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Owner/Partner. Lead team acquiring, operating, upgrading and developing Renewable Landfill Gas to Energy projects. Projects include Ada County Landfill, Boise Idaho & City of Corsicana Landfill, Corsicana Texas.

Manufacturer of Standard and Custom Solar Energy systems for onshore and offshore. Supplier of Off-shore structural steel, aluminum, valves, lighting systems and fire protections system. Designs include Hazardous (Class I, Division 1&2) and non-hazardous areas. Graduated from Goldman Sachs 10K Business program.

Houston, Tx, Us

Lead and direct the efforts in securing project engineering and supply opportunities. Tetrawest is a Supplier of Project Management, Engineering, Solar Power Systems & Special metals and Service Parts for Industrial corporations and Offshore Systems in the USA, Mexico, South America and Far East.I am expanding Tetra West in areas of Project Management, engineering/design and construction equipment supply. Tetrawest expanded supply of service parts and alternatives, to companies with minimal in-house resources, by using our engineering and project expertise. Tetra West is now manufacturing off shore Solar Power systems. Similar system can be used on shore as well.Architecture and Engineering design: Re-designed support structures for offshore heliport systems for PEMEX. Refocused the website on the new offerings. Using online professional sites, I have expanded the customer and regional base, in creasing our sales by ten fold in 2 years, even in the present economic situation.Tetra West Sales increased from $300K in 2008 to $3M in 2010.

Manufacturer and supplier of Hybrid Solar Energy systems, which combine PV Solar, Energy Storage, a generator, utility connection and an energy management system. Also a supplier of Mi-Grid Natural-Gas/Propane backup generator.

Houston, Tx, Us

Directed 25 professionals on packaging & installation of gas engine compressors sets in Romania. Defined product design/specifications. Developed strong relationships with suppliers, Cameron Romanian Division, and the final customer. Achievements: Execution of the company’s first Romanian project on time and under budget with a project margin of 45% on $14M sale.

Houston, Tx, Us

Reduced Warranty and non-conformance expenditures from $10.4M to $8.9 while business grew from $193M to $266M. Success driven by early warranty review, solid root cause analysis & quick implementation of solutions, product wide. Direct management of field “get well” programs reduced warranty costs, while significantly improving customer relations.Projects included managing 5 Pemex installations with inconsistent manufacturing, spread over 68 machines, creating vibrations. Using local contractors, reduced repairs from $750K to $200K. Re-engineered manufacturing process. PEMEX extremely satisfied, purchased an additional 51 units.

Houston, Tx, Us

Lead development of several new compressor, valve, and monitoring products generating more than $69M in annual revenues. Guided the four development teams with 10 professionals utilizing team-oriented, statistical, and root cause tools to develop new products. Achievements: Dramatically improved new product development by personally training and mentoring 6 Sigma Black Belts in DMAIC (improvement) and DMEDI (development) 6 Sigma methods. Introduced and led the new product program of 6 Sigma, Design for 6 Sigma (DFSS); developed Net Present Financial Value models for project valuation.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Used 6 Sigma methods to develop new and improve existing processes across many Solar products and programs, saving a combined $15/yr. Highest rated in all of CAT/Solar Turbines. Projects included: Remote Monitoring/Control, Service Part obsolescence, repackaging reductions, & sales processes, ATEX, CE, PED service part review, Service part margin analysis & re-pricing. Trained/Mentored Blackbelts & Greenbelts in DMAIC, LEAN & DMEDI. Received Highest Award in Solar Turbines for results of Remote Monitoring Team.

Schenectady, Ny, Us

Technical sales support of 198 Gas Turbines valued at more than $10B. Key technical and business resource in customer specification review, proposal, and performance preparation; prepared accessory and control specifications aligned with customer requirements. Drove negotiations with domestic and international electric utilities. Achievements: Advanced the quality and productivity of gas turbine performance, attaining Patent 6,585,569 granted in Gas Turbine low temperature cleaning. Improved the accuracy and productivity of proposals by developing the e-business application tools that enabled this. Ensured strict compliance with European regulations by serving as a key member of a group charged with the review of all new European regulations including CE Marking, PED, and ATEX.

Schenectady, Ny, Us

Warranty Manager of Controls, Accessories and Systems Engineering department supporting the attainment of $300M in sales revenues. Guided 8 professionals, executed 6 Sigma projects, focused on improving control system hardware and software, driving improvement in performance and reliability. Conducted the design reviews of the 6FA Gas Turbine. Achievements: Attained GE 6 Sigma Blackbelt certification as part of a select group of professionals chosen for one of the firsts waves of 6 Sigma training at General Electric. Engineer of the Year 1993.

Schenectady, Ny, Us

Control/DCS/Turbine installation, equipment checkout, startup, initial operation and supervision of gas turbines, steam turbines, generators and HRSGs (Heat Recovery Steam Generators) for units ranging from 10 to 120 MW. International experience Far East (India), Middle East (Pakistan) and Caribbean (Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands). Units worked on included 9E, 7E, 7EA, 6B, multiple frame 5 and frame 3 designs. Graduate of the General Electric Field Engineering Training Program.

Entrepreneurial And Small Business Operations

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Ge - Field Engineering Program (Fep)

Aerospace Engineering