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Atlanta, Ga

Duluth, Georgia

Greater Atlanta Area

Lead Specialty Services business for growth by strategically diversifying customer and services portfolio. Developed new services capabilities and strategy for industry wide campaigns in Nuclear, Pulp&Paper and Refinery/Oil&Gas industries.

Ge Oil And Gas

Successfully grew a $60M+ global large rotating equipment P&L business and global team to 3% YOY increased market penetration.Achieved double digit business growth, of 32% ($20M) sales YOY by executing on op plan, product positioning, base cost reduction and expanding customer base.Drove 40% lower base cost of legacy product by leading Lean Six Sigma multidisciplinary team effort.Lead the development of a higher efficiency, expanded applications product line, for $180M additional market penetration and $100M in new markets, thru advanced market and competition analysis and FastWorks.Completed development of new product on time and budget while increasing prototype scalability by 30% and reducing frame sizes from 5 to 4, with impact on product manufacturability and cost.Developed and implemented Go-To-Market strategies for the product portfolio, new and legacy, created relevant content and product collateral, trained sales with targeted messaging to support regional campaigns.

Atlanta, Ga

GE Energy – Services – Atlanta, GA 2008-2013Managed global operations team in Aftermarket Power Equipment and Services business during unprecedented growth from $300M to $1.8B in 4 years.Drove strategy and implementation of corporate driven revenue recognition process. Led the development of critical outage requirements by identifying resources and processes that minimized outage cycle by up to 10% and contributed to unprecedented 20% YOY business growth.Led development of Services integrated Primavera platform, yielding $20M yearly savings in outage time and elimination of execution errors.Developed product positioning strategies for 5 product lines in the $1.2B Gas Segment, leading to $300M revenue of incremental value extracted from the installed base.

Greenville, South Carolina

Certified Master Black Belt, 2005-2008Successfully lead business wide process improvement efforts across GE Energy Engineering Division.Won GE Energy Quality Cup for $100M/year cost savings project for the global power plant fleet by eliminating 10 years worth of systemic fleet issues in gas turbines, generators, steam turbines, controls and accessories through Six Sigma analysis, 12 Engineering design reviews and closure of 89 action items.Developed simplified Root Cause Analysis process across Engineering Division, leading to 25% reduction in issue resolution time / customer outage; project yielded over $50M/year in cost avoidance.Trained and certified over 200 Green and Black Belts as DMAIC and DFSS Six Sigma certified MBB instructor.

Greenville, South Carolina

Heavy Duty Gas Turbines Design Engineering Manager- 1999-2005Developed and led global top of the line Engineering team for fleet and factory Engineering support.Sustained customer interaction in support of technology new units, aftermarket and fleet issues.Lead the reliability support of 800 customers, 6000 gas turbines and $250M/year warranty budget for optimal services and operation.Eliminated $150 million/year outage cost, reducing warranty expenditures by 10% YOY.Led Engineering effort to support unprecedented $10 billion, 500% growth in gas turbine volume to 340 units/year, attaining a 10% reduction in manufacturing cycle time, and 20% reduction in labor cost in the supported hardware.

Highschool, Mathematics And Physics

Master'S Degree In Mechanical Engineering, Rotating Machinery And Internal Combustion Engines