Mechanical Engineer Quality Assurance

LEN D SEEBALUCK

Email: abo6vq@r.postjobfree.com

Address:

City: Wake Forest

State: NC

Zip: 27587

Country: USA

Phone: 919-***-****

Skill Level: Any

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Primary Skills/Experience:

Seasoned Fire Protection Specialist experienced in Start Up & High Growth Organizations Dynamic Mechanical Engineer with experience spearheading successful ventures throughout global business markets. Expert strategist, analyst, planner, team leader, negotiator and business driver who delivered dramatic gains in revenues, profits and market share. Proven track record combines expertise in project management with strong qualifications in new product/service development and market launch. Participative leadership style with excellent skills in cross-functional team building, quality assurance and productivity improvement. Responds to challenges with confidence, determination and focus.

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC 1/2001 to 8/2011 (Finance Focus)

High School Dipolma from University of Manitoba, Chapel Hill NC 1/2001 to 10/2012

High School Dipolma from University of Manitoba, Chapel Hill NC 1/2001 to 10/2012

Job History / Details:

Profile

Seasoned Fire Protection Specialist experienced in Start Up & High Growth Organizations Dynamic Mechanical Engineer with experience spearheading successful ventures throughout global business markets. Expert strategist, analyst, planner, team leader, negotiator and business driver who delivered dramatic gains in revenues, profits and market share. Proven track record combines expertise in project management with strong qualifications in new product/service development and market launch. Participative leadership style with excellent skills in cross-functional team building, quality assurance and productivity improvement. Responds to challenges with confidence, determination and focus.

Skills

Strategic Planning & development

Critical Analysis & Problem Solving

Negotiations and Communications

Cross Functional Team Leadership

Build/Maintain Key Alliances & Partnership

Excellent Oral Communication

Fluent in French

Project Management Results

Driven Leader and Team Builder

Pressure Vessel Design

Aircraft Fire Protection System Engineering

New Product Development

Earn Value Management System Practitioner

Cultivated an Excellent Relationship with FAATC/TAD/SACO/EASA

Committee member of UL/FM/CE, NFPA 2001, SAE, NFPA 12/12A, NFPA 2010, NFPA 17

Professional Experience

August 2006 to Current

UTC Aerospace Systems Fire Protection Systems (Kidde Aerospace) Wilson, North Carolina

Advanced Technology Development Manager

Lead cross-functional product design and development teams. Responsibilities include identifying new product application opportunities, manage existing programs, directing new technical development initiatives. Role includes all financial and technical elements of product development; including conceptualization, design, development, supply chain, qualification and production launch. Actively involved in strategic planning, market growth potential, business case analysis and program execution.

Design develop and test innovative light weight commercial aircraft fire suppression systems, using a variety of new ozone friendly suppressing agents(HFC-125, Novec-1230, KSA, FM-200, FE-36 and other agents

Provide Project leadership to assist The Boeing Company

Lead testing at FAA Tech Center on Aircraft Engine Nacelle (MPS) & Full Scale Fire Demonstration 747 SP

Key role in developing the manufacturing of KSA, instrumentation to measure concentration of a solid aerosol

Establishing a production mode fill station for developed suppressors with emphasis on environment controls chamber

Managed a team for the development of a "Green" fire suppression system to replace Halon-1301 for commercial aircraft power plant

Awarded numerous patents

January 1999 to June 2006

FIRETRACE INTERNATIONAL Scottsdale, AZ

Engineering Manager

Responsibilities included recruiting and managing engineers

Establishing reliable suppliers & quality standards

Negotiating price structure, writing grant proposals, managing production layout and assembly process, designing/building filing room for dry chemical powder, successfully leading company move

Traveling internationally training/testing and preparing operations, design, installation and maintenance manuals for all products line

Increased company's net worth by $3-4M by designing and developing FIREPANEL (company's signature product).

Reduced costs and increased profitability by designing production system of FIREPANEL

Improved branding and market share by training 150 distributors across the USA & Canada. Responsibilities included preparing certification manuals to train installers, supervising junior engineers, providing technical support and documentation, conducting fire tests, establishing engineering limitations of company's automatic fire suppression system and developing appropriate Operations and Maintenance manuals for several systems. Minimized testing costs by locating/outsourcing UL listed components for Firetrace systems.

September 1998 to January 1999

POWER POOL OF ALBERTA Calgary, AB

Consultant

Synthesized and presented the independent assessment team proposals for power purchase agreement and auctions design to company Executives.

January 1993 to January 1998

UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS

Consultant/Lecturer

Responsibilities included lecturing air conditioning/refrigeration/energy conversion/utilizing Mechanical.

Engineering Design, leading team in design of air conditioning system, coordinating energy management.

seminar, project supervision in heat transfer, optimization study and performing energy auditing in.

industry/proposed solutions to save electricity and stream consumption.

Responsibilities included completing proposal for a more energy efficient national sugar industry, energy audit.

studies and conservation propositions for plants.

Education and Training

2011 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC

MBA Finance Focus

1991 University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB

MS Mechanical Engineering

1989 University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB

BS Mechanical Engineering

Affiliations

Member: NFPA 2001/(GFE (NFPA 2001, NFPA12 and 12 A) Technical Committee 2001 Member: Fire Suppression System Association / Technical Committee 2003 Member: Professional Engineer 1999 Member: American Society of Mechanical Engineers 1993 Member: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers, INC 1993

Additional Information

SCHOLORSHIPS & ACHIEVEMENTS: Obtained Numerous patents, Kidde Aerospace Key Employee Awards, Research Grant / Scholarship (Manitoba Hydro). Dean's Honor List Certificate of Appreciation for Volunteer Work.Presenter at World Renewable Energy Congress, Denver, Colorado.

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