TONY DUARTE
1556 E Country Lane
Erda, UT 84074
H: 1-435-241-8072
mycells[at]hotmail.com
SUMMARY:
 BS Biology + 7 years of professional experience in a chemical/power plant environment.
 7 years experience with water treatment systems for Nuclear, semiconductor, paper-pulp, and boiler feed applications.
 Experienced with Demineralization, Reverse Osmosis, Cooling systems both open/closed and Filters as well as the chemical treatment to optimize these systems.
 5 years experience with the startup/commissioning of water treatment systems to include electrical troubleshooting and plumbing.
 Excellent team player. Work well with management, vendors and operation personnel.
 6 years U.S.M.C. in Military Intelligence. I Held Top Secret Clearance w/ sci access.
EXPERIENCE:
Huber Technology Inc.
Service Specialist 1/2009 - 6/2009
 Demonstrate the capabilities of a WWTF pilot unit.
 Sell the capabilities of the pilot unit.
 Teach water treatment fundamentals to new customers.
 Responsible for emergency out calls on other systems; travel to customers to troubleshoot and solve water problems.
 Testing influent and effluent sludge quality using wet chemistry.
Siemens Water Technologies 4/2008 – 12/2008
Lead Service Technician
 Maintaining the water system of Siemens Water Treatments top customers in the central north east.
 Installation and optimization of Medica water treatment equipment.
 Start up new water treatment systems and teach water treatment fundamentals to the new customers.
 Responsible for emergency out calls on these systems and travel to customers to troubleshoot and solve water problems such as scale, corrosion, and fouling that occur on Filters, demineralization, reverse osmosis and electro- demineralization units.
 Testing influent and effluent water using wet chemistry to test the quality at the plant and made adjustment of chemical injection as needed.
 On call to visit other customers and performed chemical testing and troubleshooting of softeners, filters, RO, cooling tower and boiler facilities.
Ronnoco, Inc. 12/2007 – 2/2008
Service Technician
 Start up of small water purification systems and softener systems.
 Electrical troubleshooting, PLC installation/ calibration, preventative maintenance
on water process systems.
 Responsible for emergency out calls on these systems and travel to customers to troubleshoot and solve water problems such as scale, corrosion, and fouling.
Nalco Chemical Co. 8/2005 – 9/2006
Site Manager
 Responsible for the management of a water treatment contract which was a 2.5 million dollar contract.
 Responsible for the overall high-end purification of water for California based, Diablo Nuclear Power Plant.
 Responsible for the operation and maintenance of all chemical pumps and PLC monitoring equipment of plant primary systems.
 Testing influent and effluent water using wet chemistry to test the quality at the plant and made adjustment of chemical injection as needed.
 Responsible for the quality of discharge water that is reported to the California Coastal Commission, which issues Diablo Nuclear Power Plant’s operating license.
 On call to visit other customers and performed chemical testing and troubleshooting of softeners, filters, RO, cooling tower and boiler facilities.
GE Water & Process Technologies 5/2001- 8/2005
Lead Service Technician
 Responsible for field operation of Filters, Softeners, RO, EDI, UV and other water purification equipment such as degasifiers.
 Conducted tests, which involved water analysis such as spectrophotometers and wet chemistry. These include silica analysis, salt density, turbidity, tds, ph and conductivity measurement.
 Developed and recommend procedural and policy changes to be added to our resource base, as a means of continual safety
 Improved our technical application, site management and customer service at several Nuclear Power Plants and other industrial sites.
 Responsible for emergency out calls to start-up softeners, filters, RO, cooling towers to supplement downed industrial facilities and water treatment plants
U.S. Marine Corp. 7/1987 - 7/1993
 I served in three military actions and one war, in Southwest Asia. I served six years and was promoted up to the rank of Staff Sergeant and honorably discharged in 1993.
EDUCATION:
 5/1999 B.S. Biology University of Nevada, Reno
COMPUTER SKILLS
 MS 2007 (Word, Excel, Power Point, Works and Access).
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