Sustainable Steps	About Sustainable Steps
Home Perceptions of ISO 14001 Lifecycle Analysis Measuring Sustainable Production ISO14001 and TNS Accreditation body and registrar influences About Sustainable Steps Contact Sustainable Steps		Mission: To certify steps towards sustainable prosperity Vision: A world where human activities live in harmony with earth's carrying capacity David W. Burdick PE Portland, OREGON USA Tel: (+1) 503 654-2070 E-mail: 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 1995-00 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." 10/98-3/00 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 Business for Social Responsibility-Northwest (BSR-NW). 1998-present BSR is a non-profit business association that promotes positive business practices in alignment with the environment, equity and community development. 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-present 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. 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-present 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) Advisory committee member. Periodically review concepts and policy regarding the establishment of the college. Multi-State Working Group (MSWG). 1998-present 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. Advisory committee member. Periodically participate in discussions regarding accreditation and registrar findings. The Sustainable Project Exchange (SPEx) 2000-present SPEx is a series of instructional courses designed to support the efforts of individuals implementing sustainability projects within their organizations Advisory committee member. Responsible for establishing electronic communications and website development PREVIOUS CONTRACT EXPERIENCE US EPA, Office of Policy, Washington, DC c/o Environmental Careers Organization 179 South St. Boston, MA 02111 USA Research Internship, Registration Industry UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES 2600 N.W. Lake Dr. Camas, Washington 98607 USA Quality Assessor (Registration Industry) GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS W348 N6069 California Ave, Oconomowoc, WI 53066 USA Environmental EMS Consultant (Consulting Industry) 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 (Registration Industry) Established the BVQI office in Japan. PROCHEM Science Park Gustav Weidsvej 10. DK-8000 Aarhus C, DENMARK Development Engineer (Environmental Industry) 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 (Food catering) Responsible for introducing a new product (sweet corn) to Denmark. MOTOROLA ELECTRONIK GmbH Ekenerstrasse 28, D-2390 Flensburg, GERMANY Advanced Manufacturing Engineer: (Robotics -- Electronics Industry) LEGO SYSTEMS A/S DK-7190, Billund DENMARK Process and Packaging Engineer (Electronic and Toy Industry) DERINGER MANUFACTURING CO. 1250 Townline Road, Mundelein Illinois, 60060 USA Applications Engineer (Electronics Industry) 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 Beilby Management Psychological Assessment: Above average in abstract reasoning, optimism, enthusiasm and confidence.