Chris Perry Email & Phone Number

Westfield, Indiana, United States

Westfield, IN

Houston, Texas Area

• Engineering & Product Line Manager; Project Engineer – Trendsetter Engineering, Inc.
• Directly supervises of a team of five engineers responsible for new product development and sustainability of subsea connector product line. At any one time, manages additional engineering project teams of various sizes.
• Represents the company to customers during project proposal, planning, and execution phases. Recognized by one major customer as a top technical performer in executing the company’s largest-ever project scope, to date.
• Creates and submits costs, manpower plans, and technical proposals for subsea connector projects, including cost and schedule basis for the now-largest proposal in company history.
• Coordinates with cross-functional project execution groups related to subsea connector and production equipment: manufacturing, purchasing, quality, management.

Houston, Texas Area

• Manages design efforts and technical project execution for subsea projects for customers including ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, Noble, Anadarko, and others, including:o Multiple subsea connection projects to support major.

• Developed business unit processes and tools for usage of Stage-Gate to institute project management controls into New Product Development projects.
• Trained employees at various facilities in Stage-Gate philosophy and use of process control software
• Managed contract programmers in development of two versions of in-house stage-gate software
• Transitioned newly-merged business unit from an existing technical documentation and product development platform onto Siemens Teamcenter and internal Stage Gate software
• Project Manager for technical execution of drilling motors and service equipment projects

• As Engineering Team Lead, directly managed a team of engineers in design and sustainability activities for a new product line in drill string electronic tools, including vibration sensor and RPM approximation tool, a.

--Project Manager for technical execution of drilling motors and service equipment projects--After organizational restructuring, managed a team of contract programmers to develop software to institute the business unit's first Stage-Gate new product development process.--Trained engineering teams in Stage-Gate best practices and usage of software--Helped.

• As Project Manager with Tuboscope division, managed capital plant improvement project planning and execution in the US and UK, including scheduling, budget, plant layouts, vendor management, and representing global.
• Designed equipment to improve plant performance and helped optimize manufacturing processes by upgrading documentation and processes from 1950’s-era to current.

Houston, Texas Area

• Manufacturing Technology – Halliburton Energy Services
• Supported production of Measurement-While-Drilling down-hole tools by designing, documenting, and procuring fixtures and tooling to build, test, and maintain complex electro-mechanical assemblies.
• Increased reliability of a hydraulic pressure-while-drilling product line by developing and implementing troubleshooting tests to expand the knowledge base of technicians and operators.
• Improved production throughput of measurement-while-drilling product lines by troubleshooting technical problems with products and by adjusting technology and processes.
• Trained representatives from global R&M locations on the use of hydraulic schematics and diagnostic tests that I developed to accurately identify and correct failures that could impact tool performance.
• Implemented process control using Lean, Sigma-6, and Kaizen activities as part of a larger initiative to reach VPP Star Site status.

• Manufacturing Engineer, Union Tank Car Co., Houston, Texas
• Worked as a Manufacturing Plant Engineer at a tank car manufacturing facility. Projects included construction of new hydraulic steel press, design of new plant in Louisiana, planning for Houston Plant renovation to.