Engineer Manager
Resume:
Parveen K Chandila
Houston, TX 77070
*******.***@*****.***
PROFILE
o Engineering Manager with extensive 6+ years experience in Reliability,
Design and MS in Mechanical Engg
o Key contributor in the product development of $ 1 Billion product-line
o Expert in reducing product development cycle through proactively
identifying reliability issues
o Skilled problem solver in resolving spikes in product failure &
manufacturing scrap
o Well rounded skills in product design, development, manufacturing,
repair & finance
o Efficient organized leader in promoting innovative ideas & enthusiasm
amongst the team for outstanding results
o Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder) - Open for relocation
COMPETENCIES
Reliability Design (CAD) Product Development
Root Cause Analysis Finite Element Analysis Project & People Management
(FEA)
Continuous Improvement Failure Modes & Effects Certified Kepner Tregoe -
Analysis (FMEA) Problem Solving & Decision
Making
Manufacturing Benchmark Analysis Statistics
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
o Aided in $ Billion "ONYX" PDC product launch through performance,
reliability & financial analysis
o Formulated the specifications for PDC bit repair process to facilitate
26% reduction in repair cost per bit
o Contributed towards increasing the PDC bit life by 54% from 2.6 to 4
runs/bit
o Spearheaded root cause analysis team for spikes in manufacturing scrap
cost > $ 500,000 on 3 instances
o Designed 3 Roller Cone bits which proved to be the benchmark in
performance & became industry leader
o Active involvement in developing business strategy for short & long
term
PATENTS
* "Rolling Cone drill bit having cutter elements positioned in a plurality
of differing radial positions", US Patent # 7,686,104, Mar 30, 2010
* "Drill bits having optimized cutting element counts for reduced tracking
and/or increased drilling performance", US Patent # 7,798,255, Sep 21,
2010
* "Gage configurations for drill bits", US Patent Application # 11/517179
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
* Smith Bits (A Schlumberger Company)
Houston, TX
Manager II, Reliability Engineering
May 2008 -
Present
Reliability Engineer
May 2006 - Apr 2008
Design Engineer
June
2004 - Apr 2006
o Managed engineering team to address product reliability issues for
product development of fixed cutter PDC bits
o Led the team on root cause failure analysis through application,
design, materials & manufacturing verification
o Analyzed performance with dull conditions for experimental & standard
product evaluation
o Created new KPI's (Key Performance Indicators), metrics & reports for
comprehensive benchmark analysis
o Designed Roller cone bits with desired performance & durability
o Financial analysis of number of runs, revenues, margins & scrap cost
o Recommended process improvements in Manufacturing & Repair shop
o Interfaced with global teams from design, R&D, manufacturing, repair
facility and field services
o Certified trainer & facilitator in Kepner Tregoe's - Problem Solving &
Decision Making process
* University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN
Research & Teaching Assistant
Aug 2002 -
May 2004
o Developed optimization strategy for product design & development
o Delivered lectures & developed reading material on Intelligent Systems
course
* Whirlpool Corporation
Faridabad, India
Intern
Summer 2001
o Facilitated improvement in fitting & cost reduction of snap lock
retainer
o Developed the model for rotary wire-shelf by stress analysis
EDUCATION
* University of Notre Dame
South Bend, IN
Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering
May 2004
GPA : 3.70
* Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Kharagpur, India
Bachelor of Science, Manufacturing Science & Engineering
May 2002
GPA : Major - 3.53
Senior Year - 3.72
PUBLICATIONS
* "A Strategy for global optimization using Kriging approximation",
45thAIAA/ASME/ ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics & Materials
Conference, AIAA 2004-1873
* "Post-Optimality analysis using a cumulative global response surface
approximation", 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA 2004-
114
TECHNICAL SKILLS
ProEngineer (CAD Package) MATLAB Mathematica
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) - Abaqus & Microsoft Office Suite
Hypermesh
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