| Degree | Field | Institution | Year |
| M.Sc. | Agricultural | Cornell | 1985 |
| Engineering | University | ||
| B.A. | Physics/ | Cornell | 1978 |
| Mathematics | University |
| Director, Resource Planning Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | Responsible for Ministry-wide resource policy and planning, including all environmental policy and Crown Land planning processes. |
| Responsible for the coordination of provincial resource planning initiatives for the agri-food sector. Responsible for the coordination and approval of resource information and inventory projects for the Ministry. | |
| Responsible for the management of 6 central and regional staff and financial resources of $827,000. | |
| Responsible for Ministerial support for government wide policy regarding agricultural resources. | |
| Ministry coordination and representation on key inter-ministerial committees (such as the ADMs Committee on Land Use, ADMs Committee on Water, ADMs Committee on Protected Area Strategy, ADMs Committee on Greenhouse Gases, the Interministry Policy Committee, Land Information Inventory Coordinating Committee, etc.) | |
| Supervisor, Geographic Information Systems Group, British Columbia Ministry of Crown Lands | Responsible for 7 employees, resource allocation, group direction, project initiation |
| Development of inter-ministerial and government-industry joint ventures | |
| President and General Manager for Lambda Technology Ltd., Research & Development Company | Administration of budget, time allocation, documentation |
| Responsible for corporate structure, contract arrangements, investment procurement, legal and accounting | |
| Division Manager for Software and Numerical Modelling Group personnel of 40 researchers (Interact Research and Development) | Administration of subcontracts, budget/equipment |
| Employee scheduling and evaluation | |
| Responsible for all aspects of business development: proposal generation, promotional material, contract negotiation | |
| Development of company-wide systems for: personnel management, documentation, seminar series, library development, tape/file security |
| Land Use Assessment | Development of corporate government structure (goals, policies, and indicators) for making and assessing land use decisions |
| Development of a unified environmental assessment process for British Columbia | |
| Resource use definition for protected areas | |
| Agricultural Systems | Management of agricultural resources under the Forest Practices Code - biodiversity implications |
| Socio-economic impacts of agricultural resource limitations in the Cariboo-Chilcotin | |
| Environmental Assessment application to livestock operations | |
| Social Program Assessment | Statistical analysis of alternative justice procedures |
| Design of program effectiveness tests for child sexual abuse education | |
| Analysis of the victim impact assessment program in Victoria, B.C. | |
| Hydrology and Soil Systems | Watershed delineation and segmentation |
| Modelling phosphorus transport in heterogeneous watersheds | |
| Rural and municipal water availability | |
| Simulation of salinity and nitrates in irrigation return flows | |
| Modelling agricultural nonpoint source pollution | |
| Design of drainage systems for optimal crop yields | |
| Regional water quality modelling | |
| Municipal water supply system reliability | |
| Hydroelectric Power Planning | Optimal reservoir releases for hydroelectric power |
| Optimal design of unattended reservoir control structures | |
| Fisheries Modelling | Inland stream habitat analysis (PHABSIM) |
| Development of coupled hydrodynamic-predator-prey models | |
| Investigation of 3-D turbulence | |
| Analysis of ocean bathymetry statistics | |
| Mining and Geology | Integrated geophysical field analysis |
| Development of the Accusampler for exploration sampling | |
| Forestry | Analysis of air tanker productivity for fire suppression |
| Analysis of effect of logging on nonpoint source pollution | |
| Chairman, Science Department, Nkambe, Cameroon. |
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| Educational theory and math and science techniques, Teacher Training Program, Yaounde, Cameroon. |
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| Engineering Applications in Biological Systems, Cornell University, N.Y |
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| Surveying Cornell University, N.Y. |
| English, French (reading, some conversation), Spanish (reading), Attic Greek (reading), Wes Cos (fluent), Limbum (fluent), Hebrew (reading), Latin (reading) |
| Standards: | SAIF, USN, ISO OSI (Open Systems Interconnection), ISO 8211 (Data File Format), ISO 8224, 8225 (ASN.1) |
| Languages: | Smalltalk, C, ACTOR, FORTRAN, Visual BASIC, APL, LISP, dBase V, SQL, HTML |
| Hardware: | IBM PC, DEC Vax 11/780/8650, IBM 360/370, Amdahl, CDC Cyber 6000, HP3000, Univac 1160, Apple, Tektronix and DY-4 |
| Operating Systems: | Windows, MS-DOS, VMS, UNIX, OS/2, CMS, MTS, TSO, NOS, EXEC |
| Software Packages: | Ventura Publisher, TeX, Harvard Graphics, CorelDraw |
| Systat, NAG, IMSL, Eureka, MuMath, MatLab, Matrix Layout | |
| MapInfo, Prime Meridian, Terrasoft GIS, QuickMap | |
| General office automation and project management software |
| Surveying, Mathematics and Statistical Analysis, Computer typesetting, music, squash |
| Date | Employer | Position held |
| 1992-date | B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, | Director |
| Fisheries and Food | ||
| 1991-1992 | B.C. Ministry of Environment, | Senior Land Information |
| Lands and Parks | Analyst/Project Manager | |
| 1989-1991 | B.C. Ministry of Crown | Supervisor, GIS Group |
| Lands | ||
| 1988-1989 | Lambda Technology Ltd. | President and General Manager |
| 1985-1988 | Interact Research & | Division Manager |
| Development Corp. | ||
| 1982-1984 | Charles Howard & | Intermediate Engineer |
| Associates, Ltd. | ||
| 1980-1982 | Cornell University | Teaching Assistant |
| 1978-1980 | U.S. Peace Corps | Volunteer/teacher |
| 1977 | South Dakota | Driller's Assistant |
| Geological Survey |
| Phone: | (604) 652-8982 | |
| E-MAIL: | rmenes@geocities.com or rmenes@hotmail.com | |
| World Wide Web URL: | http://geocities.datacellar.net/Athens/4671 |