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Blaine, Washington, United States

Blaine, Washington, United States

- Retroactively analyze refinery performance based on current market context, refinery constraints and availability of feedstocks and product placement.- Use knowledge of commercial optimization to provide valuable lessons learned to the supply and refinery teams to improve future performance. - Assessment of renewable feedstock profitability and optimization between co-pro and fossil based diesel production to the west coast.

Blaine, Washington, United States

- Maintaining and executing M+4‐30 month plan linear program runs , interpreting outputs and assembling the data into an appropriate format for communication- Provide updated economic values for Opportunities and Vulnerabilities ﴾V’s & O’s﴿ on a as‐needbasis to help prioritize resources for the most impactful efforts.- Responsible to complete the necessary LP runs and sensitivities to inform a robust yearly plan﴾GFO‐0﴿. - Support the commercial business management SR chair and Mid‐Term Planning Manager in coordinating appropriate content for the supply reviews ﴾NW and NA﴿

Blaine, Washington, United States

-Responsible for planning the crude logistics for the refinery receiving by train, ship and pipeline as long term backfill.- Manages constraints and volumes ﴾including processing limits﴿ with the aid of AspenTech Orion software- Successfully facilitated record breaking hydrocracker TAR period with multiple start‐up and shutdowns,new crude grades and coordinated first‐executed tankage plan with operations and supply.

Blaine, Washington, United States

Supporting Capital Value Process implementation for projects utilizing process modeling andengineering tools, economic analysis and managing stakeholder input from Operations, ProcessEngineering and Projects/TAR.

Blaine, Washington, United States

Assist the area process superintendent and multi‐discipline crude area team to manage HSSE,reliability, budgetary, resource/personnel plans and production goals associated with the operatingarea both on a near and long term basis.

Blaine, Washington, United States

Performed consequence modeling for the purpose of quantifying hazards and driving properlyprioritized risk reduction efforts. Led and mentored teams in the HAZOP/PHA process and broughta real‐world, technical basis to a normally qualitative approach. Participated in incident investigationreviews and assistance with action item closure.

Whiting, Indiana, United States

Provided technical direction for process units to achieve maximum productivity for two diesel hydrotreating units. Performed process simulation, troubleshooting, and field support to insure units were on spec and in line with refinery goals and operating safely. Design and justified process improvement projects from appraise to execution.

Whiting, Indiana, United States

Assisted and backfilled on day to day operations on two crude units and a delayed coker. Performedmass balances, provided troubleshooting effort with the use of HYSYS and technical support onsmall projects.

Pack Research Laboratory

-Developed successful sugar detection assay for labeled therapeutic gene delivery system-Combined characterization experiments to quantify polymer labeling.

-Ran pilot scale fluid bed catalyst reactors and accompanying laboratory testing to increase acylo yield by 3% on next generation catalyst-Pioneered new drying technology and reactor modification for increased acylonitrile yield.-Developed new protocol for silica-water mixing process-Created drawings of new set up and experiment with 2D Auto-CAD