Daniel Rusnell P. Eng. Email & Phone Number

Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada

Senior Operations leader at Cenovus Lloydminster Upgrader

Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada

Sherritt International is an integrated mining and energy company with 80% of its business being focused in nickel and cobalt production on an EBITDA basis.- Led the metals business unit consisting of 2,700 employees and 400 contractors including mining and concentrate operations in Moa, Cuba, refining and fertilizers in Fort Saskatchewan, AB, and global.

Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada

- Served as a senior leader of 600 employees and 150 contractors for the Refining, Utilities, and Fertilizer Operations teams within Asset Management and Sustainability- Directed the operations for the facility, producing 37 ktpa of Class 1 nickel and cobalt, 90 ktpa of ammonia, 250 ktpa sulphuric acid, and 200 ktpa of ammonium sulphate fertilizer.

- Led the operations team at the Long Lake Oilsands site consisting of 225 employees and 150 contractors, while also collaborating with the VP to strategically transition from an integrated Upgrader to a SAGD-only operation- Led the site safety council to engage field teams on safety issues and champion change, such as improvements to the work permitting.

Fort Mcmurray, Alberta, Canada

- Led the turnaround and outage program at Nexen Long Lake SAGD & Upgrader facility; executed $80-$150M of work each year including 15-20 unit outage events valued between $1-$4M each, small capital jobs under $15M, and major plant turnarounds upwards of $100M- Completed turnaround for Upgrader and SAGD steam production and water treatment facilities by.

- Managed the Conversion business unit in the Upgrader section of the plant, maintaining accountability for the safety, reliability, margin and cost operating this business unit- Assumed direct responsibility for the process operators (155) who work in the plant plus the day staff (30); team was responsible to provide work direction to about 150.

- Maintained tactical responsibility for achieving the short term (shift) production plan for the entire Syncrude facility including two oil sand mines, two extraction plants, the upgrader, and the utilities plant- Accountable for the safety and productivity of the people and equipment at the site- Managed 7 direct report area superintendents and 500-600.

- Supervised the work of a team of 15-20 process engineers in the Conversion area; team provided support to the Operations team in terms of process troubleshooting, simulations, heat and material balances, engineering documentation, root cause investigation, calculations, and operational guidance- Coordinated the interface with other engineering and.

Fort Mcmurray, AB

- Managed the front-end development on ammonia purification project which included identifying root cause of FGD stack odour as part of the project development; work was subsequently patented

Fort Mcmurray, AB

- Served as the Process Engineering Leader for fluid coker division in the upgrader; supervised work of 3-4 process engineers and a student- Units included 2 fluid cokers, 2 gas plants, sour water stripper

Fort Mcmurray, AB

- Provided process engineering support for fluid cokers, sour water, and gas processing plant

Vancouver, Canada Area

- Completed pilot plant test studies on 1/9 scale fluid coker cold flow model at UBC research facility under direction of Dr. John R. Grace- Completed studies of gas solid mixing, jet bed penetration, fluid bed stripper internal design, and standpipe entrance design; following which new design internals were installed on all 3 fluid cokers at Syncrude.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering

Accelerated Leadership Program

Catalyst Programme