PROJECT MANAGER (Training, Civil Engr, GIS, Water)

PROPRIETOR, CORNERFOUR GEOSYSTEMS

• 3600 Seeley St., Bellingham, WA 98226-4368
• (360) 738-3151 phone/fax
• beddill@nas.com
• MAY 1993 - Present
  • Owner and principal specialist, providing consultant services for projects in Geographic Information Systems, specializing in effective use of modern PC-based tools in planning, management and development. Some representative clients and activities are:
  • PC SYSTEMS & USERS ASSISTANCE
    • Clients: Numerous non-profit agencies, small businesses, and individuals in Bellingham, WA
  • GIS SYSTEM ANALYST
    • Client: Public Works and Planning Departments, City of Lynden, WA
  • GIS SYSTEM ANALYST
    • Client: Control Products Corp., Vancouver, WA / EQUINOX Corp

ENGINEERING CONSULTANT

• Bellingham, WA & Washington, DC., AUGUST 1988 - present
  • WATER MANAGEMENT ENGINEER, FLOOD MODELLING
    • Client: USAID / Engineering Consultants, Inc., Englewood, CO
  • TECHNICAL ADVISOR, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS
    • Client: World Bank / Sheladia Associates, Inc., Rockville, MD
  • TECHNICAL ADVISOR, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
    • Client: Sheladia Associates, Inc., Rockville, MD
  • PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST
    • Client: Professional Development Project, Egypt
    • USAID / Sheladia Associates, Inc., Rockville, MD
  • ENGINEERING AND MICRO-COMPUTER SPECIALIST
    • Client: Mahaweli Downstream Support Project
    • USAID / HARZA Engineering Co., Sri Lanka

PROJECT MANAGER, Home Office

• Sheladia Associates, Inc., Riverdale, Maryland.
• JANUARY 1986 - AUGUST 1988

ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, International

• Albuquerque, New Mexico. JUNE 1983 - DECEMBER 1985:
  • FARM DEVELOPMENT AND WATER MANAGEMENT ENGINEER
    • Client: BSFIC Agricultural Development Project
    • World Bank / ABA Associates, Inc., Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • TECHNICAL ADVISOR, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
    • Client: On-Farm Water Management Project
    • USAID / Sheladia Associates, Inc., Lahore, Pakistan.
  • TECHNICAL ADVISOR, WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
    • Client: Watershed Development Project
    • USAID / Sheladia Associates, Inc., Republic of Cape Verde

PROJECT MANAGER (Hydraulics Engineering)

• ENCIBRA Estudos e Projetos de Engenharia, SA, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• OCTOBER 1979 - MAY 1983

PROJECT MANAGER (Manufacturing)

• Carborundum, SA; Vinhedo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• JUNE 1978 - SEPTEMBER 1979

ENGINEERING PROJECTS COORDINATOR (Sugarcane Plantation)

• Companhia Usina do Outeiro, Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• MARCH 1976 - MAY 1978

WATER MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

• AGRO-TECH Associates of Hawaii, Ltd. Maceio, Alagoas, Brazil.
• FEBRUARY 1973 - DECEMBER 1975

DEPUTY COUNTY ENGINEER

• County of Kauai, Lihue, Hawaii.
• OCTOBER 1971 - DECEMBER 1972

ASSOCIATE ENGINEER (Engineering Research)

• Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association; Aiea, Hawaii.
• MAY 1963 - OCTOBER 1971

CIVIL ENGINEER (Hydrology)

• Herschler and Randolph, Consulting Engineers. Honolulu, Hawaii.
• JULY 1962 - APRIL 1963

AVIATION METEOROLOGIST

• USAF Air Weather Service, Keesler AFB, Mississippi
• JULY 1959 - JUNE 1962

HIGHWAY ENGINEER

• Texas Highway Department, Bell County Resident Engineer's Office, Belton, Texas
• JANUARY 1959 - JUNE 1959

EDUCATION:

• Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University
• College Station, Texas.

• Pennsylvania State University
• University Park, Pennsylvania.

LANGUAGES:

• Portuguese (fluent).
• Some Spanish, Bangla