Technical sales of castings, forgings, powder metallurgy, fabrication. Specific expertise converting metal from one shape to another for Land Base and Sub-sea wellhead; Power Generation: Nuclear; Steam / Gas Turbine; Wind; Heat Ex-changer & Feed Water Transfer; Mechanical Power Transmission; Off Highway Equipment.
Background
Enhanced metallurgy discipline with specific skill sets for metal conversion in near-net shaped forgings, extrusions, upset; Casting of Sand, Shell Mold and Investment; Powdermetal Sintered and Metal Injection Molding, and "HIP" Hot Isostaic Pressing. CNC Machining of Large Metal parts.
Remington-NY, and Pacific Sintered Metals-LA; Sandvik Powdermet- Surahammar, Sweden; Bodycote Powder Metal Fabrication-Surahammar Sweden / Andover, MA; Teledyne Investment Castings - Pomona. Eastham Forge - Beaumont; Kirkstall Forge - Leeds, UK
Manoir Industries - Bouzonville, France; Norton Cast Products - Sheffield UK; Whittinham and Porter - Hull, UK, Henry Williams, LTD Darlington, UK; Tech-Max Machine - Chicago
Education
St. Rose of Lima Catholic School
Career
Vice President Sales & Marketing - Gulf Forge Company 1978-1988
Vice President Technical Sales / Power Service Technologies 1987-1992
ROMANO ASSOCIATES INC. / American Metal Marketing 1987 - present
Achievements
One of the initial and continuing members of The Rice University Alliance mentoring MBA candidates in entrepreneurship.
Converted the Flow Enhancer on the GE LM2500 gas Turbine from a pressed break metal fabrication interrupted flow to four large investment smooth ID surface castings produced by Teledyne - Pomona. Yield was 3% added fuel efficiency. The wax dies alone were $850,000 for four unique castings, 250 ship sets.
Championed the marketing and sales of Powdermetal HIP components for the USA Market. to National Oilwell, Cameron Sub Sea, FMC, Oceaneering over a 5 year period dispatched $35,000,000 during 8 a year campaign.
Views
Quotations:
Don't borrow the information, own it.
Membership
Manufacturer's Agent National Association - MANA
National Association of Corrosion Engineers - NACE
Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association - PESA
Rice Alliance - Rice University
Pine Forest Country Club
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United States of America
1978 - 1987
West Lake Club
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United States of America
1990 - 2012
to present
Pine Forest Country Club
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United States of America
