registrar findings.
The Sustainable Project Exchange (SPEx) 2000-2002
SPEx is a series of instructional courses designed to support the efforts of individuals implementing sustainability projects within their organizations
Position: Advisory committee member. Responsible for establishing electronic communications and website development
WORK EXPERIENCE
SUSTAINABLE STEPS
4917 SE Aldercrest Rd. Portland, Oregon 97222
Sustainable Steps contracts to various certifiers world wide to assess organization’s compliance to various ecological standards such as Green Seal (GS) 11, 33, 37, 40; 41, and 46, the National Organic Plan; Forest Stewardship Council (FSC); ISO 14001-(Environmental Management System (EMS)); ISO 66-(Auditing of EMS), and Sustainable Tourism International’s Sustainable Tourism Eco-Certification Program™ (STEP) assessment.
MT HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
26000 SE Stark St. | Gresham, OR 97030
Develop and teach a course on sustainability to students at Mt. Hood Community College
Instructor
US EPA, Office of Policy, Washington, DC
c/o Environmental Careers Organization 179 South St. Boston, MA 02111 USA
Research Internship
UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES
2600 N.W. Lake Dr. Camas, Washington 98607 USA
Quality and Environmental Management Systems Assessor
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
W348 N6069 California Ave, Oconomowoc, WI 53066 USA
Environmental EMS Consultant
Offer training to clients wishing to implement effective ISO 14000, BS 7750 and EMAS Environmental Management Systems.
BUREAU VERITAS QUALITY INTERNATIONAL
Eiko Bldg. 6 Fl., No 93 Edo-Machi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650 JAPAN
Administration/Quality Manager
Established the BVQI office in Japan.
PROCHEM
Science Park Gustav Weidsvej 10. DK-8000 Aarhus C, DENMARK
Development Engineer
This project required investigation into safe and effective concepts for extracting and recycling mercury and glass from an estimated 1,000,000 florescent tubes/year.
DANMAJS
Vardevej 150, 1tv, DK-7140, Vejle, DENMARK
Owner/Operator
Responsible for introducing a new product (sweet corn) to Denmark.
MOTOROLA ELECTRONIK GmbH
Ekenerstrasse 28, D-2390 Flensburg, GERMANY
Advanced Robotics Engineer:
LEGO SYSTEMS A/S
DK-7190, Billund DENMARK
Process and Packaging Engineer
DERINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
1250 Townline Road, Mundelein Illinois, 60060 USA
Applications Engineer
WISCONSIN PACKING CO.
PO 1357, Milwaukee WI 53201 USA
Project Engineer (Food Industry)
PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS
Per Myers-Briggs personality test- ENFP: Extrovert, Innovative, Feeling, Perceptive. Per enneagram: A 7 (adventurer), with a 6 (loyal skeptic) wing
Per Beilby Management Psychological Assessment: Above average in abstract reasoning, optimism, enthusiasm and confidence.
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