Atif M. Qureshi, P.E.
San
Francisco Bay Area, California
| EDUCATION | TRAINING | EXPERIENCE | SKILLS | ACTIVITIES |
EDUCATION:
University of Maryland at College Park B.S.
Fire Protection Engineering - 1997
Professional
Engineer (P.E.) - Nevada #016271 - Fall 2003
TRAINING:
Workshops
NCNSFPE / NorCal FPO Workshop - NCNSFPE – San Francisco, CA: April 2008
Technical Initiatives Workshop - Rolf Jensen & Associates – Las Vegas, NV:
June 2005
NFPA 2005 Annual Convention - Las Vegas, NV: June 2005
Technical Initiatives Workshop - Rolf Jensen & Associates - Miami, FL:
November 2004
NFPA 2004 Fall Education Conference - Miami, FL: November 2004
Project Management Training - Rolf Jensen & Associates - Los Angeles, CA:
June 2004
Foundations Training - Rolf Jensen & Associates - Chicago, IL: April 2004
Sales Training - Rolf Jensen & Associates - Chicago, IL: March 2004
SFPE 2003 Professional Development Week - Introduction to Fire Modeling (FDS) -
Las Vegas, NV: March 2003
Project Management Training - Framatome ANP - Charlotte, NC: April 2002
NFPA 2001 Annual Convention - Anaheim, CA: May 2001
NFPA 2000 Annual Convention - Denver, CO: May 2000
NFPA 1999 Annual Convention - Baltimore, MD: May 1999
NFPA 100th Anniversary Convention - Boston, MA: May 1996
Simplex Fire Alarm Seminar: April 1996
Introduction to UV/IR Detectors: April 1996
Fundamentals of "THE" Sprinkler Program: November 1995
Inspections
D.C. Department of
Site Visit
to Andrews Air Force Base: April 1996
Knowlogy
· Introduction to HTML I
· Advanced Topics HTML II
EXPERIENCE:
Senior
Engineer / Project Manager
FPI
Concord, CA
April 2007 - Present
- Assist in providing Fire Protection
Consulting services to clients in the Western United States Region
including Las Vegas, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego, Tucson,
Phoenix, Los Angeles.
- Assisted in conducting
inspections and independent third party testing for the verification,
testing and commissioning of fire protection systems.
- Performed code reviews as part
of the fire protection and life safety systems design process.
Engineer
Hughes Associates
San Ramon, CA
August 2005 - April 2007
- Assist in providing Fire Protection
Consulting services to clients in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Assisted in conducting
inspections and independent third party testing for the verification,
testing and commissioning of mechanical smoke control systems.
- Performed code reviews as part
of the fire protection and life safety systems design process.
- Clients included: Pacific Gas
& Electric, Union Pacific Railroad, Drury Hotels,
Associate
Engineer - January 2004 – August 2005
Associate - February 2003 - January 2004
Rolf Jensen and Associates (RJA)
Las Vegas, NV
February 2003 - August 2005
- Assisted in the preparation of
fire protection and life safety reports, code equivalencies and code
consultation for several projects in the
- Performed code reviews as part
of the fire protection and life safety systems design process needed to
provide integrated fire and life safety systems in complex buildings.
- Assisted in conducting
inspections and independent third party testing for the verification,
testing and commissioning of mechanical smoke control systems as required
by the local authorities.
- Experienced in egress analysis
and the production of master exiting diagrams.
- Clients included: Red Rock, Green
Valley Ranch, Bellagio, MGM Grand, Venetian,
Project Manager/Engineer
Fire Protection & Hazards Analysis Group
Framatome ANP DE&S
2002-2003
- Project Manager for Duke
Energy South Bay Power Plant Oil Tank Farm Demolition overseeing
subcontractors & day to day tank cleaning and demolition activities.
- Responsible
for managing both the contractual as well as field operations of both
construction and demolition projects.
Fire Protection & Hazards Analysis Group
Duke Engineering & Services (DE&S)
1997-2002
- Project
Manager for Duke Energy South Bay Power Plant Oil Tank Farm Demolition
overseeing subcontractors & day to day tank cleaning and demolition
activities.
- Project
Manager for the construction of 2 - Fuel Oil Truck Offloading ramps for
Duke Energy South Bay Power Plant.
- Provided
engineering & fire protection support to various clients, including
Duke Energy North America (DENA) and Duke Fluor Daniel (D/FD).
- Assisted
in reviewing and preparing invoices, project accounting and revenue
figures for active projects.
- Marketed,
sold and managed fire protection, safety and construction management
scopes for DE&S.
- Learned
the working environments of a consulting services company. Gained
knowledge and exposure to the business and accounting aspects of projects.
- Leveraged
the power of the Internet to conduct low-cost fire protection software
training, demonstrations and product marketing via the Internet.
- Gained
experience working on multiple different projects and tasks for different
clients simultaneously. Concurrently worked on many different aspects of
multiple projects for clients ranging from fire protection hydraulic
calculations to Appendix R safe shutdown analysis.
- Provided
Combustible Loading Software training for Florida Power Corporation (FPC).
- Assisted
in performing an Appendix R fire safe shutdown analysis for Wisconsin
Electric Power Company's Nuclear Power Plant (WEPCO).
- Assisted
with the fire protection sprinkler modifications for Florida Power &
Light's (FP&L) Units 3 & 4.
Computer Lab Manager
Computation and Fire Modeling Laboratory
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
1996-1997
- Responsible
for day-to-day operations for the computer lab used by students in the
Department of Fire Protection Engineering.
- Created
website for the
- Established
an aggressive effort that lead to the elimination of computer viruses on
all computers.
- Assisted
and trained students on the use of various computer software.
Research/Technology
Development Intern
State Center for Health Statistics
Washington D.C. Department of
Health
Washington, D.C.
1994-1997
- Worked
with engineers from the federal government in conducting an architectural
and engineering survey of the city's public health care facilities.
- Prepared
report for submittal to United States Congress outlining the fire and life
safety conditions of all of the District's public health care facilities.
- Conducted
site surveys of office building and contributed to the formulation of a
fire evacuation plan.
Prince George's Community College
1995-1997
- Trained
to work with a teacher to motivate at-risk children in math and science.
- Taught
classes to seventh, eighth, and ninth graders on math and science concepts
in order to meet the goals of Equity 2000.
- Encouraged
and instructed children to learn various scientific concepts and
applications through laboratory activities and computers.
Library/Media Technician
1993-1995
Prince
Georges Community College
- Scheduled
audiovisual materials request for college faculty for classroom viewing in
DataEase (database management program).
- Promoted
to train and supervise student assistants.
- Actively
communicated with faculty about improving services.
SKILLS:
Fire Protection Related:
Fire Dynamic Simulator (FDS), HASS, AutoCAD, DETACT, "THE"
Sprinkler Program
Windows and DOS:
Word, Excel, LotusNotes, PowerPoint, WordPerfect, Adobe Acrobat
Internet:
HTML, Netscape, FTP, Internet Explorer, Mosaic, Gopher, Telnet, Pine,
Tin
ACTIVITIES:
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA):
Member
- Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE):
Associate Member
- Northern California-Nevada Chapter SFPE:
President (2002-2003)
- Southern Nevada Chapter SFPE:
Member
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