Chris Badenhorst
MES Consultant at Mazoun Electromechanical Co. (MEMCO)- Claim this Profile
Click to upgrade to our gold package
for the full feature experience.
-
English -
-
Afrikaans -
Topline Score
Bio
LinkedIn User
Chris is very passionate and has great vision for his work. His focus keeps everything moving smoothly, he makes sure all the deadlines are met, and makes sure that whatever project he is working on meets the highest standards, I know Chris as a hardworking and very serious team player. He is a great net worker, and certainly can get my full recommendation.
LinkedIn User
Chris is very passionate and has great vision for his work. His focus keeps everything moving smoothly, he makes sure all the deadlines are met, and makes sure that whatever project he is working on meets the highest standards, I know Chris as a hardworking and very serious team player. He is a great net worker, and certainly can get my full recommendation.
LinkedIn User
Chris is very passionate and has great vision for his work. His focus keeps everything moving smoothly, he makes sure all the deadlines are met, and makes sure that whatever project he is working on meets the highest standards, I know Chris as a hardworking and very serious team player. He is a great net worker, and certainly can get my full recommendation.
LinkedIn User
Chris is very passionate and has great vision for his work. His focus keeps everything moving smoothly, he makes sure all the deadlines are met, and makes sure that whatever project he is working on meets the highest standards, I know Chris as a hardworking and very serious team player. He is a great net worker, and certainly can get my full recommendation.
Experience
-
Mazoun Electromechanical Co. (MEMCO)
-
Oman
-
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
MES Consultant
-
Feb 2018 - Present
My role is to lead the requirement definition, system design, implementation and hand-over of MES projects. In addition I perform business development to grow the MEMCO market footprint in the information systems market. I lead the implementation team for IS projects as well as performing local resource development. - Delivering technology presentations to customers based on operational enhancement opportunities - Leading a team of engineers for system implementaitons - Perform business development to increase the MEMCO footprint in the IS and automation market - Perform bid preparations for MES and automation solutions - Subject Matter Expert on the historian and MES domain performing consultations for various local customers - Local resource development and training on automation and MES - Establish an opportunity pipeline for MEMCO for MES - Oversee project activities and implementation methodologies Show less
-
-
-
Independant
-
International
-
MES, Automation and IS Consultant
-
Aug 2017 - Present
Perform Technical consultation work on Information Systems conception, architecture and implementation strategies Provide technical consultation services for large bid preparations Infant market approach definition and strategy for MES sales within North Africa MES Business Development strategies approaching the mining industry Key Skill Areas Business development Sales Model implementation Delivering sales and technical sales presentations Bid and proposal Management Project execution methodology including implementation strategies Show less
-
-
-
Aspen Technology
-
United States
-
Software Development
-
700 & Above Employee
-
Senior Business Consultant
-
May 2015 - Aug 2017
Responsible for supporting the sales process with knowledge of competitors’ and AspenTech products and services, value definition and industry vertical knowledge as well as developing and maintaining key relationship with AspenTech's clients and prospects. -Delivering standard and customized technical and sales presentations and demonstrations on various MES applications and architecture integration solutions to customers and at seminars -Review customer RFQ, prepare and present proposals and when applicable,. -Provide customer-facing consultancy during technical and sales activities by demonstrating expertise in MES and its application to Oil & Gas, Petro-Chemical and Chemical processes. Lead technical sales support for assigned opportunities to maximize license and service bookings. -Apply consultative skills in customer-facing situations to identify customer problems and understand their business and operational issues. Facilitate customer understanding of MES solution technical functionality, impact on process operations, and value creation. -Participate and/or lead customer consulting engagements to facilitate sales, including workshops, value assessments, and seminars. -Lead the MES partner relationships and engagements -Establishing AspenTech MES within ARAMCO through trials, validations, compliance and cyber security. -Collaboration with customers during conception of the scope and requirements specifications for new projects and bids Key Skill Areas -Business Development -Pipeline building and opportunity progression -AspenTech IP21 historian -Data Reconciliation (Aspen Operations and Reconciliation Accounting) -Oil Movement Management (Aspen Tank Operations Management System) -Batch Tracking solutions (Aspen Production Record Manager) -Corporate and process driven visualization and analytics with KPI management and cross platform integration -Account strategy conception for long and short term for corporate and site by site solutions Show less
-
-
-
Trust Technical Services LLC
-
United Arab Emirates
-
IT Services and IT Consulting
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Senior RTDB Engineer
-
Feb 2013 - May 2015
Providing support to clients for complex and non-common technical issues Leading technical bid preparations for large and small RTDB projects while being the solutions architect Providing training to clients ranging from simple to complex OSIsoft applications and architectures Responsible for architecture design including cyber security aware architectures Perform architecture feasibility and optimization studies including virtualization, cyber security, company wide network analysis and load distribution Act as a solutions consultant on complex integration and migration jobs for international clients Oversee project execution activities and maintaining morale of team members Perform integration studies relevant to RTDB for various clients Review of technical deliverables generated by team members Leading a team of experienced RTDB engineers Lead system upgrade and integration activities related to TruTech MES applications and OSISoft PI systems Vendor selection, disqualification, coordination, management and payments terms negotiations Overseeing technical implementation of vendors while acting as the responsible focal point to the end client Compose user requirement study reports Perform Intercompany resource development Provide technical support for various end users internationally Show less
-
-
-
Honeywell
-
United States
-
Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
-
700 & Above Employee
-
MES Engineer
-
Nov 2011 - Jan 2013
Working in a project environment and being responsible for all phases of successful project execution including: » Requirements analysis and User Requirements Specifications » Architecture conception and compatibility » Functional Design Documentation » Detailed Design Documentation » Integrated Factory Acceptance Testing » Factory Acceptance Testing » Commissioning » Site Acceptance Testing » Technical Support Sales Team Support including preparation of proposals and costing data Technical presentations to clients Acted as the point of contact to UAE Uniformance PHD client install base Oversee vendors implementing OSISoft PI projects and act as liaison between vendors and clients Performed Uniformance PHD integration study as part of a Front End Engineering Design project including changeover, upgrade, backup procedures Show less
-
-
-
Trust Technical Services LLC
-
United Arab Emirates
-
IT Services and IT Consulting
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
OSISoft PI Engineer
-
Feb 2009 - Nov 2011
• Technical Lead for various RTDB projects (Dolphin – Taweelah Fujairah Gas Pipeline, Takreer – Green Diesel Project, Dolphin – Eastern Gas Distribution System) • RTDB Application Lead for various RTDB projects (Dolphin – Taweelah Fujairah Gas Pipeline, GASCO – Plant Information Management System, Takreer – Green Diesel Project) • Operations planning for short and midterm engineering activities and directions jointly with direct manager and/or indirect reporting lines. • Ensuring any deliverable including calculations and proposals to be rational, profitable, of highest quality, aligned with Trust Technical service’s goals, TTS’s Code of Conduct and aligned with the appropriate policies, guidelines and regulations. • Planning, controlling and monitoring of appropriate operations cost center(s) together with manager. • Planning, executing, controlling and monitoring on assigned engineering work. Ensuring project knowledge is captured and made available to other project teams. • Reporting in a timely manner to management on project progress and potential risks and propose corrective actions to be taken through the project reporting processes. • Fulfill the role of support engineer for various completed projects. • Supporting sales with presentations, project estimates/calculations and proposals. • Full SDLC involvement as MES Engineer in the Oil & Gas field for projects executed in the region by Trust. • Review purchase requisitions, monitor that the baseline project documents are maintained, followed and made available to all concerned, • Identifying additional project scope and coordination with sales and estimating, facilitate consistency in methods, reports, definitions, interfaces and philosophy across the team. Initiate and manage continuous improvement processes. Show less
-
-
Education
-
University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika
Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) Informatics -
Syscoms College Abu Dhabi
Associate of Science (A.S.) in Information Technology -
Centurion High School