Jorge E. Fragela, P.E.

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Miami, Florida 33185

Telephone: 305-***-****

Email: k01m2v@r.postjobfree.com

Electrical Engineer Consultant/Industrial Site Project Manager

Operational Management/Client Relationship Management (CRM)/Multi-Industry Knowledge

Vendor Relationship Management/Materials & Maritime Project Management/Drives & Control System Engineering

BSEE, Bi-Lingual (Spanish), Basic Chinese Mandarin, Electrical Engineer Consultant/Lead Field Engineer & Industrial Site Project Manager, with more than 10 years of global field engineering experience, most recently worked on parallel projects at the port of Miami with a combined value in excess of $20 million.

Electrical engineer and industrial site project management acumen gained over the past 10+ years encompasses:

1) Managed an on-site Caribbean Port project valued in excess of $30 million that accomplished the following 3 items: 1) Project completed 1 month ahead of schedule; 2) Provided ongoing technical training for maintenance and operations personnel; and 3) Collaborated with vendors to improve and fix technical issues in a 3-month period.

2) Directed 3 parallel projects with multiple vendors/contractors with a combined value in excess of $20 million. Acted as project and assistant operations manager, electrical engineer, technical liaison, and troubleshooter within the organization that saved the Port of Miami $2 million over a 4-year time period.

3) Entrusted with training and developing technical personnel in the Far East, Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean on projects ranging up to $120 million. Consequently, served as lead field engineer and charged with developing working relationships with vendors and clients in numerous countries.

Core competencies: Internal Consultancy to “C” Level Management; Troubleshooting & Conflict Resolution; Ability to Motivate & Engage Others; Project Management Leadership by Example; Time Management & Organizational Skills; Formal Presentation Skills; Ability to Grasp & Utilize New Technologies; Drives & Controls Systems and Programmable Logic Controller Implementation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

JF ENGINEERING, LLC, Miami, Florida

January 2007 to Present

(Electrical engineering consulting and project management for engineering and industrial customers on a global scale)

Electrical Engineer – Scope of duties focus on providing field engineering services, on-site project management of industrial projects, technical liaison between end-user and vendors, and design & specify industrial equipment for material-handling end-users.

 Provided on-going technical consultancy to a small South Florida manufacturing company with global customers that in 1 year realized labor and manufacturing cost savings in excess of $2 million.

 Advised on Customer Relationship Management for customers in the Far East, Latin America, and the Caribbean, which achieved reductions of approximately $750,000 in marketing cost.

 Entrusted by senior management with developing technical recommendations, for a major overseas port that achieved maintenance cost savings in excess of $1 million per year for end-user, $1.5 million in energy savings, and with implementation of a spare parts inventory management system saved approximately $600,000 annually.

 Created technical solutions to a material-handling customer, which proved instrumental in achieving maintenance cost savings of $1 million to $1.5 million annually. Subsequently, specification changes will result in energy savings of $500,000 to $1 million on a yearly basis.

PORT OF MIAMI CRANE MANAGEMENT INC., Miami, Florida

2003 to 2007

(Preventive and predictive maintenance and engineering responsibilities for the container cargo cranes at the Port of Miami)

Crane Project Engineer – Responsible for project management of cargo equipment upgrades, assist CEO and COO with daily maintenance and operation issues, troubleshoot electrical equipment on an emergency basis, as well as acting as technical liaison between the Port, vendors and contractors.

 Utilized cost-cutting measures to provide savings of $1.5+ million per year on electric utility services by using technical solutions to power delivery issues on existing cargo equipment. Assisted the Operations Director with cost-cutting measures to reduce maintenance costs by $300,000 annually.

 Modified technical specifications to new cargo equipment, thereby achieving annual maintenance cost savings in excess of $500,000. Reduced inventory by $1 million and delivered maintenance personnel training that resulted in savings of $1.5 million to $2 million on downtime and scheduled maintenance.

 Provided hands-on troubleshooting skills to power delivery equipment problems that resulted in a savings of $250,000. The emergency troubleshooting that was performed on cargo equipment during operational hours resulted in savings of $1.5 to $2 million.

GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

1991 to 2003

(Fortune 100 field engineering services company specializing in drives & controls systems and power delivery equipment )

Lead Field Engineer (2000-2003) & Field Engineer (1991-1999) – Primary duties focused on AC/DC drive systems and power delivery engineering, globally. Additionally, Lead Field Engineer for Southeast Region on drive systems and power delivery equipment. Primary duties included commissioning, troubleshooting and PLC programming.

 Charged with creating cost effective technical solutions/training to a top pharmaceutical company in the Caribbean on their batch-producing equipment. Subsequently, savings will reach up to $2 million to $3 million+ on a yearly basis.

 Trained maintenance and engineering personnel for a global, oil-producing company in South America on their programmable logic controllers that resulted in the reduction of maintenance costs by $1.5 million, and training costs by $250,000 annually. As a result, customer saved approximately $3 million yearly by incorporating troubleshooting techniques.

 Developed technical services along 5 Chinese ports (Tianjin, Qingdao, Xiamen, Yantian, and Kaoshiung) in a year span that resulted in maintenance costs savings in excess of $2.5 million on a yearly basis. Projects ranged from $10 million to $40 million+ for equipment, services, and spare parts. Additionally, served as Lead Field Engineer on a $60 million project in Singapore for 2½ years.

 Structured in 4 months, technical services and training to a major, overseas cement producer in Spanish, that accomplished the following 3 items: 1) Annual savings of $500,000 on maintenance costs; 2) Savings for training in excess of $250,000, and 3) Advised customer on spare parts inventory to save an additional $1 million on a yearly basis.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1989

General Electric Field Engineering Program, 1991

General Electric Crane Engineering Program, 1991

Field Sales Engineer Training, 1992

Crane Software Engineer, GE Industrial Systems & Control, 1996

Project Management Training, 2006

Professional Engineer, State of Florida, 2006

ITC, Level I Infrared Thermography, 2007

ITC Electrical Inspection Using Infrared Thermography, 2007

MISCELLANEOUS

Community Activities: Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Greater Miami, 1989-1991

Hobbies: Sports (Racquetball, Softball, Tennis)

Special Interests: Reading on Global Business Trends, Electrical Engineering, Biotechnology,

Commercial Real Estate, Stock Market Analysis

Languages: Fluent in English & Spanish; Basic Chinese Mandarin (Level I & II)

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