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Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Responsible for business development and sales support for advanced electrical engineering consulting services for arc flash studies, power quality studies, power distribution system assessments, and energy controls automation in the buildings, utility and industrial markets.

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Sr. Manager of the North America Advanced Technical Support team supporting industrial and utility energy management measurement and control systems using PowerLogic PME Struxureware power monitoring software, protective relays and power products (Sepam, Micom, Vamp), and other grid connected products and custom controls systems.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Develop new business markets for the Controls and Instrumentation team within the Automotive, Defense, and Aerospace measurement and testing markets. Develop the wind tunnel test software business in the aerospace, automotive, motorsports and industrial markets.Manage and update TestSlate.com website with better overall design and improved marketing content, increase SEO to the site. Provide marketing content and improve website SEO.

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Launch new energy solutions selling strategy through the North American sales and service divisions. Work closely with vertical segment (auto, food, data center) sales teams to help convince, understand and sell energy solutions with the new selling strategy. Global Launch Manager for PowerLogic SCADA (Citect). Worked with countries to evaluate readiness and prepare transfer prices

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Responsible for product and service sales in 13 countries (China, SE Asia, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong Australia and New Zealand) to develop business for power monitoring and control products division. Provided strategic direction for business development team in Hong Kong. • Grew business an average of 30% per year. • Successfully integrated a “high tech” integrator network into each country’s sales organization• Responsible for yearly forecasts, required organization and resources to meet plan

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Responsible for product and service sales in 6 countries (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam), develop business for power monitoring and control products. Provided marketing/technical support and training to country team and distribution/integrator channels. • Grew business an average of 40% per year• Five successful major product launches and stocking into distribution centers and country organizations• Launched new service business in select countries• Awarded internal “Be More Global” employee award

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Traveled to country organizations to help support power monitoring systems globally. Performed advanced training for local support resources. Performed troubleshooting at critical customer sites. Fielded technical support questions and evaluated systems for proper design and installation, evaluated specifications to bid on strategic projects that required advanced solutions.

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Directed a team in Nashville, TN to create written specifications to instruct programming and testing teams in Nashville and Grenoble, France to develop a Windows-based power monitoring and control software system. Responsibilities included:• All aspects of product management from specification, engineering, testing, to shipment container artwork• Product price management, enable business systems for order and shipment• Support and training of domestic and international sales specialist, services and technical support teams.• Software localization into French, Spanish, Polish, Italian, Taiwanese, and ChineseAchievements:• Implemented industry standard software development process improvements• Introduced software specification management tools• Introduced company's first web-based server/client software product

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Directed two engineering teams located in Los Angeles, CA and Nashville, TN. Responsible for organization structure, made all hiring/firing decisions, provided annual salary reviews, budgets, responsible for programs to achieve annual plans, responsible for financial reporting. Grew business an average rate of 48% per year. Implemented purchasing systems and developed training and technical processes to reduce costs and increase project invoicing.

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Provided technical support and training of power monitoring hardware and Windows-based software for power applications. Designed, installed, and tested power factor, load shedding, demand, and energy management systems for industrial/commercial customers

Englewood, Colorado, Us

Involved mainly with implementing PLC control systems at Bridgestone automobile tire plants in Tennessee and Hitachi in Japan. • Programmed in C+ and implemented an Automatic Storage and Retrieval System for automotive tires• Designed and implemented an improved PLC weighing system for carbon black• General manufacturing improvements with barcode readers, conveyer systems, Ethernet networking, IO sensors, etc.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Aerospace Wind Tunnel Test Facilities. In charge of measurement instrumentation (temperature, wind speed, strain gauge, pressure, etc.), and controls configuration of high speed data acquisition system. Relocated to Pretoria, South Africa for 1 year, onsite in Buffalo, Indianapolis, and Detroit.

Mba, Information Technology

Bsee, Digital Controls

Engineering