Mark de Souza, Manager Research & Development

Mark de Souza

Manager Research & Development

Future Pipe Group

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
Experience
29 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :29 years, 6 Months

Manager Research & Development at Future Pipe Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since October 2008

External Engineering & Engineering Process Outsourcing, New Product & Application Development, Project Business Case Development, Feasibility Studies and Evaluation, Project Management, DFSS / Advanced Product Quality Planning, Intellectual Property Management, Data Mapping & Analysis, Projects / Products / Market Evaluation, Networking, Intelligence Building, Quality management systems, Data and Document Control, R&D Process Realization & Reporting, Dashboard Development & Control, R&D Program Review and Reporting.

Project management of key desalination and water and waste water treatment projects with OEM's such as Veolia water, Degremont, Doosan, Hyflux, GE Infra, Siemens.

Development of a Cost effective GREEN Environment Friendly Piping Systems

Manager Product Development at Pentair Water India Pvt. Ltd.
  • India
  • November 2004 to September 2008

Lead the Product Development team through project execution and launch of new products. Lead APQP, DFMEA's, PFMEA's of new products. Introduction of Lean Concepts into Process design, Mentor and guide Six Sigma white belt aspirants. Mentor and guide design engineers into product Reliability Techniques usage. MIS Reporting on Product Development status to the L1 Management. Interface and liaison with Product Management on product Life Cycle Management. Technical support to all Pentair Water Treatment entities on Reverse Osmosis Pressure Vessel Housing and Pressure vessels. Liaison with ASME Auditor on design acceptance and validation.

Product and Brand Management- Liaison with customers and end users like Veolia water, Degremont, Doosan, Hyflux, GE Infra, Siemens as the technical interface for all CodeLine RO brands.

Manager - Design, Development & Engineering at Kineco Group
  • India
  • March 2004 to November 2004

Overall charge of the Design and Development Department and responsible for product design, prototyping, process improvement.

Project Manager - Mechanical at United International
  • Qatar - Doha
  • November 2001 to March 2004

Design Engineering, Project Planning & Scheduling, Materials scheduling. Implementation and maintenance of ISO9001:2000.

Project Manager at Technip
  • Qatar - Doha
  • May 2000 to November 2001

Project Management, Planning and scheduling for Occidental Petroleum's offshore production stations (PS-2, PS-4). Preparation of Technical specifications packages.

Process Engineer - Design & Manufacturing at Structural India (Pentair)
  • India
  • November 1997 to April 2000

Creation and analysis of Filament Winding Programs for RO Pressure Vessel Housing. Implementation of the new line of RO housing.

Operations Management - Production/Manufacturing Control, On time delivery, Maximization of resources, Lean Enterprise Implementation

Sr. Executive Design Engineer (Design & Engineering) & Management Rep. (ISO9000) at Mass Kinematics Inc.
  • India
  • December 1995 to October 1997

Design Engineering of Turnkey Projects (Chemical Process Plants), Filament Wound FRP Tanks and Pressure Vessels, Project Management. Project Resource management, planning and scheduling. ISO 9000 Quality System Implementation & Maintenance.

Trainee Engineer at Sesa Goa India Ltd - (Precision Engineering Division)
  • India
  • January 1995 to June 1995

Inplant Trainee Engineer.

Trainee Engineer at Automobile Corporation of Goa Ltd.
  • India
  • June 1993 to December 1993

Trainee Engineer

Education

Bachelor's degree, Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
  • at Indian Statistical Institute
  • November 2007
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Business Administration
  • at Newport University, California
  • January 2001
Diploma, Advanced Engineering Design
  • at Economic Development Corp. of Goa, Govt. of Goa
  • December 1995

Advanced Engineering Design (CAD - 2D & 3D)

Bachelor's degree, Fabrication Technology & Erection Engineering
  • at Directorate of Technical Education, Govt. of Goa
  • June 1995

Specialties & Skills

Administration
Engineering Management
Pressure
Fabrication

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
French
Intermediate