Ghassan Zein, Product Manager

Ghassan Zein

Product Manager

Future Pipe Industries

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
13 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 1 Months

Product Manager at Future Pipe Industries
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2018

Plan, lead and coordinate / execute product development projects from concept to post-launch support including feasibility analysis, design definition, resources allocation, budgeting, manufacturing process definition, prototype production, validation and testing, know-how documentation, certification and product launch.

Responsible for:
- Existing product enhancement (design, manufacturability, production efficiency, and cost)
- New product development (new pressure classes, new diameters, new joint design / jointing system)
- Product qualification and testing
- Product realization, maintenance and support
- Innovation and continuous improvement
- Product strategy and roadmap definition

Senior Product Engineer at Future Pipe Industries
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2016 to May 2022

- Reviewed and approved manufacturing tools drawings.
- Coordinated and witnessed the production of prototypes and test samples.
- Transferred technology of new products and new production techniques to the manufacturing units.
- Planed and coordinated the execution of product qualification tests with production, QC and testing teams.
- Evaluated the effect of design, material and process changes on product quality, reliability, and performance.
- Created and revised product catalogues and know-how documents for design, production, and quality control.
- Conducted failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) on designs and processes to identify, evaluate and mitigate risk of potential failures.

Product Design and Development Engineer at Future Pipe Industries
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2013 to January 2016

- Prepared product drawings for mass production.
- Prepared design manual documents for API certification.
- Developed new and improved existing products and product designs.
- Analyzed test data and performed failure analysis and root cause analysis (RCA).
- Developed fit-for-purpose computational models for analyzing and designing composite laminates.
- Performed laminate theory calculations, failure analysis calculations and other computational simulations for determining optimum product design.

Piping Engineer at Arabian Bemco Contracting Co.
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • September 2012 to May 2013

- Reviewed designer’s technical specifications for piping materials and ensured their compliance with client’s specifications.
- Evaluated vendors’ quotations and technical offers for pipes, fittings, pipe supports and valves.

Main Accomplishment:
- Purchased pipes, fittings, pipe supports and valves with full compliance to international standards, client’s technical specifications and project’s schedule requirements.

Site Piping Engineer at Nesma & Partners
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • April 2011 to September 2012

- Planned and managed site installation activities of piping items.

Main Accomplishments:
- Efficiently resolved site installation difficulties and took immediate actions to minimize delay of work.
- Achieved targets and met deadlines by effective allocation of manpower, machinery and tools.

Education

Master's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at University of Balamand
  • February 2011

Graduation Achievement: Excellent Developed Software for Composite Materials Analysis & Design (SCMAD), a design and analysis software that computes and plots the Micromechanical properties, Macromechanical properties and through thickness stresses and strains of various single layered and multilayered composite structures and performs Progressive Failure Analysis and Bending Analysis.

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at University of Balamand
  • June 2009

Graduation Achievement: Very Good

Specialties & Skills

Product Enhancement
Research and Development
Product Engineering
Global Product Management
Product Development
AutoCAD
Microsoft Office

Languages

Arabic
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English
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