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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Project Controls and Contracts Specialist with thirty years experience planning, executing, managing and coordinating large power, industrial, petroleum and process projects and contracts.
Extensive experience planning, and estimating construction projects and field operations for owners and contractors. Regularly manage the development, implementation, staffing and execution of strategic plans, strategies, and processes for complex construction projects.
Provide Project Controls, including Trend Management and analysis of Cost and Schedule for owners, contactors and project teams to achieve scope, schedule, specification, performance and project objectives.
Technical evaluation of engineering, procurement and construction proposals for project changes and claims management.
Facilitator, communicator, negotiator team leader on projects/contracts requiring internal and external relationships between owners, engineers, contractors, vendors, stakeholders and management.
OBJECTIVE
My objective is to demonstrate that correct Project Controls practices and standards will empower a company to prove the sustainability of its profits. I want to assume cradle-to-grave responsibility, from FEL through AR to final costs, for directing the financial management of capital projects
WORK EXPERIENCE
2006- 2007 PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL SERVICES IRVINE, CA.
Project Controls Specialist
Project Controls Specialist for Richmond Renewal Projects at Chevron Products Company, Richmond, CA. responsible for implementing Chevron Project Controls policies and procedures on Gasoline Hydrotreater Project ($70 Million).
Project Controls Specialist for a $500mm four drum CoP licensed Delayed Coker Unit. Coordinated estimating, budgeting, cash forecasting, AFE funding and cost reporting using WBS, SAP and Kildrummy Cost Manager (KCM).
2002 - 2005 SWARAJ L.L.C., FREMONT CA.
Development and Financing Consultant
Entrepreneur engaged in financing and launching (a) Bermuda Star, national airline of Bermuda; and (b) Fine art-backed hedge fund.
1998 – 2001 EPOCH INTERNATIONAL, INC..
Chief Executive Officer
Developed feasible strategy to rework exhausted gold mines using mobile equipment and waterless extraction technologies.
1993 – 1998 VALUE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., SAN JOSE CA.
Chief Exectuive Officer
Developed proprietary technology, and prototype of mobile equipment to decontaminate hazardous and toxic wastes onsite. Proposed technical solutions to major chemical, pharmaceutical and Silicon wafer industries to convert wastes to additional profits.
1990 – 1993 BECHTEL CORPORATION, SAN FRANCISCO CA.
Chief Estimator.
Revised Definitive Estimate for 550 MwE Hydroelectric Power Plant expansion for ALCAN in British Columbia Canada. Developed fair market values for outstanding and in-progress Mechanical, Electrical and Transmission line contract packages that resulted in a total estimate of $1 Billion Dollars.
Coordinated multidiscipline estimate for 450 Mwe Westinghouse initiative for Lungren Nuclear Power Plant expansion in Korea.
Special assignments in Project Controls to satisfy client requests on projects including mining and metals, refinery, airport development, and Alternate Energy projects.
1983 – 1990 AVANT RESOURCES LTD., CALGARY CANADA.
Projects Director/ Corporate Secretary
Strategic planning and implementation of plans for transferring design and manufacturing technology from Canada to other countries. Highlights included (a) Manufacturing Plant in India for E-Z Track All-Terrain Vehicle Ancillary Unit; (b) Financial rehabilitation of ALIND, Asia's largest manufacturer of High Tension Power Conductors ($40 Million).
1979 – 1983 PETROCANADA, CALGARY, CANADA.
Downstream Development, Project Controls Engineer.
Responsible for assembling annual capital and operating budgets for Downsteram Development division, valuation and budgeting of business initiatives, including joint ventures, and development of metrics and management of cost database for company.
1976 – 1979 MONMAX HUMPHREYS & GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL LTD., CALGARY, CANADA.
Project Controls Specialist.
Assigned as Consultant to New Brunswick Electric Power Commission, Canada to develop and implement Project Controls policy and procedures in the management of construction of 630 MwE Candu Nuclear Power Plant. Continued assignment to manage mu;ti-discipline sub-contracts associated with the Reactor Building.
Developed estimating modules for generating factored estimates for new generation of Cogen/ NGL plants in Canada.
1974 – 1976 LUMMUS COMPANY CANADA LTD., TORONTO CANADA.
Lead estimator for Sonatrach LNG Plant Offsites (including expatriate village), Algeria ($175 million).
Senior Estimator/Project Cost Controller for PETROSAR petrochem plant, Sarnia, Ontario. ($560 Million)
Lead Estimator (Mechanical Equipment) Heavy Water Plant Douglas Point, Ontario.($400 Million).
1972 – 1974 HUMPHREYS AND GLASGOW CANADA LTD. WILLOWDALE, CANADA.
Estimating Engineer
Estimating Engineer for Refinery Offsites Expansion, BP Canada, Ontario. Developed methods to measure and document labor productivity in addition to Forecasting final job cost.
SKILLS I am well-versed in the contemporary skills of Project Management including Plan, WBS, Gantt charts, standards, CPM/precedence diagrams, trend management and variance analysis, metrics, methods, earned value, s-curves, risk management, status reporting, resource estimating and leveling. Notwithstanding, I believe that my proven skills at communication, organization and staff development, negotiations, customer relations and problem-solving place me at a high level of proficiency in Project Management.
I am an ardent believer in developing team spirit and promoting continuous improvement techniques. I am specially skilled in making presentations and communicating with conviction. I am well-versed in web-based data collection and reporting including the use of professional software platforms such as KILDRUMMY Cost Manager, SAP, ICARUS Cost Estimator, ARIBA procurement and CRYSTALBALL risk management, and PRIMAVERA scheduling. I am also skilled in conceptual process engineering and multi-discipline quantity surveying and cost estimating.
AFFILIATIONS
Licensed Engineer, Association of Professional Engineers, Ontario, Canada.
Member, American Association of Cost Engineers.
EDUCATION B.S. (Chemical Engineering), M.S. University, Baroda, India (1971)
MBA PK/E Program, Pepperdine University, 1996
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