Brian Simmons

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McKinney, Texas 75070

Cell: 972-***-****

Email: acg7uy@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Senior Pump Technical and Sales Specialist. Experience in field operations, commissioning pumps and

understanding operational procedures. Experienced in managing field service personal, interpreting

vibration FFT Spectrum. Introducing new equipment as well as training and managing sales personnel,

both direct or distributor sales persons. Experienced in a wide variety of pumps; centrifugal, cryogenic

submersible pumps, (LNG), progressive cavity, reciprocating, (PD, Triplex), gear pumps and mechanical

seals, (API682). Major asset is extensive knowledge of pumps and pump hydraulics; re-rates and

upgrades. Knowledgeable in a number of industries: Pulp & Paper, Oil Refining, Chemical, Wastewater

(Municipal), Oil & Gas, (LNG Terminals). Have extensive contacts in the Oil & Gas Industry, as well as

EPC’s and other Consulting Engineering firms, worldwide. I have spent many years working the Southern

states, from Texas to Florida; I have contacts in most of the industrial plants in that territory.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MASTER PUMPS & EQUIPMENT INC. May 2013 – December 30, 2014

Application Engineer/Project Manager.

I have just been laid off due to oil prices; I worked out of the corporate office in a support role.

I assist the salesmen with presentations and application engineering, this is a new position in the company,

I travel around the branches working on projects, carry out product training, lead sales with EPC’s in

Houston. I was also responsible for all re-rates, VFD’s and support equipment.

I also look after the import of pumps from China; these pumps are used in the Oil & Gas sector, either

injecting salt water or for pumping oil through a pipeline.

STANDARD ALLOYS INC. (Owned by KSB Pumps AG)

February 2013 – May 2013.

Vice President – Sales.

Responsible for managing all sales and marketing activity worldwide, the company has its own foundry

and pattern shop. We back engineer all types of pumps, gearboxes gas turbine parts. I am involved with

re-rates and responsible for the satellite pump repair shops. This position was to take full control of the

sales department, however that did not happen. I was not prepared to sell my house and move to Port

Arthur when the position was not as advertised.

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HYDRA SERVICE INC. June 2012 – February 2013

Mississippi Branch Manager.

Manage a branch that is responsible for the sale of new and rental pumps along with controls, mainly to

the Municipal and Mining sector in the State of Mississippi.

I have two municipal salesmen, two service technicians and an office person. I was brought into Hydra

Service to set up and lead the Industrial pump sales, I assisted the other branches, one in Robertsdale AL,

one in Sanford FL and our Head Office branch in Warrior AL. The company represent ABS/Sulzer,

National Vertical Pumps, Truflo Pumps, (both ANSI and API 610), Godwin Dry Prime pumps and Atlas

Copco, air compressors. We also represent other manufacturers supplying equipment to the municipal

market, such as clarifiers, screens and blowers.

Sales YTD are twice that of last year and we are looking at obtaining the 2 million dollar mark.

This was a fill in job because of what happened at Atlas Copco, JC Carter.

I personally supervised and did all the stretch calculation, including impeller clearance for a 900 ft long

vertical turbine pump at a mine in Alabama. I was also involved in helping salesmen with field problems.

ATLAS COPCO / JC CARTER CYROGENIC PUMPS Aug 2010 – June 2012

Field Service Manager.

Managed the field service engineers and technicians, responsible for the scheduling of field service staff

domestically and overseas and worked to resolve field service issues. Address technical questions from

EPC’s (such as Bechtel, KBR, GS Engineering, CB&I) or direct clients. Travelled extensively overseas to

meet with clients and EPC companies, troubleshoot any pumps returned to the factory for possible causes

of failure to pumps during operation. Also because of FS Engineer shortage I was personally involved

with the installation, commissioning and troubleshooting of pump problems; these special pumps required

to operate at -160 C and are priced at around 3/4 million dollars each, I personally commissioned LNG

pumps at PTT LNG, in Thailand and Gulf LNG in USA.

At the PTT LNG facility in Thailand I was able to solve a problem with the temperature of the terminal,

with engineers from G.S. Engineering and PTT. I would not commission the send out pumps until the

send out deck suction line to the pumps was below -148 C, ideal would be -165C, they wanted me to start

at – 125 C, I asked if there was a control valve leading into the re-condenser, we checked the P&ID

drawings and found a control valve which was responsible for keeping the level of LNG in the re-

condenser at the correct level was not calibrated and was delaying the cold LNG from the storage tanks

from entering the re-condenser. In the process of cooling down the terminal we produced a lot of BOG, so

much that the BOG compressors failed and we had to flare. After Atlas Copco purchased JC Carter I was

moved to Aftermarket sales as Regional Manager responsible for the Asian Pacific area, support sales

to existing LNG terminals and FSU worldwide; focusing on pump upgrades, re-rates and replacement of

older cryogenic pumps and spare parts, I worked with the salesmen from the GAP division of Atlas

Copco.

After Atlas Copco acquired JC Carter it was evident that the company had design problems that needed

time to resolve, so this resulted in lay-offs.

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TRUFLO PUMPS INC. Nov 2009 – Aug 2010

Western Regional Manager

Truflo Inc. is an International Pump OEM manufacturer. I managed distributors and was responsible for

all EPC companies in Houston (e.g. KBR, Bechtel and Fluor) all API 610 RFQ’s and quotations. Duties

included: overseas travel to train distributors and visit customers, as well as the training of distributor

sales staff in the US. Also responsible for developing training programs for centrifugal pump technology

and mechanical seals; troubleshooting pump operational problems with Truflo pumps that were installed

anywhere in the world.

CANADIAN ADVANCED INC/ODESSA PUMPS & EQUIPMENT. Mar 2007 – NOV 2009

USA OPERATIONS MANAGER; “H” Pump Sales Specialist.

I started working for Canadian Advanced, manufacturer of Horizontal pumps used for produced water

injection for the oil & gas industry; I was absorbed into my distributors company at the request of both

managements as their “H” Pump Sales Specialist.

I also did all the installation and commissioning of all the horizontal pumps.

Responsible for technical support of the entire branch’s within the company. Assisted pump technicians

with pump operational problems after installation and start-up. Supported sales calls with the branch

salesmen and visited large end users HQ’s in the Oil & Gas industries. Also responsible for all pump

sales in Oklahoma and assisting the Dallas branch with local pump and seal sales.

Clients included: Stallion Energy, (Salty’s Disposal) and Pinnergy Ltd, XTO, Devon and Basic Energy;

(did vibration analysis on all their pumping systems, (CAI manufactures a multi-stage horizontal pump

same as Wood Group and Reda).

This function was eliminated when the oil & gas recession hit Texas.

BEST PUMPWORKS INC. Feb 2005 – Mar 2007

Best Pumpworks is a pump distributor representing a number of different pump OEM’s, including Wood

Group’s “H” pumps and was the Peerless Pump distributor.

Territory Sales Manager

Sold over 3 million dollars of just the Wood Group “H” pump; awarded the “Salesman of the Year” in

2006, also attained highest margin salesman award.

I was awarded Wood Group's “Achievement Award.”

The territory when I took over had sold only $185,000 the first six months, however I booked over

$750,000 last second six months of the first year.

MOTION INDUSTRIES INC. Jacksonville, FL; South East Division. 2000– 2005

Branch Manager. Pump Repair Shop.

I was also the Pump & Seal Specialist for the Division

The Division had 34 Branch's in the Region; with approximately 250 salesmen. My responsibility was to

support sales of pumps and mechanical seals.

I was responsible for the purchase of a pump repair facility, which was incorporated into the Motion

Industries Southeastern Division. The facility was the old Peerless South Eastern Division pump repair

shop.

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I was appointed Branch Manager and controlled a staff of 8 Pump Repair Technicians, 2 office staff. The

pump shop worked on Gould’s, Sulzer, Johnson, Peerless and Fairbanks Morse pumps.

Our largest contracts were with Walt Disney World, Florida Power & Light, Orlando County, Metro Dade,

also had other contacts for pump repair and sales.

Collaborated with the Engineers at Chicago Rawhide (SKF); to develop a new pump Bearing Isolator.

ISOMAG INC., Baton Rouge, LA 1998 – 2000

Director of Engineering & Marketing

Main responsibility was for the development of a Cartridge Mounted Magnetic Bearing Isolator used in

pump bearing frames and electric motors.

I also accompanied distributor’s salesmen when visiting their customers and assisted with technical

questions.

Also I was responsible for helping to establish Eagle Mechanical Seals from Japan in entering the

American market; they are now known as Eagle Burgman Seals, Inc.

ADVANCED SEALING INTERNATIONAL, Baton Rouge, LA 1993 – 1998

National Sales Manager

This company had not had a sales force before I joined the company. It was my responsibility to establish

a sales program for both North America and overseas.

I located and appointed a national distributor network in North America, set up a seal training program

and conducted the classes. Supported distributor’s sales people by accompanying them on sales calls.

I managed a sales force of 4, including inside support staff.

I increased sales from 1 million dollars when I started to 5 million, competing against major seal

manufactures, such as John Crane, Chesterton and Flowserve.

ROTOFLEX INC., Pleasanton, CA 1989 – 1993

Founder – Senior Vice President.

Convinced a number of venture capitalists to fund the company, and they invested 5 million and installed

their own President.

I was responsible for the invention of a new type of mechanical seal and was the founder of Rotoflex.

I started up the Engineering department and employed a number of Engineers, both mechanical and

chemical.

I then took over the management of the sales department; I had three Regional Managers and four District

Salesmen supporting all the Distributors nationwide. I also managed the R&D department to oversee the

continued product development.

After 5 years the investors decided to close the company, they were except for W. R. Grace, all Silicon

Valley venture capitalists and they expected to see the same return from Rotoflex.

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EDUCATION (New Zealand)

Entered a five year apprenticeship – General Engineering – Fitting & Turning, (Millwright)

Attended Christchurch Technical College to study New Zealand Certificate of Engineering (NZCE)

Hold a Certificate Cat 1 Vibration Analyst – ISO 18436.2

Attended advanced schools in programming Variable Frequency Drives, (VFD)

Yaskawa, Baldor, Toshiba and Benshaw

Also have training in various Soft-starts

Hold current TWIC card.

PATENTS

Hold two US Patents for mechanical seals and one pending for bearing isolator.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE – NEW ZEALAND

South Island Manager of Cable Price Engineering, major pump line was KSB; major valve line was

Hopkinson steam and ITT Grinnell control valves.

Managed a staff of 13 people, 10 sales and two office, one warehouse, I had three divisions Machine

Tools, Electrical and Mechanical.

ENZED – Parker Hannifin

Manufacturer of Hydraulic fittings, Export Manager.

Mark Petch NZ Seal Company, (now Flowserve)

National Sales Manager, responsible for 6 sales staff covering all of New Zealand and Australia.

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