Anyone following FMC lawsuit? VP of Engineering made an a-s out of himself on a stand ....
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That is a great point UnkleBilly. Did you get to see our esteemed VP of Engineering ? Wondering if he
is right person for that job...perhaps not.
I hope Blake clears up the confusion....
Okay, the FMC Engineering Manager has obviously been coached for answers. He methodically spits out answers being asked by the plaintiff's attorneys, but seems to make the Dril-Quip attorney break the same question down further, so he can repeat prior answers. He is a great actor, always has been.
Here is the issue at hand, as I see it. Drip-Quip is is trying to prove that FMC didn't give 'jack-sh__" about the self-orienting tree project after Rick left, so what is the deal? They are also questioning the nature of IP rights, and oddly questioning an NDA not being in place (errr, that is usually a customer/project requirement for new products). I don't know any company would have an employee have an NDA in place for their own company. Does this make any sense?
So, bottom line, Dri-Quip stole the design through HIG-MURF. HIGMURF got in over his head. And a lot of TechnipFMC employees were hired by Dril-Quip at the same time (a Sales Manager, Project Manager, Technical Training VP and or course, the Chief Engineer. How ironic ...
Agreed. I lost a good engineer to Dril-Quip Singapore. It's a wonder why any engineer would work for a company that has such fools as 'technical managers'. I guess if you throw enough money at a person, they will turn a blind eye to incompetency. I also worked with the Dril-Quip engineer being sued by FMC. He was smart enough to know that he couldn't do what is being alleged. Funny, he still shows he works for FMC on LinkedIn, he must be overworked ...
He was a babbling id–t and I'm surprised the judge didn't cite him for contempt of court. Compare him to the FMC engineering manager's conduct and you can easily see how a REAL professional should behave on the witness stand.