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Robert G. Roycroft

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Houston, TX 77095

903-***-**** - Cell

acvw49@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Executive MBA, Tulane University Not Active

Emphasis in Finance

M.E., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Tyler 2004

Thesis study focused on the fastener industry and various manufacturer’s ability to produce products to their designated specs. Program took a statistical (6 Sigma) look into their ability to reproduce products with consistent strength, hardness, and material composition; resulting in publishing in industrial journals.

Graduate courses also completed in the area of Marketing and New Product Development B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Tyler 2003

Completed/Passed Fundamentals of Engineering Exam before graduation PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Patriot Artificial Lift. Houston, TX

(Plunger Lift, Gas Lift & Controls for O&G Production) Vice President - Manufacturing, Supply Chain & Engineering August 2013 - Present

Executive team member recruited to establish the manufacturing-supply chain, engineering, and quality function of a start-up venture

Established and negotiated the outsourced channels for machining and fabrication of in- house designs, while focusing on facility development.

Developed a single piece flow manufacturing system with a dynamic inventory control system, integrated with a multi-site Kanban system (17 field locations); Maintaining 3.2 day lead-time for all fabricated products (300+ finished goods).

Acted as system lead for the launch of the company’s ERP implementation

Executive lead/sponsor for the deployment of the company’s QMS and API Q1 certification

Active member of an API subcommittee that is in the process of developing the standard for plunger lift lubricator equipment.

Executive lead for all inventory and process initiatives across manufacturing and 17 sales/service locations.

Developed industry first “forged” lubricator; with Asian supply chain and QC initiative.

Established low cost, high quality Asian sourcing plan for investment castings. Page 2 of 4

Norriseal – Dover Corp. Houston, TX

(Valves and Controls for the Upstream & Midstream O&G markets) Director, Operations August 2011 – July 2013

Executive responsibilities for Operations, consisting of the Supply Chain (manufacturing operations, sourcing & procurement, production control, and logistics), Facilities, Continuous Improvement, and Quality (included 70% of the company’s employees)

Developed a manufacturing strategy/roadmap and implementation plan to support 100% growth plan over 3 years.

Restructured the Operations team to support a Value-Stream strategy

Executive lead for ERP implementation project

Assigned to manage and lead the operations division of a sister company to deploy a multi- site Supply-Chain strategy.

Successfully led the operations team through a period of 30+% annual growth; while maintaining 97% on-time delivery with 85% of orders shipping in 14 days or less.

Utilized Lean principles to sponsor numerous kaizen events that redefined the strategy and processes of manufacturing, inventory and material operations to successfully drive a reduction in lead-time, improvements in on-time delivery, and reduction in non- conformances during a large growth period.

Director, Engineering and Marketing April 2010 – August 2011

Executive responsibilities for the Engineering, Marketing and Quality departments, reporting to the president.

Established a project management and approval process, utilized by both engineers and product managers.

Achieved 1 day or less turn-around on >95% of all engineering requests.

Successfully led the first price increase in 5 years, with updated marketing research and market definition.

Led an integration/relocation project, in which we successfully relocated +50% of a sister company’s $40MM operation in 3 days, and re-established operations in our facility.

Led an initiative that successfully refaced Norriseal’s Mar-Comm initiative. Engineering Manager January 2010 – April 2010

Relocated between sister companies

Executive responsibilities for Engineering & Quality, reporting to the president

Established metrics and the associated systems that were missing to focus the Engineering and Quality groups and better integrate them within the business.

Established the needed processes for Engineering Change Management and Review, New Product Introduction, Document Control and Management.

Re-established the use of the company’s engineering lab resource, after years of being offline, and was able to quickly resolve multiple product/manufacturability issues. Page 3 of 4

FERGUSON BEAUREGARD – Dover Corp. Tyler, TX

(Artificial Lift & Automation Products for O&G Production) Application Engineering Manager August 2008 – December 2009

Responsible for all mechanical new product development, sustaining engineering, and sales engineering. Reported to the VP of Sales.

Led a product launch that resulted in large market share gains during the down turn of 2008.

Led a joint effort between Ferguson Beauregard and 3 other Dover companies to develop a new product for solar-powered, well site chemical injection. Developed a joint supply- chain bridging across India, Texas, and Pennsylvania.

Developed a new product that reduced the company’s dependency on a licensed patent agreement, which was associated with the company’s top-selling product.

Participated in multiple manufacturing facility kaizen events.

Provided engineering, technical, and design support to the sales team for most of our top 10 customers; interfacing directly with the customer’s technical teams to develop solutions for artificial lift problems.

New Product Development Engineer August 2007 – August 2008

Hired as the company’s sole resource for mechanical product development.

Implemented a new rotational program for engineering interns, to be used as a source for future talent.

Established a new product development, stage gate process for mechanical products.

Developed a new platform of product to diversify the product offering. TRANE - American Standard Corp. Tyler, TX

(Residential HVAC Equipment)

Furnace Development Engineer June 2004 – August 2007

Utilized Pro/E, SLA prototypes and Model Shop resources to design and develop multiple concepts to meet the CTQs for multiple furnace designs.

Interfaced with multiple suppliers to develop specs and drawings for components on various programs.

Lead engineer on the Trane XT & American Standard High Efficiency furnace project. This also included the development of a furnace airflow model, which was used as Six Sigma project.

Lead engineer for the 3-stage furnace and electronic air filtration projects. Each resulting in patents.

Lead engineer/Project Leader for NPI furnace programs. o Responsible for all BOM creation and concept development o Developed new sheet metal components

o Coordinate and leading four lab technicians in two locations through testing of our furnaces to our design standards.

Provide guidance and training to lab technicians and new hires per CSA/ANSI Z21.47 testing standard.

Product Engineer May 2003 – June 2004

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Served as a key member to the local plant’s Product Engineering Team.

Participated in NCI to improve the cost, reliability, quality, and manufacturing productivity of Trane/American Standard’s unitary outdoor product.

Executed changes in all sub-systems of the Tyler product.

Assigned the lead role for all packaging engineering projects and improvements.

Worked closely with FOE, suppliers, and quality group to resolve field issues pertaining to Tyler products.

(Further work history and references available upon request) Awards/Training/Recognitions

Lean Manufacturing Certificate, University of Michigan – 2012

EIT; Completed Fundamentals of Engineering Exam - 2003

Six Sigma, DFSS Black Belt certification completed 2005

Recipient of 6 Sigma Project Leadership award for Residential Systems -2006

one of 30 applicants

Recipient of 6 Sigma Project Leadership award for American Standard – 2006

one of 200 applicants

Patent Awarded (7601204) for Air conditioning apparatus with integrated air filtration system

Recognized with “Spirit of Collaboration Award – Remote Monitoring and Automation” for synergistic work with sister operating companies on development projects – 2010

Executive Leadership Program – International Negotiations & Management -2010. o 5 week program sponsored by employer, for high potential employees

Leadership Process : Motivating Achievement (LPMA) training; Spencer/Shenk/Capers & Associates, Inc – 2012

Process Communications Management training; Spencer/Shenk/Capers & Associates, Inc - 2013

Change Management training; Spencer/Shenk/Capers & Associates, Inc – 2011 & 2013

API Q1 training (TIEC) - 2010

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