Ken Wrigley has over 10 years of experience as an EDS Consultant, providing expertise in areas such as project management, design and drafting, team leadership, and technical skills including AutoCAD, AutoPLANT, and various programming languages. He has a history of successfully leading teams and implementing improvements to optimize workflows and reduce costs and time. His career highlights include presenting innovative ideas that saved over 200 hours per project for MEG Energy and turning around a struggling team for Suncor to correct issues and optimize performance.

1. Ken Wrigley
28 Bridlecrest Court SW, Calgary, Alberta T2Y 5J3  403 923 3007  gum-man@shaw.ca
CAREER PROFILE
 Accomplished EDS Consultant with over 10 years’ experience in multidisciplinary environments
 Respected leader and trainer, successfully turning around failing teams to deliver strong results
 Subject matter Expert for EDS with extensive knowledge in 2D & 3D CAD, programming, LAN/WAN,
various operating systems and architectures and CAD interfacing applications
 Commercially aware and financially astute, preparing budgets and business plans and devising numerous
cost and time saving measures through detailed planning and evaluation
 Strong risk assessment and change management skills, forecasting and proactively planning contingency
CORE COMPETENCI ES
 Project Management  Design & Drafting  Subject Matter Expert  Team Leadership
 Process Improvement  Risk Assessment  Change Management  Customer Service
 Batch Programming  Cross-functional teams  Multicultural Environments  Scalable Solutions
TECHNICAL EX PERTISE
 Microsoft: Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint Visio; VB 6, VB.net, SQL  SmartPlant 3D Piping
 AutoPLANT: Piping, Equipment, P&ID, Raceways, Data Manager  OpenPlant Isometric
 AutoCAD  Navisworks  Dbase IV  Lisp/AutoLisp  MicroStation J/V8
ACHIEVEMENTS
 Presented innovative cost-saving ideas to MEG Energy resulting in savings of 200 hrs per project closeout
 Led, setup and trained successful work share team in Beijing on the Drum Boiler project for MEG Energy
 Drastically reduced turn-around from 10 days to 1 day for generation of AutoPLANT electronic specification
files by improving output from SPRD, eliminating duplicate work efforts and implementing quality workflow
 involving electronic quality check procedures for the AutoPlant SME Ft. Hills Specification Development
 Turned around a poorly guided team as project lead at Suncor on the Voyageur Hydrotreater Project:
 Corrected bill of materials
 Reduced bill of material generation time from over 5 days to 1 hour
 Documented team members’ tasks
 Optimized team performances
 Interfaced with project management, using project team to resolve issues
 Produced detailed quality placement instructions for designers, significantly improved quality of
deliverables and eliminated duplication on Talisman Energy Projects
 Innovated weld-inch report interface allowing engineers to generate a report in minutes rather than days
on Talisman Energy Projects
 Successfully and smoothly upgraded all disciplines from AutoPLANT 8.6 to AutoPLANT v8i with no project
impacts
EMPLOY MENT HISTORY
2005 - date KENFOTEK INCORPORATED - Calgary, AB
Consultant/Owner - Consulting for WORLEY PARSONS, Calgary, AB
Project Lead, Engineering Design Systems (EDS) - MEG Energy Projects 2014 – date
 Leading and directing a multi-disciplinary specialized application as technical authority, assisting
specialists in developing and upholding practices, policies, conventions and interfaces
 Analyzing, evaluating, developing and integrating technical architectures, frameworks, CAD standards and
strategies to meet business requirements and deliver solutions
 Utilizing extensive skills in multiple 2D & 3D multi-disciplinary CAD applications and coordinating the
setup of the work share environment with supporting office
 Primary technical resource support for other EDS department personnel, mentoring and developing
technical expertise in the team and providing support during project suspension turnover
 Reviewing and ensuring data security of data as projects are suspended

2. AutoPLANT Subject Matter Expert, Fort Hills Specification Development - Suncor 2012 – 2014
 Providing technical direction and guidance as SME on CAD, responsible for all policies, practices,
conventions and interfaces for specialized applications
 Collaborating with piping engineering to provide AutoPLANT specifications based on paper narratives
 Coordinating SPRD efforts to optimize interface output used for AutoPLANT specification generation
 Using out-of-the-box thinking to create unique component placement requirements, writing project
component placement instructions for all EPCs on Fort Hills
 Creating quality workflow to provide electronic specs to client requirements
 Handling Information Management for project as required
Manager Improve Business Unit, EDS – Suncor, Imperial Oil, Petro-Canada, Talisman, BP 2008 – 2012
 Managing the complete development cycle of EDS throughout the organization, recommending and
planning growth to support business needs
 Participating in management meetings to set direction, analyzing, evaluating, developing and integrating
technical architectures, frameworks, and strategies to meet business requirements and deliver solutions
 Preparing, reviewing and consolidating EDS budgets and business plans
 Responsible for policies, procedures and standards for the hardware and software, interfacing with
corporate departments
 Key Specialist supervising staff and assisting in staff selection, career planning, development of training
strategies, and familiarizing assigned staff with company procedures
 Proactively engaging and adopting HSE requirements and promoting HSE awareness
 Organizing, developing and configuring EDS to be utilized and ensuring appropriate use, liaising with all
parties for consistency of set-up, use and delivery;
 Working on and coordinating new applications developments and enhancements, informing users of
potential problems and program bugs and maintaining master log of enhancements, bugs, and fixes
 Supporting training and user testing and demonstrating system capabilities including coordination of
discipline specific presentations and support for related program presentations by other disciplines
 Supporting data transfer between EDS and other project systems
 Working within the provisions and guidelines of the Enterprise Management System
Project Lead, Engineering Design Systems, Voyageur Hydrotreaters Project, Suncor 2007 – 2008
 Leading and directing a multi-disciplinary specialized application as technical authority, assisting
specialists in developing and upholding practices, policies, conventions and interfaces
 Utilizing extensive skills in multiple 2D & 3D multi-disciplinary CAD applications.
 Interfacing with project management to understand project requirements and relay instructions to the
team
 Primary technical resource support for other EDS department personnel
 Mentoring and developing technical expertise in the team
AutoPLANT Administrator - Talisman 2004 - 2008
 Providing technical direction and guidance as SME on CAD, responsible for all policies, practices,
conventions and interfaces for specialized applications
 Configuring and customizing the AutoPLANT environment to meet client standards and requirements and
creating user guides for consistent deliverables
 Setting up all projects and generating and maintaining piping and electrical specification and catalog files
 Configuring and customizing Isogen to conform to client isometric requirements
 Creating 3D model for project review and lisp and VB programs for efficiency on projects
 Reviewing EDS software, hardware and data requirements as well as communications and response needs
 Handling Information Management for project as required
EDUCATION
 Bachelor of Technology, Computer Information Systems - DeVry Institute of Technology
 Diploma in Engineering Design & Drafting Technology - SAIT Polytechnic