This curriculum vitae summarizes the career and qualifications of Karel Mudde, a 43-year-old senior engineer currently employed by Graftech LLC in St. Mary's, Pennsylvania. It details his education in mechanical engineering and management from technical schools in South Africa. It also outlines his 20+ year career history in engineering and maintenance roles for Columbus Stainless and Graftech in South Africa and the US, managing projects, budgets, and teams. His roles and responsibilities have included capital project management, maintenance management, process optimization, and leadership.

1. Curriculum Vitae
of
Karel Mudde
Current Position: Senior Engineer
Gender Male
Age 43
Race White
Contact Number 814 335 1875
Contact Email Karel.Mudde@graftech.com/
muddekarel@gmail.com

2. Education and Skills
Qualification: Matric with Exemption to College
Institution: Technical High School Marais Viljoen, South Africa
Year Completed: 1990
Qualification: National Diploma Mechanical Engineering T3
(3 year coarse)
Institution: Vaal Triangle Technicon South Africa
Year Completed: 1993
Qualification: National Higher Diploma Mechanical Engineering
T4 (additional 1 year coarse)
Institution: Vaal Triangle Technicon South Africa
Year Completed: 1994
Qualification: Certificate in Supervisory Management
Institution: Henley Management College South Africa
Year Completed: 1997/1998
Qualification: Certificate in the Management of Water Treatment
Works
Institution: Pretoria University South Africa
Year Completed: 1998
Courses/ Other Qualifications
COMPUTER LITERACY
 Microsoft Office
 Microsoft Projects
 Critical Chain Project Management
 Paradigm PIPAQ maintenance planning system
 Reliability Centred Maintenance – Paradigm
 JDE Oneworld
 Solid Edge ST1 – Esteq
 Solid Works - Meccad

3. Experience
Job Title: Senior Engineer (HAY 11)
Year From: May 2014
Year To: Current
Company Name: Graftech LLC St Mary’s, Pennsylvania
Duties and responsibilities:
 Manage and execute capital projects in the Synthetic Graphite-
manufacturing environment.
 Responsible for compiling and managing annual capital project budget of
approximately $10 MM.
 Compile and present reports defining capital project progress, problems and
solutions to the Site General Manager and Graftech Central Engineering
president.
 Facilitate and define project scopes, goals and deliverables to contacting
vendors, suppliers and equipment OEM’s.
 Develop full-scale project plans to manage project execution in terms of
Quality, Cost, Deliverables, Safety Health Environment.
 Responsible for managing all maintenance in our organization including
planned and reactive maintenance.
 Manage both area and central focussed maintenance functions within the
organization.
 Plan, strategize, implement and manage maintenance changes and
interventions to achieve high standard of equipment availability and
reliability including continuous drive for TPM and autonomous maintenance.
 Responsible for fixed asset management for completed capital projects and
capitalised maintenance expenditure.
 Part of Graftech International central engineering team attempting to
distribute experience and process specific process knowledge throughout
the Industrial Materials group.
 Responsible for equipment life cycle management and strategic planning
concerning process equipment.
 Conduct feasibility studies for strategic projects in our organization.
 Experienced in PMBOK project management principals.
 Experienced in theory of constraints (TOC).
 Experienced in LEAN Production (Green Belt accreditation) and process
optimization.
 Experienced in LEAN value steam mapping and strategic A3 mapping
Reason for move: Currently employed, seeking alternative opportunities that are both
challenging and more stable than the current volatile market sector that I’m in.

4. Job Title: Principal Project Engineer (HAY 11)
Year From: Oct 2008
Year To: April 2014
Company Name: Graftech South Africa
Duties and responsibilities:
 Manage and execute multi-disciplined projects and turnkey projects in the
small to medium range with budgets of $40k to $10MM.
 Ensure contractor’s compliance to OHSACT with specific focus to the
Construction Regulation.
 Responsible for compiling and managing annual capital budgets and
quarterly project budget reviews to both local plant management and
Graftech International Central Engineering.
 Responsible for fixed asset management and capitalised maintenance
expenditure.
 Responsible for long term 3 & 10 year equipment life cycle and strategic
planning with regards to equipment and processes.
 Conduct feasibility studies for strategic projects in our organization.
 Experienced in PMBOK project management principals.
 Experienced in theory of constraints (TOC).
 Experienced in LEAN Production (Green Belt accreditation) and process
optimization.
 Actively involved in numerous Kaizen task teams who sets out to analyse
and optimise parts of the production processes.
Reason for move: Graftech International has offered me an intercompany transfer to
their St Marys production facility in Pennsylvania USA
Job Title: Senior Project Engineer (HAY9)
Year From: Feb 2003
Year To: Oct 2008
Company Name: Graftech South Africa
Duties and responsibilities:
• Responsible for all activities associated with project management including,
scoping, contract management, co-ordination, risk management, planning of
project team resources, scheduling of projects and the execution of projects.
• Responsible for designs and technical solutions for the plant and equipment.
• Responsible for cost savings projects and implementation of new technology
and automation projects.
• Responsible for design reviews for new plant and equipment with the end
user.
• Experience in managing both contractors and onsite maintenance personal
during projects and extended shutdown maintenance work.

5. • Responsible for motivating projects through the various gates or procedures
to gain approval and secure the necessary funds for execution.
• Compile project budget and budget forecast and control expenditure to meet
plan
• Experience in managing projects with MS Projects and Critical Chain
Reason for move: Was promoted to a principal project engineer within the Graftech
South Africa organization
Job Title: Area Manager Utilities Department (D-Upper)
Year From: Mar2000
Year To: Dec 2002
Company Name: Columbus Stainless , South Africa (Acerinox group)
Duties and responsibilities:
 Reporting to the plant-engineering manager.
 Responsible for the operational management of the central water treatment
plant, effluent treatment plant, acid regeneration plant, maintenance of the
main metallurgical laboratory, steam generation plant, gas reticulation
systems, compressed air systems and site water reticulation.
 Focus on Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety and Morale of all activities within the
department and set clear vision for department and key business drivers and
KPI’s
 Responsible for 53 people and appointed as 2(7)(a) under the OHSACT for
departments safety, health and environment.
 Managed contracts for total site’s chemical water treatment, waste removal
services, hazardous waste disposal and the outsourcing of non-core business
such as salvage yard operation and environmental monitoring services.
 Responsible for equipment life cycle planning, work closely with project
department on capital project applications and justifications for the
department’s operational needs.
 In depth involvement with departments QS9000, ISO 14001 and NOSA
accreditations.
Reason for leaving: Opportunity to return to project management environment, this
is my passion as it combines both technical and managerial skills.

6. Job Title: Area Manager Effluent Treatment Plant (D-Lower)
Year From: Apr1998
Year To: Mar2000
Company Name: Columbus Stainless , South Africa (Acerinox group)
Duties and responsibilities:
 Responsible for all operations and maintenance of area.
 Experience in reverse osmosis plants, hexavalent chromium reducing
systems and effluent water evaporation plants.
 Also responsible for total site process water reticulation, site water
management and legislative correspondence with Department Water Affairs
and Forestry and SABS concerning ISO14001 accreditation and permits.
 Responsible for 37 people and ensuring the department’s performance is in
line with the overall business goal.
 Financial control of budgets, operational and maintenance for department
and ensuring the department functions as a small mini business within the
Columbus organisation.
 Trained as a Master Coach and responsible for implementing the 20Keys
business improvement program in the department.
Reason for leaving: Promoted
Job Title: Maintenance Engineer
Year From: Jan1996
Year To: Apr1998
Company Name: Columbus Stainless , South Africa (Acerinox group)
Duties and responsibilities:
 Responsible for maintenance in the Utilities department.
 Reporting to the sectional maintenance manager and maintaining largest
water plant in the southern hemisphere, all rotating equipment,
compressors, boilers and gas distribution and reticulation.
 Structuring of maintenance strategy and maintenance measures for this area.
 Exceptional experience in pump and pipeline design and maintenance.
 Registered boiler vessel inspector, qualified plastic welding inspector for
HDPE and Polypropylene systems and centrifugal compressor specialist.
 Manage 23 maintenance people and responsible for safety, health and
environment and appointed as the 16(1) under the OHSACT general
machinery regulations.
 Involved in optimisation drives to continuously improve quality, cost and
delivery of services rendered by the utilities department.

7.  Responsible for finding solutions to problematic plant and equipment and
focus on technical aspects of water treatment, wastewater processing,
environmental legislation, steam generation and gas reticulation.
 Responsible for all root cause failure analysis, failure mode cause and effect
analysis (FMEA’s) on failed equipment and the structuring and
implementation of reliability centred maintenance (RCM) and condition
monitoring practices for the department.
Reason for leaving: Promoted
Job Title: Maintenance Technician
Year From: Apr1995
Year To: Jan1996
Company Name: Columbus Stainless , South Africa (Acerinox group)
Duties and responsibilities:
 Responsible for the maintenance in a section of the cold mill process lines
and reporting to the maintenance superintendent.
 Responsible for planned maintenance system in this area and the utilisation
of maintenance resources and reliability centred programs on equipment.
 Responsible for allocating of maintenance resources and spares for daily
planned maintenance tasks,
 Planning and controlling of all legal inspections such as cranes and lifting
equipment, vessels under pressure and radioactive soars’ instruments
 Planning of shutdowns, monitoring outstanding work and producing
accurate indicators for plant availability and utilisation.
Reason for leaving: Promoted

8. Job Title: Jnr Engineer
Year From: Jan1994
Year To: Apr1995
Company Name: Kohler Corrugated Pty Ltd, South Africa
Duties and responsibilities:
 I was transferred to Brakpan production facility after completion of my
training.
 Formed part of a dedicated team that was assigned to upgrade and expand
board mill and printing lines.
 Responsible for overseeing the installation of the new double backer and
slitting stations on the board mill line and reporting to the divisional
engineer for the duration of this project.
 Responsible for the relocation project of a printing line from Durban to
Brakpan and the re-commissioning of this equipment.
 Responsible for job card capturing and scheduling for the maintenance
artisans.
Reason for leaving: Opportunity to join large steel producer with greater career
opportunities
Job Title: Engineer in Training
Year From: Jan1991 Dec1994
 Awarded a bursary from Kohler Pty Ltd to study Mechanical Engineering at
Vaal University of Technology
 Worked part time during my internship at two different corrugated paper
mills, mostly in the engineering and maintenance departments of these two
facilities.
 Completed a structured internal engineers training program during my
internship that exposed and trained me in various engineering disciplines
focussing on hands on experience.
 Gained practical experience in fields of machining, fabrication, equipment
rebuild, electrical distribution and control and of first response maintenance
practises and fault-finding.
 Working on corrugated board mills gaining experience in maintenance and
engineering environment.
 Gained experience by working shifts with multi-disciplined journeyman and
gained hands on skills and knowledge in fault-finding of hydraulic systems,
high-speed rotary equipment, mechanical drives electrical control and
automation.
 Enjoyed learning to understand new equipment and to be involved in
renewal jobs and finding technical solutions to equipment problems.
Reason for leaving: Promoted

9. Areas of Experience and Expertise:
 Industrial Water treatment:
Experience in industrial water treatment, effluent treatment plants and
reverse osmosis plants. Proficient in operation and management of industrial
water treatment plants. Principals include filtration, dissolved air floatation,
classifiers, open and closed cooling systems and heat exchangers, large-scale
De-ionized water production and basic water chemistry to prevent scaling,
corrosion and biological control of process water.
 Rotating equipment:
Expertise lies in large centrifugal pump sets, single and multi-stage pumps,
extensive experience in mechanical seals for pumps, high-speed fans both
radial and backward curved impellors, high speed knifes and mechanical
drives, heavy gearbox drives and hydraulic torque converters.
 Boilers:
Both Coal and Gas fired steam generation systems, all regulatory legislation
associated with Pressure Equipment Regulations. Proficient to inspect and
test steam boilers, certified by Mechanical Engineers Institute of the Western
Cape. Experience in medium pressure John Thompson boilers, high pressure
feed pumps and controls.
 Compressed air systems:
Experience in Centrifugal and screw compressors. Trained in centrifugal
multi stage compressors, experience with Joy and Ingersoll Rand 3 stage
machines. Experienced in single and duplex Ingersoll Rand screw
compressors, driers and general air pressure reticulation.
 Furnaces:
Experience in steel re-heat furnaces, gas fired processing furnaces re-co-
operators, gas fired kiln rotary driers and gas burner equipment. Registered
SAGPA natural gas installer under the SANS 329 regulations. Exceptional
experience in gas fired car bottom furnaces and incinerators from conceptual
design to commissioning.
 Refractory Materials and Insulation:
Experience in major refractory brick installations, installation of stack and
burner chamber arched bricks, castable materials, pre-formed refractory
installations and ceramic fibre module systems. Also ceramic fibre and foam
glass insulation systems with both aluminium and stainless cladding.
 Processing lines:
Experience in an array of processing lines varying from high-speed paper
mills, cold mill steel processing lines through annealing and pickling, CNC

10. graphite processing and machining lines. Experience includes pneumatics,
hydraulics, mechanical drives and machine design, electrical automation and
control and instrumentation.
 Acid storage and processing:
Experience with exotic materials both ferrous and non ferrous forthe
storage of sulphuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid and caustic soda.
 Bulk material handling equipment:
 More than 10 years’ experience in Bulk Material handling at Graftech
International.
 Handling of Metallurgical coke, Needle coke, Solid petroleum Pitch and
carbon and graphite dusts.
 Experienced with screw conveyors both shaft and shaft less.
 Belt conveyors both open and covered with scrappers and dust suppression.
 Bucket elevators both chain and belt driven
 Vibration pan feeders both magnetic and vibratory driven designs
 Rotary vane feeders and double flap valves.
 Oscillating multi deck screens
 Intake hoppers for bulk material including off-loading grids and grizzly’s
 Crushers, including double roll, cone crushers and cage crusher designs.
 Experience in silo design with mass flow properties.
 Pneumatic airvey equipment.
 Reverse pulse dust collection equipment.
 Overhead cranes:
Experience in Demag, Lasch and Morris hoist and overhead cranes as well as
regulatory requirements with LMI inspections and certifications.
 HT substations:
 Large Motorised Control Centres and PLC cabinets
 Distribution transformers, experience in 6.6/33kV distribution stations and
SF6 breakers
 Design and construction of cable gantries and cable rack supports
 Civils:
General industrial civil engineering. Includes building large foundations and
machine footings for new equipment. Proficient in overseeing civil
foundation designs and installation QCP’s.

11. PROJECTLIST:
1. Upgrade of gas fired furnace. Total renewal of combustion systems
associated with 6 off 18 GJ furnaces to ensure compliance to SANS 329
Regulation and to optimise equipment to achieve gas saving. Structural steel
work, refractory bricking, ceramic fibre modules, burner equipment,
combustion air system and electrical control and PLC and SCADA.
Project value $ 1,2MM – The Combustion group
2. Upgrade of crusher and screen plant processing metallurgical coke.
Turnkey project for the upgrade of existing materials handling plant. Multi
deck orbital screen, de-dusting screen and roll crushers and material
handling equipment. Outsource structural building design, steel work,
installation, steel ducting and chutes, electrical distribution, instrumentation,
PLC and SCADA control
Project value $ 1,9MM – Lockers, Davey Industrial
3. New Car Bottom Furnace and incinerator. Project manage Turnkey
project, steel, civils, refractory, electrical distribution and control, gas burner
equipment, instrumentation, PLC and SCADA.
Project value $2,7MM – Howden Energy Systems
4. Metallurgical Coke Air Vacumation System. Design, source and turnkey
manage largest vacumation system installed up to date in Africa. Steel, civils,
piping, electrical distribution, instrumentation, PLC and SCADA
Project value $ 3,3MM – Vac Air Technology, E&I Automation
5. Full Column loading Line and overhead crane. Design and project manage
the design and construction of complete new process line. Design, civils,
building extension, steel, drives, electrical, instrumentation, PLC and 2 off 30
T over head cranes.
Project value $ 1,5MM – Demag, Fab SA, GLPS
6. 33KV Substation upgrade. Replacing old oil filled breakers and protection
gear with new generation SF6 equipment. Construct additional HT substation
complete with new 75kA rated board and 3 off 2MVA transformers.

12. Hardware installation, 33kV cable joints, civils, low frequency cable
protection instrumentation and relays
Project value $ 1,1MM – Relay System Technology, Manfell, RBIT
7. 120MVA Transformer upgrade. Dismantling of transformer, rigging, re-
wind of core and phase windings, replacement of tap changer, heat
exchangers, Bucholz protection relays, bushings, vacumation, oil hydration
and control.
Upgrade value $ 1,7MM – LH Marthinusen
8. Coke Blending Project – Very large bulk material handling project forming
part of a plant expansion at the Mill Mix and Forming division at Graftech
South Africa. Responsible for project from conceptual design and business
case presentation all through to final commissioning and implementation.
Project was a combination of in-house design using Solid Edge 3D modelling
as well as outsourcing segments of the total project as a turnkey project.
Project value $ 2,7MM – Rainbow Engineering, Davey Industrial
9. Car bottom Furnaces 10 & 11. Project manage Turnkey project, steel, civil,
refractory, electrical distribution and control, gas burner equipment,
instrumentation, PLC and SCADA for two of new car bottom furnaces to add
4000 ton capacity per annum to the Graftech South Africa organisation
.
Project Value – $ 4,3MM – Engineered Thermal Systems, Volskenk Insulation
Converters
10. Car bottom Furnaces 12. Project manage Turnkey project, steel, civil,
refractory, electrical distribution and control, gas burner equipment,
instrumentation, PLC and SCADA for one of new car bottom furnaces to add
2000 ton capacity per annum to the Graftech South Africa organisation
.
Project Value – $ 3,4MM – Engineered Thermal Systems, VanderNSol, Atlas
Industrial systems, Uretech Insulation Converters
11. New Finishing Line Project manage multi-disciplined project, for the design,
manufacture and installation of a new electrode finishing line at Graftech St
Mary’s. Project included incorporating new electrode wrapping technology
and working hand in hand with corporate R&D technologists to obtain the
desires deliverables .
Project Value – $1.2MM – Texas Machine Tool International LLC,
Manufacturing Solutions LLC, Bortnick Construction

13. 12. Rebuild and Upgrade of 2140T Tilting Type Carbon Press. Manage multi-
disciplined project on the modernization upgrade of a 48” tilting press.
Replace all hydraulic systems, all electrical distribution, automation and
control of an existing press whiles minimizing downtime to the operational
needs. Worked with Erie Press Systems the original OEM and transformed a
45 year old press into the most modern technology .
Project Value – $ 2.8MM – Erie Press Systems, Elco Electrical, Airline
Hydraulics, TubeMac Industries, TripleH Piping, Bon Fabricators
PERSONALand PROFESIONALREFERENCES:
1. Dr. Pieter Barnard
President Graftech International – Retired 2015
636 451 6432
216 978 6337
pieterj.barnard@icloud.com
2. Mr. Bill McFadden
General Manager – Graftech St Mary’s PA
814 771 6702
Bill.McFadden@graftech.com
3. Mrs. Sandy Lawrie
Production Manager – Graftech St Mary’s PA
814 594 7718
Sandra.Lawrie@graftech.com
4. Mr. Craig Taylor
General Manager- Graftech Clarksburg, WV
(440)673 8154
Criag.Taylor@graftech.com
5. Prof Johann Coetzee
Industrial Psychologist
jjlc@mweb.co.za
6. Mr. Gerrie Labuschagne
Manager – Columbus Stainless
+27-82 888 9913
labuschagne.gerrie@columbus.co.za
7. Mr Mark Quagliani
Quality Assurance Manager
(814)594 5165
Mark.Quagliani@graftech.com
8. Mr. Aresh Mohabeer
Director – Engineered Thermal Systems
+27-82 575 2019
aresh@etssystems.co.za

14. AVAILABLE DIPLOMA’S AND CERTIFICATES:
1. National Diploma Mechanical Engineering: Vaal Triangle Technicon
2. National Higher Diploma Mechanical Engineering: Vaal Triangle Technicon
3. Diploma in Supervisory Management: Henley Management Collage
4. Certificate in Operation and Management of Water Treatment Plants: University
of Pretoria
5. Certificate in The Occupational Health and Safety Act: Ken Thom & Associates
6. Certificate of Proficiency to inspect and test Steam Boilers: The Institution of
Certified Mechanical Engineers Western Cape
7. Plastic Welding Supervisors Certificate: The South African School of Plastic
Welding Technologies (SAQCC approved)
8. Reliability Centered Maintenance Certificate: Optechtra Optimization
Technology
9. Maintenance Planning and Work Control Certificate: AMIS SA
10. QS 9000 FMEA failure mode Certificate: Columbus Stainless
11. Centrifugal Compressor Training Accreditation: Thomassen International