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Conrad P. Dykas – Project Management Professional (PMP) SUMMARY

Provide solutions, not give excuses. Experienced, dynamic, and motivated mechanical engineering Project Management Professional. Over 16 years of work experience with roles in design, engineering, validation, reliability, sales, supply chain, purchasing, manufacturing, and project management in the automotive and oil & gas industries. EXPERIENCE

Aug 2011–Aug 2015

Nov 09 - Aug 2011

BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD SERVICES HOUSTON, TX

Western Hemisphere: Gulf of Mexico Operations

Project Manager – Supply Chain

Liaison between BHI Supply Chain and Gulf of Mexico (GoM) Operations for the supply chain management of all deep water and continental shelf Completion & Production (C&P) projects in the Gulf of Mexico. Responsibilities:

Plan, schedule, and track the project orders and deliveries for all GoM C&P Projects.

Track project orders through the Frontend (FE) process (engineering clarification, quality, costing, methods, and manufacturing entry), throughout manufacturing, assembly, and testing; until delivered to operations.

Maintain the manufacturing updates for all C&P project order deliveries for GoM Sales and Operations.

Maintain GoM customer need dates for all C&P project orders for BHI Supply Chain.

Identify, prioritize, and maintain GoM critical business orders for enhanced supply chain focus and effort.

Identify, escalate, negotiate, and resolve C&P project order delivery issues between supply chain and operations.

Maintain, report, and forecast quarterly product revenue for all deep water C&P projects. Major Accomplishments:

Single point of contact for GoM operations for all C&P manufacturing, delivery, and prioritization questions/issues; resulting in improved on-time delivery and issue resolution. o BHI record completions revenue and profits for the Gulf of Mexico region in Q3& Q4 2013.

Created and maintained the process to track, report, and update GoM district operations on their C&P project order deliveries from supply chain through the use of the GoM C&P Projects Delivery Summary report.

Created the logic and project managed the development and launch of the GoM C&P Projects database which automated and standardized the product revenue reporting process, evaluated supply chain order delivery impact on C&P project revenue, and created financial forecast models for product revenue. Drilling & Evaluation Program Management Office (PMO) Project Manager

Managed the engineering development and product launch of new drilling system and wireline products and product upgrades for the Drilling & Evaluation (D&E) product lines. Responsibilities:

Manage the engineering development of projects through the entire stage/gate Product Development Management

(PDM) process from concept development through production launch.

Plan and manage all different disciplines of a project (mechanical, electrical, software, testing, etc.).

Work with product development engineering, marketing, manufacturing, supply chain, systems engineering, field testing, tech transfer, reliability, training, and operations to create the project plan and the project deliverables.

Responsible for the project deliverables, planning, schedule, and budget.

Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks.

Plan, allocate, and assign resources to projects.

Estimate, plan, and track project budgets (labor, materials, and other expenses).

Track and report project health metrics (CPI, SPI, ETC).

Used Management of Change (MOC) processes to document and approve project changes.

Lead and managed matrix based, cross functional project teams, ranging from 10 to 20 people per project.

Plan, prepare, and facilitate all required executive updates, design reviews, and project gate meetings.

Project completion and sign-off, ensuring all requirements are met or all deviations have been accounted for and approved at the gate reviews.

D&E project portfolio planning, budgeting, and resource utilizations during the Jan and July planning cycles. Major Accomplishments:

Assisted in the development of tasks, responsibilities, and processes of the newly established D&E Project Management Office (PMO) for Baker Hughes.

Managed multiple drilling system and wirline projects totaling a budget of approximately $9M annually.

Largest managing project estimated $13.4M at completion.

Met all scheduled project milestones on time and balanced project budgets for 2010 through 2011.

Completed PowerCOR project on time and on budget from date of assignment.

Completed HPHT Nautilus Ultra project on time and slightly under budget from date of assignment.

Completed Reservoir Characterization eXploer (RCX) project on time and on budget from date of assignment.

Managed entire MaxCOR project from concept through commercial launch on budget and ahead of schedule, accelerating the launch to leverage business advantage to be first to market with a new technology. The MaxCOR project won the following awards:

o 2010 Baker Hughes Technology Excellence Award

o Finalist of Best Exploration Technology: World Oil 2010 o Spotlight on New Technology: Offshore Technology Conference 2012 o Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Innovation Award: ASME Petroleum Division OTC 2012

Managed critical business Eastern Hemisphere introduction of MaxCOR service. On-site support for Exxon Mobil in Poland; successfully completing MaxCOR/PowerCOR jobs for the Krupe-1and Sienncia-1 wells. o The support provided won the BHI Q1 2011 Drilling and Evaluation Leadership Team Award. 2008- Nov 2009

2004-2008

INTEQ/Atlas – Houston Technology Center (HTC)

Product Transition Procurement Engineer

Liaison between Engineering and Manufacturing for the management and procurement of parts for all product transition PDM projects for prototype and pilot builds. Responsibilities:

Quoted, negotiated, and source engineering prototype parts.

Ordered and managed the procurement of parts for all INTEQ and Atlas product transition projects for prototype and pilot builds at HTC.

Purchasing representative for all engineering product transition projects at HTC.

Assisted in the removal of cost in engineering prototype design.

Maintained the product transition tool cost estimate throughout the product development cycle.

Purchasing sign-off, ensuring all purchasing goals are met or all deviations have been accounted for and approved at the gate review for product transition projects.

Designated buyer for multiple machined components vendors for INTEQ/Atlas production tools.

Processed all Engineering Change Orders (ECO) for purchasing for production and product transition ECO’s.

Audited current and potential new vendors to ensure Baker Hughes quality requirements are met. Major Accomplishments:

Met 2008 supply chain 5% cost reduction stretch goal for INTEQ/Atlas production tools.

Proactively sourced and planned prototype tool components with vendors for future builds allowing for a seamless transition between development stages (prototype and pilot) through production launch ensuring the ability to build the tools without interruptions to the manufacturing supply chain.

Developed my vendors to improve quality, on-time delivery, and capabilities strengthening BHI’s supply chain.

Met all purchasing goals for product transition project gate reviews resulting in 100% on-time purchasing deliverables sign-off.

GENERAL MOTORS WARREN, MI

SMT Validation – Chassis: Brakes Systems

Validation / Reliability Engineer

Engineer responsible for the validation, reliability, and certification of the entire vehicle brake system. Responsibilities:

Validation and certification of 15 different vehicle programs.

Create and managed Learning Analysis Design Validation (LADV) plans for vehicle commodity validation.

Participate in GM tech reviews of suppliers to determine if the supplier is adequately equipped and capable to meet General Motors’ standards for design, testing, validation, production, and quality.

Actively engaged with Design Release Engineers (DRE) to develop encompassing DFMEA for new program brake system and completing a design review (DRBFM) for any changes to the current program brake systems.

Work with suppliers to create, maintain, and approve component specific Design and Validation Plans and Reports.

Schedule and lead Design Review Based on Test Results (DRBTR) for vehicle brake system for all lab testing and end of test teardown for durability vehicle testing.

Complete all supplier and GM testing before the program Validation Testing Complete (VTC) date.

Create and complete brake system related Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) compliance summary for self-certification.

Major Accomplishments:

Completed all GM and supplier vehicle and component tests before the VTC date for the Outlook, Enclave, and Acadia (Lambda platform) vehicles on time for the 2007 Lambda program vehicle launch.

Completed all FMVSS documentation, on time, each year, for self-certification for every vehicle programmed managed; preventing delays to new model year vehicle builds. 2002-2004 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC, MI - MILFORD, MI - WARREN, MI Engineering Co-op Student (Three Month Rotational Assignments)

High Performance Vehicle Operations (HPVO): Completed research and development thesis project. Lead engineer for the “Hardware Development of the Ecotec 2.2L Bolt-on Supercharger Kit for the 2002 – 04 J-car platform”. Used the supercharger on the Supercharged Ecotec 2.0L (LSJ) engine to create a bolt on supercharger kit for the Ecotec 2.2L engine Integrated higher flow fuel injectors to deliver adequate fuel for proper air/fuel mixture combustion to deliver optimum engine horsepower. Designed modified manifold studs, sensor jumper harness, and brackets used to bolt on the supercharger. Created programming for the engine control module to recognize the supercharger addition and upgrade.

Design Quality and Validation: Created Finite Element (FE) models using Hypermesh. Applied constraints, forces, and material properties. Analyzed results to determine design robustness and created analysis reports.

HVAC/Powertrain Cooling/Thermo: Maintained test vehicles to ensure that they were outfitted with the latest design released parts, installed and monitored all SMT thermocouple requests. Scheduled and ran vehicle tests for powertrain cooling and thermo data at the Climatic Wind Tunnel and at the Desert Proving Grounds (DPG). Prepped and ran vehicles for A/C testing and failure mode thermo testing at the DPG. Analyzed all collected data; created graphs, spread sheets, and charts; wrote final test reports and presented the results to engineering and management.

Energy Center: Worked on C.A.F.E. requirements, collected and reviewed competitor data, created Unigraphics Mass estimation coefficient. Designed presentations and training files for new group members. Maintained project tracking database.

1999-2002 GENERAL MOTORS PONTIAC, MI

CAD Designer Co-op Student (Six Month Rotational Assignments)

Chassis Ride & Handling: Completed engineering work orders (EWO) for design changes. Kept assembly structure files updated with the latest release level parts. Updated assembly structure layouts. Created .GIF layouts from layout drawings and Unigraphics solid 3D data files.

Engineering Design Body / Electrical: Created electrical harness centerline data in 3D vehicle space. Modeled vehicle wire harnesses using centerline data. Created and converted layout drawing into new 11x 17 format. Created .GIF layouts of wire harness routing and maintained the latest versions for the department.

HVAC / Powertrain: Worked on General Motors mass data migration from CGS to Unigraphics. Remodeled parts and assemblies in the CGS computer aided design system using the new Unigraphics computer aided design system.

1998-1999 SKYNET COMMUNICATIONS WASHINGTON, MI

Sales Representative / Store Manager

Responsibilities:

Sale of cellular phones, pagers, and their service plan contacts.

Managed Washington, MI store location.

o Interviewed and hired new employees.

o Wrote up cellular phone and pager contracts for sales of service. o Created and maintained monthly expenditure and sales sheets. o Tracked monthly sales progress and helped set monthly sales targets. Major Accomplishments:

Met and/or exceeded all monthly sales quotas.

Increased store profits by 17% from previous year. BHI TRAINING

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February 2014

May 2013

July 2012

June 2010

May 2009

August 2008

December 2008

April 2008

WESTERN HEMISPHERE EDUCATION CENTER TOMBALL, TX

Front Line Manager Program – Managing the Business HS&E Leadership Academy

Fundamentals of Hydraulic Fracture Engineering

Project Management Professional Certificate Program

PMP License No. 1867113 certified October 30, 2015 COLSTON SAFETY & TRAINING HOUSTON, TX

PEC Safety: SafeGulf, SafeLand, and PEC Basic

License No. PEC100464626

BAKER HUGHES TRAINING FACILITY HOUSTON, TX

Front Line Manager Program – Leading People

Baker Hughes Leadership Excellence And Development (LEAD) Program EDP3 Baker Hughes Leadership Excellence And Development (LEAD) Program EDP2 Baker Hughes Negotiations Training

DUBAI TRAINING FACILITY DUBAI, UAE

Baker Hughes Leadership Excellence And Development (LEAD) Program EDP1

Graduated top of class 1.47

Completed PTEX oil & gas industry overview

Completed Baker Hughes product line divisions training APICS HOUSTON, TX

Basics of Supply Chain Management

KARRASS HOUSTON, TX

Karrass Effective Negotiating

EDUCATION

2001-2004

KETTERING UNIVERSITY (FORMERLY GMI) FLINT, MI

Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering

Automotive Powertrain Concentration

Cum Laude Academic Graduation Honors (92.17% WGA approximate GPA 3.95) Awards & Honors: Position(s):

Dean’s List Spring 2002, Fall 2003, Spring 2004

Memberships:

Sigma Chi Fraternity – Zeta Theta Chapter Social Chair 1998-2001 MACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGE MACOMB, MI - WARREN, MI Associates of Applied Science

Major: Vehicle Design

Minor: Pre-Engineering

Graduated with a 3.85 GPA

Awards & Honors: Position(s):

American Society of Body Engineers Scholarship 1 of 2 graduating seniors selected Co-op Award of Appreciation 1 of 5 cooperative education students selected Jan 1999

Feb 1999

GENERAL MOTORS UNIVERSITY AUBURN HILLS, MI

Unigraphics Training Course

MEMBERSHIP

COMPUTER

SKILLS

PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUE

Membership ID: 3124081

PMP No. 1867113

Microsoft operating programs: Windows 95, 2000, XP, Windows 7

Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, & 2010 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook)

MS Project 2007 and 2010

SAP

Computer Aided Design (CAD) programs: Unigraphics, AutoCAD, and Vis Mock Up LANGUAGES

ENGLISH

Native language

POLISH

Speaking Proficiency: Proficient/Fluent

Reading Proficiency: Moderate

Writing Proficiency: Basic Knowledge

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