Christopher Uplinger

Background

About Christopher Uplinger

Professionally, brings more than 20 years of very diverse, hands-on, electrical engineering and technical maintenance expertise. This requires a very broad skillset including outstanding communicative, collaborative, technical, organizational, information technology, budgetary, and leadership skills. Utilized well, these will improve employee efficiency and productivity, customer satisfaction, and enhance corporate branding and corporate profit. HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS Effective, Creative Communicator • Adept Collaborator • Mentor, Trainer & Coach • Platform & Software Savvy • Test Equipment • Budgetary Competence • Strong Relationship Builder • Customer Satisfaction Champion • Dynamic Problem-Solver • Process Analyses • Process Improvements • Instrumentation •Circuit Design • Regulatory Compliance • Employee Safety First • Relentless Achiever • Catastrophe Intervention • Proven Leadership Skills • Cost Reduction & Avoidance • Design, Installation & Maintenance NOTABLE PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS PERFORMED successful technology transfer (in an R&D role) from a Geo-Services of France to Weatherford International converting all electronic components, designs, and documents to Weatherford standards. AUTHORED test and work procedures and modified electronic circuits to gain higher reliability within the product line. UNCOVERED methods to drastically improve downhole survival rate of ‘Measurement-While-Drilling’ (MWD) tools from 36% to 96% thus improving productivity while concurrently reducing maintenance expenses. COLLABORATE with manufacturing and field personnel for successfully ‘handing-off’ new designs ready for use. INSTRUMENTAL in designing and testing electronic circuits and Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs).