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PROFESSIONAL DETAILS
January 1984 to August 1984: MACKSONS INDIA PVT. LTD.,
(8 Months)
Hands on experience on various machineries like Turret Lathes, Universal Milling Machine, Gear Hobbing Machine, Cylindrical and Centreless Grinding Machine, Surface Grinding Machine etc.
September 1984 to February 1985: CHAMUNDI MOPEDS
(6 Months)

Graduate Trainee in Production Planning & Control involved in Process Sheet preparation, machinery planning, tool planning, schedule preparing etc.,

April 1985 to August 1992: WIDIA (India) LTD. (Now KENNAMETAL)
(7 Years)

One of the biggest manufacturers of CARBIDE TOOLS and Special Purpose Machines (more than 1000 work force then).

Tools include CUTTING TOOLS, FORMING TOOLS & MINING TOOLS. SPM's are generally made to customer requirement like 6–axis CNC TOOL & CUTTER GRINDER.

It is a Multi National Company (51% shares were held by Germans & 49% by Indian Public. – At present it has been taken over by KENNAMETAL –USA)

Posts held : Trainee Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Engineer and Senior Engineer.

Worked in various faculties like production, production planning & control, production Engineering, Technical Services, and Design & Development. Overall Engineering knowledge on cutting Tools, Forming Tools and mining tools of Tungsten Carbide and coatings, Specialized experience in process development of special cutting tools like Gun Drills, Trepanning Tools, Boring & Trepanning Association.

Also gained overall Industrial knowledge of how to live, get along and succeed with workers, peer and top management. Skills of Organization Development and Training were also acquired.

February 1993 to May 2007: HEBA FIRE & SAFETY EQUIP. CO. LTD., Saudi Arabia
(14 Years)

One of the Biggest Companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the field of Fire and Safety business. Listed in the top 100 Companies of the Country. The only Company to have such huge operations in the complete field of trading of safety gadgets, Design, Engineer, supply, install, test and commission any type of fire detection and fire protection systems per NFPA standards be in Oil industry, Ports or Palaces, Flammable liquid industries, computerized control rooms, commercial complexes, Residential Buildings, Warehouses etc.,.

Also, has a huge manufacturing plant manufacturing all kinds of fire extinguishers, fire hose cabinets, fire pumps etc… One of the biggest fire truck suppliers and maintenance of fire trucks in house or in the field at customer’s premises.

Posts held: Engineer, Chief Engineer, Engineering Operation Manager, Manager – Project Management Department.

  • Started as a Single engineer, studied, learnt and started to make quotations for simple fire alarm systems and sprinkler systems. Got the first order after 6 months for SR. 5000/-

  • Got more business, more systems to work upon, and more customers and hence needed more people.

  • Company requested to recruit more engineers, technicians, draftsman etc.,

  • Started engineering branches in other areas like Riyadh, Jeddah, Jubail and Yanbu.

  • Got still more business, kept learning, kept training the younger generation, and visited various places for training at manufacturing facilities.

  • Visited various sales conferences of manufacturers.

  • Recruited all category people required for the company from various countries.

  • At present have more than 25 Engineers – Mechanical & Electronics, secretary, draftsmen, Project co-coordinators, Quality control & Quality assurance personnel, Safety Officers, System co-coordinator, certified welders, pipe fitters, Electronic technicians, electricians, helpers etc…, amounting to about 120 people.

  • Turnover more than 25 million Saudi Riyals, only from project management department and proud to be the Department Manager.

  • Established computerized system starting from flow charts for the complete operation of the department.

  • Recently re-organized the department, considering the business growth and now have two heads under me namely

    • Engineering Head – looking after estimation quotation and Design Engineering

    • Execution Head - looking after complete Erection, Procurement, Testing Commissioning and maintenance.

  • Recently worked on Quality Procedures of the department to be in its place as our company applied, got audited and acquired ISO-9001-2000 for our operations.

1st January 2008: MANAGING DIRECTOR - Heba Fire Fighting Systems India Private Limited.

Having built a long lasting relation in Saudi Arabia with Heba Fire, the Company joined hands and decided to float Heba Fire Fighting Systems Company in India concentrating on the Design of Fire Detection & Fire Protection systems for Heba fire Saudi & other parts of the world. Within three months of the decision made the new company has been operational with fully set up office, staff & equipment. Already the jobs have been taken up & look forward for growth from other areas & expansion of operation.

 
HIGHLIGHTS OF FIRE SYSTEM BACKGROUND
Types of systems involved, specialized and conversant with:

(Wherein we were getting business to our company by estimating, quoting, following up, clarifying technically and commercially, converting into order, detailed Engineering, approvals, scheduling, procurement, Installation/Erection, Pre-testing , Testing & Commissioning, As Built drawings, documentation, providing warranty, closing out, provide maintenance during warranty and also do preventive maintenance and breakdown maintenance at additional price)

  • Conventional Fire Alarm System
  • Analog Addressable Fire Alarm System
  • Networking of systems with central monitoring, display, control and annunciating.
  • Standpipe fire hose system – Cabinets & Hydrants.
  • Sprinkler Systems – Wet & Dry for various application form high rise building to hazardous warehouses to industrial plants to ports etc.,
  • Deluge systems – Wet pilot actuation, dry pilot actuation, electric actuation for various applications like sea ports, transformers, storage tank protection, Exposure protection (cooling), fuel treatment plants, paint factories, grain silos, pressure vessels etc., to name a few.
  • Both above sprinkler and Deluge Systems could be with WATER or FOAM depending on the application.
  • Gas flooding Systems like :
    • FM 200 System – for occupied areas like Computer rooms, central control rooms, switchgear building etc.,
    • HPCO2 Systems- for unoccupied areas like huge switchgear buildings, under floors, substations etc.
    • LPCO2 systems – for the same above application with bulk quantity requirement of CO2.

      (All the above with main and Reserve with or without multiple sharing systems)

       
  • Kitchen hood systems - using wet chemical agent for kitchen fire hazards.
  • Gas detection systems like (a) flammable gases and (b) toxic gases for fire protection and human safety.
  • Small security system with basic devices like magnetic door contacts, motion detectors (P1R) and vibration detectors for small business and domestic application.
Standards Conversant With:
  • National Fire Protection Association in particular:-
    • NFPA 10 - Standards for Portable Fire Extinguishers (2002 Edition)
    • NFPA 11- Standard for Low Medium & High-Expansion Foam (2005 Edition)
    • NFPA 12 - Standards on Carbon Dioxide Extinguishing System (2005 Edition)
    • NFPA 12A - Standards on Halon 1301 Fire Extinguishing system (2004 Edition)
    • NFPA 13- Standard for Installation of Sprinkler System (2002 Edition)
    • NFPA 14 - Standards for Installation of Standpipe & Hose Systems (2003 Edition)
    • NFPA 15- Standard for Water Spray Fixed Systems for Fire Protection (2001 Edition)
    • NFPA 16 - Standards for the Installation of Foam Water Sprinkler and Foam Water Spray System
    • NFPA 17A - Standards for Wet Chemical Extinguishing System (2002 Edition)
    • NFPA 20 - Standards for Installation of Stationary Pumps for Fire Protection (2003 Edition)
    • NFPA 22 – Standard for Water Tanks for Private Fire Protection (2003 Edition)
    • NFPA 24 - Standard for the Installation of Private Fire Service Mains and their Appurtenances (2002 Edition)
    • NFPA – 25 Standard for the Inspection, Testing & Maintenance of Water- Based  Fire Protection Systems (2002 Edition)
    • NFPA 72- National Fire Alarm Code (2005 Edition)
    • NFPA 409- Standard on Aircraft Hangars (2004 Edition)
    • NFPA 418 – Standard for Heliports (2001 Edition)
    • NFPA 750 – Standard on Water Mist Fire Protection Systems (2003 Edition)
    • NFPA 2001 – Standard on Clean Agent Fire Extinguishing Systems (2004 Edition)
    • NFPA 2010 – Standard for Fixed Aerosol Fire Extinguishing Systems (2006 Edition)
  • ANSI, ASTM, ASME relating to Fire Systems
  • Other Client Standards Like:
    • SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    • SAUDI ELECTRICITY COMPANY
    • SAUDI ARABIAN BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    • SALINE WATER CONVERSION CORPORATION
    • SAUDI TELECOM COMPANY
    • SAUDI ARABIAN STANDARDS ORGANISATION
Materials Conversant With:

Electrical:

  • EMT (Electro Mechanical Tubing) Conduits
  • RSG (Rigid steel Galvanized) Conduits
  • Building Cables
  • Fire Retardant cables
  • MICC (Mineral Insulated Copper Cables)
  • Fiber Optic Cables
Mechanical:
  • Schedule 40 & Schedule 80
  • ERW (Electrical Resistance Welded) Pipes
  • Seamless Pipes
  • Black or Galvanized
  • Malleable Iron, Wrought iron and Forged Fittings of Class 150, 300 & 3000.
Widely used painting Specification:
  • Primer: Hempel 1507
  • Finishing: APCS 6
Coating familiar with: (especially for special ARAMCO fabricated Hydrants):
  • (Fusion Bonded Epoxy, FBE)
  • Internal & External
 
Some of the Products Familiar with:

Fire Alarm Systems:

  • NOTIFIER (Present Distributor) (USA & UK)
  • FARADAY
 
  • ZETA
  • C-TECH
   

Fire Fighting Systems:


(Water Based)

  • GRINNELL
  • VIKING
  • ASCOA (No more)
  • GLOBE
  • POWHATAN
  • RED HEAD
  • TFT
  • AKRON
  • KENNEDY
     


(Foam Based)
  • NATIONAL FOAM
  • CHEMGUARD
Gas Flooding (FM 200, NOVEC, HPCO2 & LP CO2)
  • CHEMETRON FIRE SYSTEMS
  • HYGOOD
  • ANSUL
Kitchen Hood Systems
  • RANGE GUARD

Gas Detection System

  • DRAGER
Security System
  • TEXECOM
Training & Seminars attended
Non Destructive Testing
IIT Bangalore – INDIA
Gas Flooding System
Chemetron – Illinois, USA
Foam Application & Design
National Foam – Philadelphia, USA.
Sprinkler System application
Grinnell – Enschede, Holland
FM 200 Systems
Hygood - U.K.