SAEED A. AKHUND P.E. (Texas)

Cypress, TX mobile: 281-***-****

adywnu@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Passionate about helping the customers by creating an agile, dynamic, and responsive Engineering and Quality team. Initiating and driving new product developments to production. Focused on improving product design and reliability by designing for manufacturability, developing vendors, performing testing and inspections, and fostering a ‘can do’ approach while helping to improve market share for the company. Using technology to gather and record product reliability data to improve customer confidence and reduce company’s risk. Building bridges between internal teams to create a trustworthy and dependable environment.

EXPERIENCE

DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING & QUALITY JAN 2015 – PRESENT CNC Flow Control Houston, TX

As part of the leadership team, helped to develop business strategy and successfully developed and launched six new products to increase market share and profitability. These products resulted in an average revenue increase of 30% per year

Established a dedicated design and application engineering team to provide quick and reliable response to customers for quotations and after sales product issues

Developed a program to successfully test and qualify legacy products to new market standards and increase market share

Directly interacted with customers to provide root cause analyses and corrective actions for product failures and retained AML status

Developed the corporate quality program and oversaw successful implementation of the QMS at three facilities to comply with ISO 9001-2015, PED certification, and numerous customer audits

Audited valve casting foundries, forgemasters, and valve manufacturers in South Korea and China and developed a companywide “approved vendors list”

Successfully implemented final product inspections in China, Korea, and India to facilitate a “dock-to- stock” program while working with my counterpart in The Netherlands

Supported sales team by conducting technical trainings for end users

Successfully implemented a product reliability testing protocol for new and existing products

Regularly attended API meetings to stay in contact with end users, be part of the design and testing standards’ revision process, and stay ahead of the competition on any technical changes

Hired, mentored, and have successfully retained a talented Engineering and QA/QC team by evaluating team skill level and recommending trainings to improve skills and providing timely feedback ENGINEERING MANAGER MAR 2012 – DEC 2014

Forum Energy Technologies Houston, TX

Built and lead a multi-disciplinary team in design & optimization of surface production equipment (pressure vessels, trayed towers, tanks, and modular pipe skids)

Standardized the design, calculation, and documentation processes between five fabrication facilities to improve collaboration and create synergy between the engineering & production teams

Hired talented members for the Engineering team to support organizational growth and build a central Engineering team in Houston to support all fabrication facilities

Supported the manufacturing, field service, and sales departments during product fabrication, equipment troubleshooting, and proposal creation phase, respectively

Reviewed and approved pressure vessel calculations performed per ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel code, Section VIII, Div 1, using COMPRESS and structural calculations performed in RISA

Reviewed and approved fabrication drawings for pressure vessels and packaged process equipment

Evaluated proposals and determine feasibility of projects considering resources, technology, and budget

Identified and implemented improved technology to advance product designs and reduce design cycle time

Mentored and encouraged team members to attend trainings that would improve the talent of the Engineering department

ENGINEERING MANAGER MAR 2008 – MAR 2012

R&M Energy Systems Tomball, TX

Managed and directed daily activities of the Engineering department

Successfully lead a multi-disciplinary team to introduce a patented closure design to increase company’s market share

Provided technical support to manufacturing and field service department. Evaluated product related field issues and provided solutions, helped customer service dept with quotations related to new designs, closure sizing, and seal (elastomer) compatibility issues

Designed closures, a device to allow quick access to oil and gas pipelines and pressure vessels. Each unit was individually designed to comply with any number of specifications including the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel code, Section VIII, Div 1

Collaborated with vendors to develop a pressure energized elastomeric seal for closures

Performed Finite Element Analyses to complement classical analysis (per guidelines laid out in ASME BPVC Sect VIII, Div 2). These analyses were used to obtain CRNs for the product

Redesigned several components of the product to increase manufacturing throughput and reduce cost while implementing the LEAN principles

PRODUCT ENGINEER AUG 2006 – MAR 2008

R&M Energy Systems Willis, TX

Utilized AutoCAD and SolidWorks to design and customize progressive cavity down-hole pumps and power sections, used by the oilfield industry. These devices are based on the Moineau theory

Performed dynamometer testing and generated pump and power section characteristic curves

Sized down-hole pumps to achieve required fluid flow rates while evaluating rubber and well fluid compatibilities

Provided technical support to customers and field service engineers and coordinated daily activities of the Engineering team

DESIGN ENGINEER FEB 2005 – AUG 2006

Goodman Manufacturing Co. Houston, TX

Designed split system HVAC equipment for residential applications

Established Sound & Vibration testing laboratory

Performed sound & vibration testing and developed pass/fail criteria based on input from customers and suppliers to satisfy market requirements

Provided technical support to customers and field service engineers

Possess a working knowledge of the DFMA/DFx and FMEA principles PRODUCT DESIGN ENGINEER MAR 1998 – FEB 2005

Carrier Commercial Refrigeration Niles, MI and Waxahachie, TX

Designed and modified Refrigerated Display cases for the Supermarket industry by performing Stress Analysis (FEA) to enhance the structural integrity of the product while reducing cost

Case design team leader responsible for new design, sustaining, and cost reduction projects

Lead major cost reduction project resulting in 15% reduction by selecting alternate materials, standardization of parts and reducing labor

EDUCATION

B.S. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 1997

The University of Oklahoma Norman, OK

M.E., MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 2002

The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Licensed Professional Engineer, State of Texas License # 105844 Patented Pressure Vessel & Pipeline closure design Certified Internal Auditor for ISO 9001

U.S. Patent # 8,820,565

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