Tom Whelan, Pe, Mba, Pmp Email & Phone Number

• Led numerous cross-functional teams in developing solutions that met strategic objectives including identifying and evaluating options, preparing cost justifications, and implementing the optimal solution. Established.
• Led team of plant personnel, corporate Marketing and R&D members, engineers and contractors in the design and installation of a $10 million asphalt shingle accessory production line. Completed the project on budget and.
• Managed the $5 million replacement of an asphalt shingle packaging line, increasing throughput by 20% and meeting customer requirements for revised packaging while generating annual savings of $1 million.
• Provided scheduling and procurement support for a $25 million roofing membrane plant.
• Identified $4 million in annual savings on raw material delivery costs.
• Conducted a study for a roofing accessories production plant that would provide a 30% IRR.

• Managed multiple projects including organizing the team, prioritization of activities, identifying training needs, and maximizing the efficient use of resources to take projects from scope definition through start-up.
• Completed a unique state-of-art facility designed specifically for fiber technology research.
• Managed the design and construction of a nylon flake facility designed to improve operator safety while increasing production by 10%.

• Provided guidance to a group of engineers and designers incorporating optimal technologies from nine existing plants, as well as new R&D technology, creating a standard design which was replicated on a worldwide basis.
• Organization and leadership of a global team for the expansion of fiber production capacity and associated facilities.
• Establishment of communications procedures, priority identification, budget preparation, cost and schedule control, and manpower selection.
• Each successive plant using this design has achieved shorter design/construction times, faster start-ups, and higher yields than previous ones; cutting the cost per pound for finished product by ~50%.
• Implemented new Process Safety Management methods, significantly reducing labor hours.

• Provided full management and engineering responsibilities for simultaneous major projects. Emphasis on process development and pilot plant testing, preparing the basic engineering package for the facility, and.
• Designed an overseas facility intended to make the world's highest purity of lithium chloride at 40% below previous costs.
• Designed a new foreign lithium chloride plant that achieved a 70% operating cost reduction.
• Completed a conceptual design for a lithium metal purification facility using state-of-the-art technology.
• Designed, upgraded and relocated a lithium hydroxide production plant from Virginia to Nevada

Management of engineering functions for multiple projects supporting five existing production plants. Key activities were hands-on leadership of operations and design personnel during project definition and engineering, cost and schedule management, construction supervision, operator training, process start-ups and problem troubleshooting. Up to $4.5.

Performed all process and mechanical design, equipment selection, cost estimating, and client liaison for an assortment of plant modifications. Coordinated design work by all other disciplines. Assisted in marketing and bid preparation activities. Many projects up to $1 million executed in parallel, such as: * Blood-processing clean room * Office.

Developed all detailed engineering for a variety of chemical and pharmaceutical plants. Supervised three engineers and up to forty designers from numerous technical disciplines, and trained foreign engineers in U.S. standards. Liaison with the clients and process licensors to determine the basis of design and the schedule for completion of work. Completed.

Mba, Finance

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma Graduated with Distinction

Bs, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Acacia Fraternity