Mark Rigolo, P. Eng. Email & Phone Number

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Worked effectively on the first high profile project (PGA Integration) running under the Program Management Office (PMO) structure. Helped demonstrate the advantages of the PMO structure.Provided leadership in the Activity Review Exercise which led to a restructuring of the department into a more functional form. As part of this organizational effort, I.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Working in the role of Acting Chief Regulatory Officer and registrar I have supported the incoming CEO by ensuring that she was given all the key information on the structure, function and activity of the Regulatory division.Working with the current Executive Team to develop a three-year strategic plan for the organization and developing solutions to the.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Worked effectively on projects including helping to establish the framework for the new Program Management Office (PMO) and, as part of the PMO work, establishing a new governance structure for the ongoing PGA operationalization work. This should streamline reporting of progress on the ongoing PGA operationalization and on the issues to the Executive Team.

• Responsible for the organization, maintenance and continuous upgrade of the undergraduate lab facilities in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Main resource for Health, Safety and Environment issues within the Department.
• Responsible for implementing new service model for engineering support to labs within the Department.
• Member of the Department Executive Committee.

• Responsible for the organization, maintenance and continuous upgrade of the lab facilities in the Department of Civil Engineering that include: An Environemental Lab A Hydrotechincal Lab An undergraduate and a graduate.
• Responsible for the entire Health, Safety and Environment program within the Department.

• Developed a vision that guided its growth and interaction with the rest of the organization.
• Wrote and implemented a 5 year fuel cell stack manufacturing strategy including:➢ a make/buy analysis for all components. ➢ plans to offshore processes.➢ a plan to protect IP.➢ a plan to maintain production of legacy.
• Led the change to a more functional organization to improve efficiency by integrating new functional managers into the department while converting past managers to principal engineering roles.
• Established stronger ties between the manufacturing engineering department and both the product development and research departments that led to smoother transfers of designs into manufacturing.
• Carried out restructuring of department after the divestment of the automotive product line that led to clearer understanding of roles in the department and improved the technical and functional leadership in the.
• Implemented improvement to work standards such as the use of PFMEA and PFDs to drive process change in an efficient and cost effective manner.

• Developed and managed the fuel cell test engineering function including: ➢ implementing automotive system test capability. ➢ organizing systems tests that achieved 1600+ hours/year of operation. ➢ establishing.
• Developed the Test Engineering organization into a world-class function through hiring, training, mentoring of personnel and implementation of disciplined work processes. The test organization was able to generate over.

• Organized all stack module testing for the ground-breaking automotive fuel cell stack design – the Mk901.
• Developed a Preliminary Hazards Analysis (PHA) process for Ballard to ensure safety was a prime consideration in all test work.
• Established a database of test tasks to avoid duplication.
• Set up the discipline of test procedure and test report writing that led to clear purpose to test work and avoided duplication of work. The discipline of the group was recognized by all peers as the best in the company.

• Implemented and used the Product Qualification Array (PQA) for the portable fuel cell stack design – the Mk1022. The rapid test turnover was one of the main reasons this product was developed quickly and became the.
• Coordinated the work of a test technologist so that up to 12 test samples could be run at the same time. This increased efficiency by a factor of six and allowed for both rapid prototyping and an efficient method of.

• Established the use of standard operating procedure documents and safety procedures, including regular inspections of the lab. This allowed complex monomer reactions to be carried out with repeatable quality and.
• Maintained chemical inventory to ensure no down time because of missing products and no wasted disposal costs.
• Ran pilot reactor for contract production of specialized chemicals.

• Developed and tested formulation for nylon 1212 for a gas piping application that met all customer requirements.
• Led a team of engineers, scientists and technologists in building and running a lab scale process reactor to demonstrate a new nylon 66 ambient pressure production process.
• Recognized as a key engineer in the transfer of the ambient pressure nylon 66 process to full pilot plant scale in an industrial facility in the USA.
• Supported nylon production plant through monitoring and maintenance of an amine scrubber to reduce process ground and water emissions.

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