Design and create an efficient coffee roasting and production facility including equipment procurement and installation, workflow design and optimization, warehousing, merchandising, website development, SEO, and social media marketing/content creation.Establish effective standard practices for equipment maintenance, logistics, order fulfilment, inventory management, wholesale relationship development, customer service and quality control.Oversee all production activity including production planning, coffee roasting, data logging and analysis, quality control, green coffee buying and forecasting, and all related logistics.Train, educate and lead production staff in safe working practices, equipment maintenance, weekly production duties, order fulfillment and continuous improvement.Travel to origin to meet the farmers and producers that grow the coffee we source and roast, forming and deepening relationships throughout the supply/value chain and deepening my understanding of coffee growing and production. Witnessing firsthand the transformative potential of sustainable relationships and responsible, transparent and collaborative business practices is truly inspiring.

Lead the Motor Development and Project Engineering teams to design, manufacture, test and deliver cutting edge permanent magnet motor technology for the subsea oil & gas industry.Maintain overall responsibility and accountability for all technical aspects of motor design, manufacture, testing and delivery. Manage 10+ direct reports including senior technical leads, specialist engineers, designers and interns. Travel globally to interface with suppliers, strategic partners and customers and facilitate alignment and collaboration.Key Accomplishments:Delivered TechnipFMC’s first-ever production subsea permanent magnet motor for Shell’s BC-10 retrofit, establishing standardized design, testing and validation processes and engineering best practices.Dramatically reduced product cost by 40% and delivery time by 35% enabling a 500% increase in EPC contract awards.Reduced production time by 50% for in-house rotor manufacturing by developing specialized magnet bonding process.Created and implemented comprehensive global standard training programs for Motor Design and Development and Sub-Critical Rotordynamics.Maintained flawless health, safety and environment (HSE) record with no recordable injuries despite extremely high-pressure schedule and many technical company and industry ‘firsts’.Led multiple office wellness programs including onsite hatha yoga, mindfulness and meditation sessions and fostered an environment of transparency, open communication and work-life balance.

Lead the Engineering Services, Technical Lead and Tender Support functions to provide prompt, accurate and robust engineering support, project quotation / tender support, and project technical leadership. Create and establish robust, standardized processes for development, design, manufacture and testing of R&D and EPC projects.Key Accomplishments:Reduced new motor design and development time by 30% by creating core development tools, dramatically improving project tendering process and reducing time to tender from 4 months to 2 weeks.Consolidated EPC project technical leadership and established direct interface between project technical leads, partners and customers enabling improved technical response, increased efficiency and reduced waste hours.Led multiple office wellness programs including onsite hatha yoga, mindfulness and meditation sessions and fostered an environment of transparency, open communication and work-life balance.

Lead the Engineering Services functions to provide prompt, accurate and robust engineering support for permanent magnet Motor Design and Magnetic Bearing Design groups.Consolidate Design / Drafting and Test Engineering functions into a cohesive support group. Spearhead implementation of and compliance with FMC standard 3D CAD and engineering database software packages. Lead corporate culture shift from R&D environment to commercialized, project-based environment. Lead the cultural shift from a decentralized R&D environment to a fully FMC Technologies compliant, project-based business unit in such cornerstones as the Core Values, Engineering Execution Process, Impact Quality, Five Absolutes and Destination Zero.

Perform detailed new product design and analysis utilizing ‘Design for Manufacture and Assembly’ principles. Generate and release product bills of material, engineering drawings and assembly and testing documentation. Create, evaluate and approve project engineering deliverables ensuring technical accuracy and customer / regulatory compliance while meeting budget and schedule milestones. Provide technical leadership during notable transitions including implementation of the 'Modular Build' philosophy and the re-structuring of Well Completion Systems Engineering.

Lead Prjoect Engineer for the Well Completion Systems critical long-lead raw material scope of the Exxon Mobil Julia project in the Gulf of Mexico.Define project functional scope and product specifications while integrating customer-specific requirements. Develop cost, time and resource allocations for projects and develop engineering schedules. Provide technical leadership to project engineers in the development and completion of project engineering deliverables. Approve project engineering deliverables ensuring technical accuracy and customer / regulatory compliance while meeting budget and schedule milestones.

Recruit, develop and retain top mechanical engineering / engineering technology talent through dedicated work-study and internship programs.Communicate with engineering groups to identify suitable design, testing, manufacturing and documentation projects. Define project scope, schedule and deliverable requirements and provide technical leadership throughout engineering execution process. Evaluate end deliverables and provide guidance through lessons learned and project closeout.

Provide consultation on corrosion and cathodic protection principles, global governing standards and current industry practice to Western Region Engineering.Develop basic theoretical and in-depth practical knowledge of corrosion chemistry, galvanic cathodic protection system principles and basic materials science. Maintain visibility of global standards governing implementation of cathodic protection systems in subsea applications. Assist engineering product and project teams in designing and implementing effective cathodic protection systems.

Integrate customer requirements, core products and new designs to manufacture and test industry-leading deepwater subsea oil and gas production equipment.Define project functional scope and product specifications while integrating customer-specific requirements. Develop cost, time and resource allocations for projects and develop engineering schedules. Perform detailed new product design and analysis utilizing ‘Design for Manufacture and Assembly’ principles. Generate and release product bills of material, engineering drawings and assembly and testing documentation. Provide full manufacturing shop support, maintain comprehensive project documentation and execute lessons learned closeout processes.