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Rick Bricks Hardware Manager October 2021 – present, Nairobi, Kenya ● Drive sales by pro-actively finding building projects and forgings relationships with project managers and supervisors in need of construction material. ● Negotiate with suppliers to source inventory and affordable prices. ● Track P&L performance of the business. Proto Energy Quality Officer & Mechanical Designer January – June 2018 ● Led a team of 5 inspectors in quality inspections, quality tests, and analysis and authorized the release of LPG cylinders to the market. ● Ran analyses based on ISO 1807 standards for LPG cylinders and inspection data to create reports and made recommendations to ensure the manufacturing process was safe and gas cylinders complied with KEBS standards. ● Supervised extrusion, welding, and thermal treatment of steel products through tempering and quenching to ensure gas cylinders were safe, without cracks, dents, and of the right thickness. ● Supervised steel tests such as tensile tests, compression tests, Bending tests, Rockwell hardness tests, burst tests, and hydrolysis on steel cylinders to establish weakness in the structure of steel products. Machine Operator • Operated machines used in extrusion & cleaning of gas cylinder parts before welding. Farmers Choice Junior Maintenance Engineer July – September 2016 • Supervised a team of technicians carrying out routine maintenance on boilers, air conditioning, vehicles as well as refrigeration equipment. AVIC International Holding Corporation Intern May – July 2016 • Facilitated the launch and implementation of the company PR project Africa Tech Challenge to empower youths with skills and technical experience Ministry of Education Science & Technology, AVIC International TVET Directorate Advisor • Mentored a team of student engineers participating in the Africa Tech Challenge, competing to produce the best quality mechanical parts using lathe machining taper turning, facing, drilling, boring, knurling, chamfering, and slotting. Mumias Sugar Company Ltd Junior Mechanical Engineer May-August 2015 • Carried out routine maintenance on pumps, vehicle engines steam turbines, and sugar processing machinery.

Beihang University, Beijing Sep 2018 - June 2022 Masters in Mechanical Engineering & Automation • Specialized in product design, assembly sequence planning, and assembly sequence optimization. • Gained Expertise in designing manufacturing processes and analyses to determine production requirements, cost, and viability of mass-producing designs. • Undertook a thesis involving research on Simulation Analysis of Aircraft Component Assembly process based on DELMIA. • Designed components of the landing gear of commercial aircraft (Boeing 747), • Determined the right material use, and assessed the feasibility of the assembly process based on AITA aviation manufacturing standards and commercial goals. Kenyatta University Sep 2012 - Dec 2017 Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Designed and fabricated: ● A hovercraft six-blade lift fan from wood, a thrust duct from mahogany, and 0.5’’ aluminum sheet metal. ● Lift duct using fiberglass reinforced with resin, thrust duct from thin plates of plywood reinforced with fiberglass and resin

• Management and Negotiation skills • Proficiency in computer applications • Research skills • Root Cause Analysis and Reverse Engineering • Product design skills in AutoCAD, Inventor, CATIA and DELMIA • Chinese: HSK 3 (B1)

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• Management and Negotiation skills • Proficiency in computer applications • Research skills • Root Cause Analysis and Reverse Engineering • Product design skills in AutoCAD, Inventor, CATIA and DELMIA • Chinese: HSK 3 (B1)