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Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

Stafford, Tx

Managed the preparation of proposals and quotes including sizing, selection, delivery, and pricing for the control valve, regulator, and pressure protection business units.Interacted with customers on a day-to-day basis providing technical, commercial and general sales support.Evaluate RFQ’s for technical, commercial, documentation, and logistical requirements to ensure proposed solutions meet customer requirements.Interacted closely with outside sales, engineering, principals, and sales support teams to drive successful project execution from start to finish.Gave technical presentations to customers at control valve seminars.

Partcipated in a 24-month training and development program designed for new engineers to experience a variety of corporate and plant environments while developing a large network throughout the company. Rotations included:Project Specialist •Managed installations for bulk cryogenic systems, including cost estimation, system design, procurement, scheduling, installation, and startup. •Provided engineering support to account managers on customer site visits.•Assisted technical experts with safety initiatives and industry standards projects.Business Analyst•Reported monthly spend and forecasting of all special capital totaling more than $1M•Prepared Monthly Report and KPI presentations for top management•Assisted project owner representatives in preparing budget management and steering committee reports•Organized a week-long international training convention for project owner representatives. Project Manager •Managed $70K in capital for efficiency projects for fill plant operations•Carried out the relocation of a storage depot from Ocala, FL to Gainesville, FL, resulting in a yearly operating efficiency increase of $50K •Improved ergonomics and time efficiency of an oxygen cylinder filling process by designing and implementing a new pop-off cap for the fill connection used across the U.S. and Canada. Plant Engineer•Interfaced with customer to review plant performance and address customer concerns.•Assisted in the operation of three High Purity Nitrogen plants•Performed day-to-day maintenance and plant improvement activities such as startup, shutdown, turnarounds, rounds and readings, and gas analysis.•Designed and managed the installation of a new cooling water side stream filter.

Conducted, published, and presented respiratory physics research to determine optimal methods of drug delivery for patients needing therapeutic gases.

Performed research in the field of biomimetic nanocomposite materials.

B.S. / B.A., Chemical Engineering / International Studies

Activities and Societies: Resident Advisor, Cadence A Cappella, French Tutor, Tau Beta PiHonors: Magna Cum Laude

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