Experience

Reynolds Lift Technologies

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Manager

  • Oct 2018 - Present



Orbital Traction, Ltd

• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Controls Engineer

  • Aug 2017 - Oct 2018

  • Led control system design & implementation of multiple military projects on fuel efficiency improvement on heavy duty vehicles • Managed sub-contractors to meet the projects' technical, financial and scheduling requirements • Trained to understand and use Autonomie, the simulation tool for vehicle energy consumption and performance analysis, to estimate fuel efficiency gains with Orbital improvement on vehicle transmission and accessories • Led control system design & implementation of multiple military projects on fuel efficiency improvement on heavy duty vehicles • Managed sub-contractors to meet the projects' technical, financial and scheduling requirements • Trained to understand and use Autonomie, the simulation tool for vehicle energy consumption and performance analysis, to estimate fuel efficiency gains with Orbital improvement on vehicle transmission and accessories



Halliburton

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Advisor

  • Apr 2016 - Aug 2017

  • Worked within a multi-disciplinary team to develop next generation advanced directional drilling tool • Internalized hydraulic dynamics models; applied the models in different operating scenarios to support mechanical design • Design and performed DOE (Design of Experiment) to facilitate selection of key design parameters • Studied dynamics of borehole propagation; designed controller for automatic operating mode; validated controller in simulation environment • Analyzed test data of component and subsystem testing; provided technical advices on design improvements based on test results



Tellus Oilfield

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Controls Engineer

  • Mar 2012 - Feb 2016

  • Led a multi-disciplinary team during the concept exploration phase of a new smart drilling tool • Performed concepts exploration, critical analysis and trade-off studies on tool architecture • Specified the requirements and functions of a new drilling tool and a new measurement tool • Specified requirements and managed interactions with external vendors on the development of a test dynamometer. Approved design and test results and oversaw delivery of hardware. • Managed development of sensor test stand for sensor selection and qualification • Developed sensor requirements that support future roadmaps of advanced drilling products



TerraVici Drilling Solutions

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Controls Engineer

  • Feb 2008 - Feb 2012

  • Developed, tested and successfully implemented nonlinear control system for RSS (utilized in both vertical and horizontal drilling application) • Developed in-house understanding of the the RSS model developed by an external research partner • Designed and performed hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing with National Instrument products to facilitate control system development and improvement • Tuned the RSS controller for multiple size tools • Analyzed rig data and tool data recorded during drilling operations and implemented changes resulting in improved control system reliability • Tested control system and co-developed HALT test on both dynamometer and flow loop test platforms • Contributed to the development of firmware