Work
2019-2021
Director REMS
Director ETE
TechnipFMC, Houston, TX
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Ran global R&D as an operating unit: internal research, technology demonstrations, and product deployment.
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Managed operating budgets and the resources that delivered the next generation of equipment.
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Set metrics and release discipline so engineering and manufacturing could hit dates.
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Founded External Technology Engagement and assessed outside technology against current plant and product-line operations.
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Built integration plans with operations, finance, HR, and legal so adopted technology did not break delivery.
2017-2019
Vice President of Engineering
HOERBIGER, Girard, OH
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Led engineering through post-acquisition integration of management, budgets, and product-management practices.
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Increased product releases from one per year to three in Q4 2017 and five in Q1-Q3 2018.
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Led regulatory compliance and the ISO 9001 audit team (facility also held ISO 14001 and 45001).
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Led more than 60 engineers across four sites in three countries, with 100% retention through the rebuild.
2012-2017
Corporate Technology Manager
Corporate R&D Manager
Engineering Manager
SLB, Houston, TX
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Built Cameron’s Engineering Center of Excellence for CFD, FEA, and R&D services; 3-to-1 cost advantage versus vendors and more than $500,000 surplus.
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Led reciprocating-engine and compression product lines (Cooper-Bessemer, Superior, Ajax, Enterprise) and OEM control-system launches.
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At OneSubsea, built an integrated R&D organization from merged resources and ran the development budget.
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After the Schlumberger acquisition, folded three organizations into SLB R&D centers and directed laboratory engineers and scientists.
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Put design and cost-control discipline on launch (5% cost reduction) and led patent work resulting in six awards.
2010-2012
Research Engineer
Program Manager
Idaho National Laboratory
DOE, Idaho Falls, ID
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Managed hybrid-energy program work for DOE and DOD; $150 million program responsibility, $12 million executed on the hybrid-energy workstream.
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Led the Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity and delivered vehicle and charging-infrastructure data to DOE and DOT.
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Designed laboratory HSE, cybersecurity, and sustainability programs for DOE research facilities.
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Designed and launched OASIES for Joint Base Lewis-McChord combined-heat-and-power and renewable analysis.
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Managed electrical, mechanical, and aerospace engineers and scientists.
2021-2022
Chief Technology Officer
Ocean Aero, Gulfport, MS
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Ran R&D, software, and product engineering for an unmanned surface-to-subsea vessel company.
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Hired and led mechanical, electrical, and software engineers from Director through Engineer I.
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Set design reviews, release discipline, and ownership across the engineering organization.
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Owned the physical product, control and automation platform, and the path from prototype to a fielded vessel.
2022-2025
Director Springett Technology Center
Director R&D
NOV, Houston, TX
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Directed Springett laboratory operations, including utilities, fire protection, confined space, chemical-process systems, and rotating-machinery test cells.
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Commissioned high-pressure pump test facilities and ran verification and validation on the PRIME 1 drilling rig.
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Supervised laboratory and engineering staff; owned $65 million R&D operating budget.
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Held test operations to HSE and compliance standards for oil, gas, and renewable-energy products.
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Served as principal investigator on DOE, ARPA-E, PNNL, and NETL projects.
Education
PhD
Mechanical Engineering
Kansas State University
BS
Mechanical Engineering
Kansas State University
Exec
Venture Capital
University of California Berkeley