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Olof Hansen’s Resume. Skills and Experiences. Objective. International Environmental and Energy Specialist Senior professional position as sustainability specialist in the renewable energy field, particularly interested in assisting German companies launch market opportunities in California.
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Olof Hansen’s Resume • Skills and Experiences
Objective • International Environmental and Energy Specialist • Senior professional position as sustainability specialist in the renewable energy field, particularly interested in assisting German companies launch market opportunities in California.
Career Summary • Extensive and diverse experience in environmental impact assessments, watershed protection and waste management. • Worked for private consultant, state and federal government, and academia, both in Europe and the U.S.A. • Possess extensive background in environmental information management, GIS, sustainability combined with a solid training/teaching experience.
Professional Skill Areas • International Experience • Information Management • Policy & Analysis • Partnership Building
International Experience • Languages: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Nederlands, Dansk. • Coordinated strategies for environmental policies along the US/Mexico border between the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. EPA and Mexican government agencies. • Planned programs and hosted environmental professionals from government, academia, business, and non-government organizations representing countries from four continents. • Worked in Germany for federal ecological research center, taught at university, and private environmental planning companies. • Applied international wetland criteria (Ramsar Convention) in environmental impact study. • Cooperated on United Nations Man and Biosphere (MAB) projects in Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and the Netherlands.
International Experience (cont.) • Organized professional environmental excursions in England, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, and Germany. • Assessed endangered species status according to International, European Union, German Federal, State, and Regional lists. • Presented research results and project reports at international conferences in Europe and North America. • Travelled in North Africa, Latin America, Europe, and Asia.
Information Management • Launched successful Geographic Information System program for waste management applications. • Responsible for data handling, and information resources in multi-agency program of San Francisco Bay. • Apply information management tools such as webinars, spreadsheets, databases, and graphics software to daily management tasks. • Acquired extensive working knowledge of software tools for environmental applications and project management.
GIS Maps (cont.) Navajo Nation placed over Ohio
Policy and Analysis • Correlated environmental with economic data for different industrial sectors generating hazardous waste. • Provided senior support to ecological program on San Francisco Bay, coordinating federal, state agencies, and one NGO. • Advised U.S. EPA scientifically on BIOS - national biological system to assess water quality. • Applied environmental impact research to regional planning for the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Comparison of Economic Indicator (GNP-Lines) to Environmental Indicator (Waste-Bars)
Partnership Building • Managed a voluntary partnership program promoting businesses to voluntarily reduce or eliminate toxic chemicals, which resulted in: • Reducing over half a million pounds of toxic chemicals along the West Coast. • Proving that “green” partners improve economic competitiveness in market. • Creating models for other industry sectors to follow.
Partnership Building (cont.) • Conceived idea and launched successful partnerships to convert waste resources to renewable fuels, resulting in: • Achieving emission reductions of 86% for greenhouse gases. • Reducing costly sanitary sewage overflow events caused by Fats-Oils-Grease. • Saving costs of up to 75% by using waste feedstock and co-locating supply and demand.
Local Public-Private Partnership • Recovering Energy from Waste Diverting from Landfills
Contact Info: • Olof Hansen • San Francisco, CA • U.S.A. • mobile: +1.415.370.9301 • email: olofhansen@me.com • www.linkedin.com/in/olofhansen