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Expert in Process Control, Process Design & Troubleshooting; Refining, Petrochemicals & Biofuels
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Multitalented and versatile leadership & management skills with geographically and culturally diverse teams & projects. Broad and diverse experience in the refining, petrochemical, chemical and biofuels industries. Project management skills include project definition, budget, scope & proposal development and cost control. Staff management skills include project engineering & operations staff supervision & direction. Technical expertise in process trouble-shooting, modeling & design (hydraulics, equipment sizing, HAZOP analysis, Cause & Effect), process control & optimization (regulatory, advanced & model-predictive) and control, electrical & instrumentation systems design (C,E&I). Experienced as an Expert Witness in technical and economic analysis. Overseas experience includes interfacing with foreign government representatives.
Other experience includes construction supervision & coordination, operations & technical training, operability & safety analysis, international project execution & management, DCS Hot Cutovers & commissioning and IT/DCS network integration. Operations experience includes staff scheduling & management, startup/shutdown supervision, and turn-around inspection & planning.
Project Engineering & Management activities include process unit modifications, grass-roots unit design and DCS/ESD retrofits & upgrades. Capital project management experience ranges $20M to $50MM. Process Design experience includes P&ID development, heat, material & pressure balances, hydraulic calculations, process modeling, equipment sizing & process control applications development. Process Control experience includes development & implementation of advanced regulatory, sequence control, PLC/SCADA and model-predictive control (DMC) applications for refining, olefins & chemicals units. Knowledgeable of numerous programming languages, including Object Oriented Programming (OOP) methodologies, and IT & integrated process control systems network design.
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Expert has led a multinational expatriate team in a challenging O&M project with Zero on-the-job accidents & injuries. He participated in a process design Team that completely reworked an EPC Contractor's process design basis on an expansion for two Crude Units in less than 6 months. His Expert Witness experience includes identifying the faulty basis for loss-of-revenue insurance claim. He completely reworked, tested & shipped a chemical injection system application in less than 2 weeks. He has also assessed numerous biofuels development projects for domestic & international clients. Expert was recognized by previous employers for taking on troubled projects and making them financial & technical successes. He identified deficiencies in shutdown & safety systems utilization to an end user and EPC Contractor on a polyolefins unit project. He successfully managed multiple personality interactions within client & project teams. His applications experience includes reverse-engineering an assembly language equipment sequencing application to new DCS platform that remains unchanged and in service to-date. He also kled highly visible APC project competitive bid evaluation and developed an Advanced Regulatory Control engineering & design Front-End Loading (FEL) procedure. He had a lead role in justifying an employer's first multivariable control projectand provided justification for a multi-million dollar instrument retrofit project. He implemented first management-of-change procedure for DCS point allocation & configuration. He also created a statistical comparison report of online analyzer vs. lab results. He was the engineer responsible for the Extractive Distillation and Glycols Units.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Houston, Texas;
Pasadena, Texas;
Beaumont, Texas;
College Station, Texas;
Baytown, Texas;
Sugar Land, Texas;
Port Arthur, Texas;
Galveston, Texas;
and Missouri City, Texas.
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1988
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BS
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Chemical Engineering
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Texas A&M University
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2002 to
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(Undisclosed Consulting Company)
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President & Lead Consultant
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He provides contracting & staffing service addressing multiple facets of design, construction and project & staff management. He perform operations & maintenance management, process design, control & automation systems design, regulatory, sequence, model-predictive (APC) & SCADA/PLC control design and implementation, capital project development & management for international & domestic clients in refining, petrochemical, specialty chemical & biofuels industries. He is an Expert Witness giving testimony and analysis of refining & petrochemical related cases for insurance and legal industries. He interfaces with and report to foreign corporate executives & government representatives.
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1995 to 2002
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Honeywell Industrial Automation & Control
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Lead Project Engineer
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He was recognized for taking on troubled projects and making them financial & technical successes. He managed multiple personality interactions within client & project teams. He turned-around a troubled project on time to meet aggressive client schedule. He managed a subcontractor who was a direct competitor of Company. He also led highly visible APC project competitive bid evaluation. Developed ARC engineering & design Front-End Loading (FEL) procedure. He performed 100% of design & implementation of batch-sequencing application.
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1988 to 1995
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ARCO Chemical Co.
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Process & Process Control Engineer
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He had a lead role in justifying Company's first multivariable control project; He implemented first management-of-change procedure for DCS point allocation & configuration. He led development of statistical comparison of online analyzer vs. lab results. He developed rules for tuning vertical & horizontal drum level controllers, a priori. He provided process control support during “hot” cut-overs of pneumatic-to-DCS retrofit project (PO/TBA) and new plant (PO/EB/SM) startup. He developed computer script for maintaining persistent documentation for computer-based control applications. He evaluated process identification & tuning software for Company-wide use. He coordinated Technical Department's participation in the Plant Emergency Team. He also provided justification for a multi-million dollar instrument retrofit project.
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Publications and Patents Summary
White Paper: Development of a priori Level Controller Tuning for Vertical & Horizontal Vessels. Presentation: Dynamic Analysis: The Forgotten Side of Process Design
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Resolve discrepancies and inconsistencies between design and construction of process control, Fire & Gas, Online Analyzer and Emergency Shutdown systems. Review and recommend modifications to control scheme designs to improve operability, reliability and safety. Test & Commission Fire & Gas, Emergency Shutdown & Process Control applications on Yokogawa Centum CS3000 process control system & safety instrumented systems (SIS). Oversee design, construction, mechanical installation of field instrumentation and Vendor Packages for Fire & Gas, Process Control and Safety Systems. Coordinate construction activities between multiple disciplines, including piping, instrumentation and electrical. Interface and consult with Owner representatives on process design, control & instrumentation requirements for cryogenic service, operability and safety. Commission & revise process control sequence and continuous control applications for LNG vaporization train startup & shutdown and Terminal Sendout, including pipeline monitoring & control. Provide startup & performance-test support to Operations & EPC Contractor.
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Responsible for economic & technical feasibility assessment of green & brown field biofuels (ethanol & biodiesel) facilities in developed and under-developed regions – U.S. & international. Interfaced with technology vendors, contractors and clients on infrastructure (utilities/offsites requirements and logistics) & feedstock requirements, process design, technical & economic feasibility and product marketing & distribution. Managed & coordinated project development & progress with financial stakeholders. Led project development efforts for clients to meet scope, schedule & budgetary constraints. Summary of Engagements:•Central American Ethanol Plant Feasibility & FEED•Central American BioDiesel/Refinery Feasibility & FEED•U.S. Ethanol Plant Equipment Evaluation/Relocation Feasibility•U.S. Vitamin E to Ethanol Plant Conversion Evaluation & FEED•Sierra Leon, West Africa Bio-fuels Plant Feasibility•Nigeria, West Africa Bio-fuels/Refinery Feasibility•South American Ethanol Plant & Refinery Feasibility•U.S. BioMass-to-Methanol Conversion Process Evaluation•U.S. BioMass Gasification & Conversion Unit(s) Construction
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Designed & configured SCADA applications for chemical injection systems. Detailed design included PLC configuration, operator interface design & configuration and sequence application design, implementation & commissioning. Sequence application included chemical injection scheduling, chemical consumption monitoring & tracking as well as abnormal event detection & alarming. Entire application written in structured text program environment using OOP methodologies.
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Performed detailed design, implementation & tuning of regulatory & advanced process control applications to meet objectives for throughput, safety, environmental and quality metrics of Catalytic & Light Ends purifications units including implementation of Fired Heater cross-limit controls. Provided daily control applications and process engineering support for alky, catalytic light ends fractionation, hydro-desulfurization and olefins units. Commissioned & supported multi-variable control (DMC) applications for refinery & olefins units. Supported project development, technical design & implementation of online optimization & abnormal event detection applications. Supported legacy PMX control applications during Experion Migration project.
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Directed technical staff on multi-unit DCS replacement project which included a very large number of complex control applications, Remote Instrument Enclosure building (RIE) mechanical, HVAC & electrical design and fabrication and fiber optic network installation. Coordinated integration, construction & acceptance testing activities. Performed multiple lead functions while project team was being staffed. Successfully managed multiple personality interactions within client & project teams. Responsible for project delivery, schedule, technical performance and change order estimation. Assisted Project Manager achieve financial results.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Assessed a Loss-of-Revenue insurance claim relavent to a fertilizer company that resulted in the claim being rejected due to a faulty basis.
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2004 to 2005
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Viet Nam
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Managed & directed an international, multi-cultural expatriate and local operations & maintenance staff – directly supervised 35 expatriate operations staff; indirectly managed 12 expatriate maintenance staff - for an Ammonia/Urea plant (the first modern chemical plant in Viet Nam) using Haldor-Topsoe & Snamprogetti technology. Provided guidance and direction to local management on the development of appropriate operations, maintenance & HSE practices, policies and procedures. Generated over 200 reports and policy & procedures recommendations covering various aspects of modern chemical plant operations, maintenance, emergency preparedness and organizational structure & management. Interfaced with plant & corporate management as well as government representatives regarding local staff & management capabilities & proficiency progress.
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2002 to 2002
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Viet Nam
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Reviewed design of Viet Nam's first oil refinery project. Provided guidance on appropriate use of instrumentation, automation and control systems. Performed complete PFD and P&ID review of EPC Contractor's detailed designs. Generated in excess of 100 reports covering numerous facets of process design (including utilities, cooling water, SPM & power generation facilities), refinery operations, control & instrumentation and Oil Movement & Storage systems.
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Training/Seminars
Dynamic Analysis: The Forgotten Side of Process Design
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Knowledgeable with numerous DCS, PLC & SCADA systems vendors equipment.
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