Prasad N. Gokhale

PH. 864-***-**** EMAIL acoukl@r.postjobfree.com

Current address: chicago, IL, 60654

Profile

• Mechanical Engineer with 8+ years’ experience in power generation

• M.S Mechanical Engineering – Thermal and Fluid Sciences

• 3+ years’ experience as a project manager in customer facing roles

• Specialize in Gas Turbine and IC Engine plant design in Power Generation and Oil and Gas

• Co-author US Patent No: 2012/0060463 A1

• Immigration Status: Permanent Resident (pending final paperwork). No sponsorship required

• Clear communicator, clear thinker, organization and prioritization skills

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Chicago, IL) Senior Engineer/ Project Manager Aug’ 13 -

Present

Commercial/ Engineering role in a start-up environment

Developed customer drawings and design standards from scratch for all fuel, oil, water and compressed air systems

Developed a supplier network from scratch for Mitsubishi’s gas engine auxiliary equipment

Full engineering review, quality review and qualification of close to 40 suppliers

Sales support during customer negotiations

Rolls Royce Energy Systems (Houston, TX) Senior Engineer / Project Lead Aug’ 12 – Aug’

13

Project Lead for after-market auxiliary system design, installation and customer support

Technical lead in sale and execution of projects worth 11.5 MMUSD

General Electric (Greenville, SC) Engineer, Project Lead Nov’ 07 –

Aug’ 12

Engineering owner for process water, fuel and oil systems design for Gas Turbine accessories (4 years)

‘Cradle to Grave’ ownership – development, manufacture, supply-chain, installation, trouble shooting

Design for cost resulting in cost-cutting of $3.6 Million over 3-4 years

Six Sigma DFSS+DMAIC Green Belt

Project Lead for customer issue resolution and field modifications for safety issues (1 year)

Highlights: 1) RCA of fuel gas leaks in a 10 engine plant and implement the engineering solution, 2) Designed and

implemented a turbine spray system for power augmentation.

Bosch (Nashik, India) Engineer – Nozzle Performance Research Sept’ 04 – Sept’ 05

Elimination of flow, repetition and spray related defects in the ‘DN’ Automotive Nozzle.

Bosch-India ‘Innovation Award 2004’ for Productivity Improvement via implementation of ‘Tube Mask’ method

Education / Specialization

• Clemson University, M.S Mechanical Engineering (Aug 2007) – GPA 3.40/4.00

(Fluid Dynamics, Convective Heat Transfer, Statistical Analysis and IR image processing of heat transfer data)

• Mumbai University, B.S Mechanical Engineering (Aug 2004) – GPA 3.82/4.00

• ANSYS, Flow Master, Auto Pipe, Matlab, SAS, Minitab, Basic Python, Numerical methods and Fourier analysis

Other key words: Power gen, O&G, Auxiliary, Accessory, Heat Exchanger, Pump, Valve, Control Valve, Piping, Process

Engineering, On-time, metrics, P&ID, P&I, Arrangement, Customer drawings, water injection, water wash, cooling water

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