Perform technical assessment of European export pipeline routes for Caspian natural gas produced from the Shah Deniz field to reach European markets. Responsible project manager for the portfolio of projects supporting the BTC/SCP pipelines in Georgia. Projects ranged from brown-field facility expansion projects to numerous infrastructure projects.Systems Completion (Handover) Manager for topsides of Atlantis Semisubmersible deepwater oil and gas platform.

As president, performed the full range of general management duties. Directly led a marketing restructuring effort restablishing a worldwide manufacturer’s representative network.Identified the value and opportunity of the business, successfully raised the funding, led the buy-out and developed and implemented the strategic business plan responsible for revitalizing the company and restoring profitability. WahlcoMetroflex was one of the world’s leading suppliers of large frame industrial gas turbine diverter valves and large scale hot gas flow control equipment including isolators, dampers used in petrochemical, power and industrial applications. WalhlcoMetroflex was acquired in 2010 by Senior plc, traded on London Stock Exchange as SNR.

Senior operations manager and director of projects on more than 50 incineration and air pollution control systems projects worldwide. Project scope typically included the design, manufacture and installation of gas treatments systems including thermal oxidizers and scrubbing plants. Applications included refining and chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Example projects include: Mobil Refinery, Beaumont, TX; Pfizer, Ringaskiddy, Ireland; DOW Chemical, Kings Lynn, UK; Formosa Petrochemical, Taiwan.Thermatrix supplied process and incineration systems based on a proprietary “flameless” oxidation technology primarily in petro-chemical and pharmaceutical air pollution control applications.

Managed a portfolio of projects with a department of over 20 project managers and project engineers. Projects ranged in scope from front end and process engineering through fabrication and installation of entire thermal incineration plants on a turnkey basis. The McGill division of IT designed and manufactured pollution-control systems and fired equipment, including process, duct, boiler and commercial burners, on and offshore flares, thermal oxidizers, flare gas and vapor recovery systems. The McGill division was sold to Koch Engineering (John Zink Company) in 1992. IT (acquired by the Shaw Group which in turn was acquired by CB&I) was a leading worldwide environmental contractor.

Managed the capital facility projects including the design, procurement, construction and installation of four circulating fluid bed (CBC) incineration plants. The plants were fabricated as transportable modules at the Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans, and installed at Swanson River, the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska and Stockton, California. Managed the project engineering and design teams. Supervised the applications and front end engineering to evaluate and select technology and processes. Managed and presented multiple proposals to major petrochemical, industrial and governmental clients. Ogden Evvironmental Services owned and operated circulating fluid bed incineration plants primarily for the treatment and remediation of hazardous solid wastes. The incineration technology was proprietary and derived from a combustion process for nuclear fuel reprocessing and power production.

Founder and General Manager.Secured authorized dealership (TEPS) for Caterpillar marine products and S.E. Texas area distributorships for a number of industrial engine, power transmission, and electric generation manufacturers including GEC, Ltd., VolvoPenta, and Leroy-Somer.Babcor was an authorized distributor and dealer for a number of engine and industrial equipment manufacturers selling and servicing packaged equipment in petro-chemical, drilling, offshore and marine applications.

Procon International, Houston: Senior project engineer for various projects at refineries and chemical plants. Procon was the EPC subsidiary of UOP which was acquired by MW Kellogg. Aramco, Dhahran Saudi Arabia: Aramco's resident project engineer for offshore gas-oil separation facility, Arabian Gulf including the design phase (Houston), fabrication and construction (Bahrain) and installation offshore (Arabian Gulf).