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Calgary, Ab, Ca

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

- Leading a talented global engineering team developing integrated hardware, firmware and software products.- Creating a disruptive industrial IoT (IIOT) and automation platform by combining bleeding edge hardware and software.

Paris Area, France

- Leading engineering development projects for acquisition and control electronics from the Schlumberger Completions business. - Proposed and led multiple concurrent projects from concept to commercialization, ranging from 6 months to 3 years duration and scope.- Rationalized product line to reduce future development and support costs.- Captured key early business with new technology by implementing iterative hardware development enabling early field trials.- Led firmware and FPGA development with Agile and Scrum methodologies.- Awarded 2016 E&P Special Meritorious Award for Engineering Innovation for Manara Production and Reservoir Management System

Edmonton, Canada Area

- Led engineering team and projects for reservoir monitoring and control acquisition systems. Performed all planning, budgeting, communications and supervised all technical day to day activities.- Recruited and grew team sustainably, supplementing with off-site contract resources to accommodate rapid business growth while maintaining internal ownership of core expertise.- Created flexible and modular portfolio architecture to allow flexible and quick time to market solutions.- Proposed, led and commercialized development of new submersible pump gauge that was significantly more reliable and a better fit for customer needs.

Edmonton, Canada Area

- Designed, qualified, manufactured and supported various electronic deployed in harsh industrial environments, surface and downhole.- Designed schematics and PCBs, from concept to manufacturing and field introduction. Analog / digital circuit - design, simulations, certification.- Obtained CE Marking, CSA / UL / NRTL certifications.- Outsource electronic manufacturing (North America, Asia, Europe)- Conducted field trials, provided technical support, created technical documentation- High temperature electronic design and qualification (150 deg C).