BRUCE E. ARNOLD

Houston, Texas 832-***-**** ac3b9m@r.postjobfree.com

MANUFACTURING / OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE

Proven leader in managing capital equipment manufacturing operations related to the oil and gas industry encompassing subsea, land and down-hole tools. Experience includes efficient manufacturing of complete subsea BOP stacks/controls, valves, fishing tools, drilling jars, multiple lines of down-hole tools, seismic equipment land/marine and drill motor power sections. Change agent with track record of successfully implementing Lean principles to optimize processes and systems throughout manufacturing organizations. Extensive experience in manufacturing plant turnaround operations yielding increased profitability.

Advanced Manufacturing Mergers & Acquisitions Machine Tool Technology

Plant Turnaround Operations Design for Manufacturability Quality Control Management

Business Development Lean Manufacturing Process Optimization

Cellular Manufacturing Capital Equipment Purchasing Preventative Maintenance

Change Management Capital Budget Planning Continuous Improvement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE – PETROLEUM ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY 2016 - 2017

Advisory Board Member (Non-Paid / Voluntary Basis)

Deliver presentations to students regarding industry and how their training applies to different sectors in industry.

LOGAN OIL TOOLS – Houston, Texas 2011 – 2015

Logan is one of the world's largest manufacturers of downhole fishing and intervention tools for the oil and gas industry. Logan International, Inc. is traded on the Toronto, Canada stock exchange.

Director of Manufacturing (January 1, 2012)

Director of Process Improvement (July-December 2011)

Directed a complete plant turnaround and developed a major cultural change to drive the following improvements in an ISO certified facility with over 250 manufacturing employees and 130 machine tools.

Safety Incident Rate reduced 70%; Scrap metric reduced 43%; Tooling cost metric reduced 16%

Purchased 20 CNC machine tools in 2012 for $6.6MM for increased capacity and technology upgrade.

Upgraded tool rooms to include bar code scanning and reorganized for Lean/5S organization.

Installed 5 ton overhead bridge cranes for improved safety in loading equipment.

Strengthened team through hiring proven talent and training internal personnel for improved performance.

BGI CONTRACTORS & UNITED MARINE SHIPYARD 2009 - 2011

BGI is a general contractor serving the petrochemical industries as an ASME coded fabrication facility. United Marine Shipyard serves the international maritime industry repairing Jack-up rigs & ships.

Manager of Contracts & Business Development

Deliver sales presentations to petrochemical plants and offshore drilling contractors covering both upstream and downstream markets.

Developed new business through networking at trade shows, professional forums and business contacts.

Marketed new equipment and repair services to the petrochemical and offshore drilling industries.

DYNA-DRILL TECHNOLOGIES 2007– 2009

Dyna-Drill is a $100MM down-hole motor equipment manufacturer supporting drilling contractors.

Dyna-Drill is now owned by Schlumberger/Smith International.

Director of Manufacturing

Improved manufacturing performance margins, organization and employee morale.

Performance improvement results: Margins up 20%, Shipping $’s up 77%.

Managed implementation of $3MM in capital equipment, upgraded personnel, documented processes, improved quality and implemented latest technology.

Efforts toward implementing Lean resulted in a cultural change creating a more productive environment.

NORRISEAL – A DOVER COMPANY 2005 – 2007

Norriseal is a $31MM valve and controls company and has been serving the oil and gas sector since 1955. Norriseal is owned by Dover which does $6B in annual sales and owns 130 manufacturing companies.

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NORRISEAL – A DOVER COMPANY – Continued

Plant Manager, Manufacturing

Enhanced Lean manufacturing performance, margins and technology in an ISO certified facility.

Earnings growth up 93%; Margins up 48%; Shipping $’s up 30%; ROI up 54%.

Transitioned Company from a poor performer within Dover to a respectable contributor ranking within the top 30% of Dover companies on margins.

Purchased over $1 million in capital equipment in 2006 implementing latest technology in automation and quality including SPC. Continued Lean/5S and updated support equipment in manufacturing.

HYDRIL COMPANY, LP, which is now GE Energy Products 2000 – 2004

Hydril Pressure Control is a $100MM division of Hydril Company LP which manufactures complete blowout preventer systems / stacks to include BOP’s, control systems and valves for the oil and gas industry.

Plant Manager, Manufacturing

Managed plant turnaround and complete manufacturing technology upgrade of Pressure Control Division. Responsible for manufacturing operations of the company’s only facility producing land and subsea pressure control equipment. Managed approximately 165 production and support employees, encompassing all areas of

manufacturing in an ISO certified facility.

Managed implementation of a $10MM state-of-the-art manufacturing upgrade program to include: purchasing latest technology in CNC machine tools, welding equipment, metrology equipment; an extensive machine tool rebuild program; new building construction and plant relocation /consolidation.

Successfully implemented Lean manufacturing principles for improved performance and 5S organization for maintaining cleanliness and order in a facility with 120,000 square feet of manufacturing floor space.

Managed construction of the Hydril Deepwater Assembly building that completed on schedule and shipped the first deep water blowout preventer stack on time.

Upgraded metrology equipment to latest technology and developed an internal gage calibration laboratory with capability ranging from 0.000 – 62.000”, resulting in better control of calibration time and cost.

EDUCATION

Graduated: Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas,

Major: B.S., Industrial Technology – Production and Manufacturing Technology

Minor: General Business Administration

AFFILIATIONS

Industrial Advisory Board, University of Houston, College of Technology (2002-2010)

Advisory Board, Houston Community College, Petroleum Engineering Technology 2016

(LSET) Leadership Southeast Texas, Class of 2011

(SME) Society of Manufacturing Engineers

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Lean Manufacturing, 5S Training, Statistical Process Control (SPC),

Managing For Profit, Total Quality Management (TQM),

APICS – Master Planning of Resources (MPR),

Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)

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