Operations Head
RH
Total years of experience :19 years, 5 Months
Lead and manage quotations, submittal and project management professionals in all phases of custom product
solutions, over seeing an annual sales target of 5M USD. Prioritize and manage multiple projects within
specifications and budget restrictions.
• Lead a team of 11+ managers and engineers for quotation, submittal, order execution and support
functions. Reviewed orders with design, purchase, planning, production and QA to ensure orders are
shipped on time and met customer expectations.
• Ensured submittals and final products met or exceeded customer expectations. Excelled at gathering
feedback and requirements and communicating needed changes to project management, design,
production and QA teams and overseeing seamless on time delivery and on budget conclusion.
• Developed a deep understanding of the business objectives of internal and external stakeholders and built
trust by maintaining an accurate and achievable roadmap.
▪ Team Leadership ▪ Project Management
▪ Market and competitor research ▪ Test Driven development
▪ Application / Product Engineering ▪ Requirement gathering and analysis
▪ Product Design & Development ▪ Product Testing
▪ New Product Launch ▪ Product Support
• Work with sales team to create a comprehensive yearly plan for sales, booking and margin goals. Identified
opportunities, researched new product possibilities, collaborated with engineering team and created
campaign generating USD $ 1 M in new annual sales.
• Supervised Knife gate valve sales team of 7+ for both domestic and export market sales. Reviewed all
applications, quotations, submittals and final pricing on all project orders. Developed a KGV stocking
program for USA market including sales brochures, pricing sheet and training of staff on KGV applications
and helped them to sell more effectively
Provided design support and design control for K-Flo Butterfly valve product line and assisted sales with
customer applications, engineering review and submittal
• Supported operations, sales distribution and quality assurance departments to ensure on-time delivery and
increased revenue by $2M in one year
Completed plug valve and actuator designs; protoype built and tested on time
• Verified valve and actuator prototypes, met project goals for flow coefficients, torques and cost
• Redesigned actuator with added features and benefits and reduced cost by 30 percent
Led a multidisciplinary team in developing specifications, scope, budget and schedule for a concept phase
plug valve project
• Developed actuator concepts including cost analysis to support managements make / buy decisions
Techniforce, Minneapolis, MN 12/95 - 09/98
Worked for temporary personnel agency. Assigned to DeZURIK; full-time basis.
Design Engineer
• Redesigned 24”-120” AWWA butterfly valves for different pressure classes. Performed structural analysis
on valve bodies and other valve components using Pro-Mechanica
• Modeled and analyzed flow through discs in large butterfly valves for different pressure classes
• Participated in prototype design, testing and design modifications of AWWA butterfly valves
Performed a comparison study to analyze the convergence and efficiency of Cosmos/M and Pro-Mechanica
for 2d models using quadrilateral elements
• Modeled a mold for a fishing rod lure using solid/surface modeling in Pro-E. Generated NC codes for Deckel
(5 axes) machining center to produce a prototype of the mold
Supported in the operation of melt and castings shop
• Improved plant output after studying existing processes and charge mixes for cupola furnaces. Modified
casting processes and reduced scrap rate by 15 percent.
PATENTS
Plug valve with flow area equal to or greater than the flow area of the connected piping, 2010
Bray is a premier quarter-turn butterfly valve, ball valve, and pneumatic and electric actuator manufacturers in
the world and the largest manual and automated butterfly valve manufacturer in the western hemisphere.
Bray acquired
Jash Engineering Limited is an ISO-9001:2008 company manufacturing wide range of equipment for Water
Intake Systems, Water and Waste Water Pumping Stations and Treatment Plants, Storm Water Pumping
Stations, Water Transmission Lines, Power, Steel, Cement, Paper & Pulp, Petrochemicals, Chemical, Fertilizers
and other process plants.
A leading global manufacturer of ductile iron pipe, soil pipe, soil fittings and utility fittings, waterworks valves
and fire hydrants, propane and compressed air tanks and fire extinguishers.
A leading global manufacturer of Knife gate valves and actuators for power, mining, pulp &paper and chemical
industries.
VP, Engineering and R&D (05/11 - 12/14)
Lead and manage all engineering and R & D activities including NPD, special order engineering and Bill of
material. Supported both export and domestic sales group for special applications. Ensured products complied
with project specifications, PED requirements and other export and domestic regulations.Managed nine
engineers in the Engineering and R & D group.
• Created new product development group to support both domestic and global operations.
• Introduced four new product lines for mining, power, chemical and high pressure applications to support
both global and domestic markets.
• Supported operations and sourcing on various key project launches, vendor review & management and
cost reductions initiatives.
• Created technical proposals for new business opportunities in Power, Mining and Chemical industries.
• Supported sales and marketing on large customer projects for specification review, costing and new
applications.
• Led cross functional teams for new product development from concept to production release with
schedules and milestones.
• Partnered with manufacturing operations and managed product/sustaining engineering activities including
driving root cause analysis of field issues.
• Visited key customers in US, Australia, Turkey, Vietnam and Canada for special applications and field issues.
A leading manufacturer of valves and actuators for water, wastewater, chemical, power, petrochemical, and
pulp, and paper industries. The valve group has estimated annual revenue of $170 million
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