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Professional Skills

Management:

v  Managed staff of 22 in functional areas including:

Ø  Business Unit Director for North and South America: Led an $8 - $10 million region of a $30 million dollar global business unit. Team member of global management strategizing business unit goals and direction. Controlled costs in region to exceed GM and EBIT goals which included rightsizing inventory, reducing total on-hand by 35% while increasing on-hand of large turn, quick delivery, high margin items. Led team to improve on time delivery from 85% to 97%.

Ø  Process Design and Sales: Directed activities of North and South America Regional Sales Manager with 8 direct reports. Defined corporate goals for region, collaborated as part of management team developing global goals and strategy, and supported and encouraged implementation resulting in goals exceeded.

Ø  Project Management and Engineering: Managed Project Management Team responsible for execution of several hundred projects per year ranging in size from very small to in excess of $1 million. Assured team was trained and proficient in ASME BPV and Piping design, manufacturing, testing, and registering. Activities included order entry, job order and bill of material creation, approval, fabrication, and certified drawings, purchasing and vendor identification and vetting, expediting, quality control, shipment, and accounting.

Ø  Manufacturing: Managed Manufacturing Cell Supervisor with 7 direct reports responsible for shearing, punching, braking, welding, and fitting of metal products. Manufacturing Cell also fabricated and tested ASME Sect. VIII Div. 1 pressure vessels and B31.3 piping. Lean initiatives were constantly used as examples for the other regions.

Project Management:

v  Managed multiple projects from order entry through final delivery:

Ø  Scope Review and Planning: Reviewed Order Entry and Customer Specifications to develop work plan assuring quality and on-time delivery while verifying that cost estimate was accurate.

Ø  Mechanical Design: Performed pressure vessel calculations, internal and external structure calculations, specifying PWHT, WPS/PQR, RT, PT, UT, other NDT, hydrostatic pressure test instructions, and documentation requirements.

Ø  ASME Sect. VIII, Div. 1: Researched BPV Code and worked closely with AI in order to properly design one-off housings.

Ø  Job Order and BOM: Created Job Order and BOM in ERP system and released to Manufacturing. Worked as a team with Manufacturing and other Project Managers to establish schedules and expedite projects for on-time delivery.

Ø  Drafting: Used CAD software to create Approval, Fabrication, and Certified drawings.

Ø  Purchasing: Identified and vetted third party suppliers. Created and placed RFQ’s. Awarded orders and placed purchase orders. Performed OSI and expedited delivery. 

Professional Experience

SULZER CHEMTECH USA, Inc., Tulsa, OK                                                           2003-Present

A fabricated metal products business providing processing equipment primarily to the petro-chemical industry with global annual revenues of $3 billion.

Business and Application Development Manager (2012 – Present)

Director – Mixing and Reaction Technology North and South America (2010 -2012)

Operations Manager (2007-2010)

Engineering Manager (2003-2007)

KOCH-GLITSCH,  LP, Wichita, KS                                                                                1991-2003

A fabricated metal products business providing processing equipment primarily to the petro-chemical industry – privately held.

Project Manager

Education

WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY, Wichita, KS, 1991

Bachelor of Science – Mechanical Engineering

Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Inducted into Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Societies

Inducted into Mortar Board