Stuart Ringwald Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

• Formed Ionthis to be a cradle to grave full-service contract manufacturer. We can manufacture from a completed design/ drawing or complete the design ourselves from sketch on a napkin. We work with our customers.
• Manage sales of new and existing customers
• Manage engineering of new products or DFM of current products from our customers
• Manages manufacturing of the components within the factory which includes purchasing procedures and requirements, mold design, production procedures, inspection procedures and packing
• Train Ionthis Technicians to oversee the production and audit the factories
• Production includes but not limited to Custom Machining, Sheet Metal, Die Cast, Extrusion (Heat Sinks & Pipes) or Plastic Component, Enclosure or assembly designs including product including machining, PEM/Fastener.

Houston, Texas Area

• Global Sales Manager/Hydrocarbon Markets, July 01-Jan 05Managed both domestic and international sales & service teams. Duties include international sales and marketing, application engineering and service. This.
• Initiated design improvements within the Wedgeplug product line to improve service life and meet the customer’s requirements.
• Increased sales of The PV HF products from $5M to$ 7M Annually
• Increased the severe service valve product line sales from $1M to 5.5M annually
• Established an effective direct and a rep sales network throughout North and South America, China and Europe

Houston, Texas Area

• Sales/Technical/Business Development Manager, Apr. 98 – July 01 (Tyco Valvtron, Houston Texas)Directed domestic and international sales and marketing, application engineering and service teams for the Valvtron.
• Increased the Valvtron market share of critical valves in the Gasification Process Valve market from 15% to 40%
• Increase Valvtron market share of critical valves in the Delayed Coker Process Valve market from 10% to 40%
• Trained personnel and systems needed to shift from manufacturing and engineering the Valvtron Product in Houston to Pennsylvania
• Established and trained a dedicated “Valvtron” engineering department within Yarway
• Managed and closed the largest order in Valvtron’s history, $8.5M for Shell/Fluor/Canada/Heavy Oil Cracker

Houston, Texas Area

• Business/Technical Development Manager, May 95 - Mar. 98 (Tyco (Keystone) Valvtron, Houston Texas)Sales Manager for Asia/Pacific, South Africa, Middle East, Canada, Key Accounts in Europe, Houston E&Cs and the Gulf.
• Increased annual sales in S. Africa from $20K to $300K, Canada from $100K to $500K, Australia from $200K to $800K and Houston E&C from 100K to $1M.
• Key projects managed and closed: Lurgi-Germany/Trinidad/DRI/$1.2M, Voest Alpine-Austria/Venazuala/DRI/$1.5M, Contrina/PDVSA/-Venazuala $1.3M/Coker, Bukaka-Indonesia/$700K/Fly Ash, Walsh Const./$1M
• Developed new products for markets in FCCU, Fly Ash handling and Delayed Coker by learning the processes in detail.

Singapore

• Operations Manager Asia/Pacific, May 94 - Apr. 95 (Keystone Valvtron, Singapore)Responsibilities were to establish and grow sales and service of the Valvtron product in the Asia/Pacific region including to establish.
• Increased sales from $200K to $2.2M
• Trained sales representatives in SE Asia, China, Japan, India and Australia
• Established lines of communication with the factory and the individual country representatives
• Key projects managed and closed: Chiyoda/Tonen-Japan $1.3M, MHI-Japan $400K

Houston, Texas Area

• Engineering/Technical Services Manager, Jan. 94 - May 94 (Keystone Valvtron, Houston Texas)Manager of Inside Sales, Field service, and the Engineering Teams. Responsible for inquiry/quotation/application review.
• Streamlined inquiry to quotation submittal from 3 weeks to 1 week,
• Established ISO procedures for quotation and order processing for sales
• Implemented Contract review for order/project processing reducing processing time and errors

Houston, Texas Area

• Engineering Manager, Jan. 92 - Jan. 94 (Keystone Valvtron, Houston Texas)Manager of the Engineering and Service Team. Responsible for all design and manufacturing engineering and to resolve customer field problems
• Managed design teams to produce new designs targeting Delayed Coking, FCCU and Gasification Industries
• Streamlined order/design processing within engineering on projects from 5 weeks to 4 days.
• Assisted to streamline the manufacturing and assembly process including design enhancement to reduce manufacturing cost
• Established a framework for standard product.
• Established and trained sales and manufacturing on the Valvtron product