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Wolfratshausen, Bavaria, De

I lead the Americas business unit for EagleBurgmann, one of the leading providers of industrial sealing technology on the international stage. Our products and comprehensive services are used wherever the key requirements are reliability, emissions reduction, and sustainability.

Roanoke, Virginia, Us

Leading the global expansion of OptaSense’s Oilfield Services business by providing upstream operators with industry-leading Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing solutions that enable hydraulic fracture optimization, 4D seismic profiling for reservoir management, permanent, on-demand injection and flow monitoring, and wellbore integrity assessment.

Houston, Texas, Us

Directed strategic market plan, forecasts, sales, tenders, contract negotiations and executive client relationships for region spanning 4 countries, generating over $500,000,000 annual revenue from 15 oilfield product and service lines. Functioned as Director of 5 local corporate entities.• Grew Market share 6% in one year, securing over $70,000,000 in foundation contracts by providing clients with overall lowest cost of execution through innovative integrated service offerings. • Integrated sales plan following acquisition of new companies: Cameron, Liquid Robotics and ADIL, resulting in $62,000,000 additional cross-business bookings in first 6 months.

Houston, Texas, Us

Generated $120,000,000 annual revenue from oilfield services in remote region with steep challenges in infrastructure and stakeholder relationships. Led 950 employees and contractors working in artificial lift, completions, stimulation, cementing, coiled tubing. wireline, production chemicals, bits. Fully accountable for P&L and all functions: Operations, Sales, HR, Legal, HSE, Finance, Industry Relations, SCM, Facilities. Served as Director of 2 local corporate entities.• Won $100,000,000 well construction tender by leading total cost reduction initiative and innovative bid strategy.• Secured $2,000,000 increase in annual performance bonuses by restructuring failure analysis program to improve submersible pump reliability, within a 1600 well performance contract.• Created $1,440,000 annual support cost savings while reducing SG&A by 35% by integrating field bases, assets, and manpower of 7 product and service lines into a unified, low cost service delivery platform.• Reduced service interruptions caused by community, government, and labor relations 89% by upgrading stakeholder engagement, hiring process, and corporate social outreach.• Led safety program that held serious auto accident rate at 0 for 520 drivers logging 7,000,000 miles.

Houston, Texas, Us

Developed and drove account strategies for key international operating companies, leading 15 upstream product and service lines to secure strategic tenders, innovate technology utilization, and drive safety and service quality performance to surpass client expectations. Developed trusted advisor relationship with key client stakeholders, and chaired joint committees setting and tracking performance milestones.• Grew revenue from key accounts from $20,000,000 to $152,000,000 while serving client best interests• Secured $64,000,000 in competitor replacements by executing detailed account penetration plans.• Drove client savings of $16,000,000 through process improvements and technology introduction

Houston, Texas, Us

Led regional artificial lift business, generating $14,000,000 annual revenue through effective supervision of 29 employees designing, assembling, installing, and servicing electrical submersible and surface pumps across a region covering 10 states. Held full P&L accountability. Integrated Reda Pump into Schlumberger, leveraging strength of the Reda product and brand with Schlumberger service delivery and HSE culture.• Increased revenue 40% by shifting focus to high-tier and new growth markets.• Improved net margin 69% by creating and securing performance based contracts, relocating field service base closer to strategic market, and improving manpower and inventory utilization rates.• Established strategic partnership with fabricator/distributor that increased surface pump sales by 100%.• Reduced auto accident rate 63% and reduced injury rate to 0 by engaging all employees in performance improvement plan that upgraded safety culture, training and compliance.• Reduced employee attrition rate to zero for technical roles through career engagement initiative.

Houston, Texas, Us

Provided in-house sales and technical support for wireline reservoir evaluation and production services, covering continental US for major oil company. Worked alongside drilling, completions, geoscience, production, and reservoir teams to optimize reservoir exploitation. Developed logging and perforating programs, oversaw log quality control and data interpretation. Introduced new technology through technical presentations and cost-benefit analyses. Led periodic joint performance reviews. • Saved one pipe trip per well by creating an Analysis Behind Casing logging program for casing-drilled wells in South Texas.

Houston, Texas, Us

Sold diagnostic and failure analysis capital equipment based on focused ion beam (FIB), scanning electron beam, and laser technology to major semiconductor manufacturers and labs in the central and western US. Led sales of strategic capital purchases through technical specification, negotiation, and post-sale support. • Secured first global sale of first generation OptiFIB instrument.

Houston, Texas, Us

Managed operations of a field office performing wireline evaluation services for exploration and development wells on the continental shelf and in deep water Gulf of Mexico. Recruited, trained, and mentored 12 engineers and 23 technicians. Controlled over $20 Million in technical assets. Accountable for safety performance including regulatory compliance for radiation sources and explosives inventory. Designed customized solutions for major oilfield E&P companies.• Implemented customer service and quality management programs that improved market share and customer satisfaction.

Houston, Texas, Us

Wireline Evaluation and Production Services, Deepwater, Gulf of MexicoSold, supported and managed oil well evaluation services for major operators and independent drillers. Grew the business in a declining market by driving new technology uptake, increasing service quality, and tailoring solutions precisely to project needs.• Set record for world's longest wireline MDT combo tool deployment.

Houston, Texas, Us

Performed electric line deployed borehole seismic data acquisition in remote offshore locations. Oversaw small crew providing source vessel navigation and air gun deployment. Ensured accuracy of data through rigorous maintenance of sensing equipment and real time data interpretation.

Houston, Texas, Us

Wireline Evaluation Services, deepwater and shelf, Gulf of MexicoPerformed petrophysical and well integrity measurements on exploration and development wells. Managed a cell of three technicians and $1.3M of electronic, radioactive, and explosive remote sensing equipment deployed on electric line. Provided data and interpretation services to customers in a rugged, offshore environment.• Developed algorithm for providing accurate porosity readings from neutron tools deployed in Dewar flask for HPHT wells.

Houston, Texas, Us

Designed power and control circuitry for electric line deployed oil well remote sensing tools, as part of graduate degree internship program.• Designed 100,000 Volt power supply for ion accelerator, used in subsurface reservoir saturation measurement tool (RST).

Designed and simulated analog and digital circuits, modified IC layouts, and performed laboratory analysis for hard disk drive controllers, as part of undergraduate internship and graduate summer employment.• Adapted hard disk drive control chip to operate for optical and tape drives.

Business Leadership Programme

Masters, Electrical Engineering

Bachellor Of Science, Electrical Engineering