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Proposal & Business Development Manager

Aug 2021 - Present • 5 yrs 2 mos

- Provided strategic technical advisory and oversight directly to the Project Director on complex bidding packages, mitigating engineering risks to increase the project win rate by 3% and contributing to an annual bidding portfolio valued in the six-figure USD range. - Directly led and mentored a distributed team of 4 engineers across regional offices (on-site in Ho Chi Minh City and remote in Hanoi), optimizing resource allocation to successfully drive a 66% increase in annual Proposal Throughput. - Served as Lead Solution Architect, defining project baselines and applying ISA-88 (Batch Control) and ISA-95 (Enterprise-Control System Integration) standards to establish robust process control topologies for key engineering portfolios. - Led the technical feasibility and scope definition phases for a newly established Industrial Automation and Digitalization domain, providing executive-level technical consultation that contributed 5% to the Project Department's total revenue. - Managed Executive Stakeholder relationships within the Oil & Gas sector, decoding complex requirements and translating them into highly compliant Technical Solutions (OIML and API standards) for Tank Gauging and Flow Metering systems. - Engineered and deployed integrated software applications leveraging C#, .NET, and SQL platforms to establish real-time data connectivity between OT and enterprise IT layers, enabling Energy Management Systems (EMS).

Project Engineer

Feb 2019 - Aug 2021 • 2 yrs 6 mos

- Assigned as Technical Project Manager for high-profile installations; successfully researched, developed, and deployed the company's very first comprehensive Terminal Automation System (TAS) solution, significantly elevating corporate capabilities within the Oil & Gas, Chemical, and Petrochemical sectors. - Executed full project lifecycle management—including scope definition, scheduling, budget tracking, procurement, risk mitigation, and HSE oversight—acting with the comprehensive ownership and autonomy of a Project Manager for designated plant integration projects. - Utilized AutoCAD to develop high-precision engineering drawings, including Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID), detailed wiring schematics, and control panel architecture drawings, ensuring high feasibility and operational safety. - Engineered comprehensive engineering designs for Automatic Tank Gauging and field instrumentation deployed in hazardous, explosion-proof environments, implementing strict compliance with ATEX and IEC (IEC 60079) safety regulations. - Developed core PLC control logic utilizing IEC 61131-3 programming standards to guarantee modular, maintainable, and scalable software code across diverse industrial platforms (Siemens, Rockwell, Beckhoff).