Paul Bailey

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Summary

Experienced

manager with

client and project

management

skills. Action-

oriented with

strong ability to

communicate

effectively with

technology,

executive, and

business

audiences.

Experienced

engineering

professional with

strong leadership

and relationship-

building skills.

Paul Bailey is a

degreed

mechanical

engineer with a

MBA and

excellent

experience in

petrochemical

industry as a

maintenance

engineer,

maintenance

manager,

Mechanical &

Materials

integrity

manager, quality

consultant,

strategic

planning

specialist, and

mergers &

acquisitions

manager.

Highlights

• Team leadership • Complex problem solving

• Work well in diverse team environment • Strategic prioritization

Work

Experience

Restaurant

Owner

Sudie's

Restaurants–

Houston, TX

• Succ

essfu

lly

man

aged

two

famil

y

resta

urant

s.

Incre

ased

sales

over

two

times

from

the

previ

ous

owne

r

throu

gh

conti

nuou

s

impr

ove

ment,

exce

ption

al

servi

ce

and

famil

y

value

s.

• Achieve

d Zagat

rating at

both

restaura

nts.

Zagat

Survey

is the

world's

leading

provider

of

consum

er

survey-

based

dining,

travel

and

leisure

informati

on, with

more

than

300,000

voters

participa

ting

worldwid

e.

• Maintain

ed

expense

s below

industry

guideline

of 60 to

65%

Prime

Cost.

• Planned

and

manage

d the

develop

ment of

a new

grassroo

ts

restaura

nt that

significa

ntly

increase

d total

revenue

for the

busines

s

Manager

Strategic

Planning and

Mergers &

Acquisitions

Sterling

Chemicals –

Houston, TX

Developed and

implemented

Sterling's

strategic

planning system

and

implemented it

corporate wide.

Facilitated the

development of

business unit

strategic plans.

Researched

and

recommende

d possible

business unit

acquisitions

that would fit

into the

existing

business

portfolio of

Sterling

Chemical's

products.

Helped

evaluate the

possible

acquisition

with on-site

due

diligence.

Manager Quality

and Materials

Handling

Sterling

Chemicals –

Texas City, TX

Supervised the

Quality

Assurance and

Materials

Handling for the

plant. Served

as a member of

the plant quality

steering

committee.

During time

in this job

helped

develop ISO

9000

certification

for the quality

labs and

material

handling

functions.

Quality

Facilitator

Sterling

Chemicals –

Texas City, TX

Championed

implementation

of the company

quality

improvement

effort for Sterling.

Developed

quality plans for

individual

business units.

Helped lead the

plant quality

steering

committee team,

focused direction

of the

improvement

effort of this

group, and

helped

commission and

lead quality

teams. Trained

plant personnel

on the quality

approach, how to

use the quality

tools, and in

quality

teamwork.

Served as

chairman

of the

Quality

Managem

ent

Committe

e for the

chemical

industry

Houston

Business

Roundtabl

e. While

serving in

this

capacity,

develope

d and

implemen

ted the

Houston

Business

Roundtabl

e Quality

Award

that was

modeled

after the

Malcolm

Baldrige

National

Quality

Award.

Superintendent

Mechanical &

Materials

Technology

Monsanto

Company –

Texas City, TX

Assumed full

responsibility for

managing plant

engineering staff

for rotating

equipment and

corrosion/metallu

rgy technology.

This group was

charged with the

equipment

integrity for the

large

petrochemical

plant. The

engineers in the

mechanical

section were

responsible for

vibration analysis

and providing

technical

expertise for all

plant rotating

equipment. The

corrosion and

metallurgy

engineers were

responsible for

monitoring all

plant corrosion

and determining

the equipment

integrity through

ongoing

inspections. Both

functions served

as engineering

consultants for

other Monsanto

plants and plant

licensing of

chemical

processes sold to

other companies.

Maintenance

Management

Monsanto

Company –

Texas City, TX

Various

maintenance

management

positions

including first

line supervisor,

planner, and

superintendent.

Was responsible

for all aspects of

plant

maintenance

from supervision

of hour union

employees,

daily and

turnaround

planning,

developing and

implementing

annual budgets,

and being the

key leader of the

salaried and

hourly personnel

for half of the

plant.

Served

as the

plant

represe

ntative

for an

on line

comput

er

system

to

automat

e the

mainten

ance

function

for all of

Monsan

to. The

system

was

totally

integrat

ed

between

the

purchasi

ng,

stores,

manpow

er, and

enginee

ring

function

s.

Maintenance

Engineer

Monsanto

Company –

Texas City, TX

Performed

troubleshoo

ting and

problem

solving

analysis to

determine

inefficient or

unreliable

plant

systems.

Designed

upgrades

and

modification

s to

equipment

to maximize

production

and

decrease

operating

cost.

Provided

technical

support to

plant

personnel

for

engineering

and

construction

projects.

Education

Louisiana Tech

University

Ruston, LA

Mechanical

Engineering

BSME

University of

Houston

Houston, TX

Business

MBA

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