David Willis, P.E.

Experience

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  United States Marine Corps

  Jun 1994 - Jun 1999

  Aviation Electonics Technician

  Radar Set Test Station and Consolidated Automated Support Station technician. Troubleshot and repaired F/A-18 radar systems.

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  AAI Corporation, Engineering Support Inc.

  Jun 1999 - Aug 2000

  Field Service Engineer

  Resident Field Service Engineer. Provided mechanical and electrical upgrades and maintenance for M1A1 and Bradley Fighting Vehicle mobile simulators for front line US Army training.

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  Landry's

  Oct 2000 - May 2009

  Bar Supervisor / Bartender

  Concurrent with college education. Worked full time while attending university.

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  Global Industries

  Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Field Engineer (Intern)

  Worked with the Project Engineer on a West Africa pipeline replacement project to interpret thescope of work, design custom equipment, write procedures, and set up logistics of materials,labor, and equipment.

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  Siemens

  May 2009 - Sept 2020

   Executed all phases of design of new tooling to improve safety, quality, and schedule duringmaintenance on power generation turbines and generators from concept to implementation. Managed R&D budgets providing quarterly updates to frame owners. Created and revised field procedures and tool instructions for new tooling. Developed new tooling for field maintenance of large gas turbine engines and improved existingtooling designs. Extensively worked with 3D modeling (Pro Engineer) and Finite Element Analysis (Mechanica). Show less

  • Technical Operations Manager - SGT6-8000H, 2000E, & 4000F

    Dec 2019 - Sept 2020

  • SGT6-8000H Frame Operations Manager

    Jun 2017 - Dec 2019

  • Technical Support Engineer

    Oct 2013 - Jun 2017

  • Project Engineer

    May 2009 - Oct 2013
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  Siemens Energy

  Sept 2020 - now

  Technical Operations Manager - SGT6-8000H, 4000F, & 2000E

   Manage a team of field service engineers that specialized in 8000H, 2000E, and 4000F technology. Responsible for ensuring field service jobs received the required tools, process, and trainedpeople to support the outage. Responsible for cost reduction initiatives from idea creation through implementation which involved tool design & testing, process improvements, and schedule evaluations.