Experience

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  Gulf Packaging Industries Co.

  • Saudi Arabia

  • Manager, Technical Services & Product Development

    • Feb 2023 - Present
    • Saudi Arabia

    Head of Technical Services and Product Developement

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  FM Industries

  • Phoenix, Arizona, United States

  • Sr. R&D Design Engineer

    • May 2022 - Feb 2023
    • Phoenix, Arizona, United States

    Researched, Modeled and Designed Machinery and Tooling for Semiconductor applications.

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  UNICATEK LLC

  • Maricopa, Az

  • Sr. Technical Product Innovations Engineer

    • Apr 2019 - May 2022
    • Maricopa, Az

    Developed (7) Models of SelfLock HEX and SCHD screws and bolts; Special transmission pedal for bicycles; a full e and H power bicycle; along with various other patented designs that are in the works.

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  Flex Américas S.A. de C.V.

  • Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico

  • Sr. Technical Service - General Manager

    • Jul 2017 - Mar 2019
    • Altamira, Tamaulipas, Mexico

    Responsible for the Engineering Technical Services Department that offered Packaging engineering solutions, often dealing both with company Internal Customers, in the areas of Manufacturing, Inside-Sales, Logistics, Warehousing, Packing and Shipping as wells as company External Customers (Converters and End Users). I managed Technical support for Sales in the USA, Mexico, Central and South America. I designed the TS Department comprising of the following sub-departments: o Technical Service: Offering aftermarket support with Converter and End User Customer operations. o Claims Systems: Responsible for all Product Claims due to Product Nonconformance or Customer Misapplication. Keeping strict indicators for Money payouts, Material dispositions and liability negotiations o Product Development: Implementing PET film options in Food Packaging customer projects. o Quality Control: Inspecting 4500 tons of PET film monthly on three shifts 24/7

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  Taghleef Latin America

  • Mexico

  • Sr. Technical Service Engineering

    • Nov 2002 - Jun 2017
    • Mexico

    Directly responsible for Technical Service Engineering work in the territory of Mexico, working with converters and end-users such as: o End-Users like: Coca-Cola ARCA, FEMSA, Pepsi, Peñafiel, MegaEmpack, Vitro, Novamex, Alpla in the states of Monterrey, Sonora, Morelia, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Merida, Edo. de Mexico, and in Central America: El Salvador, Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic o Converters like: Printpack, Amcor (Bemis), Bepensa, CGMV, Bandrex, Aba in Toluca, Querétaro, Guadalajara, Hermosillo • Involved in problem solving technical issues in the brewery, confectionary and beverage industries, helping to set-up equipment, inspecting product, evaluating defects with company and customer labs, training (operators, QA and production operators and supervisors) in the use of Polypropylene films. • Involved in Company projects to support customer in new product trials. • Consulting / Training customer management (to line operators) on technical concerns • Attend and participate in trade shows in the USA, Mexico and Central America • In charge of Claims in Mexico: Advising Sales and with the Production Plants, dimensioning liabilities with customers issues and moving forward being part of company solutions.

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  American Machinery, SA de CV

  • Guadalajara, Mexico Metropolitan Area

  • Principal and Director

    • Apr 2001 - Nov 2002
    • Guadalajara, Mexico Metropolitan Area

    Owned and Managed distribution business selling and servicing Oil free and Oil flooded screw compressors for Industry and Construction. • Worked with and Represented several mayor OEM companies like Sullivan-Palatek, Kebelco Compressors, Hankinson Dryers, indirectly selling Sullair compressors and parts. • Worked all facets of the compressor distribution business from, buying, importing and selling compressor parts and equipment importing to Mexico from the USA. • Sold, Installed and performed Technical Service on compressed air equipment in Jabil, Pepsi, Innopack, Jaguar Plastics, Alamex, Solectron, ArcoIris, Lite-On, Masterpack (Cydsa), Allen del Occidente, Takata and a host of other mayor companies in the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area. • Competed heavily with compressor manufacturers like Ingersoll-Rand, Quincy, Gardner Denver and Kaeser Compressors. • As a business owner, I conducted sales negotiations, OEM purchasing, business planning, management, technical service, training seminars and managed Imports.

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  Sullair, LLC

  • Guadalajara, Mexico Metropolitan Area

  • Regional Sales Manager - Mexico and Central Americas

    • Aug 1997 - Aug 1999
    • Guadalajara, Mexico Metropolitan Area

    Managed Sullair Mexico and Central American distribution network. • Involved in Product Distribution Selling direct to Industrial and Construction Companies: Compressors, Services and after-market business. • Serviced a customer base from a variety of industries: Automotive, Mining, Textile, Glass, Cements, etc., • Managed Distribution Territory: Territorial disputes, Distributor-Customer Disputes, • Trained distributor Salesmen on Selling techniques, Company Products, Customer Satisfaction Concerns and Claims, and covered various Warranty Work Issues. • Sales territory included (4) industrial distributors and (4) construction distributors in Mexico, (5) Central American distributors, located respectively in Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and El Salvador that sold Sullair product.

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  Liquid Container, LP

  • United States

  • Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer

    • Jul 1992 - Aug 1997
    • United States

    Was part of a team of (5) engineers that opened (2) complete manufacturing plants in just (6) months to carter to a new business venture with Kraft General Foods from building design to full manufacturing. • Earned (3) Patents in a (5) year period while working on various manufacturing projects. • Responsible for the Design and Development of New Tooling as well as improving existing Manufacturing Equipment. • Designed several Transmissions for the New Graham and Wilmington (9) to (15) mold blow molding wheels. • Modified an in-house high speed bottle removing robotic arm for various challenging bottle designs. • Researched and Developed a special botle catching star wheels and installed it in various Wilmington Blow molders. • Performed Production Efficiency Analysis of production lines, testing the efficiency of equipment using high speed photography and special instrumentation. • Developed and Improved a company patented IML (an in-mold labeling machine for high speed blow mold labeling).