PROFILE

• An engineer with more than 20 years experience in the metallurgical, chemical,  and gas industries;

• Awarded four patents & applied for three patents;
• Experienced in product development;

• Skilled in commissioning, troubleshooting, inspecting, and technical support for the  metallurgical, chemical, electro-mechanical, hydraulic, and the electronic equipment;

• Skilled in the industrial and laboratory testing, data analysis and processing;

• Experienced in the quality assurance/control;

• Skilled in the CAD Software (Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks, Autocad);

• Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills;

• A self motivated  problem solver, a well organized, flexible and reliable person, a hard worker;

• Multilingual: English and Russian. Excellent in Technical English - Russian text & drawings translations.

RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Science & Technology Developer, Hydro Pacific Pumps, Vancouver, BC, Canada

• Developed a prototype for a polymer human-operated submersible pump for using in deep wells in some African countries;
  
• Designed and developed the surface drive unit that powered the Hygr™ Fluid System for pumping fluids in the Water, Mining, Oil, and Gas Industries (well depth - 4000ft, operating pressure - 6000psi);
• Performed the numerical analyses of the Hygr™ Fluid System;
• Fulfilled the analyses and the optimization of the pipe lines under high pressure conditions.

Research Engineer, WeatherSolve Structures, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2012 - 2015

• Developed testing procedures and performed tests of the WeatherSolve™ windbreak fence components;
• Performed load test for the WeatherSolve™ windbreak fence;

• Analyzed tension distribution in the WeatherSolve™ windbreak fence;

• Designed the tools for the installation of the WeatherSolve™ Structure windbreak fence components.

Service Engineer, TOMRA Sorting Solution/CommodasUltrasort, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2011 - 2012

• Commissioning, troubleshooting, inspecting, and engineering support of mining and sorting equipment.

Engineering Developer, Canam Aerospace, Vancouver, BC, Canada

2006 - 2007

• Design of suspended equipment of helicopters using the  AutoDesk Inventor;
• Developing, improving and documenting the  manufacturing processes;
• Developed the test procedures;
• Performed the quality assurance.

PREVIOUS ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE IN ALUMINUM INDUSTRY

• Designed and installed alumina feeding system to an electrolysis bath using vibrotechnique;
• Studied physical and chemical processes of cryolite thermogranulation in a rotary kiln environment and mechanism for interaction of sodium-aluminum fluorides with compounds of sulfur and carbon;
• Wrote regulations, specifications, schedules, technical reports, budgets, and control schedules;
• Designed and installed a various metallurgical and chemical equipment;
• Developed technology for utilizing fluoroanhydrite wastes;

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Worked in Germany, USA, and Russia.

EDUCATION

• Ph. D, Chemical Process Engineering     

Thesis: Development of methods for preparation and utilization of solid fluoride-containing waste materials generated by the aluminum industry

The Russian National Aluminium - Magnesium Institute - VAMI , St. Petersburg, Russia

• M. Sc. in Metallurgy

Specialization: Physical Chemistry and Metallurgy

Moscow Steel and Alloys Institute (National University of Science and Technology ), Moscow, Russia

CERTIFICATIONS

•  Technologist in Mechanical Engineering (recognized by ASTTBC)

• Radiation Safety Officer (RSO-1)

• Workplace Hazard Materials Information System (WHMIS)

• Standard First Aid (Industry) Certification in Canada and in the United States

• XEROX Certified Service Engineer

HOBBIES

Hiking, skiing, photography, video