I am a Technical Director with 25 + years of hands-on engineering, commissioning and service-leadership experience spanning water, hospitality and built-asset operations. Proven in large-scale infrastructure (water, district cooling, urban developments) from feasibility and permitting to revenue recognition and receivables management. I presently own a AED 28 million P&L, have sustained 22 % CAGR growth and have repeatedly converted capital projects into high-margin annuity streams.

Key Results
• Secured multi-year contracts worth > AED 5 million annually by embedding our patented bio-catalytic technology into client CAPEX and OPEX models.
• Turned around a 25 MLD sewage plant—H₂S peaks cut from 1 100 ppm to < 50 ppm, eliminating regulatory fines and swinging EBITDA by +13 % in fourteen months.
• Engineered a green-field 45 MLD SWRO desalination facility—mechanical completion eleven days ahead and seven % under budget, followed by a five-year OPEX contract valued at USD 48 million.
• Achieved a 22% reduction in energy use and a 27% decrease in water consumption, while lowering financing costs
• Scaled a multi-brand service network (Grundfos, Toray, Neo zyme, Permionics etc) achieving a 71 % service-attach rate and 22 % inventory reduction through unified SLAs.

Core Competencies
• P&L Ownership & Budget Control
• Green-field Commissioning & Brown-field Turnarounds
• Multi-brand After-sales Service & SLA Design
• Water, Wastewater & District-cooling Systems
• ESG Finance, Green-loans & Carbon Reporting
• Regulatory Compliance (WHO, MARPOL, API 650, UL)
• Energy & Water-footprint Reduction Programmes
• CMMS / SCADA Optimization & Predictive Maintenance
• Cross-functional Team Leadership & Succession Planning

My background blends mechanical engineering with an MBA and an MSc in Energy & Environment. This mix allows me to move comfortably between process design, financial modelling and regulatory requirements. I am conversant with AutoCAD, CMMS platforms and ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001 frameworks, and I keep an up-to-date compliance checklist covering WHO, MARPOL, API 650 and local codes. Over the years I have built and coached teams of engineers and technicians across four countries, always with the aim of handing over stable, self-improving operations.

I prefer steady, measurable progress: every project should use less energy and water than the one before, and every team member should leave more capable than when they arrived. If that approach aligns with your organization's goals, I would welcome a conversation.

Dennis Babu

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