Engineering and Management Professional Resume

Title
Engineering and Management Professional

Primary Skills
25 years of progressive experience in engineering of complex MP&E system designs, manufacturing, testing, construction

Location
US-IL-Aurora (will consider relocating)

Posted
Jan-09-09


Professional Summary:
An Internationally experienced Engineering and Management Professional with over 25 years of progressive experience in engineering of complex MP&E system designs, manufacturing, testing, construction and start-up, in the Power Generation and Electronic industries. Also, experienced as a Quality Professional with 6 Sigma Master Black Belt certification, and Lean Manufacturing and Construction implementation.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

* Over 20 years of Engineering Managerial experience * Lean Manufacturing, and cost and cycle time reduction
* Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt (GE & FP&L) * Statistical Reliability Centered Maintenance
* Statistical methodology for Continuous Improvement * Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Actions
* Profit & Loss responsibilities at National & Global Levels * Equipment upgrades and performance improvement
* Multi-National Executive Level Experience: North America, Central Asia, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Australia, Mexico and New Zealand

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


PARSONS BRINKERHOFF ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS (PB)
Chief Operating Officer, Adelaide, Australia__________________________________________ Mar - Dec 2008
Responsible for efficient and effective delivery of Engineering Consulting Services in Australia, New Zealand & Asia-Pacific. This includes achieving national bottom line targets by reducing overheads, increasing profitability, and ensuring the company invests in year over year growth, of each of the business units. Also responsible for implementing cultural change and creating a re-engineered platform for the delivery of high quality work to exceed Clients' expectations, at lower costs.
* Lead a Cost Reduction Team to reduce 21% of total overheads
* Formulated a framework for Project Manages performance improvement, which reversed $13M in PM Project write-downs
* Increased billability & lowered overheads which resulted in higher '07 & '08 capital reserves

KUAT CORPORATION
Director of Operations, Almaty, Kazakhstan___________________________________________ 2007-2008
Responsible for modernizing and updating the construction processes to meet International Standards which includes using Statistical Methodologies, Metrics and Lean Construction technologies to reduce waste and improve schedule. The projects included the $12 Bn USD Project Sayran; a mixed use renovation of 184.7 hectares of downtown Almaty, and future projects included the $3 Bn USD East Road Project. Unfortunately 6 months into the project, Deutsche Bank could no longer fund the project, and the program was indefinitely suspended.


KEMET ELECTRONICS CORP____________________________________________________ 2003-2007
Director of Continuous Improvement, Greenville, SC 2003 - 2007
Responsible for the overall quality of the ceramic and tantalum global manufacturing operations in the U.S, Mexico and China.
This included the relocation and startup of Manufacturing Operations to Suzhou, China. Also implemented Lean and Six Sigma in Manufacturing, Equipment Layout and Maintenance, and Engineering & Technology, in all 3 countries.
* Lead Team to receive ISO/TS 16949 Global Certification and streamlined the Supply Chain by 1/3 the cycle time.
* Deployed and implemented a Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Initiative in all 3 Countries for a first year return of $1.8 M
* Developed Reliability Centered Maintenance Strategy for all Manufacturing equipment, reducing manufacturing down time by 26%
* Utilized Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Tools to increase Customer Business by 22%






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GENERAL..ELECTRIC..COMPANY:.POWER.SYSTEMS_____________________________ 1999-2003
Manager of Combustion Product Engineering and New Technology Initiatives, Greenville, SC 2002-2003
Managed 45 Combustion Engineers, providing engineering design, manufacturing, testing, start-up and field support of the entire GE, Global Combustion Fleet.
* Applied Lean Manufacturing techniques and Statistical Tools to reduce Combustion Hardware Floor Space Layout, Manufacturing, Start-up and Testing Cycle Time, by 34%
* Implemented Reliability Centered Maintenance for the manufacturing equipment, which reduced forced down-time by 32%
* Managed Construction and Start-up of the 800 MW "9H," Gas Turbine Power Plant, in Baglan Bay, Whales

Master Black Belt for Gas Turbine, Reliability & Aero Engineering Departments, GVL SC 1999-2002
Drove design for 6 sigma tools, methodology and customer centricity for the 3 Design / Manufacturing departments
* Managed a team of 40 members, to utilize statistical methods, which reduced Start-up cycle time, from 10 days to 1day
* Managed a Trip Reduction Team of 25 members, to reduce Power Plant Repeat Trips and Response Time by 50%
* Taught 17 different Six Sigma Classes and mentored over 380 Green and Black Belts, for $17M in cost reduction

FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY (FPL) ____________________________________ 1986-1999
Manager of Reliability, Power Generation Business Unit, Juno Beach, FL 1996-1999
Managed 25 Reliability Engineers, supporting 38 power plant stations for engineering, planned & emergency outages.
* Lead Power Plant Upgrades Team to develop strategies to produce greater unit output, efficiency and heat rate. Increased efficiency of existing power generating plants that negated the capital cost of constructing a new 200 MW Power Plant.
* Determined remaining useful life of systems to optimize the capital budgeting process, implemented Lean practices to reduce planned outage durations, implemented Continuous Improvement Methodologies to improve equipment reliability, and performed Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Actions, to reduce forced outages

Manager of Project Engineering, Power Generation Business Unit, Juno Beach, FL 1989-1996
Managed 40 Project Engineers, Estimators and Schedulers to execute O&M and Capital Projects
* Provided Design, Requisitioning and Installation of Power Plant equipment to improve performance, reliability and availability
* Managed Team through a major restructuring, established new business objectives & priorities, improved organizational skill-set and motivated Team Members to meet new goals
* Provided Reliability, Trip Reduction, Root Cause Analysis and associated Corrective Actions for operating Power Plants

Project Start-up Engineer, Power Generation Business Unit, Juno Beach, FL_________________1986-1989
* Managed Re-powering and start-up of the most efficient FPL, 600 MW Combined Cycle Plant with Westinghouse 501'F' turbines
* Lead the statistical analysis for the Engineering Team receiving the Deming Quality Leadership Award (Only USA utility with this distinction)

PRATT WHITNEY AIRCRAFT ENGINES___________________________________ 1983-1986
Design Engineer and Statistical Analyst, West Palm Beach, FL
* Designed test stands, thrust support structures, silencers, hydraulics and cooling systems for Jet Engines

EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS, AWARDS
University of Missouri - Rolla, MO Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering (Graduated Cum Laude) - 1983
Professional Engineering Certification, State of Florida - 1988
Masters of Business Administration - GE Crotenville, Jack Welch College 2000
FPL Deming Certified Statistical Application Expert, 1995
General Electric Certified 6 Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB) 2001

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
1999 Electric Power Research Institute Conference - "Increasing the Reliability of Power Plants"
1996 American Power Conference - "Repowered Unit Requires a Step Up in Analysis"
1992 American Power Generation Conference - "Change of Plant Operation"

Certifications
See above


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