Mark Leonard

Experience

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  University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  Jan 1984 - Dec 1984

  Teaching Assistant

  Graduate Assistant in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Duties included Chemical Engineering student lab instruction, the general maintenance of equipment, review of student homework assignments.Worked with a faculty member to resolve an engineering error associated with the development of heat transfer calculation software prepared for the Gulf Publishing Company. Prepared the revised software and engineering function to be used in the product.

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  Dallas Texas

  Aug 1985 - Jun 1991

  LTV Aerospace and Defense

  Aerospace Quality Assurance Process Control Engineer for military and commercial programs responsible for processes and quality systems used in the manufacture of epoxy composite and bonded metal structures.Experienced in working with large numbers of people in a very aggressive work environment. Represented LTV with vendors. Team member selected to assess subcontractors to produce composite and metal bonded structures for military programs. Traveled to perform technical evaluations of LTV aircraft products in the field.Selected from among peers to join a project team on special assignment tasked with the design of a $150 million-dollar computer integrated paperless manufacturing facility named The Flexible Composite Center. Worked with a small team to design the paperless quality system for the new facility and optimize the facility layout. Evaluated purchase specifications and vendor proposals for autoclaves, lab equipment, automated storage and retrieval systems, and automated guided vehicles. Designed the laboratory for the composite center. Worked with a small facility design team to improve flow through the composite center. Member of the ADSTARS team to develop performance specifications for the automated document storage and retrieval system.Held Material Review Authority for Materials and Processes for LTV. Represented the department in Corrective Action Board meetings with the Air Force and Navy. Worked on the following government contracts: B-1B Strategic Bomber, B-2 Stealth Bomber, A-7 Corsair II & YA-7F, C-17 Globemaster, Boeing 747, Boeing 757, Boeing 767, Canadair CL-601, S3-A, DC-10.Held secret clearance SAR (Special Access Required). Show less

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  Columbian Chemicals Company

  Jun 1991 - now

  Technical Manager

  Currently employed by Columbian in the North Bend Plant, a facility producing commodity and industrial specialty products serving domestic and foreign markets. North Bend operates under the ISO 9001-2000 and ISO 14000 management systems. Managed plant operations and site engineers. Prepared departmental budgets. Participated in labor negotiations during most union contract negotiations. Developed a comprehensive strike contingency plan. Worked to resolve grievances and have worked with others to develop case defenses for labor grievance arbitration cases. Performed in various roles to support capital improvement and expansion projects in excess of $100 million dollars for the North Bend facility. These roles involved design review, project implementation, HAZOP, start up and commissioning, and capital process and project management. Manage a yearly 5 million dollar capital budget. Worked to support design reviews and start up for numerous projects, new operating units, and various types of process equipment. Familiar with pollution control incinerators, dryers, air pre-heaters and other heat exchangers, various styles of bag house filter control equipment, tanks, reactors, pelletizing equipment, conveying systems, bulk storage tanks, and packaging equipment, HRSG, boilers, cooling towers, generators, condensers, steam turbines, and piping systems.Commissioned North Bend’s 15 mega-watt co-generation facility, a $29 million dollar project. Trained operators, supervisors, and maintenance personnel for the project.Championed technical innovation, problem solving, root cause and corrective action, and improvement activities. Provided root cause and corrective action for a wide variety of equipment, electrical, safety, and process failures. Recognized as an excellent troubleshooter and problem solver. Supported corporate standards and best practice teams. Participated on many product development runs. Show less