Westport Welding Innovations is a materials research and technical services firm.

The Delivery Assurance Welding Group is a welding resource for all of Shell, but primarily we work with Major Projects in Hydrogen, Upstream, Integrated Gas, Downstream and Chemicals focused on ASME welding applications.

Sr. Welding Engineer at Entergy Waterford 3 Nuclear plant during an extensive rebuild of the plant. During that outage we replaced the steam generators as well as the reactor head, along with other equipment.

Introduced robotic welding into a 100% manual operation for shipbuilding and troop transport vehiclesIncorporate Friction Stir Welding into productionManage welder training and certification in house, and at local community collegesDevelop and maintain weld procedures for alloys of Aluminum, Armor Steel, Stainless, and Titanium

Lead cross-functional process improvement (PPI) teams, and implemented changes on the line. Reduced repair rates on front cradle assembly from over 50% to less than 5%Weld Engineer for several product and plant launches Implemented a welding consumable recycling program with engineering team; reduced costs by 60%Developed weld procedures to improve efficiency of robotic welding (ABB and Fanuc)Provide weld expertise and training for staff of 22 weld technicians and nearly 200 production colleaguesQuote and manage all prototype production builds, maintain Bill of Materials documentation (2007-2008)Production manager, supervisor of 30 production colleagues (2008)

Provide GMAW equipment, technical support and weld engineering expertise for oil pipeline constructionManage the logistics of providing equipment, spare parts and staffing for the projectDevelop weld procedure specifications as directed by the client, and code, for mechanized GMAW Ensure weld quality during production, by offering welding expertise to my on site staff of technicians