Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium
Aerospace engineer with post graduation master in turbomachinery and propulsion (thesis on experimental studies for civil aeroengines). Four years of experience as a validation & verification leader in the GE Oil & Gas plant in Bari (Italy), building up the new department and infrastructures for experimental testing on centrifugal/subsea pumps, achieving full functionality of the new team and designed/erected test rigs, with successful delivery on more than 15 test campaigns. 5 years experience in leading validation projects in the GE Oil & Gas (later Baker Hughes, a GE Company) Turbomachinery Laboratory in Florence, Italy, delivering on more than 10 successful test campaigns for new compressors and gas turbines for the marine, offshore, industrial power generation and LNG market. The covered roles range from technical/cost alignment with requestors to test execution, passing through coordination of test vehicle and system design and construction teams, managing safety, risk mitigation, compliance to internal/external regulatory systems and budget, and improving quality and cycle times reduction with support to internal best practices issue and update, Attitude towards concreteness, curiosity for “the new”, robust improvement, systems engineering approach. Capability of achieving company targets by managing and working in diverse and multicultural teams including members located worldwide.
Project Manager for medium and big size CAPEX projects. Management tenders and maintenance contracts (negotiation and followup). Chemical industry: phosphoric acid and phosphate salts Process optimization: energy efficiency, emissions reduction, waste products treatment for better reuse and compliance with government and EU regulations Multidisciplinary projects: Mechanical, Civil, Electroinstrumental, Safety Environmental Total portfolio: ~10M
Technical coordinator for validation testing activities (including design and field operations) on gas turbines, compressors, pumps with the use of state of the art and advanced instrumentation and test rigs.
Technical leader for validation testing activities (including design and field operations) on centrifugal and multiphase pumps with state of the art and advanced instrumentation and test rigs.
Experimental studies of the blade row interaction in a transonic high pressure turbine tested on a compression tube test rig for rotating cascades. Theoretical studies (with applications) in fluid mechanics, turbines/compressors design and testing, advanced measurement techniques, project planning/management.
Coordinator for turbomachinery validation (including test design and field operations) carried out with state of the art and advanced instrumentation and test rigs. Level: staff management (IT: quadro apicale)
Program Manager and Technology Leader for validation campaigns on new compressors technologies. Responsible for the new testing infrastructures implementation and improvements on current assets. Responsible for validation process improvements over the organization: testing process structuring, best practices and procedures definition, human resources effort and assets usage optimization. Level in the organization: member of management board (NL: kaderlid)
Team Leader for Prototypes validation infrastructure projects (test cells and rigs), Validation process streamlining and improvement and Validation at external sites. Portfolio of projects covering all the Atlas Copco Airtec products. Team composed by Project Managers and Technical support engineers. Level in the organization: member of management board (NL: kaderlid)