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Amsterdam, NH, NL

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Project management of N2 Generators for FPSO's, including inquiry, quotation, fabrication, procurement, inspection and export.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Vermilion Energy is a Canadian based oil and gas producer that operates in 6 provinces in the Netherlands. Waalwijk TC Optimization – significantly reduced downtime and reduced trucking costs by 80%. Seismic Monitoring.
• Support of facilities and well sites through operational improvement, change management and capital projects.
• Facilities support on permit applications for future developments, including pipelines and a geothermal project.
• Executed Process-Hazard Analysis studies on three facilities. Heavily involved in document control improvement.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Started Ganti Consulting in May 2015, registered with KvK in Amsterdam. Projects include:DPNG Virtual Pipeline Concept (Aug 2017 – March 2018) – lead composer of proof of concept for flare elimination for BelemaOil in.
• Created PFD, P&ID and full manufacturing drawing package for 8 different designs
• Involved in business developement - data standardization, documentation, project management
• Created renderings and animations for marketing materialsForcados Gas Processing Facility – gas processing facility designed to remove heavy HC’s from gas stream and send to domestic power generation network (July 2014.
• Project lead, tasked with the mechanical design and manufacturing drawings of facility, including plant layout, piping and specification of instruments
• Responsible for process/instrumentation design and documentation, scheduling and budget in MS Project

Nigeria, USA

• Acting project manager and design lead for several projects, including:Sapele Gas Metering Station - modifications to a gas processing facility, providing fuel for a natural gas power plant in Sapele, Nigeria (Dec 2012.
• Evaluated work to be completed on two natural gas metering stations (Sapele and Calabar, Nigeria)
• Created as-built P&ID’s and layout for 16 existing Central Tank Batteries, Central Delivery Points and Gas Processing Facilities (Texas, USA)
• Designed a 2 MMscf/day CO2 membrane unit (Louisiana, USA)

New York

• Starlight Energy is a start-up company helping customers reduce their energy needs by leveraging existing generated bio-waste to produce onsite heat and renewable clean power through a highly optimized gasification.
• Tasked with the mechanical design of the “Balance of Plant”, which included:o Plant layouto Heat exchange/recovery piping systemo Vessel support structureo Conduit/cable tray design
• Created standardized parts catalog for piping model
• Responsible for manufacturing drawing creation in SolidWorks
• Heavily involved with identification and troubleshooting of past design inefficiencies on gasification vessels
• Design and testing of fuel injection and ash recovery system using PVC prototypes

Oklahoma City, OK

• Chesapeake Midstream (now Access Midstream) is a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK), one of the largest gatherers of natural gas in the US.
• Worked in engineering services group that provides support to the regional operational areas of Chesapeake Midstream
• Heavily involved in CapS/ETS initiative, an internal project focused on centralizing data, standardizing business processes, and improving financial visibilityo Responsible for configuring the facility database.
• Developed and implemented new document control system for engineering department
• Attended course on Engineering Economics put on by Stermole at the Colorado School of Mines (July 2010)
• Attended course on Project Management put on by Duende Project Management in preparation for the PMI exam (March 2011)

Mumbai, India

• Company founded in 2008 by Newpoint Gas, was originally intended to be an engineering outsourcing firm but primarily functioned as a back-of-house design and drafting office for Newpoint Gas, LP and Newpoint Thermal, LP.
• Developed the company from its inception as co-director
• Reviewed resumes and hired staff for all positions, engineering and administrative
• Developed IT infrastructure, server configuration, and database structure
• Created procedures for all aspects of the design and drafting process, including file management, quality assurance, etc.
• Project manager for all projects (engineering, marketing)

College Station, TX

• Company founded in 1999 that designs and manufactures natural gas purification facilities. Newpoint Gas specializes in amine treating systems, oxygen removal, and gas dehydration.
• Functioned as SolidWorks Administrator for the design department
• Worked on several standard amine plant designs
• Completed the design of a refrigeration plant for Delta Petroleum
• Created and standardized the parts catalog used for piping designs in all projects
• Developed method for pipe modeling and drafting in SolidWorks that drastically reduced the amount of time needed for initial creation and modifications

Oklahoma City, OK

• SolidWorks Value Added Reseller (VAR) and design/analysis consulting firm.
• Administered SolidWorks & COSMOSWorks tech support for clients
• Demonstrated SolidWorks, COSMOSWorks, and PDMWorks Enterprise (data management) for potential clients in sales presentations
• Instructed courses including SolidWorks Essentials, SolidWorks Advanced, and COSMOSWorks Designer, as well as several custom courses
• Performed installations and implementations at new clients
• Conducted various design and analysis consulting projects