Director - Operations & Maintenance
Al Rajhi Ag and Infrastructure Co
Total years of experience :39 years, 1 Months
30+ years of progressive leadership experience in automotive, heavy equipment, energy, construction & heavy equipment rental, aircraft, and consulting industries.
Accomplished Senior Vice President with demonstrated ability in leadership, organizational excellence, delighting customers and shareholder return.
Proven track record in building and retaining high performance teams of diverse ethnicity in challenging business environments.
Contributed to global food supply and security by providing heavy equipment and services that helped transform African deserts into massive productive agriculture land.
Directed 200+ earthmoving equipment and their operators for customers in Saudi Arabia, Egypt & Sudan by upgrading technical and procurement competence so that customers receive excellent value for their money.
Generated SAR 16, 000, 000 profit in the first year by effective customer management and quick problem resolution thereby delighting the shareholders.
Increased availability of heavy equipment by 30% through effective preventive maintenance, and improved business processes so that customer can complete construction ahead of schedule.
Hired, trained and coached five managers, mostly local, to be effective leaders so that customer has good business continuity.
Directed the maintenance of onshore and offshore oil and gas facilities as a main contractor at PETRONAS Carigali Turkmenistan (PCT) in Kiyanly. Identified comprehensive asset management solution so that PCT can reduce the total cost of asset ownership.
Helped KSP improve its project management capabilities by setting best practices based on PMBOK/PMP, and related systems that enabled it to better meet cost, time and quality requirement.
Spearheaded the concept study of logistic, warehousing, and yard management for Bintulu Supply Base in Sarawak, Malaysia by providing comprehensive and advanced yard management system (YMS) with passive radio frequency identification (RFID), GPS and cloud technologies to meet requirement of improved visibility, yard efficiency, and customer value.
Performed volunteer work for this non-profit automotive engineering society by marketing the benefits of SAE membership to working engineers and university students in Malaysia so that paid membership went up by 50%.
Raised MYR 300, 000 (about USD 100, 000) via donation from an automotive company, a record achievement that still holds.
Held other positions:
Advisor, 2012 - 2014; Vice-Chairman, 2009 - 2010; Treasurer, 2008 - 2009
Executive Committee Member, 2007 - 2008
Marketed engine and related technologies to various car companies in China, Malaysia and Austria that resulted in production feasibility study with Bombardier Recreational Product - ROTAX, Nanjing Automotive, Shanghai Automotive and Proton.
Enabled PETRONAS and subsidiaries to implement a Technical Career Progression by spearheading the Accelerated Capability Development (ACD) Program for Mechanical/ Automotive Engineering so that these companies can have competent engineers faster.
Trained engineers in FEA (finite element analysis), advanced modeling with CATIA, and system simulation for oil & gas applications thereby improving plant and system reliability.
Helped PETRONAS acquired engine design, development and production capabilities by leading a team of 30 engineers to design and develop a high output 1.8 ~ 2.2 liter engine family so Malaysian automotive company can be more competitive globally.
Resolved deadlock in project execution by solving communication and technical barrier between IT and oil & gas experts to successfully develop and deliver “Advanced Life Cycle Management System for Marginal Fields” to Petronas Research.
Helped reduce turnaround time for flywheel burst qualification from three weeks to two days by training design engineers to perform the analysis themselves using powerful but easy to use solid modeling and finite element analysis, so that products can be released to market faster.
Helped CFM56 engine team resolve field failures by recommending design changes based on computer simulation of high pressure turbine system so that warranty claims were reduced.
Helped Detroit automotive companies by conducting structural and thermal simulations of automotive bodies, components and machining centers so they can improve product quality