Steven Guo
Technical Director | Senior Professional Engineer
With nearly 20 years of full-cycle experience across the valve industry – from metallurgy and precision machining to intelligent control – Steven is a driver and practitioner of industry standards. He excels in high-level design for water utilities and petrochemical projects. Beyond solving technical problems, he is adept at building technical capability for engineering teams and is committed to making reliable, efficient, cost-effective valve solutions accessible to every industrial end-user.
Professional Background
2020 – Present
Technical Director | Senior Professional Engineer
BallValve Technology Co., Ltd.
- Lead valve division engineering team of 20+ engineers
- Drive R&D of IoT-enabled actuators and predictive maintenance solutions
2012 – 2020
Engineering Manager
*A Medium-Scale Valve Manufacturing Company
- Managed API 6D product line and oversaw fire-safe testing certifications
- Reduced field failure rate by 25% through design review process
2006 – 2012
Senior Design Engineer
*A Large-Scale Valve Manufacturing Company
- Performed FEA and CFD for high-pressure gate and globe valves
- Co-authored two internal design guidelines for cryogenic service
Technical Expertise
Design & Simulation
- FEA (ANSYS)
- CFD
- SolidWorks
Material & Standards
- NACE MR0175
- API 607/6D
- ISO 15848
- SIL 3
Application Expertise
- Cryogenic (-196°C)
- High-pressure (Class 2500)
- Sour service
- Slurry handling
System & Lifecycle
- IoT predictive maintenance
- Total cost of ownership analysis
- Supplier quality system
