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Diego A.

Mechanical Engineer & CAD Designer

Bogota, Colombia

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2D & 3D Modeling 2D and 3D Mechanical Drafting CAD Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineer Oil and Gas

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I'm a Mechanical Engineer with 20+ years of experience in the energy industry with emphasis in the oil and gas sector. Experienced with the management of product portfolios, commercial services, project management and field and engineering operations.
As part of global operations of the Engineering, Manufacturing & Sustaining division of SLB (former SCHLUMBERGER OILFIELD SERVICES) gained experience with CAD on several worldwide product lifecycle projects supported from Aberdeen and Pune, from fixing NPD projects, deploying custom JIGs tools for problem solving during field operations, to creating customized products for specific client needs.

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Experience

Freelance Mechanical Engineering CAD Designer Diego Apolinar · Self-employed Apr 2018 – Present 8 yrs 2 mos Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia Provide consulting services to companies in the industrial and energy sectors.

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Project Manager Schlumberger Global Resources (SLB) · Full-time Apr 2001 – Feb 2016 14 yrs 10 mos Houston, TX, United States Held various positions in Colombia, Canada, the United States, Libya, Qatar, Scotland and India. At the beginning of my career in the Oil & Gas industry have experience with the maintenance of production facilities and well testing services at exploration and production environments. Later on, through leadership roles, have developed corporate cross-functional skills through leading multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams in the areas of management of product portfolios and commercial services, project management, coordination of field and engineering operations, the management of human resources, quality of products and services, risk management and industrial safety.

My last post with the company was about the creation, development and management of a technical remote engineering support department from Pune, India, which supported several manufacturing and engineering projects from manufacturing centers located in Houston, Paris, Aberdeen and Singapore.
Maintenance Engineer Perenco Colombia Limited · Full-time Apr 1998 – Mar 2001 2 yrs 11 mos undefined, Colombia Responsible for performing corrective and predictive maintenance of mechanical and
electrical equipment to allow the continuous production of oil and natural gas from 14 production facilities located in Casanare, Colombia. Experienced in the maintenance of centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps, natural gas compressors, diesel and gas electric generators, and other auxiliary equipment.

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Engineering Project Management, Engineering, 4.0 2014 – 2014
Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom Project Management, Management, 4.0 2012 – 2013 Activities and Societies: PMI
Universidad de America Mechanical Engineering, Engineering, 3.8 1992 – 1998 Activities and Societies: ASME

Other experience

FreeCAD Have working knowledge as it was my design platform before the arrival of Onshape.
PTC Wildfire (Creo2) Have working knowledge with Creo2 as it was SLB official CAD software.

Licenses & Certifications

Frames Fundamentals PTC Mar 2023 – Present See credential
Advanced Onshape Assemblies PTC Jan 2023 – Present See credential
Top-Down Design PTC Mar 2022 – Present See credential
Simultaneous Sheet Metal PTC Mar 2022 – Present See credential
Onshape Fundamentals: Data Management PTC Mar 2022 – Present See credential
Onshape Congurations PTC Mar 2022 – Present See credential
Managed In-Context Design PTC Mar 2022 – Present See credential
Advanced Part and Surfacing Design PTC Mar 2022 – Present See credential
Onshape Fundamentals: CAD PTC Dec 2021 – Present See credential
Direct Editing PTC Dec 2021 – Present See credential
CAD Basics PTC Dec 2021 – Present See credential