Sameh Taffish

Continuous Development and Optimization:

• Actively engage in continuous learning within cross-functional teams to optimize performance management, enhance customer satisfaction, and foster organizational culture excellence.

Leadership and Team Development:

• Consult and coach new team members, emphasizing the art of leadership and cultivating a high-performance team through character, competence, personal connection, and genuine empathy.

Aviation Expertise for Operational Stability:

• Utilize proven technical expertise in aviation, incorporating the latest digital technologies and advanced analytics. Deliver around-the-clock product support and enhance digital platforms for engine data management, driving actionable insights to improve customer fleet reliability and availability across 600 regional airline fleets, ultimately ensuring operational stability.

Global Product Leadership:

• Serve as the product leader for worldwide airline customers, specializing as the subject matter expert in managing engine data, monitoring engine operations, and predictive maintenance throughout the customer lifetime.

Significant Productivity Improvement:

• Achieved a remarkable 50% productivity increase by leveraging deep technical expertise in the product domain, utilizing advanced digital technologies, and applying data analytics. This improvement directly contributed to enhancing fleet stability and availability.

Continuous Cost Reduction:

• Achieve a 21% reduction in costs through data-driven insights powered by digital technology and technical expertise.

Product Portfolio Expansion for Enhanced Stability:

• Expand regional customer airline product lines, achieving a 96% effectiveness rate in timely maintenance recommendations, thereby reducing the risk of engine performance issues and ensuring fleet stability.

Analytic Efficiency Improvement:

• Enhance effectiveness by collaborating with the analytic team to evaluate alert management, articulating top analytic improvements that result in a 20% reduction in alert volume on product ownership, consequently driving increased process efficiency.

Engineering Leadership in Gas Turbines:

• Serve as the Engineering People Leader, holding ownership of subject matter expertise in Instrumentation and Control (I&C), auxiliary systems, and operational support for Siemens and Westinghouse gas turbines, enhancing customer satisfaction in the MENA region.

Comprehensive Customer Solutions:

• Provide tailored customer solutions for both combined and simple cycle power plants, playing a central role in engineering project management to resolve technical challenges associated with gas turbines

Effective Team Collaboration and Communication:

• Foster open communication to leverage best practices and enhance performance within a productive team. Identify constructive activities, allocate resources, and set deadlines to achieve goals efficiently.

Strategic Leadership and Negotiation Success:

• Proactively lead the team, guide efficient methods for achieving performance index objectives, and secure a $20 million maintenance contract during a challenging customer power upgrade. Lead negotiations on critical issues related to instrumentation, control systems, gas turbines, and generator engineering, resulting in a significant increase in customer satisfaction.

Operational Efficiency and Strategic Initiatives:

• Demonstrate ownership by reducing outage preparation time by 30%, enabling the first-time application of capabilities outside the region. Achieve milestones in engineering product change management and implement a Lean Six Sigma project to reduce engineering outage preparation by 25%. Provide crucial support for root cause investigations, technical issue resolution, and contribute technical expertise to enhance sales performance and support departments.

Project Management in Power Generation:

• Manage projects in the Power Generation and Oil & Gas industry, specifically focusing on industrial aero derivative gas turbines, generators, compressors, and associated control systems,

Commissioning Support and Technical Investigations:

• Deliver commissioning support services for major clients with a concentration on control systems. Conduct engineering investigations to prevent and solve technical problems, emphasizing root-cause analysis.

Efficient Project Execution and Technical Support:

• Execute overall project management for turn-key projects, including pre-project planning, equipment tracking, scheduling, and technical support during installation. Coordinate with Product Centers for customer training and address technical issues related to ongoing performance and maintenance of control systems, ensuring compliance with corporate guidelines.

Efficient Control System Management:

• Successfully managed control system procedures for the customer, achieving a milestone by reducing testing time during the commissioning stage by 70%. This efficient communication of complex information marked a project record.

Optimized Project Completion:

• Executed the completion of a $200 million project, significantly reducing overall delivery time through the implementation of a streamlined control system testing methodology. Fostered a collaborative environment by sharing experiences, knowledge, and best practices among team members.

Exceeding Customer Expectations in Mega-Project Installation:

• Surpassed customer expectations in a challenging major installation, achieving a successful start-up ahead of the schedule target date. This exceptional performance garnered outstanding customer appreciation, particularly acknowledging the quality and speed of service.

Effective Project Execution Leadership:

• Direct and lead project execution as a key member of the commissioning team, demonstrating problem-solving skills, alternative identification, and analysis to address challenges efficiently.

Exceptional Decision-Making and Communication Management:

• Exhibit decision-making skills in high-stress situations with a demanding client base, ensuring attention to detail and effective communication management that results in customer appreciation and paramount satisfaction.

Influential Leadership for Business Growth:

• Influence organizational objectives through negotiation and conflict management, achieving completion of objectives before deadlines. Reinforce the business growth strategy of quality, speed, and rationalization, enhancing customer brand loyalty and safeguarding GE assets.

Productivity and Safety Assurance:

• Ensured high levels of productivity and safety for GE Craft and Union Laborers throughout construction and commissioning, guaranteeing customer satisfaction from project initiation to handover.

Efficient Wind Turbine Testing and Commissioning:

• Analyzed, performed, and validated mechanical and control start-up tests on various components of wind turbines, leading to a 50% reduction in the time required for the execution of the project's contractual scope. This improvement was achieved while adhering to Environmental, Health, and Safety procedures.

LEAN Six Sigma Commissioning Optimization:

• Executed a LEAN Six Sigma project, tracking progress and performance results. Accountable for engineering updates and technical corrections during commissioning, leading to a 30% reduction in per-unit commissioning time for new wind turbine units prior to grid synchronization.

Project Efficiency Achievement:

• Exceeded milestones by 15% on the electrical scope, ensuring adherence to standards and specifications. Prioritized transparent communication with clients, vendors, and internal departments resulted in the completion of the electrical systems ahead of schedule.
• Client-Centric Design Clarification:
  Engaged in effective communication with customers, clarifying reviewed designs and vendor drawings to align with project specifications and actual site conditions. This focused on telecommunication, power distribution, and instrumentation systems within the refinery project.