About:
Chris has 25+ years experience with nearly all aspects of turbo-machinery in nearly every area of Oil & gas as well as industrial applications. Starting out at Mannesmann Demag in Duisburg and London Chris started up a joint venture company, Demag Kirloskar Compressors Pvt India Ltd. Immigrating to the US and he worked for Cooper Energy Services / Rolls-Royce Energy Systems in Mt. Vernon, OH as a director marketing and director product standardization for gas turbines and centrifugal pipeline compressors. Chris then worked for Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery (O&G) in Houston, TX before moving to Hoerbiger. His time at AFGlobal was spent inducting the company successfully into the 1.8 MW OPRA Gas Turbine market as well as reciprocating compressors for Bio-Gas
Chris has numerous publications to his credit and was a taskforce member for API 617/618/688.
He is now a published author and his new book, “How to Sell Engineered Products”.
Chris studied mechanical & aerospace engineering at the RWTH University Aachen, Germany as well as the NIU in Trondheim, Norway, and completed a masters of science/engineering ( Dipl.-Ing.)
Skills (Expertise):
Expertise
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Projects:
Sales Engineering, Product Development & Project Management
Owner: El Paso
Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States
3 X 22 MW Siemens electric centrifugal compressors plus electrical infrastructure
Sales engineering and project management
Owner: Praxair
Karnataka, India
With a rating of 35 MW these air compressors for a technical gas plant were the largest to be set up in the country at the time. Multiple issues were successfully solved that included local supplies, variable frequency, start of large loads and installation & commissioning.
alliance manager, sales and sales engineering as wellas projec and product standardization
Owner: bp
Azerbaijan
A massive offshore project required on a central platform 350 MW of gas turbine power for power generation as well as driving MAN turbo compressors and a sulzer pump
Devices and Number:
sales
Owner: Dangote
Nigeria
Obtained orders for all flow control systems, valves, packing and related to all reciproating compressors
product management, sales engineering
Owner: Enron
Florida, United States
Provided all gas turbines and compressors for expansion of phases IV, V & VI
Devices and Number:
Sales & Marketing
Owner: Chevron
Angola
provided offsites power generation for the complete liquified natural gas plant
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project engineering, proposals and sales
Alabama, United States
Provide 4 electric drive centrifugals to replace a lot of old reciprocating compressors
Interests:
Gas turbine
Steam turbine
Gas engine
Product management
International sales
Sales engineering
After sales services
After sales service
Mechanical engineering
Centrifugal compressor
Electro motor
Training and development