Expert Details
Flow Metering, Flow Control Devices, and the Water Meter Industry
ID: 732042
Indiana, USA
He has also spent 12 Years with Neptune/Schlumberger as Director of Engineering, Research Engineer and Project Manager. To this end he spent 4 years in France.
Expert has spent 2 years as an Independent Consultant in Flow Metering, Development Processes, and Business Strategies.
Thanks to his experience working in France, he has expertise in business in Europe.
Expert has spent 30 years defining and developing new products for the flow metering industry. Has has worked on a variety of technologies, including positive displacement, velocity, electromagnetic, ultrasonic, insertion, and coriolis.
Products have been developed for a variety of industries, but the
majority have focused on water metering needs worldwide. As a Director of Engineering for two major Water Metering companies, he has also been responsible for new radio development projects for AMI/AMR; and development processes, setting strategies for development, and measuring success.
Business Leader with extensive international expertise in management and development. Expertise features:
• Strategic Planning using New Products for Business Growth
• M&A work, including candidate analysis, technology transfers, and acquisitions
• Lean and Other tools to optimize operations from order entry through shipment
• Quality and Reliability Assurance; HR Development; Managing Multi-Cultural Teams
• Significant AWWA, ISO and CEN Standards Experience
• Fluent in French - Three assignments in France, managing teams in France, Germany and Italy.
He has been involved with a metering manufacturer, defining product strategies, development processes, and means to measure success.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1978 | Degree: MS | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: West Virginia University |
| Year: 1976 | Degree: BS | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: West Virginia University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2012 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Principal | Department: Flow Metering, Flow Control Devices, and the Water Meter Industry |
Responsibilities:At his eponymous firm, Expert is a consultant for metering, Business Strategies, Product Development, Mergers and Acquisition, Business Development, European Strategies. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1998 to 2012 | Employer: Badger Meter, Inc. | Title: Director of Engineering, General Manager, Director Business Development | Department: Flow Metering, Flow Control Devices |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for New Product Development for a facility in Tulsa, OK. He also handled Business Development (including M&A). |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1985 to 1997 | Employer: Schlumberger/Neptune | Title: Director of Engineering | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert was responsible for New Product Development in Europe and France. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 2004 to 2004 | Country / Region: France | Summary: Assisted with a subsidiary of Badger Meter in developing manufacturing processes and measuring success. |
| Years: 1995 to 1997 | Country / Region: France | Summary: He was Director of Engineering for a Division of Schlumberger Industries in France, defining and developing new products and product strategies. |
| Years: 1988 to 1990 | Country / Region: France | Summary: Project Manager for a new water meter for Schlumberger Industries |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| AWWA ASME |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Registered P.E. in Louisiana, Alabama, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and West Virginia |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Former member and Chair of Board of Directors, Community Hospital, Tallassee, AL |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Received George Anderson Award from AWWA for Standards Development |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
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| French | He is fully functional in French, having worked for 5 years in France. |
Fields of Expertise
business development, water flow, water, flowmetering technology, new product development, water meter, International Organization for Legal Metrology, magnetic flowmeter, joint venture, ultrasonic flowmeter, performance, flowmetering, new product market survey, new product design, metering, new product assessment, development process, new product development management, flow measurement standard, innovation, velocity-type flowmeter, volume meter, testing, planning