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Lesley F. E. Jacques

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Excellent written/verbal communication, and people management skills.

Extensive knowledge of research and problem solving in the field of materials testing, including project design, startup and solicitation of funding.

Computer operations management, programming, systems design, network operations, and software applications, (MS Office, Front Page, SAS Stat, Digital Image Processing Software, Visual C++, Windows NT).

Public speaking in several countries, and over 20 technical publications to date, (copies available on request). Guest editor for prestigious technical publication, "Construction and Building Materials Journal". Author of industrial materials testing standards. Member of ASTM G03 and D01. Former member of AATCC, RILEM and guest ISO representative.

Consulting for international and U.S. clients on a series of diverse problems relating to product testing and statistical analysis of test results.

Development and presentation of client education seminars.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

E.I. DUPONT-Performance Coatings. International Coatings Manufacturer

SITE MANAGER-Florida Weathering Lab-April 1997-Present. Responsible for general management of site operations, development, improvement, staffing and budget. Site development projects include implementation and development of database, bar coding system and automated weather data collection system. Insuring ISO9001 quality compliance, development and maintenance of Intranet Web Site using Front Page 2000.

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HOMESTEAD. Community Bank.

MIS MANAGER. Oct 1996- April 1997. Responsible for management of computer operations, item processing operations, ATM system and telephone system. Wide area Novell network, supporting a client server system. Research of Information Technology developments to maintain technical leadership for the bank. Managed a staff of 5. Management of capital expansion projects related to item processing and computer system development.

SOUTH FLORIDA TEST SERVICE. Independent materials testing laboratory. A division of a Chicago Based Corporation.

MANAGER OF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 1994 - Oct 1996 Responsible for planning and management of multiple projects. Corporate representative on national and international standard committees. Drafting of new industry testing standards. Preparation, testing and publication of research data. Production and presentation of reports and publications related to research. Projects include the development of digital image analysis system to solve problems associated with the measurement of material defects. Development of methodology to improve the correlation between accelerated and natural weathering. Assessment of the suitability of Reliability Analysis to predict product and materials lifetimes based on weathering data. Promoted to this position in 1994 from:

MANAGER OF COMPUTER & TECHNICAL SERVICES 1988 - 1994 Responsible for providing consulting services to client base. Specific areas of activity involved the management of research projects, statistical data analysis, digital acquisition of environmental data and laboratory information system (LIMS) design. Responsible for smooth running of computer operations and system development. Required the following technical skills, programming, systems design, Novell network administration. Managed staff of seven. Promoted to this position in 1987 from:

TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE 1982 - 1987 Responsible for statistical analysis of data generated by testing procedures, corporate representation on various scientific and standards institutions. Programming of environmental data acquisition system.

EDUCATION

Currently Enrolled at FIU Masters Degree in Computer Science.

Educated in the UK. B.Sc. Marine Biology, (with honors), Heriot-Watt Univ, Edinburgh, Scotland 1981. Thesis-The Distribution Abundance and Feeding of Eupolymnia Nebulosa in the Upper Baisin of Loch Creran, Scotland. Additional areas of specialization – Diving science, invertebrate ecology.

Continuing Education:

Microsoft Certification Training, NT-110 1999

Microsoft Certification Training, Windows 95 1997

Predictive Index Training USA 1996

Finance for Non-Financial Managers AMA 1996

Interpersonal Skills AMA 1995

Project Management, Planning, Scheduling and Control AMA 1995

NIST Accelerated testing workshop, course in reliability analysis in accelerated testing. USA - 1992.