Engineer Manager

Morel Leka, P. Eng. (B.S.M.E.)

***-**** **. ****'s Rd. Winnipeg, MB, R2N 0B9

Tel: 204-***-****

email: *********@*******.***

Education

University of Toronto, Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

BCA Business Studies (College), Business Administration and

Management

Red River College, Project Management

Profile

Multilingual Professional Engineer with demonstrated ability to take

company and/or R&D/Engineering departments to a higher level of performance

and profitability. Confident, creative, engaging and open minded that can

take on any challenge.

Strong management skills

Successfully manage programs, engineering personnel, projects and

engineering standards and procedures for more than 10 years. Developed new

management plans, workflow and standards, after a full review of the

existing system in place, in several ISO certified companies. Excellent

communicator, motivate coworkers/promote teamwork and ability to find

common language with employees from different levels/areas of expertise. At

TANCO averaged 5% below allotted budget for all projects and

MOLDMASTERS/MTI/ATPI finished projects in time or earlier than forecasts.

Building new/improving existing R&D program

Build ATPI R&D program from the ground up by evaluating long/short term

goals, budget/resources available and creating a flexible plan. Develop

testing procedures, design universal test bench, procure test bench

components/materials and aligned resources (space/personnel) to accommodate

testing with small cost increase. Test bench/procedures are designed to

test for insulation (wet insulation, current leakage, etc) of solar

products according to UL standards. In addition was able to foster new

partnership with University of Manitoba to use their testing

facilities/equipment at significant less cost (50% less) then outsourcing

testing to laboratories.

Elevate MoldMasters R&D program within a short period of time (6 months) to

unprecedented heights (well established program in place for more than 30

years). Develop new modeling and simulation techniques that reduced FEA

simulation time by 50%. Design new validation tests for FEA simulation and

established new simulation/testing guidelines for R&D engineers. For the

first time through research with collaboration of University of Toronto

introduced calculation sheets for FEA simulation team and design engineers

to calculate convection coefficient in enclosed spaces (combination of

free/forced convection and radiation).

Strong technical background/hands on

Designed new product/methods and have patents issued at MoldMasters and

MTI. Currently designed overmolded solar connector and T/Y junctions (both

pending UL approval) and in the process of designing new overmolded

junction boxes and fuse holders for solar applications. At Moldmasters

developed new technique of balancing hot runners in injection molding

applications. At MTI developed a new passive silencer design that

suppressed noise in business jets by 50% or more able to achieve noise

levels similar to library standards (30DB). Not afraid to take on any

challenge, in any field and to get hands dirty and build prototypes myself.

Currently build my own prototypes when necessary to visualize solution and

identify manufacturing issues in addition to modeling and simulation.

Advanced Reasearch

More than 6 years of experience with ANSYS (up to V12), Solidworks,

Moldflow, AutoCad and MatLab. Primarily, have used ANSYS (MultiPhysics and

CFX) at MoldMasters and ATPI, to analyze thermal profile, heat losses,

stresses, thermal stresses and fatigue failures to design new products and

solve problems. FEA experience includes thermal (steady state, transient),

structural (static, non-linear, fatigue) and meshing optimization. Very

experienced with flow analysis moldflow simulating shrinkage, best gate

location/size, warp, stresses, overmolding, weld lines. Expert in modeling

for FEA simulation, boundary condition set up of analysis and using FEA in

conjecture with calculations. Experience with SolidWorks modeling large

assemblies, quick modeling of ideas/prototypes, generate drawings, and

prepare model for FEA analysis.

Experience Highlights

Engineering Manager (Solar Products)

2009 - Present

Amphenol Technical Products International (ATPI)

Manage all solar projects, personnel, UL relations, solar shows, solar

products, quotes/inquiries, R&D, testing and outsourcing. New product

design of UL approved solar products (connectors, junction boxes, fuses

boxes and splices) and automotive (pass-through overmolds, connectors,

overmold junctions and wire overmolding). Use 3-D modeling (Solidworks) and

FEA (MoldFlow and ANSYS) to determine injection molding weld lines,

shrinking, gate location/size, fill pattern, core shifting, thermal

profile, operation stresses, fatigue limits and optimize the design. Manage

all work and communication with UL, CSA and TUV to get approval of new

solar products. Experience with APQP and PPAP.

Projects Manager

2008 - 2009

Cabot Corporation, Tanco Plant

Responsible for planning, organizing and directing various capital and

major expense projects for the Tanco plant. Consulted with respective plant

department managers to evaluate the degree of involvement of outside

engineering and/or construction services, discuss scope, conceptual design

and related parameters. Developed capital justification documents, project

plans and schedule, cost estimates, tendering documents), cost/benefit

evaluation documents and negotiate contracts. Manage simultaneously up to

10 projects with budgets up to $750,000. Foster excellent community

relationship by designing and organizing the annual High School Design

Competition.

Project Engineer (R&D)

2005 - 2008

Mold Masters Limited

Bring forward R&D project proposals, cost analysis estimates and budget

requirements. Coordinated and managed work among R&D engineering, customer

service and manufacturing departments. DOE, test bench and data acquisition

system design. Develop new modeling and simulation techniques, calculation

sheets and validation tests. Perform FEA simulations (ANSYS), Flow analysis

(ANSYS CFX, Moldflow) and 3-D modeling (SolidWorks). Established new

engineering design standards based on structural, thermal and fatigue

limits requirements for hot runner system components (injection molding).

Worked with manufacturing to help build test set ups, solve manufacturing

problems and improve manufacturing processes. Hold training sessions with

design engineers to introduce existing product changes, new products and

changes to the guidelines.

R&D Engineer (Aircraft Silencer)

2004 - 2005

Magnifoam Technology Inc. (MTI)

In collaboration with R&D engineers developed and patented a new aircraft

silencer targeted for the business jet s market. Designed test bench

according to industry standards (ASTM) and developed software to optimize

theoretical design. Through testing of 69 different materials and

combinations built a data base that would serve as a future design

guideline. Improvements in the final design include; better noise

attenuation at low frequencies, more consistent performance at wider range

of frequency. New silencer performed 50% better (in sound attenuation) then

the best silencer in the market. Recommendations were made to improve

manufacturability and design in compliance with Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) guidelines.

Engineering Summer Student

Summer 2003

Aerospace Division - Magnifoam Technology Inc. (MTI)

Created and validated electronic patterns, according to drawing

specifications send by customers (Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer), used to

make thermal and acoustic aircraft insulation system. Recommending

manufacturing process improvements and evaluating the work required to

adjust fabrication and assembly. Supervising the first assembly activities

for new designs and verifying the conformance with drawing requirements.

Manager

1995 - 1998

Casino Madrid

Organize, plann, direct, coordinate and control all gaming operations in

the casino. Participate in hiring staff, staff management and security

procedures reviews. Through a new gaming strategy was able to increase

profit by 200% within 3 months. Develop new game guidelines, based on the

achieved success, that were implemented in casinos worldwide.

Note: Letters of recommendations will be provided upon request.

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