Daniel Guertin

About Daniel Guertin

I am a Program & Project Director with nearly 25 years of experience in executing projects, programs and managing & improving departments.I direct and execute large and complex projects and programs (100+ members) with multi-location international teams and customers. The project areas are: Automation, Analytical, Process Control, Oil, Gas & Chemical, Pulp & Paper, Power. Started career w. Chemical Engineer/Process Control track.I refuse the Status Quo. I love to transform Business Units or Departments to improve morale and productivity. Empowering employees through communication & listening. As a leader, I believe in the people-first culture that prioritize fairness, integrity, honesty and empathy. I always look to surround myself with people who are driven by similar principles.I have experience with 9 figures size of projects/BU as I have turned around some complex projects (Nuclear project in China.), executed complex multi-EPC multi-disciplines projects in the Chemical Industry and transformed a manufacturing BU to implement new STRAP & new production KPI.Giving Back: I am a Meet Director for large Swim Meets with 300+ athletes.

Experience

1. Program Director

   Yokogawa

   Jun 2013 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Project Execution & Delivery:• Direct execution of organization’s largest and/or high risk projects/programs to provide Control Systems and Analytical Systems. • Programs, with value of $200M+, include multiple stakeholders (sub-suppliers, international customer and internal disciplines).• Direction of strategic international programs (internal and customer-facing)• Direct and Manage large post-award contractual negotiation• Reporting project to C-Level stakeholdersBusiness Development/Pursuit:Lead execution of strategic proposals• Preparation of strategic project execution methodology• Proposal approval for project management, engineering & risks portions • Represent organization’s project delivery department to CustomerBusiness Transformation:Initiation transformation of Manufacturing Business Unit through:• Establishment of KPI to measure manufacturing efficiency• Creation of Lean department supporting Kaizen initiatives• Creation & implementation of rolling 3 years STRAP • Manufacturing Project management review & standardization• Review of Manufacturing Major Capital projectsProject Management Office (PMO)Responsible for implementing and improving North American project management practices to meet global capital efficiency metrics• Created department for improvement of PMO efficiency• Directed adaptation of global PM processes & procedures to US-based organization• Represent North American organization in the development of Global Project Execution and Management framework• Directed Robotic Process Automation (RPA) projects in North America

Education

• Concordia University

  MBA, Executive MBA

  2008 — 2010

• McGill University

  Master of Engineering - MEng, Chemical Engineering

  1995 — 1996

• Polytechnique Montréal

  B. Eng, Chemical Engineering - Environment

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Primavera P6
• Program Budgeting
• Microsoft Office
• Wonderware
• Engineering Management
• Microsoft Project
• Project Staffing
• International Project Management
• Strategy
• Risk Management
• Plc
• Management
• Schedule Control
• Scada
• Factory
• Power Plants
• Process Control
• Energy
• Financial Analysis
• Project Management
• Dcs
• Instrumentation
• Sap
• Oil & Gas
• Project Engineering
• Process Automation
• Procurement
• Engineering
• Commissioning
• Oil/Gas
• Epc
• Forecasting
• Contract Management
• Operations Management
• Control Systems Design
• Manufacturing
• Gas
• Ms Project
• I&C
• Modbus