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Biography:

Michael (Mike) Goodrich, Consultant, MG Consultant

Ph:  + 33 (0)2 35 39 71 56

Cell:  + 33 (0)6 68 49 87 95

E-mail: mikegoodrich1948@gmail.com

Mailing Address:

MG Consultant

1 rue du château d'eau

Lillebonne, France  76170

Niche Expertise:

Selection of mechanical pump seals for hazardous applications.  Selection of API pumps.  Selection of mechanical pump seals for refinery applications.

Networking Contact Interest:

Any person responsible for selecting pump seals for hazardous service. Pump users, engineering companies, pump and seal manufacturers should find my selection process useful.

Present work, business and personal history:

Michael (Mike) Goodrich is a consulting Senior Rotating Machinery Engineer, with TOTAL RAFFINAGE MARKETING, in Harfleur, France. He was recruited in 2001 as a rotating machinery specialist. He retired in 2008. Mike is currently a consultant representing Total on the API SOME committee, the API 682 685 and 610 task forces and authoring various company specifications. Prior to Total, he served as an engineering apprenticeship at Rolls Royce Aero engine division and went on to pursue a variety of activities as an engineer in the Merchant navy, a pilot in the Royal Air Force, a safety engineer designing equipment for the food industry before leaving for France to join Dresser Rand as a project engineer on centrifugal compressors. There, he also worked in marketing, product design and finally became responsible for the FCC hot gas expander product and after-market sales in Europe.