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Alex Takotue

Peterborough

Summary

Engaging Senior Professional with 20+ years' experience applying product, project, engineering, and operations management techniques to execute tasks and achieve goals in the Oil, Gas and Energy Industries. Able to evaluate projects and operations processes critically to identify areas of improvement and implement action plans for positive results, and well versed in market analysis, budget governance, resource management, and development. Strategic leadership and management skills able to forge stakeholder and partner working relations through effective communication with language proficiency in French, English and some Russian.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
4005
4005
years of post-secondary education

Work history

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT

Schneider Electric
Leeds
01.2024 - Current

Schneider Electric is a global leader in energy management and automation, offering products, software, services, and solutions for various industries with operations in more than 100 countries.

  • Responsible coaching and applying DfSR processes, tools, and software in line with new business expectations
  • Increasing product safety, reliability, and robustness by up to 60%.

SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER

OGM
Ely
01.2019 - 12.2023

Oil and Gas Measurement Limited (OGM) is a company Designing, manufacturing, and commercializing high quality metrology products for the oil, gas, and petro-chemical industries.

  • Supported the sales, marketing, engineering and, aftersales with clear product strategy, roadmap, and pricing facilitating strategic growth
  • Managed and developed 4 direct reports, through clear tasks, deliverables, and constraints setting, and providing right training, and praise for good work resulting in 20% increase efficiency
  • Managed LoB’s operations by streamlining processes and procedures resulting in increased efficiency by 50%
  • Led participation to conferences, exhibition, lunch & learn sessions promoting products, systems and services as well as gathering market data resulting in 20% customers’ base boost
  • Led market trend analysis to set product strategy, roadmap, and pricing based on clients’ data, and EIC insights which enabled LoB revenue increase of 50% YoY for 3 years
  • Managed multi-disciplines team in high value project like the provision of 05 sampling systems to Saudi Aramco’s Yanbu Terminal in Saudi Arabia with a value of 6M GBP and successfully completing the project initiation, planning and 40% of the execution stage
  • Managed the commission of 03 sampling systems for Dana Petroleum’s Triton FPSO, UK and provision of 01 sampling system to Exxon Neftgas Sakhalin facility in Russia
  • Both totaling 3.4M GBP on time and within budget.

ENGINEERING LEAD/MANAGER

RESMAN Energy AS
Trondheim
02.2016 - 12.2018

RESMAN Energy is a leader in subsurface reservoir data providing solutions for oil and gas well monitoring with products and services such as inflow Water Break Thru location analysis, Clean up assessment, Relative Productivity assessment.

  • Drove Project Lifecycle Management, leading to increase rate of successful project completion by 30% in 2 years and oversaw project initiating, planning, execution, monitoring and control, and closing
  • Drove compliance towards industry standard, operator requirements, integration, and certification of new technologies resulting in 40% customer satisfaction increase
  • Drove recruitment, management, and development of Project Engineers and Mechanical Engineers resources and stakeholders’ management
  • Conceptualized a robust Engineering Discipline capable of providing products and services to ISO9001 and promoting continuous improvement to achieve high productivity and reduced outsourcing of hardware design by 40%, contributing to company increase profitability.

DESIGN PROJECT ENGINEER

Well Innovation AS
Stavanger
12.2013 - 02.2016

Well Innovation is a company providing Front End Engineering Design (FEED), Engineering and Design, Project management, Procurement, Survey, and Construction services to the Oil & Gas and Energy industry.

  • Assisted Project Manager during project initiation and planning stages before taking charge of the project as it moves into execution, monitoring, and control stages
  • Coordinated work with the stakeholders, engineering, procurement, manufacturing and Managed EPC Contractor and subcontractors ensuring timely delivery and increasing effectiveness by 20%
  • Provided the Project Manager with visibility on tasks to be done, risks & mitigation actions as well as opportunities and, managed the schedule ensuring 100% of its quality (logic, clarity) and accuracy (dates and scope update)
  • Improved design & documentation efficiency by 15% by designing effective work templates
  • Worked with production to facilitate smooth transition from design and testing to full-scale manufacturing.

SENIOR DESIGN ENGINEER

Weatherford International
Aberdeen
09.2007 - 11.2013

Weatherford International is a multinational service company providing equipment and services for drilling, evaluation, completion, production and, intervention for the oil and gas wells,

  • Provided subject matter expertise and regular updating of portfolio tools, saving cost, time and improving company's competitive edge
  • Trained junior staff on servicing tools and to manage their work to enhance company's value
  • Executed design improvements, NCRs, ECNs, and RNEs to maximize functionality of drilling and completion products, increasing customer satisfaction by 20%.

PIPELINE ENGINEER

Universal Pegasus International
Aberdeen
04.2005 - 09.2007

Universal Pegasus International is a company providing Front End Engineering Design (FEED), Engineering and Design, Project management, Procurement, Survey, and Construction services to the Oil & Gas and Energy industry.

  • Responsible for supporting execution of Pipeline Spool design scopes within tenders and ongoing projects
  • Analyzing lift rigging, and tie in stress
  • Calculating weight, and c.o.g of tie in
  • Confirming wall thickness, and installation stability
  • Providing procurement, fabrication, and installation with technical support
  • Significantly increasing design accuracy and reduced design time by 15%.

Education

Bachelor of .Engineering With Honors - Mechanical Engineering With Management

University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen
06.2005

Baccalaureate With Merit - Electro Mechanics

Technical High School
Douala, Cameroon
05.1999

Skills

  • Project Lifecycle Management
  • Project Control & Monitoring
  • Project Risk & Change Management
  • Decision Making
  • Stakeholders Management
  • Project Portfolio & Program Management
  • Project Planning, Budgeting & Oversight
  • Resource Development & Management
  • Multi-Departmental Collaboration
  • Product Lifecycle Management

Custom

  • Microsoft Project
  • ProjectLibre
  • ProductBoard
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Tableau
  • SolidWorks
  • AutoCAD
  • Matlab
  • ReliaSoft
  • SAP
  • SAGE
  • Kanban

Affiliations

  • Website Building | Photography | Hiking | Engine Restoration

Timeline

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT

Schneider Electric
01.2024 - Current

SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER

OGM
01.2019 - 12.2023

ENGINEERING LEAD/MANAGER

RESMAN Energy AS
02.2016 - 12.2018

DESIGN PROJECT ENGINEER

Well Innovation AS
12.2013 - 02.2016

SENIOR DESIGN ENGINEER

Weatherford International
09.2007 - 11.2013

PIPELINE ENGINEER

Universal Pegasus International
04.2005 - 09.2007

Bachelor of .Engineering With Honors - Mechanical Engineering With Management

University of Aberdeen

Baccalaureate With Merit - Electro Mechanics

Technical High School
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