Ref Code: Executive Management/Technical Lead Mechanical Engineering

Position

Dear Human Resources Director,

This letter is to inform you that I am in the process of investigating the

possibilities of finding a suitable senior management/professional

technical/ engineering position in a manufacturing/engineering environment

in industry preferably related to the mechanical/ structural design and

analysis, rotor dynamics, finite element analysis of mechanical/structural

components/systems, reliability design engineering, vibration analysis, etc

of mechanical power transmission products or turbo machinery (pumps,

compressors, turbines, generators, motors, engines, fans, etc). I have

enacted in engineering management and project engineering/management

capacities in the past as well as applications engineering, R & D

engineering and consulting.

I do have excellent business and leadership skills which have been

evaluated and judged by the end results, not just by the financial figures

but also by the employee and customer satisfaction as well. I am a self-

starter, self-motivated, do have excellent oral and written communication

skills and am computer literate. I do also have excellent problem-solving

skills, possess a technically-oriented business mind and enjoy working in a

team environment of highly-skilled professionals.

My industrial experiences have been in connection with processing,

automotive power transmission and heavy rotating machinery industries. In

1997 I decided to join ABB Fan Group N.A. in Niles, Michigan which was

engaged in the design, development and manufacture of custom-made heavy-

duty industrial fan systems for applications in the power generation,

metals, cement plants and chemical/ petrochemical industries. Applications

in coal pulverizing, refinery and utility were considered. Some designs

were for high temperature, high pressure, corrosive and abrasive

environments with high-speed applications and aerodynamic design

considerations.

From 1999 to 2001 I was associated with the Mechanical and Aerospace

Engineering Department of The George Washington University as a visiting

senior staff/consultant. From January to September of 2002 I was engaged in

a consulting project assignment for an AC induction electric motor

manufacturer overseas. From 2002 to 2008 I was engaged in my own consulting

firm investigating rotating and reciprocating machinery on vibration,

design, failure problems and faulty manufacturing issues. From 2008 to 2009

I acted as a senior consultant resolving issues related to various types of

machinery on their design and maintenance at ExxonMobil-Joliet Refinery.

There have been three distinctive aspects on the rotating

equipment/machinery that I have been involved with. Firstly, I have been

directly involved with the detailed design work, that means, design of the

shaft, selection of the bearings, couplings, motors or v-belt drives,

analysis, testing, quality issues and requisition order processing of a

number of products manufactured by OEM's and contracted by general

engineering contractors such as Bechtel, Black & Veatch, Baker Hughes, UOP

and a number of Korean, Japanese and Middle-Eastern companies. The products

designed in this category have been electric motors, generators, gears,

pumps (centrifugal), compressors (centrifugal) and industrial fans anywhere

from fraction of horse powers to 1500 HP.

Secondly, we have also been visiting chemical/petrochemical/power plants

and refineries to resolve issues such as bearings malfunctioning, high

shaft vibrations, sealing defects, in some cases high noises etc. Thirdly,

we have acted as sub-subcontractors on some of the rotating equipment

requisition ordering, checking and purchasing.

The general involvement with rotating equipment has been more than twenty

years either at the design, analysis and manufacturing stage or at the

troubleshooting stage.

My technical and executive management experiences cover managing three

groups of people at three different locations. At Industrial Projects Inc.,

a group of 5-6 engineers (mechanical, civil and chemical) and 4-5 draftsmen

were managed. At Gear Works Inc., I managed a group of twenty-five

engineers, draftsmen and technicians both in the office and at the plant.

Engineers were mostly mechanical and materials engineers. A small group of

3-5 professionals at my own consulting firm also acted as private

consultants.

Attached please find a copy of my resume. I would be privileged to answer

any questions that you may have or provide you with any other information

which you may need and can be reached via the phone number of 630-***-****

(H).

I would like to extend my appreciation for your attention and consideration

and will be looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Saeed Z. Azimi, Ph.D.

SAEED Z. AZIMI (U.S. CITIZEN)

abh4ev@r.postjobfree.com

2613 MIDLAND DR.

(H): 630-***-****

NAPERVILLE, IL 60564

(C): 571-***-****

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CAREER Interested in a Full-Time Executive Technical Management

Opportunity

OBJECTIVE Some of the technical areas of specialty are: Machine Design

and Mechanisms,

Reliability Design Engineering, Machinery

Dynamics, Rotor Dynamics, Solid

Mechanics, Structural and Computational Mechanics,

Finite Element Analysis,

Mechanical and Structural Vibrations, Structural

Dynamics, Low- and High

-Cycle-Fatigue Failure Analysis, Preventive and

Predictive Maintenance,

Root-Cause-Failure Analysis, Applied Mathematics

and Numerical Methods

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

06/09- present TECHNICAL CONSULTING SERVICES (NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS)

Senior Consultant (Part Time)

* Technical Research and Consulting on Turbo Machinery

* Reading and Research on:

- On-Shore/Off-Shore Wind Turbine Technology - Wind Turbine

Condition Monitoring

- Wind Turbine Noise and Vibration Issues - Wind

Turbine Foundation

-Wind Farms Health

Problems

06/08- 06/09 EXXONMOBIL-JOLIET REFINERY (JOLIET, ILLINOIS)

Rotating Equipment and Machinery Senior Consultant,

Turbine Champion

* Working on technical issues related to Pumps, Compressors, Steam &

Gas Turbines,

Sealing, Bearings, Valves, Overhauls, T/A, Re-Rate Rotor

Commissioning, Cooling

Towers, Risk Assessment & Management

Some of the findings and reports related to various parts of the

refinery are:

. Preferred Piping Design Connections . On the Proper Pump

Foundation Design

. Piping Strain and Use of Expansion Joints . Steam Turbine

Overspeed Protection Systems

. Root Cause Failure Analysis of the FCC Expander Inlet Valve

Shear Pin

. High-Radial-Vibration Problems with Wet Gas Compressor

Turbine during Start-Up

. Steam Turbine Standby Conditions . Pro-Active Preventive

Maintenance Strategies

. Use of "Heli-Coils" for Repairing Damaged Internal Threads

on Steam Turbine Casing

* Savings on design changes, prevention of loss of production and

maintenance strategies

proposed were estimated at 30-35 Million Dollars

09/02- 06/08 TECHNICAL CONSULTING OFFICE (INTERNATIONAL)

President and Owner, Senior Consultant (P&L

Responsibility)

* Managing & Running a Technical Consulting Firm (Rotating and

Reciprocating Machinery-

Related Problems in Oil & Gas, Chemical & Petrochemicals, Power

Plants, Utilities &

OEM Companies). Clients have been from private, government-

consulting firms and EPC

Contractors. Publication of:

. An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Design in Synthesis and

Analysis of Mechanisms

And Machinery, Volume II, Part I-Kinematics (Book, 352 pages),

Volume I- Graphical

Approach & Volume II-Part II- Kinetics (in preparation)

. Vibration of Fans and Blowers (booklet, in preparation)

. Vibration in Piping and Piping Systems (booklet, 45 pages)

. Vibration of Compressors (booklet, 47 pages) . Vibration of Pumps

(booklet, 104 pages)

. Rotordynamics: Longitudinal, Torsional and Transverse Critical

Speed Vibration Analyses

Of Rotating Equipment: A Guide to the Solution of Practical

Industrial Problems using

ANSYS 2D and 3D (booklet, 126 pages)

01/02-09/02 ARIAN SANAT COMPANY, S.A. (INTERNATIONAL) Senior Consultant

(AC INDUCTION ELECTRIC MOTOR MANUFACTURING)

* Consulting on Rotor Dynamics Design and Analysis of Electric

Motors, Pumps and

Compressors using 2D and 3D ANSYS 5.4

* Troubleshooting of Bearing Problems

* Preventive and Predictive General Maintenance Program for a

Petrochemical Company

08/99-12/01 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (WASHINGTON, DC)

AEROSPACE & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

& CONSULTING Visiting Senior Staff &

Consultant

* Worked on a project supported by General Motors and Department of

Energy on powertrain

Part of Hybrid electric vehicles

* Teaching of Mechanical Design Projects * Technical Book Writing

* Consulting on various Processing Machinery, Vibration Control of

Mechanical Equipment

(Vibration, Shock and Seismic Isolation)

08/97-08/99 ABB FAN GROUP NORTH AMERICA (NILES, MI)

Senior Project Engineer/Manager

* Design, Analysis and Manufacturing of Custom-Made Heavy-Duty

Industrial Fans used in

Power Generation, Cement, Metal, Refinery, General Industrial,

Chemical & Petrochemical

Plants

* Product owner of two product lines:

. High-efficiency-wheel fans used for boilers in

power/cement plants

. CCR fans used in refineries, chemical and petrochemical

plants

* Responsible for providing all the detailed design work on a fan

system project worth

20-25 Million Dollars for the Massachusetts Highway Authority

(Boston Tunnel) at

the bidding stage (ABB came second after Howden)

08/96-08/97 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA (CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA)

SOLID MECHANICS RESEARCH LAB

Visiting Senior Research Scientist

* Development of Dynamic Finite Element Equations for the Dynamic

Analysis of Structural

Systems

* Worked on a project supported by Ford Motor Company on Vibration,

Thermal and

Structural Optimization Problems using ANSYS 5.0

08/93-08/96 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING &

SEISMOLOGY, STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS DIVISION (INTERNATIONAL)

Senior Principal Structural and Vibration Engineer

* Static and Dynamic Finite Element Analyses of Mechanical and Civil

Structures using

FORTRAN and BASIC computer programming

* Vibration and Seismic Isolation of Mechanical Equipment (fans,

pumps, compressors,

Generators, air-handling units, etc) in Buildings and Industries

(chemical & petrochemical

Plants, power plants, oil refinery and gas-handling installations)

08/91-08/93 GEAR WORKS, INC (INTERNATIONAL)

(DIESEL TRUCK/AUTOMOTIVE GEARBOX/DIFFERENTIAL MFG)

Director of Engineering

* Re-Engineering and Manufacturing of Diesel Truck/Automotive Gearbox

and Differential

Systems

08/89-08/91 INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS, INC (OVERSEAS)

Engineering Design Department Head

* Design (rotary kilns, separators, silos, conveyors, elevators,

etc), Manufacture, Installation

And Operation of: - Gypsum and Lime Plants (100 to 300

tons/day)

- Fruit Sorting and

Packing Lines (5 to 10 tons/hr)

08/86-08/89 OIL INDUSTRIES' ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

(INTERNATIONAL) (AN EPC COMPANY) Senior

Project Engineer

* Collection, analysis, unification and publication of different

standards (ANSI, ASME,

ASTM, API, HI, BS, DIN, ISO, AGMA, etc) for various types of

machinery such as:

Pumps, compressors, Engines, fans, turbines, turbo-expanders,

mixers, valves, gear units,

Couplings, filters, lubrication, shaft sealing and control oil

system, lifting and hoisting

Equipment, gantry and overhead cranes, offshore cranes,

elevators, conveyors, ejectors, etc

Used in oil refinery, gas-handling installation, chemical and

petrochemical plants

08/83-08/86 MACHINE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES COMPANY (OVERSEAS)

(HYDRAULIC PRESSES MANUFACTURING)

Project Engineer

* Design of 500 tons hydraulic presses

* Design of toggle mechanism in cold-chamber die-casting and

injection molding machines

01/80-08/83 PURDUE UNIVERSITY (WEST LAFAYETTE, IN)

Teaching and Research Assistant

* Teaching Assistant in the following Undergraduate and Graduate

Courses: Machine Design

Lab, Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery Lab, Materials Lab,

Applied Strength of

Materials Lab, Mechanical Behavior of Materials and Vibration of

Plates and Shells

* Research Assistant

EDUCATION

PURDUE UNIVERSITY, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA (all

degrees)

Major: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics-

August 1983 (GPA: 3.9)

(Finite Element Analysis, Mechanical/Structural

Vibrations, Structural Dynamics)

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering - December 1980 (GPA:

3.9)

(Machine Design, Mechanisms and Solid Mechanics)

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering - May 1979 (GPA: 3.7)

Minor: Applied Mathematics and Numerical Methods (GPA: 4.0)

ACTIVITIES

Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME, Member Grade)

Skills Computer Literate (Microsoft Office, AUTOCAD, SOLIDWORKS,

MECHANICAL

DESKTOP, FORTRAN, BASIC, ANSYS)

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code-Storage Tank Design

and Materials Selection

Excellent Leadership, Problem-Solving and Project

Management Skills

Import/Export Business/Technical Issues (Marketing & Sales,

Industrial Machinery)

Construction project manager for five years (concrete,

residential)

Have managed directly/indirectly a family-owned university

technical bookstore

Have managed group of up to twenty-five engineers and

drafters

Strong written and spoken communication skills

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