Tsoud

11/9/2015
Cambridge, MA

Position Desired

Mechanical Engineering
Anywhere in the U.S.
Yes

Resume

EXPERIENCE
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Ajax Boiler, Inc. Santa Ana, CA
Director of Engineering August 2010 – October 2013
Implemented company-wide realignment strategy as part of executive team; led engineering group and coordinated with sales, marketing and production to launch new products and process improvement initiatives.
• Led development of Triton Series™ near-condensing boiler, with projected incremental yearly sales over $2M, from concept and competitive analysis through trial production.
• Upgraded Minipack™ line, reducing manufacturing and material costs 12% per unit.
• Launched development of Ajax’s next generation stainless-steel firetube condensing boiler.
• Achieved 100% Bill of Material accuracy and 70% reduction in inventory shrink through comprehensive BOM revision.
• Redesigned workflow of sales order review process, reducing turnaround time to 1 day for over 90% of orders.
• Co-directed lean manufacturing efforts with production director and generated feedback for Engineering to improve “design for manufacturing” implementation.

Alexandria Industrial Construction Service (AICS) Alexandria, Egypt
Chief Executive Officer October 2005 – October 2009
Directed private Egyptian business with over 50 employees specializing in custom fabrication services for energy and process industries; led company to its most successful year in 2007 with 12M Egyptian Pounds (EGP) sales and 3M EGP net profit.
• Increased overall operating margin by 10% and net margin by 5% by repositioning company competitively and focusing resources on projects with higher margins and lower competition.
• Established activity-based cost accounting system to identify higher margin projects and improve estimation accuracy.
• Generated additional sales of 1.5M EGP yearly through revamped marketing and acquisition of major new clients.
• Improved product quality and achieved 10% to 20% reductions in fabrication time by updating fabrication techniques, upgrading capital equipment and standardizing successful workshop processes.

IAP Research, Inc. Dayton, OH
Product Development Engineer September 2000 – September 2005
Partnered with senior engineers to research and develop products for military and industrial clients; involved in all phases of product development from concept initiation to final product.
• Designed subsystems and components for electromagnetic launchers, electromagnetic forming machines, dynamic metal compaction systems and power electronics products.
• Developed designs and manufacturing processes for advanced composite materials.
• Specialized in linear and nonlinear structural, dynamic, thermal and electromagnetic finite element analysis.
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