Thursday, February 23, 2012

Introduction to providing "Water for the World"

Welcome!  I started this blog a couple months ago because I am always reading about water, writing about water, thinking about water, and of course, drinking lots of water.  In my eyes, I believe that water is the most essential life-sustaining substance on earth and the most critical industrial input to the world's economy.  It is also the only commodity in the world that has no economic substitute, at any price, and there is a relatively fixed amount of it available for use.

With these initial conditions, it is my personal goal to understand what is necessary to ensure that this fixed amount of water is available to all people at all times in all locations around the world; essentially providing "Water for the World."

In an attempt to increase my understanding of this issue (and hopefully yours as well) I will use this blog to compile and encourage discussion on all related articles and reports.  As the content and the followers grow, I hope to organize this blog in to categories so that it may be a user-friendly guide to supplying "Water for the World."

Below is a very brief bulleted summary of my background, accomplishments and current endeavors (as copied from my most recent resume):

·        Experienced technology and management consultant working towards defining, developing, and growing the global Water Sustainability and Strategy offering for Accenture LLP
·        Proven analytical problem solver having earned a B.S. and M.S. in Water Resources Engineering, with honors and distinguished awards
·        Ambitious investment analyst who has completed additional training in Advanced Business Finance, Investment Banking and Alternative Investments
·        Dedicated leader exemplified by spending two years as the project manager of an Engineers Without Borders (EWB) clean water development project in rural Peru; during this time the project was recognized by EWB-International as the fourth most influential project of 2010
·        Thoughtful teacher with excellent verbal communication skills that were developed through 6 consecutive years of holding positions as a Learning Assistant, Teaching Assistant and Private Tutor