Experienced Plant Manager

To Find a company that can benefit from my extensive skill set and challenge me to gain more.

4/08 to 12/08 – Arabian Pipes Company
Plant Manager
• Plant Manager for Large Diameter Pipe Mill in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
• Responsible for all aspects of running the mill.
• Coordinated the startup with limited manpower and support.

8/05 to 6/07 – McLellan Consulting
Project Manager
• Project Manager for Large Diameter Pipe Mill relocation project from
Mexico to Saudi Arabia.
• Coordinate contractors for civil, infrastructure, mechanical and
electrical.
• Created budget for the pipe mill, detailing refurbishment, spares,
tooling,consumables, operations and new equipment.
• Negotiating contracts with contractors for client.
• Responsible writing monthly reports on progress and expenditures.
• Client failed to provide adequate management of facility and project
so I assumed responsibility. Coordinated 250 workers of at least 10
nationalities to the successful commissioning of entire facility.
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8/02 to 6/05 – Technical Industries Inc., Houston, Tx.
General Manager and Manager of R&D
• Handled all aspects of scheduling and production.
• Improved efficiency more than 50% with same manpower.
• Developed five new technologies for pipe inspection and added them to
companies product mix. Received patent for work on pipe inspection.
• Project manager for relocating facility. Handled new facility design
and layout and managed contractors and employees to get project done
on time and on budget.
• Speaker at Lunch and Learns for major oil companies. (ie. BP, Exxon
Mobil,Shell, Chevron Texaco, etc…)

2/96 to 11/01- Oregon Steel Pipe Division, Napa, CA
Manager of Electronic Applications and Development Department
• Member of management team for Oregon Steel Pipe Division.
• Ensure that the company’s current and future needs for electronic and
control systems are met.
• Design and manage development of “State of Art” ultrasonic testing
systems.
• Write and gain approval of Capital Projects for production facility.
• Managed multiple Capital Projects simultaneously

1/93 to Present – J.B. Solutions
Owner
• Project Management Consulting
• Engineering consulting.
• Commissioning Coordinator.
• Design automated systems for industrial applications.
• Designed and developed custom Ultrasonic Testing Machines.

• BS Electrical Engineering, Louisiana State University
• U.S. Army Cryptography Repair School
• Neuro Networks Programming (Semester)
• Visual Basic (Semester)
• Rockwell Training (Week)
• Imaging Systems Training (3 weeks)
• Oracle (3 week)
• Numerous trade shows – Robotics & Vision(5), COMDEX(10), ASNT(3),TI(3)

• Worked with high school students to build 4 robots for FIRST. FIRST has a competition every year. The students are given a kit of parts and a materials list and they have six weeks to put a robot together. Won National Championship in 2000. Team 232 Vintage crusher.
• Worked with my daughter’s elementary school and helped the students build a robot using Lego Robotics. My daughter’s team made it to the finals. The team won the best design and sportsmanship award.
• Built the robot called Probophobia for Robot Wars competition in London England. We had a 1 hour TV show battling 3 different robots.
• Built a robot called The Probe to compete in Battlebots. Made three competitions and made TV twice.