Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

We're thrilled to announce that Intellex has acquired Expert by Big Village, effective March 22, 2024. This strategic move enhances our capabilities and strengthens our commitment to delivering exceptional solutions to our customers.

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Expert Details

Flow Metering, Flow Control Devices, and the Water Meter Industry

ID: 732042 Indiana, USA

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Expert has spent 15 Years with his current employer as Director of Engineering, General Manager of Production Facility, and Director of Business Development. He spent one year in France.

He has also spent 12 Years with Neptune/Schlumberger as Director of Engineering, Research Engineer and Project Manager. To this end he spent 4 years in France.

Expert has spent 2 years as an Independent Consultant in Flow Metering, Development Processes, and Business Strategies.

Thanks to his experience working in France, he has expertise in business in Europe.

Expert has spent 30 years defining and developing new products for the flow metering industry. Has has worked on a variety of technologies, including positive displacement, velocity, electromagnetic, ultrasonic, insertion, and coriolis.

Products have been developed for a variety of industries, but the
majority have focused on water metering needs worldwide. As a Director of Engineering for two major Water Metering companies, he has also been responsible for new radio development projects for AMI/AMR; and development processes, setting strategies for development, and measuring success.

Business Leader with extensive international expertise in management and development. Expertise features:
• Strategic Planning using New Products for Business Growth
• M&A work, including candidate analysis, technology transfers, and acquisitions
• Lean and Other tools to optimize operations from order entry through shipment
• Quality and Reliability Assurance; HR Development; Managing Multi-Cultural Teams
• Significant AWWA, ISO and CEN Standards Experience
• Fluent in French - Three assignments in France, managing teams in France, Germany and Italy.


He has been involved with a metering manufacturer, defining product strategies, development processes, and means to measure success.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1978 Degree: MS Subject: Mechanical Engineering Institution: West Virginia University
Year: 1976 Degree: BS Subject: Mechanical Engineering Institution: West Virginia University

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2012 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Principal Department: Flow Metering, Flow Control Devices, and the Water Meter Industry
Responsibilities:
At his eponymous firm, Expert is a consultant for metering, Business Strategies, Product Development, Mergers and Acquisition, Business Development, European Strategies.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1998 to 2012 Employer: Badger Meter, Inc. Title: Director of Engineering, General Manager, Director Business Development Department: Flow Metering, Flow Control Devices
Responsibilities:
He was responsible for New Product Development for a facility in Tulsa, OK. He also handled Business Development (including M&A).
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1985 to 1997 Employer: Schlumberger/Neptune Title: Director of Engineering Department:
Responsibilities:
Expert was responsible for New Product Development in Europe and France.

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 2004 to 2004 Country / Region: France Summary: Assisted with a subsidiary of Badger Meter in developing manufacturing processes and measuring success.
Years: 1995 to 1997 Country / Region: France Summary: He was Director of Engineering for a Division of Schlumberger Industries in France, defining and developing new products and product strategies.
Years: 1988 to 1990 Country / Region: France Summary: Project Manager for a new water meter for Schlumberger Industries

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
AWWA
ASME
Licenses / Certifications
Registered P.E. in Louisiana, Alabama, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and West Virginia
Professional Appointments
Former member and Chair of Board of Directors, Community Hospital, Tallassee, AL
Awards / Recognition
Received George Anderson Award from AWWA for Standards Development

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
French He is fully functional in French, having worked for 5 years in France.

Fields of Expertise

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