RESUME

NAME: Yaw Kwegyir-Aggrey

ADDRESS:* ******* ****** ******** **. Calgary AB. T3G 4Z1

EMAIL ADDRESS: ad4hjk@r.postjobfree.com

CELL PHONE : +1-587-***-****

PROFILE

A self-motivated and organized professional with over 14 years experience in drilling and ground Engineering Business .

Strong background in sales, business development and new business start ups and ability to work below budget expenditure.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Present Position

International Operations Manager August 2016 to date

ZEC Supplies Inc in Canada

Business Development Consultant Jan 2014 - July 2016

Technodrill Limited in Ghana

Volunteering by helping society appreciate how science and technology can be used to solve community problems.

Regional Manager August 2010 - December 2013

Fordia West Africa Ltd

Fordia West Africa is a subsidiary of Fordia Group In based in Montreal. It manufactures and sells diamond drilling equipment.

I was responsible for the start up and development of the business in West Africa. It was the first subsidiary of Fordia Group Inc to make profit in one year of its establishment.

Business Line Manager 2006 – 2010

Atlas Copco Ghana Ltd

Atlas Copco Ghana is a subsidiary of Atlas Copco headquarted in Stockholm,Sweden. I worked with the mining technique division of the group. I was responsible for the development of rock drilling tools in Ghana and development of geotechnical drilling and exploration products in West Africa.

The drilling tools include :

Down the hole tools

Top hammer tools

Drill pipes

Core drilling tools and accessories

Reverse circulation tools

Exploration rigs for surface and underground

The size of this business was around US$15m at gross profit of 27% and 4.3% increase in market share every year with corresponding 3.1% increase in profitability on yearly basis.

Sales Engineer 2004 – 2006

Atlas Copco Ghana Ltd

First to introduce Atlas Copco exploration products in Ghana. Started with a target of US$650K in 2005 but ended with US$1.4m with a gross profit of 47%. In 2007 sales climbed to US$7.1m with gross profit of 43%.

Sales Engineer 2002 – 2004

Atlas Copco Ghana

First local salesman to develop Secoroc Rock Drilling Tools product from Atlas Copco in Ghana. Started with a modest target of US$1m in 2002 but tripled this at the end of the year with a gross profit of 27%.

Sales Engineer 2000 – 2002

Tractor & Equipment Ghana Ltd(Now Mantrac Ghana Ltd)

Sales of Catapillar products in Ghana

Technical Assistant 1997-2000

Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited( Now AngloGold Ashanti Ltd)

Maintenance team of the sulphite Treatment Plant for Gold recovery

Design and implementation team of the project department

QUALIFICATIONS

BSc(Hons) Mechanical Engineering 1992 – 1997 ICAS Certified

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

A member of the Ghana Institution of Engineers

International Training Programmes

Republic of South Africa

2004 Diploma Maintenance and Management of Rock Drilling Tools

Sweden

2005. Advanced Diploma Maintenance and Management of Rock Drilling Tools

RSA

2005 Diploma in Geotechnical Drilling and Exploration

Canada

2007 Geotechnical Drilling and Exploration Marketing and Technical Seminar

Austria

2007 Rock Reinforcement Marketing and Technical Seminar

Sweden & Finland

2007 Construction and Mining Technique International Development Program (Ground Engineering)

Patents and Publications

“O” Level Additional Modern Mathematics

Project Work

Installation of Thermodynamic Equipment and Insulation system in Thermodynamics Laboratory of University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. (Mechanical Engineering Department)

Marketing Plan for Technical Products

Marketing manual for Atlas Copco U4 underground core drilling rig

Marketing manual for Atlas Copco Symmetrix system for ground engineering

Computer Literacy

MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point

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