LSI - Logical Systems Inc.

Project Manager

Garver

-Perform Arc Flash Studies for Airports, Municipals and Cities.
-Develop One-Lines for Entire Electrical Distribution Systems.
-Coordinate proposals for new contracts and interface with new clients.
-Work with team of draftsmen and engineers to provide reports and deliverables for customer on large scale projects.
-On-call services as owner's engineer for projects performed by others.

Project Engineer/Project Manager

Pactiv Evergreen Inc.

-Assist in developing and maintaining the 3 to 5 year strategic plan for capital investment projects.
-Responsible for coordinating all project elements including engineering design, quality planning, manufacturing, installation and commissioning and final buy-off phases as well as ensuring the project remains within budget in order to meet the requirements of the business.
-Responsible for multiple highly complex major projects requiring innovative original solutions where results are key to successful completion of major projects.
-Work with operations and maintenance to deliver strategic, maintenance, cost savings and regulatory projects for obsolete equipment across the mill.

Project Manager / Project Engineer

Evergreen Packaging

-Responsible for managing 4 vibration analysts and vibration monitoring program for rotating equipment across the mill
-Oversee the motor reliability program including rebuild specifications and PDMA testing
-Maintain mill wide electrical one lines as well as distribution system in Easy Power
-Root Cause Failure Analysis on repeat component or equipment failure including bearings, PLCs, drives, etc
-Oil sampling and annual maintenance of over 150 transformers
-Predictive & Preventative Maintenance: PDMA (MCE Testing), Vibration Analysis (ISO Category III certified), Thermography, Ultrasonic Lubrication
-Drives; DC, AC & Sync Motors; Sync Exciters; PLCs; Transformers; Protective Relays; Switchgear; Breakers
-Motor Reliability, Vibration & Arc Flash Programs
-CMO (Cold Mill Outage) Electrical Planning & Project Management
-Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) projects to reduce downtime
-Manufacturing Excellence (Green Belt & Six Sigma) initiatives/projects to improve tracking, training and throughput
-Temporary fill-in for Electrical Foremen on shutdowns, vacations and holidays. Ran crews and involved in troubleshooting of electrical equipment.

Maintenance & Reliability Electrical Engineer

Arkansas Tech University

-Facilitated and taught three sections of physics labs for 60-70 students taking General Physics I &amp; II.
-Provided additional tutoring in Statics and Dynamics courses to 15-20 students; graded homework.
-Generated Blackboard (a software tool used by faculty to aid or teach classes online) course shells for various instructors and provided e-mail support on how to use the several aspects of Blackboard.

Graduate Assistant/Worker

Trane Arkansas

-Completed plan and specification take-offs, selection, pricing, proposal and submittal generation, follow-up and order enclosure of HVAC equipment like chillers, rooftop units, split systems, heat pumps, unit heaters and packaged climate changers.
-Responsible for creating cost estimates consisting of materials, vendor equipment, and labor (start-up &amp; service work) to assist Account Managers in bidding on or determining price of project.
-Worked with a team of Sales Engineers, Controls Engineers and Account Managers on add-on, renovation and new building projects of facilities like hospitals, schools, and police departments ranging in worth from $5,000 to $330,500. 
-Generated detailed bids and proposals with overall worth of about $2.3 million.
-Optimized job costs by negotiating prices with vendors/sub-contractors through quotations for materials/services.
-Responded to customer inquiries by investigating concerns, implementing corrective actions, and communicating with customers &amp; staff.
-Allocated job costs and commissions per project.
-Implemented order write-ups, expediting, and routing using Field Order Entry (FOE).
-Assisted with overall project management.

Inside Sales Engineer / Project Manager

Pendergraft Library, Arkansas Tech University

-Assisted 50-100 students in use of computer applications, accessories, &amp; general library features.
-Set up technology for events up to 300 people and also for university board meetings.

Instructional Technology Assistant

Meena Bazaar Ltd. Ghana, Africa

-Operated wholesale and retail business featuring electronic goods and general merchandise; this included inventory management, credit and collections, and inside sales.

General Manager

Born in India, raised in Africa and last 20 years in America. Love all cultures and working with people from all walks of life!

SPECIAL PROJECTS
•Bleach Plant Controls: $3.2 Million project installing consistency meters, kappa analyzer, and refining lab testing. Came in $200k under budget and delivered cost savings in ClO2 and NaOH with ROI of less than 2 years
•Millwide Electrical Load Shed System: Executed a priority load shed system using upgraded SEL relays (some parts were old electromechanical) and PLC system. New HMI screens for Power Plant Control Room than included
•Arc Flash & Coordination Study: Easy Power Model of 115kV utility ties, 3 Turbine Generators and 4 Main 13.8kV Buses/Distribution Switchgear, Sync Bus along with entire plant of transformers, breakers, MCCs and motors/load. Also provided and installed mitigation solutions and labels across plant.
•Paper Machine Coordinate Drive Systems Upgrade: Upgraded entire machine electrical drives from wet end to dry end. 25 Drives: 15 Front End Upgrades and 10 from DC to AC.
•Winder Aux PLC Replacement: Upgraded Winder PLC in phased outages using monitor mode and partial replacements during regular outages with zero downtime impact to Board Machine (did not require an Annual or CMO)
•PowerHouse Critical Transformer & Primary Switch Upgrade: Replaced 13.8kV to 480V transformer along with Primary Switch/Breaker combo in a daisy chain as part of reliability upgrade

Specialties: 
-A team player
-Self-starter
-Dedicated to learning, excellence, effective communication, and project management.
-Friendly, outgoing, personable, diligent and responsible.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Office software: 		MS Word, Excel, Project, Outlook, PowerPoint
Programming Languages: 	C, SQL
Database Applications: 	SAP, SQL Server, Access
Engineering Software: 	Easy Power, Pspice, Matlab, HCB, TOPPS, LYNX/Job Center, CATT2, Citrix

Kunal Khatri

Entergy

Manager - Security & Reliability Programs

Manager - Compliance & Regulatory Support

Manager - Fuel Strategy & Compliance

Project Manager - Regulatory & Strategic Initiatives

Supervisor - Local Balancing Authority Operations

Engineer - MISO Transition

Engineer - Transmission Tariffs & Scheduling

Bossier Parish Tax Assessor's Office

Intern

ISFJ
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Background: leading and developing high-performing teams, promoting mentorship and belonging, managing NERC reliability standards compliance & risk, stakeholder/policy engagement, advancing strategic policy initiatives, conducting ISO/RTO activities (such as market operations, stakeholder/policy engagement, and congestion hedging--specifically managing MISO ARR/FTR portfolios), implementing robust compliance/risk controls and human performance tools, negotiating natural gas transportation & supply contracts, developing strategies for electric generator fuel security and fuel assurance, delivering system operator training, procedure writing, instructional design (SAT/ADDIE), bulk power system operations, application development, automation, and innovation

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