Rudi Bakker
Tampa,FL
Summary
I would like to utilize my experience in operational infrastructure creation and optimization to help reduce cost and increased sustainable and profitability.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Managing Member
Bakker Consulting LLC
Tampa, FL
03.2020 - Current
- Consult with my clients at a technical and business level.
- Evaluate infrastructure identifying cost savings opportunities by in sourcing or process improvement.
- Create business plan - make investments - NPI - train - production. The philosophy is not only to evaluate but to prove out calculated cost savings leaving the customer with a new or optimized infrastructure, process and work force.
- Examples YTD: Developed 60+ robotic programs for a casting facility removing gating when the machine manufacture was unsuccessful delivering the first couple programs. Created new EDM and CNC infrastructure for IGT components. Optimized metal finishing of IGT components by adding a Finishing robot. Collectively the client has had 3.5M in savings over a 3 year period which includes the time from inception to handover.
Global Director of Technology
Turbocoating/GE aviation
Hickory, NC
01.2016 - 12.2019
- Plan all new facility layouts and finalize infrastructure creations
- Lead two, 12 person teams of Material Science Engineers, one team in Europe and one in the US
- The teams are responsible for supporting development of all, new generation turbine components
- Develop processes such as:
- Diffusion coating,
- Low pressure plasma coating,
- High velocity oxygen fuel coating
- Atmospheric plasma coating,
- New generation environmental barrier coating on ceramic matrix composites
- Laser drilling and ablation on ceramic matrix composites
- Brazing
- Responsible for all NPI for aviation for the entire company
- Streamline processes to optimize profit margins
- Serve on the GE Aviation Fast Works Engineering Advisory Board and developed processes for Leap and Genx turbine components.
Combustion COC Technical Manager
Siemens
Charlotte, NC
01.2014 - 01.2016
- This was a 2-year contract position
- Evaluated and optimized the combustion sector of Siemens’ operations to increase productivity and profitability
- Reconstructed a team of 14 Engineers to optimize current manufacturing processes which streamlined processes and reduced cost by 40% and increased profitability by adding core processes to value stream
- Lead all research and development for future combustion components for Siemens’ turbines
- Proactively built business cases for future infrastructures with utilization and through put calculations
- Did asset acquisitions and added equipment to current infrastructure to increase turnover and profitability.
CEO/Manufacturing Startup Specialist
Turbocoating
Hickory, NC
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Established a start-up company in the United States for United Coatings Group
- Lead the execution of the business plan including but not limited to; located the building, designed the infrastructure, and implemented process with strict, lean manufacturing standards
- Assisted with growing a company that today employs 100 people with a yearly revenue of $25 million
- Negotiated a GE Joint Venture, Advanced Ceramic Coatings (ACC), a company that manufactures the most up-to-date materials for the aviation industry.
Engineering Manager
Chromalloy
Middletown, NY
01.2007 - 01.2010
- Lead all research and development for the entire company
- Responsible for all Inspect and advise reports for turbine component refurbishment
- Developed light, medium and heavy repair processes for turbine refurbishment
- Developed coating, welding, laser drilling and airflow processes on super alloy materials
- Evaluated all metallography and created all validation brochures
- Specialized in laser applications, machining, welding and coating process in which the component is taken from the CAD 3D modeling aspect to tool design.
Design and Field Service Engineer
James A. Staley CO
Carmel, NY
01.2001 - 01.2007
- Designed and manufactured ground support test equipment for military and civilian aircraft, such as APU’s for civilian aircraft manufacturers like Honeywell and Boeing to F100 and J79 turbine engines for the military’s application
- Once the manufacturing was completed, I was responsible for the installation of the ground support tested equipment
- Trained air force personnel on the operation of the equipment in overseas countries, such as South Korea, Pakistan, and Abu Dhabi.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electronic Engineering
University of Port Elizabeth
Skills
- Operational infrastructure creation and optimization using lean six sigma
- Evaluation and integration of technologies increasing value stream and reducing operational cost
- 20 Years of engineering experience in Aviation and Gas Turbine process and research development
- 15 Years of executive managerial experience in a manufacturing environment
- Aluminide coating
- HVOF coating (Expert Level)
- LPPS coating (Expert Level)
- APS coating (Expert Level)
- EBC coating (Expert Level)
- Laser drilling and Ablation (Expert Level)
- Laser cladding fusion and powder
- Brazing
- Welding
- Diffusion Bonding
- Robotic surface finishing
- Expert level Robot programming
- CNC Programming
Languages
English
Full Professional
Afrikaans
Full Professional
Dutch
Professional
Italian
Limited
Accomplishments
- Speaker at the Symposium for Advanced Laser Applications (SALA)
- Worked with GE aviations Fast works team and was on the advisory board.
Certification
- Green Belt Six Sigma
Timeline
Managing Member
Bakker Consulting LLC
03.2020 - Current
Global Director of Technology
Turbocoating/GE aviation
01.2016 - 12.2019
Combustion COC Technical Manager
Siemens
01.2014 - 01.2016
CEO/Manufacturing Startup Specialist
Turbocoating
01.2010 - 01.2014
Engineering Manager
Chromalloy
01.2007 - 01.2010
Design and Field Service Engineer
James A. Staley CO
01.2001 - 01.2007
Bachelor of Science - Electronic Engineering
University of Port Elizabeth