ELHASSAN ABBAS DAFAALLA, MSc, CEng, MIMechEE-mail; hassandafalla53@hotmail.comCell ; +249 9 01811152P.o.box 12561-11111-Khartoum-SudanMarried with five Children

INTRODUCTION

I am a licensed Chartered Mechanical Engineer, Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers U.K., Fellow of the Sudan Engineering Society and Consultant Engineer at Sudan engineering council. I have a Master degree in Industrial Engineering and Production management and BSc in Mechanical Engineering.

Unique combination of expertise in Rolling stock acquisition , manufacturing ,maintenance and operation , Industrial Engineering, Production and maintenance management of; Plant facilities, workshop machineries, light and heavy equipments, Procurement and Outsourcing of rolling stock, heavy and light equipments, workshop machineries, material and spare parts and supply chain management.

I worked for 28 years with Sudan Railways Corporation and 7 years with DAL group – Sayga food industries mainly in ; Acquisition , Maintenance , freight transport operation and manufacturing of spare parts for Rolling Stock as outlined below:

Rolling stock Acquisition , (August 2002– August 2004 (2 years 1 month) July 1998– August 1999 (1 year 2 months), (January 1994– January 1995 (1 year 1 month) ,

Rolling stock freight operation , (March 2005– November 2011 (6 years 9 months) Khartoum – Sudan ) and (January 1999– January 2002 (3 years 1 month)

Rolling stock maintenance,( March 2005– November 2011 (6 years 9 months , (July 1998– August 1999 (1 year 2 months), January 1992– January 1994 (2 years 1 month) Rolling stock spare parts acquisition , (December 2011– Present - Khartoum – Sudan

Rolling stock spare parts manufacturing , (January 1995– January 1997 (2 years 1 month), (January 1986– January 1989 (3 years 1 month)

-Participated with a team from Australian Wheat Board (AWB) in the preparation of the necessary data and information for conducting feasibility and project appraisal of rolling stock freight transport for wheat transport by railway. Participated with WORLEY PARSONS - Australia in the design , technical specifications, drawings review ,

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inspection and approval of Chinese built Rolling stock ; prototype of 2200 hp main line locomotive , 35t grain hopper and 45t multi-purpose flat wagons .

I worked as counterpart for Workshop machinery and plant maintenance with CPCS International team in Railway emergency recovery program for Sudan Railway Corporation. Conducted several pilot studies for improving work performance and efficiencies and reduce operating and running cost.

Set-up a Railway unit for freight transportation of wheat and flour for Sayga – DAL Group`s private food industry and prepared and managed the execution of the acquisition of four locomotives and 200 rolling stock fleet.

Conducted some lectures as part time lecturer at Red sea faculty of engineering for final year students and training workshops for young Engineers.

I participated in Project and contract management of acquisition of rolling stock , heavy equipments and materials supply international contracts from China, USA, Europe, Middle East, Asia and South Africa .Prepared technical specification, tendering process, supplier and contractor evaluation and selection, contract negotiation , inspection of Prototype and final acceptance, Errection , Installation , commissioning and testing. A source of information on a wide variety of topics, provide a high level of technical expertise, direct personnel service and highly technical advice. Identify problems, recommend solutions to these problems, and help when requested in the implementation of solutions .Identifying training and operational needs, enhance operational performance and plan and reorganize for the future.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION1971-1976 Bachelor Of Science (BSc), Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering Section, Ain Shams University, Cairo-Egypt1981-1983 Master of Science (MSc) , Industrial Engineering and Production Management, Cranfield Institute of Technology – UK2011 Registered as International professional review Assessor at Institution of Mechanical Engineers – U.K2009 Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council – U.K. license 800893042009 Corporate Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers – U.K. license 5796482008 Associate Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers – U.K.2004 Consular Engineer, Sudan Engineering Council – Sudan, License 2082004 Fellow, Sudan Engineering Society, Sudan

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

General Manager

Hassan Engineering

December 2011– Present - Khartoum – Sudan

-Engineering consultancy for Railway rolling stock operation . maintenance, manufacturing and acquisition.-Advising in : Rolling stock Acquisition Rolling stock freight operation Rolling stock maintenance Rolling stock spare parts acquisition Rolling stock manufacturing Rolling stock after sales service

-Importer of Rolling stock materials and spare parts , Engineering materials, equipments, lubricants. We have managed to supply Rolling stock spare parts and materials regularly to Railway sector in Sudan since establishment on 2011 up to date

. Advising in Acquisition of Railway Rolling stock , heavy and light equipments , materials, tooling ; preparation of technical specification, tendering process, supplier and contractor evaluation and selection, contract negotiation , inspection of Prototype and final acceptance, Erecting , Installation , commissioning and testing .

- Advising in reliable low cost efficient maintenance management and inventory for preventive maintenance , tear and wear parts of Railway rolling stock and heavy and light Equipments, Machine tools , plant facilities , locomotives and rolling stock according to manufacturer and world -wide standards.

-Assisting in developing replacement scheme for workshop machinery and equipment.

Railway Transport (Rolling stock operation and maintenance ) Manager

DAL GROUP, SAYGA INVESTMENT CO.

March 2005– November 2011 (6 years 9 months) Khartoum – Sudan

Responsible for managing freight transport operation and maintenance of SAYGA`s Rolling stock fleet;4 owned locomotives and 200 freight wagons for overall execution of transporting inbound and outbound and general cargo costs US$ 1 million per month.

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Set-up a railway transport unit and undertook several engineering activities which contributed to sustainable development. . Project management of acquisition of Chinese built 4,2200 hp diesel electric locomotives , 75, 35t capacity grain hopper wagons and 25 , 45 t capacity multi-purpose flat wagons

. Project management of acquisition of 4, 125-250 hp Unilok-Ireland built Rail and Rail/Road shunting locomotives

Procurement Manager

Sudan Railways

August 2002– August 2004 (2 years 1 month)

Deals with anything relating to the ordering of rolling stock , infrastructure materials and equipments and supplies. Draw up purchase orders for the procurement of materials and service, determines if inventory quantities are sufficient for the needs of the company and orders more supplies as needed. Compiles requested materials and records preparing purchase orders, responding to customer and supplier inquiries, reviewing requisition orders to verify accuracy, specifications and terminology, and comparing prices, specifications and delivery dates to determine the best bid among potential suppliers. Prepare, maintain and review purchasing files, report price lists, track the status of requisitions, contracts and orders, locate suppliers, approve bills for payment, monitor contractor performance, calculate the cost of orders, charge or forward invoices to the appropriate accounts, and monitor in-house inventory transfer forms for bookkeeping records. Supervise other agents that work within the purchasing department; oversee other workers and delegating supplier accounts to specific agents and ensuring that each agent maintains ongoing contact with other departments at the company.Responsible for Planning, out - sourcing and coordinating procurement work load, for overall execution of providing materials and supplies to US$ 10 million per annum. . Created and up-dated database for local and international suppliers and consultancy firms, with corresponding (vendor) performance evaluation. Planned and coordinated procurement workload of US$ 15 million for Rehabilitation of heavy equipments, rolling stock and infrastructure. Initiated and introduced procurement process through E-Commerce

Regional operation manager

Sudan Railways

January 1999– January 2002 (3 years 1 month)

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Operation Management of 2000 staff at 4 depots with revenue of US$ 14 million per annum of freight transport and logistics and supply chain management. Runs the day-to-day operations business. Providing effective methods in its business operations. Prepares program budgets, facilitates several programs around the company, controls inventory, handles logistics and interviews and supervises employees. . Introduced effective management systems, which improved control and cut costs Played ambassadorial role in promoting the organization through presentations and introduced customer service level targets of 98% to improve corporation focus in Customer satisfaction and resulted in increasing revenue by 15%.

Chief Mechanical Engineer

Sudan Railways

July 1998– August 1999 (1 year 2 months)

-Managing and supervising all engineering activities of locomotive and rolling stock department, Acquisition of new rolling stock , equipments, approval of all technical specifications, participating in tender committees, supervising all day to day maintenance activities in depots and workshop. Attending railway conferences and exhibitions, Work in liaise with other operating departments for the uninterrupted provision of reliable locomotives and rolling stock.

Responsible for the establishment of all operating procedures and policies, the hiring and training of all operating, mechanical and maintenance of approximately 1500 employees and Assets management of US$ 250 . Directly responsible for all phases of the requisition of locomotives and railroad rolling stock including 60 locomotives and 2,000 cars. Collateral responsibilities included the comprehensive design, engineering and restoration of all the equipment as well as associated budget administration of US$ 50 million per annum. . Participated in the Development and gained agreement to new strategic plan for Sudan Gezira Board Light Railways.

Manufacturing manager

Sudan Railways

January 1995– January 1997 (2 years 1 month)

Managed major plant and staff with accountability for the uninterrupted provision of locally manufactured rolling stock and machineries spare parts, costs and performance Assets of US$ 25 million, costs of US$1 million per annum and 350 staff. . Initiated and executed Standardization of coil springs for freight wagons. . Planned and executed a plan for standardization of tooling resulted in considerable Cut costs

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Technical manager

Sudan Railways

January 1994– January 1995 (1 year 1 month)

Responsible for overall process of Acquisition of new locomotives , rolling stock , equipments , materials and spare parts including preparation of technical specifications, procurement and tender evaluation , contract negotiation , project management , reviewing and approval of Design , technical drawings and specifications, acceptance of prototypes , testing and commissioning , final acceptance , follow-up of after sales service with suppliers . Create and update a complete asset management data base files .Participate in tender evaluation and vendor acceptance committee.

Rolling stock and Works Manager

Sudan Railways

January 1992– January 1994 (2 years 1 month)Manager of all operations of Locomotives and rolling stock repair shop with performed general maintenance and heavy wreck repair for locomotive, freight cars and equipments. Executing planned preventive maintenance programmed for locomotives andRolling stock and Work shop equipments and Machinery. Responsible for 1000 staff, assets of US$ 50 million, costs of US$ 20 million per annum. . Planned and executed the rehabilitation programmed of 600 out of service freight wagons

Plant Manager

Sudan Railways

January 1989– January 1992 (3 years 1 month)

Responsible for supervising all the installation and maintenance activities including inventory control of spare parts for the scheduled preventive maintenance programmers and repairs of Work shop equipments and Machinery including overhead cranes and special purpose machine tools.

Production Senior Engineer

Sudan Railways

January 1986– January 1989 (3 years 1 month)

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Responsible for supervising manufacturing of spare parts in the smithy shop and Machine Shop including manufacturing of coil and leaf springs, axles, wheels and gear cutting. Planning of annual requirements of different tooling and raw materials necessary for the manufacturing of needed spare parts for equipments and rolling stock.

Fleet Transport Senior Engineer

Sudan Railways

January 1983– January 1986 (3 years 1 month)

Responsible for supervising all maintenance activities of road vehicles, Earth moving heavy equipments, Mobile cranes, power generating sets and material handling mobile equipments such as forklifts.

1976-1983 Practical training and undertaken different shop floor junior posts in Maintenance and production.

TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2010 Project Management Fundamentals workshop, Kempner – Trego, INC., Project Management Institute, DAL GROUP - Sudan

2007 Business Process management workshop –DAL Group - Sudan2007 Corporate Social & Environment Responsibility workshop – DAL Group2007 Coaching, Feedback & Motivating Staff for Superior Performance Workshop – DAL Group - Sudan2007 Performance Management System workshop –DAL Group - Sudan2007 Enterprise Asset Management System (PRAGMA) – DAL Group - Sudan2006 Africa Rail Conference 2006 – South Africa2006 Project Finance Master class, two days, Africa Rail 2006 –South Africa2006 Integrated Logistics Management, one month – Alexandria - Egypt2000-2002 Board member of Almowani Engineering company – Port Sudan. “Part-time” lecturer – Faculty of Engineering – Red Sea University - Port Sudan- Sudan1989 Management of Rehabilitation of Railway Rolling Stock, 2 Months, UNIDO, Derby - U.K, Egypt.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS Set-up SAYGA – DAL Group’s railway transport unit, Initiated, Project

management: prepared technical specification, tendering process, supplier and contractor evaluation and selection, contract negotiation and commissioning and testing of USD 12 M`s rolling stock fleet.

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Managed maintenance of SAYGA`s rolling stock fleet ; Four main line 2,200 hp diesel Electric locomotives , 200 different freight wagons and four 210 hp shunters.

Planned and coordinated procurement workload of US$ 15 million for Rehabilitation of heavy equipments, rolling stock and infrastructure for Sudan Railways.

Managed rehabilitation and maintenance programs for GE, EMD locomotives, rolling stock and plant equipments and machineries for Sudan railways.

Managed rehabilitation project for out of service 600 different freight wagons for Sudan Railways Corporation.

Planned and Managed different projects for locally manufacturing necessary Rolling stock spare parts at Sudan Railways Corporation main workshops.

Developed and gained agreement to new strategic plan for Sudan Gezira Board Light Railways.

Initiated and executed Standardization of coil springs for freight wagons resulted in 25% savings in inventory cost for Sudan Railways.

Planned and executed a plan for standardization of tooling resulted in 15% savings in tooling inventory cost for Sudan Railways.

Initiated and prepared a plan for standardization of lubricants and greases for Sudan Railways

Participated in developing in-house Microsoft excel model for workshop equipments for determining economical life span necessary for replacement scheme for Sudan Railways.

Conducted several part-time lectures in maintenance management for final year students of Red Sea faculty of Engineering and training courses for young engineers for Sudan Railways.

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