Project Manager Engineer

RENE CANALES

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

High achieving, detailed oriented, project manager and business developer with years of experience in the oil and gas and aerospace industries supporting multiple scale size projects concurrently.

Experienced in deep-water exploration, Blowout Preventers (BOP), subsea and aerospace real time operations, and training.

Conducted Asset Integrity Management (AIM) reviews, root cause failure analysis (RCFA), failure mode effects and analysis (FMEA), and real time data analytics.

Possess a proven track record of recognizing failures, developing preventive and corrective actions, and presenting results to technical and decision-making panels that resulted in reduction of down time.

Ability to discuss and negotiate commercial and technical products and services with key-role decision makers.

Experienced in identifying and understanding the needs and overall goals of industry-specific accounts.

Achieved multiple certifications and received many awards for failure investigation and problem resolution skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Quality Control investigations. Quality Assurance Processes implementation. Test readiness reviews.

Reliability Implementation: Life cycle testing, product design review, FRACAS, RCM, RBI.

Risk analysis and assessment. Failure recognition and resolution. Critical path analysis and forecasting.

Authoring lesson plans, training materials, standard and malfunction procedures.

Quoting costs, risk mitigation, and scheduling.

General understanding of Class, certification societies, Standards organizations, and regulatory requirements.

Read and understand technical drawings, logic drawings, fault trees, and cause and effect documentation.

Advanced business to business consultant and marketing techniques.

Hardware/Software: DSP/FPGA Technology, Microcomputer Architecture, IC Layout. Analog/Digital Design, Digital Control Systems. VHDL, Assembly, C, C++, MATLAB, and Simulink.

Language Skills: Fluent in Spanish. Speak, read, and write at business level.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Shell International Exploration & Production - Houston, TX November 2014 – February 2016

Reliability BOP Engineer - Data Manager

Responsible for managing Shell’s Real Time Operations Center (RTOC) during BOP operations and In between Well Maintenance including five real time surveillance engineers.

Assisted and recommended methods to reduce BOP downtime that resulted in more than 100% reduction.

Managed quality control for Shell’s downtime reporting databases. Responsible for BOP performance quarterly report.

Developed and implemented Shell’s BOP Failure Reporting System and Critical Analysis tools.

Reviewed and consulted on maintenance management systems. Implemented a tracking process for unplanned events during End of Well Maintenance activities and drilling operations.

Performed real-time analysis and provided detailed results/recommendations for planned, unplanned, or emergency operations.

Organized and managed lessons-learned and technical reviews with manufactures, drilling contractors, and third parties.

Responsible for coordinating and managing daily operations with third parties and inspection companies.

Presented real failure scenarios and critical paths to Deep Water Operator Group engineering board.

Lloyd’s Register Energy – Drilling - Houston, TX May 2013 – November 2014

Reliability Engineer – Project Manager

Embedded Reliability Project Manager focused in reducing client’s safety and environmental risks, cost, and down time.

Responsible for managing Shell-Lloyd’s Surveyors-Rotation system in the Gulf of Mexico.

Designed a Reliability Centered Maintenance system for the Shell-Lloyd’s Reliability Alliance program.

Created a customized offshore failure reporting methodology for BOP surveyors in the Gulf of Mexico.

Responsible for facilitating the Shell-Lloyd’s Alliance to standardize data collection, improve failure reporting and systematized maintenance management.

Bringing new businesses to LR incrementing revenue in the Gulf of Mexico. Products included: Shell’s Down Time and Reliability Study, Shell’s Fleet Surveyor Rotation Services, FMEAs, Embedded personnel program, Dual BOP Stack study.

Implement a failure analysis process and techniques consistent with reliability engineering best practices, and facilitate better collaboration between manufacturers, drilling contractor, and Shell as the operator.

Participate of FMECAs, FMEAs, and RCFAs between operator, manufacturers, and contractors.

United Space Alliance - Houston, TX August 2007 – April 2013

Reliability Engineer – Project Lead

Responsible for leading Astronaut and Flight Controller training during several NASA expeditions of the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. Recognized Training Leader of NASA Space Station Expeditions: 23-24, 37-38, and Flight Leader of Space Shuttle Mission STS 131.

Planned and coordinated probabilistic risk assessments pertaining to the structural integrity of the Space Station.

Ensured structural safety margins were achieved for all design projects.

NASA Technical Leader and Specialist Matter Expert certified responsible for assessing and validating testing of Space Station hardware and software integration.

Presented analysis results and drafted technical reports to customers and high-level NASA engineering panels.

Initiated root cause analysis for rotating and fixed equipment during real time operations, resulting in successful recovery with quick turnaround.

Responsible for simulating emergency scenarios, implementing hardware failure recovery in a high-pressure environment.

Trained and equipped astronauts with the skills and knowledge to perform hardware maintenance and repairs.

Developed Astronaut training agenda and continuously make the scheduling process more efficient.

EDUCATION

University of Houston - Clear Lake Houston, TX M.S. Computer Engineering. Spring 2004

University of Houston - Clear Lake Houston, TX B.S. Computer Systems Engineering. Spring 2001

CERTIFICATIONS

NASA: Capture Assembly System, Common Berthing Mechanism Operations and Malfunctions, Waste Hygiene Compartment Operations and Malfunctions, Fundamental On Orbit Maintenance, MDM Hardware Maintenance

PSS Achieve Global Certified (Professional Selling Skills & Leadership)

PRESENTATIONS AND PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

Presenter: Automation and Robotics Conference. University of Houston-Clear Lake. May 2, 2003

Presenter: Computer Applications, Mechatronics Conference. University of Houston-Clear Lake. April 30, 2004.

Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Control Unit for Antilock Brake Systems.

Automatic Map Router Program for Train Control Systems.

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