Keith Hernandez Email & Phone Number

Davidson, North Carolina, United States

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

Courbevoie, Fr

Championed proposals for a market entrant firm, and took market share from competitors. Leveraged data to oust competitors, improve processes, and guide strategy.● Diagnosed historical data to gain an edge over entrenched competitors at customer sites. In the past year, these strategies delivered growth in a shrinking market while holding prices 15% higher than competitors.● Mined and analyzed trends in SAP to identify commonalities between successful proposals. Established processes to include these factors in future proposal development.● Headed or contributed to the development of bid packages between $20,000 and $50,000,000.● Seen as the go-to person on the proposal team for extracting insights from large data sets in SAP and other databases.● Designed a reporting system that merges SAP financials and sales database in order to assess the team’s performance.● Garnered respect as a thought leader on complex issues that require unique approaches and in-depth analytics.● Responded to 600% growth in proposal volume while proposal team personnel only grew by 150%.● Achieved this by reduced the level of effort by engineering on proposals by magnitudes.● Managed and balanced the competing technical, legal, and commercial issues.

Courbevoie, Fr

D.C. COOK NUCLEAR PLANT FLEX AND CONDENSATE STORAGE TANK SURVIVABILITY PROJECT – Bridgman, MILed a diverse team of 20 employees that directly saved a customer millions.● Led matrixed teams of up to 20 people through demanding analytical projects that received accolades from executive leadership.● Built cohesive teams despite challenging deadlines and constraints while being responsive to the voice of the customer.● Articulated progress and challenges with sophisticated analytical modeling to customer executives in order to drive strategic decisions.● Demonstrated reliability and tact which won the utmost confidence of the client prompting the request to direct the presentation of the various analyses to NRC auditors. It is very uncommon for a vendor to serve on the client’s audit response team.● Secured millions in follow-on projects by listening critically to customer needs and translating them into achievable goals.● Exhibited ability to manage teams and customers early in career which led to being promoted as the youngest supervisor in department history.● Mentored and cultivated direct reports through delegation of new challenges which resulted in noticeable increases in employee engagement.● Instituted innovative first-of-a-kind strategy to save a customer $10M in capital projects.● Consistently delivered on-time and within-budget while complying with changing regulations and customer expectations.

Courbevoie, Fr

H.B. ROBINSON NUCLEAR PLANT EQUIPMENT HATCH CLOSURE PROJECT– Hartsville, SCPerformed the Responsible Engineer (RE) role for a major project, in addition to Supervisor and Process Improvement Leader responsibilities.● Achieved an accelerated schedule while completing concurrent design and fabrication.● Realized time reduction of two days ($2M in power production) every 18 months of plant outage. Installed a system and trained personnel to reduce hatch closure time from 45 to 13 minutes. ● Coordinated input and design for a multi-discipline modification to meet plant and regulatory requirements.● Mentored employees new to plant modifications and engineer-procure-construct (EPC) projects, utilizing a challenging environment to foster talent and expose team members to demanding new experiences.● Obtained Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt and led process improvement projects in addition to normal supervisor responsibilities.● Deployed a dashboard and accountability system that quadrupled usage of cost avoidance aids.● Administered performance evaluations for direct reports and supported proposal development efforts on other projects.

Courbevoie, Fr

DIABLO CANYON UNIT 1 AND 2 STEAM GENERATOR REPLACEMENT PROJECTS – Avila Beach, CAActed with a 10‐person team on $800M component replacement project.● Provided input and review for work packages, steel fabrication, and vertical slice meetings. Delivered engineering support for all of rigging and handling, reactor coolant system shimming, small bore piping support and routing, and hot gap measurement.● Operated and supervised platform modifications with no prior involvement on project. Quickly built trust and credibility with customerand team members.● Produced platform modification design deliverables including calculations, implementation drawings, and design change text.Contributed to Palfinger crane installation, testing, and certification processes.● Increased the efficiency and performance of the team, delivering the second unit 20% ahead of schedule.

Bachelor, Science Civil Engineering

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General