Like the Navy Seals, a Westfield project team is made up of highly trained and experienced experts that need minimal time and direction to mobilize, analyze and complete their tasks, and then move on to the next project. This means that schedules are compressed, costs are minimized, and the results meet clients’ needs.
Having a laser focus and working directly for owners, developers, or financing firms, Westfield can create new manufacturing, recycling, or bioenergy capacity faster, better, cheaper, and right on target.
EARLY ENGAGEMENT
The best results are achieved when clients engage Westfield in the very early stages of a project. Westfield helps with pre-project planning, site selection, permit analysis, conceptual process design, and early cost estimation. We also manage the design, construction, and start-up of facilities. This holistic approach, from concept to full production of operations, results in the best possible cost and schedule savings, which Westfield has accomplished during numerous successful projects over our 43-year history.
For example, in 2004, Westfield’s project leader managed two jobs at the same time. The first, estimated at $12 million, was in Guangzhou, China, and the second, in Kematten, Austria, was estimated at $25 million. Both projects were completed on schedule and came in more than 10 percent under budget.
PROJECT RESCUE
Westfield has also been brought in when a project experiences delays or major setbacks. By quickly analyzing the issues and engaging carefully selected additional resources, Westfield has saved several notable projects from significant delays and cost overruns. In 2011, for example, the Westfield team rescued a $12-million project in Kearney, Nebraska. The plant was forecasted for a startup delay, from September 2011 to April 2012. Within two months of Westfield’s arrival, the delay was shortened, and the plant was in full commercial production on Dec 14, 2011.
Westfield Consulting provides process, project, and operations consulting services to metal and plastic recycling, biofuel, pharmaceutical, and polymer manufacturing firms for projects located anywhere in the world. By carefully selecting a small team of experts from multiple consulting firms and adding and removing each specialty according to project demands, we optimize costs and schedules and offer expert oversight and coordination. There is only one industry leader that has spent 43 years perfecting these project-approach concepts: Westfield Consulting. Put our experience to work for you.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WESTFIELD CONSULTING L.L.C. President & Project Consultant 1996-Current
- Lead multiple consultant expert firms in Environmental Impact Review obtained California CEQA Permits & Air Permits (2010-12) for a Metal Shredding firm -Port of West Sacramento.
- Managed Design, Construction & Start-up of new 100 Ton/hr Metal Shredder – Kearney, NE (2011)
- Completed California Permitting process for 2 heavy industrial operations in the Port of West Sacramento, one liquid bio-fuel (Permits issued 2008) and one solid bio-fuel plant (Permits issued 2009).
- Redesigned & rebuilt critical utility systems to resolve validation issues and executed ES, Commissioning, IQ & OQ while Schering-Plough was operating under $500 Mil. Consent Decree
- (Subcontract to Kvaerner) PROJECT DIRECTOR-@ Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Terre Haute, IN Directed all engineering, purchasing and construction on $55 Mil. cGMP rebuild of a 50+ year old fermentation plant, to compress 3 years work into one year of construction
PRIMAFUEL, INC. Signal Hill, CA. Director Engineering 2007- 2009
Primafuel develops low carbon energy sources for transportation and develops distribution infrastructure to deliver those sources around the world. Initial focus is Biodiesel in California.
- Lead multiple engineering & permitting teams to develop, design, and obtain permits for new $100+ million Biodiesel production facilities combined with marine, rail and truck terminals in 2 California ports.
MBA POLYMERS INC. Richmond, CA. Director Engineering 2004- 2007
MBA develops, licenses and installs world leading technology for separating and recycling engineering thermoplastics from End of Life electronics, computers, appliances and autos.
- Full time direct management of EPC design firms and construction firms in Guangzhou, China and Vienna Austria, to design, construct and operate new $12 Mil & $25 Mil Joint Venture recycling plants that started-up Sept 2005 & March 2006.
CABOT CORPORATION, Billerica MA Director, Global Project Management 1999-2001
Cabot- $ 1.5 Bil. world #1 producer of Carbon Black and Tantalum, #2 in Fumed Silica
- Key leader adapting Cabot from central engineering bureaucracy of >200 engineers to integrated 100 person team distributed across 23 countries and 31 plants, reducing overhead costs by $3 Mil. and improving schedule results on 600 projects per year
- Spearheaded design and implementation of world wide uniform project management approach and multi phased Lotus Notes approval process for all capital spending, $160 Mil. capital budget became $127 Mil. actual in 2000
WARNER LAMBERT COMPANY Morris Plains NJ 1990-1996
Warner Lambert- $ 5 Bil. (now Pfizer) manufactures pharmaceutical and health care products
- Director Efferdent Project- Vega Baja Puerto Rico – Reported to VP Consumer Products Division- Rescued $40 Mil. highly automated process & product facility. Revised manufacturing flow, material handling and process control, started plant in less than 3 months. Delivered FDA validated new product to meet US market launch schedule
- Director Engineering-Reported to President & VP Technology Novon Products Group Recruited by former GE VP to direct the creation of new product 100 Mil. lb/yr. compounding facility in operating FDA-GMP plant, while formulas and raw materials were in development. Achieved commercial rate/quality production 18 months from initial conception. Completed $35 Mil. project $4 Mil. under budget using team of 3 engineers
- Created world class laboratories, pilot plants and manufacturing capacity at three sites (Illinois, New Jersey and Switzerland) to grow from startup to 190 employees in 30 months
GE PLASTICS MANUFACTURING DIVISION, Selkirk, NY 1977-1990
GEP- $4 Bil. Div of GE manufactures engineering thermoplastic alloys at Selkirk
Manager Engineering Services; Manager Facilities Engineering;
Manager Site Services; Utilities Supervisor; Project Engineer
- Reduced GE employees from 21 to 13 by promotion and voluntary transfer while providing engineering resources for $20 Mil. capital budget and improving project cost and cash flow control from worst to best of all GE Plastics sites
- Initiated partnership owned 270 megawatt cogeneration plant, reducing costs $4.5 Mil./yr
- Lowered capital costs by $3 Mil. by creative outsourcing with design engineering firms
- Inspired NY State PSC to create a new industrial natural gas rate saving $2 Mil. per year
- Spearheaded daily computerized energy production reporting system which led manufacturing units to slash energy consumed 25% / $4.3 Mil. in two years
ALCOA, Lancaster PA Project Engineer; Sr. Plant Mechanical Engineer 1970-1977
EDUCATION / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Drexel University, BS Mechanical Engineering, 1970
Formerly Registered Professional Engineer-PA
Completed Cabot College / Executive MBA Series
4 GE Crotonville Executive Management Courses