Craig Nicholson
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Credentials
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Offshore Mechanical Engineering Chartered Engineer (Ceng). Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
IMechE WA
Experience
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AIM Power Consulting
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United States
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Utilities
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1 - 100 Employee
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Partner
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Nov 2018 - Present
We provide impartial power generation consulting services across multiple Original Equipment Manufacturers' technologies.Our commercial activities include contract analysis and maintenance strategy development. We support through the entire bid process from development of request for proposals (RFPs), bidder reviews through to formulation and negotiation of new agreements, renewals or upgrades.We provide technical augmentation such as; owner's engineer support, technical due diligence, life cycle analysis and obsolescence management. Our team have expertise in mechanical and power plant control (TCS/DCS) systems.
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Bureau Veritas Group
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France
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Environmental Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Vice President, Power and Utilities North America
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May 2018 - Oct 2018
Providing leadership as part of the company’s overarching strategy to grow its brand footprint in the power and utilities sector through targeted M&A, new product development and capital investments.If you are interested in knowing more about our Testing, Inspection and Certification capabilities applicable to your power and utilities portfolio, feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn. Providing leadership as part of the company’s overarching strategy to grow its brand footprint in the power and utilities sector through targeted M&A, new product development and capital investments.If you are interested in knowing more about our Testing, Inspection and Certification capabilities applicable to your power and utilities portfolio, feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn.
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GE Power
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United States
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Electric Power Generation
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700 & Above Employee
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Executive General Manager of GE's Power Services Cross Fleet
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Apr 2016 - Apr 2018
An executive member tasked with developing a pioneering new business servicing other Original Equipment Manufacturer’s utility gas turbine power plants globally within GE’s power generation service business. Responsible for all aspects of the start up; commercial activities comprising market evaluation, product positioning, sales and tendering process and team creation. Operational activities included product NPI development, organizational design and capability build out in supply chain, engineering and field services. All congruent with the business level strategy.Accomplishments:Successful buildup of a talented multi function organization of approx. 400 personnelSales pipeline growth of over $1B with order growth of $200M in first year.Drove commercial intensity, actively developing and selling industry pioneering wins with tier one customers.Active business and pipeline development with market penetration in Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and US.Successful implementation of Fast Works NPI programs, managing the majority of GE power services NPI budget.Completed development of differentiated turbine upgrades, well positioned for future growth.Multiple first of a kind service works completed with customer satisfaction scores at 5/5 for services rendered.
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Alstom Power
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Electric Power Generation
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700 & Above Employee
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General Manager, Rotating Equipment Canada
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Oct 2013 - Apr 2016
Lead the Alstom Thermal Services Rotating Equipment Business. Managing all aspects of a $100M business consisting of Gas/Steam and Generator products. Oversaw business level strategy and implementation, marketing & pipeline growth, budgeting and forecasting, cash management, tendering, execution & supply chain. An officer and executive member of Alstom Power Canada Inc. Accomplishments:Streamlined organization more in line with market demands, restructured organization to better serve our customers, whilst improving unit efficiencies.Successful closure of 100% of all complex projects per business strategy through personal commercial focus and deal negotiation.Improved employment engagement index from 67% to 87% (Alstom norm of 65%)Lead yearly growth for core business, whilst improving business cash cycle.Developed oOEM strategies with various global product centers, resulting in expansion of services into oOEM equipment inclusive of major service contracts on both GE and Hitachi turbines, both of which are first of a kind in Canada.
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Senior Project Manager
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Jun 2011 - Sep 2013
Managed gas turbine major outages. included direction on technical scope, scheduling milestones and monitoring financials for projects up to $10M with project teams of 120 associates. Responsibilities included logistics of parts, manpower and tooling. Collaborated with owners of the power plants and reported regularly on project status to management.Accomplishments:Pioneered Alstom’s decentralization of project management in North America for the Canadian market resulting in the establishment of local management of projects in this region.Exceeded client expectations in achieving record breaking schedule and budget KPI’s on the TransAlta Poplar Creek and Sarnia job sites, receiving customer satisfaction - 9 out of 10.
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Manager Center of Excellence, BlueLine
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Jan 2010 - Jun 2011
Oversaw marketing, development and global deployment of Alstom's control products. Managed both commercial and technical aspects from, product vision, R&D and configuration management through to branding, customer awareness, sales channels and global pricing strategies.Accomplishments:Successfully developed and closed initial orders for business ramp up.Expanded controls products globally resulting in 42% revenue growth year on year.Certification to SIL3 global standards, resulting in unique product differentiationDeveloped tendering and engineering groups in Switzerland, Germany, India, China and Malaysia, developing and incremental $4M in global sales
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Manager, Controls Engineering
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Aug 2004 - Jan 2010
Reported to the Vice President of Alstom’s controls division. Collaborated with group of 14 Engineer’s overseeing the engineering of power plant controls on, gas, steam and hydro turbine sets. Directed product development activities including product road map and budgeting. Responsible for input to customer presentations and proposals as well as conducting customer presentations. Liaised with multiple international businesses such as Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Poland and France.Accomplishments: Spearheaded R&D, Controls engineering teams supporting the launch of a $20M business.Developed quality control processes and product test procedures that resulted in 12 Million operating hours on 37 power plants with no site operational failures.
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Alstom Power
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Electric Power Generation
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700 & Above Employee
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Lead Gas Turbine Commissioning Engineer
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Sep 1997 - Apr 2004
Extensive knowledge gained in all areas of gas turbine commissioning such as the subsystems of GT’s, philosophies of GT start up, tuning, operation, following commissioning inspection and test plans, process function plans and implementation into the GT control system. Extensive knowledge gained in all areas of gas turbine commissioning such as the subsystems of GT’s, philosophies of GT start up, tuning, operation, following commissioning inspection and test plans, process function plans and implementation into the GT control system.
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Education
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Heriot-Watt University
Beng (hons), Offshore Mechanical Engineering -
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Executive MBA, Business Administration and Management, General
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