Tess Quinn
Houston,US
Summary
Dynamic professional with a diverse background and real world experience in leadership. asset management, and efficiency. Accountable and diplomatic self-starter with experience in high-consequence decision making, resource allocation, and reporting. Experience in grant proposals, technical and field report writing, budget and crew management, metric reporting, and formal and informal presentations. Capable and resourceful in both field and office environments.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Staging and Inventory Lead
Oceaneering Space Systems
11.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: NASA Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
- Supervisor: Eddie Jacquet
- Supervisory and leadership role
- Hire, train, and lead a team of technicians to stage, inventory, and maintain one-of-a-kind mockups of the International Space Station and Lunar surface
- Streamlined inventory management and reduced redundant assets
- Initiated manufacture of new equipment to support simultaneous testing events
Scheduling and Training Specialist
Oceaneering Space Systems
07.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: NASA Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
- Supervisor: Staci Holmgreen
- Provide scheduling, training, and logistics to facilitate and support events
- Monitor and track training workflows for dive staff
- Attend Long Range Planning meetings to endure staff and facility can provide event support
Dive Operations Specialist
Oceaneering Space Systems
06.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: NASA Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
- Supervisor: Robert Erickson
- Provide neutral buoyancy to EVA equipment to simulate the weightlessness of space and ensure astronaut safety and comfort at all times
- Use twinset SCUBA gear to guide astronaut candidates through training runs on full-scale mockups of the International Space Station and lunar surface housed underwater at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
- Provide logistics for delivering equipment needed for training runs in the pool and at NASA Mission Control
EMT / Dive Tender
RAW TV
04.2019 - 10.2019
- Supervisor: Isaac Deuling
- Commercial Diver surface tender for underwater videographer
- Anticipate potential risks to crew safety
- Provide medical assistance to crew
- Provide swift water rescue to crew and cast
- Provide remote location patient extrication
- Act as visual observer for drone operators
- Assist in building location infrastructure
- Provide protection from wildlife
- Transport crew via ATV and zip line
- Assist in helicopter operations
- Provide rope access to crew
- Maintain good condition of rescue equipment
Health and Safety Technician
GEMS Training
08.2018 - 11.2018
- Supervisor: Ray Skaflestad
- Anticipated potential risks to crew safety
- Provided medical assistance to crew
- Provided protection from wildlife
PADI Open Water Dive Instructor and Captain
Buddy Dive Resort
11.2016 - 01.2018
- Supervisor: Augusto Montbrun
- Instructed Open Water dive courses
- Operated and maintained Newton 36’ dive boats
- Worked extensively with Coral Restoration Foundation Bonaire
PADI Open Water Dive Instructor and Deckhand
Go West Diving
01.2016 - 11.2016
- Supervisor: Andreas Kaufman
- Divemaster/Dive Instructor
- Deckhand
- Dive guide
Fish and Wildlife Technician IV
Department of Fish and Game
01.2010 - 12.2015
- Company Overview: Division of Habitat
- Supervisor: Jackie Timothy
- Co-Principal Investigator and Crew Lead for a project documenting water bodies important to anadromous fish in Northern Southeast Alaska
- Created an interactive platform to digitally house data under one waypoint using mapping software
- Designed maps to delineate streams, roads, property boundaries, and watersheds using the ArcGIS mapping platform
- Maintained project budgets, arranged field logistics, crew schedules, and interviewed, hired, and trained field crew
- Published technical reports of project results and wrote articles about fieldwork for the Alaska Wildlife News publication as part of outreach and education
- Presented project progress in formal and informal conference settings, and reported metrics to ensure continued funding
GIS Student Intern
Department of Natural Resources
01.2009 - 12.2009
- Company Overview: Division of Forestry
- Supervisor: Joel Nudelman
- Used ArcGIS software to digitize logging roads and Native allotment property boundaries from satellite imagery
- Conducted road condition surveys
- Determined effectiveness of culverts and French drains
- Determined fish passage abilities of culverts
Fish and Wildlife Technician II
Department of Natural Resources
04.2007 - 11.2007
- Company Overview: Division of Habitat
- Supervisor: Jackie Timothy
- Assisted biologists to monitor the effects of pressure waves on fish when blasting in streams
- Set up and monitored blasts using Instantel Minimate seismographs, geophones, and hydrophones
- Participated in inter-agency efforts to educate the public, maintain, and ensure riparian habitat throughout Southeast Alaska
Education
B.A. - Social Sciences, Anthropology, Psychology
University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, AK04.2009
Skills
- Interviewing
- Hiring
- Training staff
- IMaint asset management database
- SharePoint
- Fox programs
- Microsoft Office
- Delegation skills
- Cross-functional communication
- Coordinating daily operations
- Maintaining records
- Inventory management
- Staff supervision
- Logistics planning
- Schedule coordination
Skills And Experience
- Experience maintaining a project budget, and interviewing, hiring, and training staff
- Experience with iMaint asset management database
- Proficient in SharePoint and Fox programs
- Proficient in ArcGIS Desktop, Online, and ArcPad
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook, Word)
- Experience with single and double tank open circuit dive equipment
- Experience with field transportation (helicopters, float planes, ATVs, manual transmission vehicles, skiffs)
- Experience working with explosives and firearms (Emulex, ANFO, detonation cord, blasting caps; Marlin 45-70 rifle, 12-guage shotgun, 9 and 10mm Glock)
- Experience operating DJI Mavic Pro and Phantom 4 Pro Plus UASs
- Experience with field equipment (Smith-Root LR-24 backpack electrofisher, inclinometer, range finder, McNeil sampler, Surber sampler, minnow traps, flow meter, Garmin GPS, chainsaws)
- Experience with wildlife hazing equipment (propane air cannons, firecrackers, kites)
Timeline
Staging and Inventory Lead
Oceaneering Space Systems
11.2024 - Current
Scheduling and Training Specialist
Oceaneering Space Systems
07.2024 - Current
Dive Operations Specialist
Oceaneering Space Systems
06.2023 - Current
EMT / Dive Tender
RAW TV
04.2019 - 10.2019
Health and Safety Technician
GEMS Training
08.2018 - 11.2018
PADI Open Water Dive Instructor and Captain
Buddy Dive Resort
11.2016 - 01.2018
PADI Open Water Dive Instructor and Deckhand
Go West Diving
01.2016 - 11.2016
Fish and Wildlife Technician IV
Department of Fish and Game
01.2010 - 12.2015
GIS Student Intern
Department of Natural Resources
01.2009 - 12.2009
Fish and Wildlife Technician II
Department of Natural Resources
04.2007 - 11.2007
B.A. - Social Sciences, Anthropology, Psychology
University of Alaska Southeast
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