Natural Gas Power Plants and HVAC and Commercial Refrigeration
Resume:
Wai A. Chan
****, ********* *****, ******, ******* 30096
Office: 704-***-****
Cell: 704-***-****
Email: **********@*****.***
Objective: To bring outstanding and proven technical and marketing expertise to expand the scope of profitable businesses for prospective companies in North America. Mr. Chan has extensive knowledge on the principles, engineering and applications of reciprocating, screws and scroll compressors in HVAC, Refrigeration and other industrial applications.
Experience and Expertise:
Engineering:
Clean coal-fired power plants from 600 MW to 800 MW in size
Extensive experience and expertise in designing, analyzing, teaching and mentoring engineers in various thermal power plant cycles such as Rankine, Otto, Ericsson, Brayton and other thermodynamic cycles
Extensive experience in thermal cycle optimization, performance, measurement and verification for power plants
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems
Measurement and verification of various HVAC systems
Industrial refrigeration systems, especially anhydrous ammonia systems
Piping system design and analysis
Heating and cooling plants
Cogeneration facilities and renewable energy plants
Design of natural gas systems
Design, operation, and maintenance of natural gas cooling systems
Design of inlet cooling systems for gas turbines in combined cycle plants
Product design and development of energy and HVAC systems
Design and development of military and aerospace systems, such as the Trident missile navigational airborne computer cooling system
Design and development of the Boeing 767 axial fan to cool the electronic gears in the cargo compartment
Ljungstrom air preheaters
Nuclear HVAC and refrigeration including ALARA nuclear radiation safety
Selective Catalytic Reduction and Selective Non Catalytic Reduction, scrubbers and pollution control baghouses
Air to air and water source heat pumps, chillers and compressor design, operations, and troubleshooting
Desiccant Dehumidification Systems, both for ICC Engelhard and Munters in their various design and applications.
Marketing and Sales:
Extensive hands-on marketing and sales of large power projects
Marketing/sales and feasibility studies of district heating/cooling systems
Developed from ground level the most profitable and aggressive gas cooling, Desiccant Dehumidification and small cogeneration (under 5 MW) programs in America; revenues for this unit reached $8 million per year
Developed successful marketing/sales programs for natural gas equipment in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Nebraska
Extensive experience in international marketing/sales of energy and HVAC products
Sold the largest single order of double-effect steam absorption chillers to US Army base in 2006; sale price: $800,000
Management:
Supervised eight employees in the largest natural gas company in Florida; served as the company's Manager of Technical Applications and Sales
Managed the entire operations, both marketing/sales and engineering, of an energy services company in Asia; served the company as Director and General Manager
Extensive experience in employee motivation and productivity improvement of both professional engineers and craftsmen
Proven record in producing profits and turnaround of unprofitable products; proven experience in financial management
Experience in seeking investment and venture capital for upstart companies
Extensive hands on turnkey project management experience in many major power plant construction projects, including large combined-cycle, coal-fired, and nuclear power plants
International Experience:
Fluent in English, Chinese, Malay, and Indonesian languages; speak and write basic German
Consulting Experience:
Served in a consulting capacity in companies such as Pillsbury, Honeywell, Martin-Marietta, Gas Research Institute, Englehard, Petronas Malaysia, and TNB Malaysia over the years
Work Experience:
New Mech Companies, St. Paul, MN, 2007-Present
Consulting Manager for Business and Sales Development in SE US Regions
Broad USA, Inc, Hackensack, NJ, 2004-2007
Regional Sales Manager (based out of Charlotte, NC)
Duke Engineering and Services (DE&S)/Framatome ANP (acquired DE&S in 2003), Charlotte, NC, 2000-2004
Project Manager/Principal Engineer - HVAC & Refrigeration
DukeSolutions, Charlotte, NC, 1998-2000
Engineering & Operations HVAC & Refrigeration Consultant
Diversified Gas Technology Limited, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1994-1998
Director/General Manager (Founder and Co-owner)
Peoples Gas System - a Lykes Brothers Company, Tampa, FL, 1988-1994
Manager, Technical Applications and Sales
Minnegasco (now a Reliant Energy Company), Minneapolis, MN, 1982-1988
Senior Project Engineer/Sales Engineer
United Technologies Corporation - The Carrier Group, Syracuse, NY, 1979-1982
Development Engineer
Combustion Engineering, Wellsville, NY, 1977-1979
Analytical Engineer
Education:
MS in Mechanical Engineering and Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1977
Postgraduate extension courses Power Plants and Gas Turbines at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Postgraduate extension courses on Heat Exchanger Design and Operation at SUNY, Buffalo, NY
Postgraduate business courses at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Professional Affiliations:
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Member, American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
Honors and Awards:
American Gas Association, Cogeneration Engineer of the Year with 100% score in Golle Holmes Exam, 1987
Carpenters Home Church, Lakeland, FL - Recipient of the United States Department of Energy Innovation Award in Washington, DC, 1990
Carpenters Home Church, Lakeland, FL - Recipient of the Florida Governor's Innovation Award in Tallahassee, FL, 1990
Masonic Home of Florida, St. Petersburg, FL - Recipient of the US Energy Users News/ASHRAE Award for Utility Strategy in Anaheim, CA, 1991
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