Alan Shilepsky for State Representative 58-B

Alan's Work and Educational Experience

Education

• Born, raised and K-12 education in Westport, Connecticut.
• Tufts University--BS in Physics, Tufts Weekly (newspaper) editor, and elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
• University of Wisconsin--MS and "all but dissertation" in Physics, working as a teaching assistant and then as a research assistant in the Space Physics Laboratory (researching soft x-rays from space, including two Tomahawk rocket payloads with x-ray detectors)
• University of Minnesota School of Public Affairs (now Humphrey Institute)--coursework, teaching assistantship, and professional internship in Washington DC, learning policy analysis, statistics and economics.
• Numerous educational and management seminars, on topics including supervision, executive leadership, knowledge management, programming and web development, and diversity with harmony.

Work Experience

• US National Commission on Materials Policy intern, including writing the Commission Report chapter on recycling. (yes, really)
• US Environmental Protection Agency Resource Recovery Division, including being project officer and key author for a technical assistance guide for municipal officials called Resource Recovery Plant Implementation. The division promoted energy and materials recovery facilities around the US, including Minnesota.
• US General Accounting Office (now General Accountability Office). Supervisory Physicist and policy auditor of various federal energy activities, including oil pipeline regulation by the Federal Power Commission (now FERC) and oil and gas production on the Outer Continental Shelf by the Department of the Interior.
• Minnesota State Planning Agency--director of a Solid and Hazardous Waste Study for the Minnesota Legislature that became the basis for a new Waste Management Board and a hazardous waste facility siting process.
• Minnesota Waste Management Board--Research and Policy Director, managing the development of a State Hazardous Waste Management Plan and supporting the siting function of the Board.
• Alan Shilepsky Consulting Inc., an independent computer consultant specializing in developing and maintaining databases for national and local corporations and small businesses.
• Red Wing Technologies Inc., doing business and market analysis for companies in the industrial sensing and automation industry, information infrastructure support, and prototyping of technology to allow frail seniors to live independently longer using a wireless sensor network to identify possible health emergencies or changes in Activities of Daily Living. (currently on unpaid leave of absence from RWT for the State Rep campaign)

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