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Ted Von Bitner, PhD — Assistant Project Manager <br />Commercial/Industrial Inspection and Database <br />Management Consultant Services <br />Dr. Von Bitner has more than 15 years of experience in environmental science and program management of <br />water quality related compliance programs for various city and county level government agencies. Dr. Von <br />Bitner will be an assistant project manager and will be available when the project manager is not available. <br />Dr. Von Bitner will also serve as the task manager for many of the as needed support tasks including trash <br />provisions and TMDL support tasks. Dr. Von Bitner specializes in MS4 program implementation. His <br />experience includes helping a number of southern California municipal agencies to complete program <br />evaluations to translate technical findings into management level decision information. Dr. Von Bitner has <br />helped city and county agencies to conduct in-depth program re-evaluations to identify regional water <br />quality priorities, reorganize and reprioritize agency resources to improve program effectiveness, and provide <br />technical consulting services to extract management level information from compliance based programs to <br />develop strategic watershed BMPs. <br />Education: Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001; B.S., Chemical Physics, <br />University of California, San Diego, 1995 <br />Percentage of time devoted to project: 10% <br />Michael Lowther, ToR, QISP, CPESC, QSD — Task Lead Commercial/Industrial Inspection Program; <br />Special Inspections and Studies; LIP Updates <br />Mr. Lowther will serve as the task manager for the industrial/commercial inspection program. Mr. Lowther <br />has 15 years of professional experience with extensive experience with industrial and municipal NPDES <br />permitting requirements including Orange County's MS4 Permit. He has worked with the City of Santa Ana <br />since 2004 and is intimately familiar with the City's expectations and requirements for this contract. Mr. <br />Lowther has also worked with numerous other Orange County Cities including Anaheim and Costa Mesa. Mr. <br />Lowther responsibilities as task manager include overseeing the field training program and documenting that <br />each inspector has met the core competencies training program before the inspector performs solo <br />inspections. Mr. Lowther also reviews each inspection record as part of our quality control/quality assurance <br />program. <br />Mr. Lowther is a IGP ToR and QISP and has assisted numerous dischargers with compliance under the IGP. <br />Mr. Lowther has experience evaluating and developing storm water management programs and providing <br />annual training seminars to comply with the IGP. He has written and evaluated Storm Water Pollution <br />Prevention Plans (SWPPPs) for a variety of industrial facilities that include sulphur processing, clay mining, oil <br />field drilling, aerospace manufacturing, automotive dismantling, scrap metal/paper/plastic processing, <br />chemical manufacturers, wineries, paint manufacturers, airports, schools bus maintenance shops, marinas and <br />boatyards. Mr. Lowther also has extensive experience performing treatment control verifications and <br />operation and maintenance (O&M) inspections under the land development program. <br />Education: BS, Environmental Eng., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo <br />Registrations: IGP ToR, 2016; QISP, Reg. No. 159, 2016; QSD/P for SWRCB Region 8, Scrap Metal Recycling, <br />SM-QSD-005, 2012, CPESC, Reg No. 6187, 2011 <br />Percentage of time devoted to project: 25% <br />Core Competencies Training: Provides training/workshops for municipal, commercial, and industrial <br />inspectors. <br />Proposal No. 18PROPGOVT.01301 March 2018 Paqe 6 of, 18 <br />