Dan Yurman

Current

Nuclear Information Services & IT Project Manager at Independent Consultant;Self Employed (Self-employed)

Past

Project Manager at CH2M*WG Idaho Cleanup Project
IT Project Manager at Bechtel
Strategic Planning staff at Bechtel

Technology Licensing Executive at Lockheed Martin
IT Project Manager at EG&G
IT Project Manager at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Budget Analyst at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Education

University of Colorado at Denver
Fairleigh Dickinson University

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Dan Yurman’s Summary

* Consultant to nuclear energy firms on new social media for branding, marketing communications, and public relations. Clients include:
-- Wiznucleus
-- EnergyCollective
-- CoolHandNuke
-- Idaho National Laboratory

Create public communications strategies for nuclear energy industry clients and stakeholder groups. Develop collaborative solutions to joint problem solving processes using online tools. Create social media strategies for clients to support branding, customer retention, and recruitment. Develop marketing communications products including collateral materials for outbound sales, conferences, online advertising and content management venues including websites and blogs.

* Publisher of a globally recognized blog on nuclear energy with readers in 70 countries. "Idaho Samizdat" djysrv.blogspot.com Now in 4th year of operation, through direct readers and syndication to the mainstream news media, it reaches over 100,000 readers per year.

* Contributing Reporter for Fuel Cycle Week covering nuclear energy and uranium mining and enrichment industries.

* Developer of enterprise level web portals and web services for nuclear industry clients to support public information, operations, and project / program management

* IT project manager (web portals) at the enterprise level

* Project manager for planning, schedule, budget, cost, and financial controls.

Contact: Mobile 208-521-5726 Email: djysrv@gmail.com

Dan Yurman’s Specialties:

Strategic planning, competitive intelligence, development and use of online information services for marketing communications

Dan Yurman’s Experience

Nuclear Information Services & IT Project Manager
Independent Consultant;Self Employed (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)

Create public communications strategies for nuclear energy industry clients and stakeholder groups. Develop collaborative solutions to joint problem solving processes using online tools. Create social media strategies for clients to support branding, customer retention, and recruitment. Develop marketing communications products including collateral materials for outbound sales, conferences, online advertising and content management venues including websites and blogs.

Write exclusive content for nuclear industry publications including Energy Collective and Fuel Cycle Week on the global nuclear industry and uranium mining in the U.S. and Canada. Publish a blog on nuclear energy with readers in 70 countries. The blog is syndicated to the mainstream news media through multiple channels with combined readership of over 100,000 visits per year.
Project Manager

CH2M*WG Idaho Cleanup Project

(Environmental Services industry)

January 2005 — July 2009 (4 years 7 months)

Nuclear materials management and operations

2006-Present: CH2M*WG (CH2MHill & Washington Group); Project manager responsible for planning, budgets, cost, schedule, earned value, and project management controls (operations) at the Idaho Cleanup Project.

2004-2006: CH2M*WG; Senior IT project manager, Idaho Cleanup Project. Manage and develop web sites for operations and safety at the Idaho Nuclear Technology & Engineering Center.
IT Project Manager

Bechtel

(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Construction industry)

September 2003 — January 2005 (1 year 5 months)

IT Project Manager, direct report to Chief Information Officer, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID.

Managed an 11-member team (procurement, legal, finance, IT operations, and facilities) to acquire and deploy a leased $2M Sun Microsystems grid computing facility for nuclear fuel simulation and bioinformatics applications. The project was completed from a cold start to full operations in 119 days.
Strategic Planning staff

Bechtel

(Privately Held; Construction industry)

October 1999 — September 2003 (4 years )

Strategic planning staff working on business development projects with "C" level executives at the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID. A key role was development of competitive intelligence assessments for new business development proposals.
Technology Licensing Executive

Lockheed Martin

(Public Company; LMT; Defense & Space industry)

October 1994 — September 1999 (5 years )

Technology licensing executive at the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID. Commercialize environmental and nuclear technologies and bring them to market.
IT Project Manager

EG&G

(Public Company; URS; Defense & Space industry)

October 1989 — September 1994 (5 years )

IT project manager for geographic information systems in a Department of Energy environmental remediation program. Developed a multi-user networked GIS to characterize hundreds of hazardous waste sites at a 900 sq. mile federal facility.
IT Project Manager

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

February 1983 — September 1989 (6 years 8 months)

Managed development and operations of enterprise level computer hardware, software, and systems for Office of Solid Waste & Emergency Response including HQ offices and operations in 10 regional EPA offices.
Budget Analyst

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)

November 1979 — February 1983 (3 years 4 months)

Senior budget officer for the agency's wastewater treatment grant program to states responsible for EPA's budget and annual appropriations for the Clean Water Act ($6B grants, $200M operations).

Dan Yurman’s Education

University of Colorado at Denver

MURP , Urban & Regional Planning , 1973 — 1975
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Bachelor , Economics , 1966 — 1970

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Dan Yurman’s Interests:

Nuclear energy, nuclear fuel cycle, uranium mining / enrichment

Dan Yurman’s Groups:

Member Idaho Falls Planning Commission 1999-2007 Chairman 2005-2007

1992-1998: Member, Federal Advisory Committee for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, GA. The committee provided advice on nuclear health effects studies conducted at Department of Energy facilities. Received a commendation from the Director of CDC.

Member, American Nuclear Society, Idaho Section, and National