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El Segundo, Ca, Us

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Work across manufacturing business units connecting with users to understand requirements and represent the voice of the customer for manufacturing to the OT Product line. Develop Manufacturing Capability Roadmap(s) for Operations Technology Platform. Ie. Connected Worker, IIoT, XV/VR Product Lines.Incorporate user input into PI Planning, ensuring work is appropriately prioritized and planned.Maintain relationship with customer insight group for each technology product,Investigate and maintain awareness of external emerging technology developments.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Creates the product vision and collaborates with customers, business managers, development team, and other stakeholders to make sure the goals are clear, and the vision is aligned with business objectives. Enable field workers to communicate and collaborate in real time with Mobile devices and applications. Evaluate, create and deploy new solutions to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and safer operations.Analyze new opportunities to apply technology in spaces where historically paper based processes still exist.Move antiquated processes from Analog to Electronic to ultimately Digital. Change the way operations does business by removing physical constraints of manual work processes.Apply new technologies in the areas of Wireless sensors, Robotic inspections and real time monitoring data capabilities.Using Artificial intelligence to collect the vast quantities of new data generated by IIoT sensors, and applying it to Operations Technology Methodologies.Work to achieve the goal of Field workers changing from a Reactive work process to a Proactive one. This will be achieved by removing low value redundant work replacing it with skilled analysis of data automatically collected.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

The mobile and stewardship product owner leads an agile product team to maintain and enhance solutions for operations production and asset optimization including mobile devices.(e.g. Mobile Operator, Stewardship Activities) This role ensures product teams Maximize value to Chevron. Working across businesses to understand requirements, represent the voice of the customer, measure adoption, and inform product design. The role owns their portfolios on a 6-12 month roadmap. This role partners with a product line manager, product owners, and customer panels to align to an overall product line strategy. This role directs the work of one or more SCRUM teams, leads agile workflow and introduces new technologies.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Lead a 10 Member cross sectional working team from Operations, Maintenance and IT organizations.Facilitate objective to provide tools for the business to streamline the delivery of information and processes to the right people that need it to run the refinery efficiently. Handheld Computing, Mobile technology, Human performance tracking, process visualization and Big data collection.Coordinate directly with Operations, Maintenance and Environmental groups. Reduce Cost, OPEX, FTE’s and environmental incidents as a daily critical function. Remove roadblocks to keep the team performing. Innovate new ideas, interface with local and central IT teams and handle all employee related issues. Coach and grow employees. Send them to learning events and educational seminars to increase skill sets.Continually expand the portfolio with the introduction of wireless technology, near field communications, mobile computing devices, operations mobile computing devices. Research and install 5G LTE networks, wireless sensors and Industrial internet of things (iIoT). Seek and apply opportunities to streamline the business and remove manual/low value work where automation can take its place.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

• Lead a team of individuals across Manufacturing operations to develop and implement best practices regarding operations shift turnover for 7 Downstream Chevron refineries.• Adapt standards from US Department of Energy, Institute of Nuclear Power Operators (INPO) and World Association of Nuclear Power Operators (WANO).• Conduct KAIZEN and SWOT meetings to find a best fit - Build new software tool or purchase• Evaluated existing software vendors for compatibility of adopted process and chose the most compatible and cost-efficient tool.• Built SharePoint site to host project deliverables, timelines and product documentation.• Developed written training materials.• Travelled to all Chevron refineries and trained local IT personnel on the selected tool.• Conducted training sessions for refinery superusers to cascade to operations.• Turned over tool support to downstream IT operations• Turned over Training and materials to Global Field Operator Training organization.• Remain an available SME for upgrades and consultation.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

• Maintained servers, information retention and infrastructure systems.• System Administration of the El Segundo Electronic Shift Turnover/ Routine Duties Application. • Project Manager Remodeling the El Segundo Data center (New UPS, PDU and HVAC systems)• Project manager for Refinery fiber optic upgrades to all control buildings.• Instituted the refinery transition from Telephone PBX to Cisco IPT refinery telecommunications systems.• Installed Wireless Nextel IDEN repeater system for turnaround support. • Project manager for refinery Flare camera systems (rule 1118). Oversaw and managed contractors, refinery fiber crews on installation of single mode fiber optic transmission cable for refinery cabling upgrade. Upgraded central Fiber core at ACIG Building• Core team member on El Segundo ROC (Reliability Optimization Center) Project and architectural LEED certification building design. I travelled extensively looking at best practice technology and meeting with building architects and infrastructure contract companies. • AV/Telecommunications consultant for the El Segundo Refinery optimization center (ROC). Designed AV infrastructure – Big Screens, Situation Conference room, Tandberg (CISCO) Videoconferencing systems. Redlined 1.5 million off AV budget for operational streamlining.• Deployed Tandberg (Cisco) Videoconferencing systems.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

• Evaluate, pilot and adopt new Operations Routine Duty (ORD) process for Global manufacturing on new handheld computer devices. (IntelaTrac Software currently owned by Aveva Corporation)• Core Deployment team member -Travelled and deployed handheld devices and routine duty system (IntelaTrac) to all 8 wholly owned Chevron refineries globally. • Conducted training and peer review to operations and information technology organizations at all locations.• Conducted 1 on 1 audits at each location upon project completion.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

• Trained and earned credentials in operation and tuning of digital control systems. Troubleshooting BO process loops and programming of process logic controllers. • Trained/Credentialed in operation and testing of DMC and Triconex process Monitoring systems. • Trained/Credentialed in operation, installation and adjustment and programming of Honeywell TDC 3000 control system. • proficient in reading piping and instrument diagrams, electronic schematics, understanding of process symbols and wiring diagrams.• Mentorand Trained new candidates for the position.• Lead the transition from Honeywell Uniformance PHD to OSI Pi (the current process historian)• Worked in every operating division in the El Segundo Refinery.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Responsible for process control of an online Fluid Catalytic Cracking unit. Operation and monitoring of heavy process equipment including Distillation columns heat exchangers, Boilers, steam driven and electrical pumps. Maintains proper cooling tower water chemistry. Pulling and analyzing live process stream samples. Responds to unexpected incidents. Operates pneumatic and electrical control loops. Maintain plant processes via Honeywell TDC 3000-control system. Tuning of Process logic controllers, Operation/testing of DMC and Triconex Process monitoring systems. Creation of reports & routine data entry. Operations Representative for several new process and building construction projects.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

• Lead a team of 6-8 individuals developing new electronic communications tools for Operations. • Developed the First Electronic Turnover System in Chevron. Educated and guided a team of special assignment operators to expand it to the whole refinery.• Interfaced with information technology professionals building a robust server network to support the application.• Standardized process and behaviors. Created training documents and terminology guides.• Produced Video content to view at events and business plan rollouts.• Deployed new tool and trained all users on the new system.• Assisted in the introduction of INDX/XHQ, the first web-based process viewer of live data coming from a Honeywell DCS. Visited other refineries, demonstrated the capabilities to users and management.• Built process views and reporting tools. • Retuned again and assisted with the implementation of the tool at those sites. This tool is now used worldwide in Chevron and the Oil and Gas industry

London, Gb

Maintained a VAX mainframe-based inventory control system for an electronic transaction company and warehouse distribution centers. Performed cycle counting comparative analysis and physical verification vs. stored electronic data. Designed and implemented remote server-based database systems for excess inventory tracking across multi global sites.

Established an incorporated business constructing and installing artificial marine habitats. Maintained a retail storefront to supply customers with products, services and living marine livestock. Notable installations: OCS Marine (Roundhouse Aquarium) Manhattan Beach Pier, Mirage Hotel Las Vegas, Several Disney/Touchstone Motion picture productions. (Sold business in 1989)

CLEAN ROOM SUPERVISOR Northrop ElectronicsDuties: Supervision of a class 1000 and 10000 operating clean room. Monitoring and control of environment via Honeywell control consoles. Precision assembly of Avionics astro inertial instruments for use in classified installations. Performed online testing of prototype equipment via proprietary hardware and VAX based computers. Assisted design engineers in redesign and modification of drawings, blueprints and wiring diagrams. Designed and maintained relational databases for tracking equipment, tools and personnel. Acquired a level 2 “Secret” DOD Clearance

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