Eric Melancon Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

• Leads a community (60+ FTE) including OT Security Leads, OT Security Engineers, Network Specialists, and Application support staff and contractors.• Oversee 24/7 global support operations for OT solutions, ensuring continuous protection and operational efficiency.• Develop and implement comprehensive cybersecurity strategies and standards that align with relevant IT/OT Standards (NIST 800-82, ISA/IEC 62443, NERC CIP, ISO 27001) to protect critical infrastructure.• Manages contracts and relationships with key Service Providers and application suppliers, ensuring that provided services are secure and reliable.• Collaborates with cross-functional teams (IT, Engineering, Operations, and Technology) to develop strategic roadmaps that align with current industry trends and emerging threats• Conduct risk assessments and vulnerability analyses to identify and mitigate potential threats.

London, England, Gb

• Leads a team of Control Systems engineers and IT infrastructure technicians, who are either central or proximate and specialized in secure & reliable communications and industrial control systems that directly or indirectly support safe and reliable oil, gas or energy production, distribution, and manufacturing. • Ensure that HSSE requirements are met for the Operational Technology teams. Plan, organize, execute and ensure quality, day-to-day support delivered by the regional teams. Ensure access to production locations for local OT team members, in order to execute and assure preventive and corrective maintenance of OT/IT infrastructure. • Provide Supportability & Transition assurance to Business-led plant modification projects, Capital Projects and IT projects that deliver into the PCD/OT IT landscape. Ensure that the team’s Preventive/Corrective Maintenance visits to production locations are scheduled and remain up to date in SAP Blueprint. Maintain working relationships with IM/IT, PACO, CSEs, work planners and other business and IT stakeholders. • Works with the Production Operations and Engineering disciplines to sustain and assure OT Security control effectiveness across the Americas. This includes facilitating assurance on Technical Integrity of the Shell Upstream Safety Critical Elements DS002 and includes demonstrating compliance with regulatory needs e.g. NIS and includes incident response for those facilities that have been earmarked an Operator of Essential Services.

London, England, Gb

• Designed and implemented a multi-phased project for the segmentation of the Process Control Domain which increased our security zones from 10 to 60, upgraded the core network to a redundant 10GB capacity, upgraded all L2/3 firewalls and re-configured all workstations and switches. • Contract owner responsible for the governance and oversight of 13 third-party vendors contracted to support all systems and software in use on the Process Control Domain. Establishes and maintains excellent collaborative relationships with all levels of management and the vendors to evaluate performance monitoring against defined service level agreements. Responsible for the coordination and escalation of critical issues to appropriate leadership to ensure quick resolution.• Developed and digitized an integrated Process Control Domain work process solution for asset inventory, management of change, vulnerability management, and user access management to improve compliance and reduce overall OT risk. • Responsible for workforce development and strategy to ensure the necessary technical coverage by using a combination of staff and third-party vendors to meet the complex site operational needs which include three different DCS vendors (Emerson DeltaV, Yokogawa Centrum, Honeywell TDC), three different safety systems (Emerson SiS, Yokogawa Prosafe, Triconex) and ~20 applications. • Site Process Control Domain- OT Security Focal Point responsible for management of the Process Control Domain work processes including governance, compliance, backup and recovery, access control, vulnerability management, lifecycle planning and incident response. Examples of activities include LoD-1 self-assessments, remediation planning, KPI reporting to leadership, lifecycle reviews with third parties and participation in the Process Control Domain community of practice.

San Antonio, Tx, Us

Process Control Network (PCN) administrator responsible for site PCN architecture and security. Review proposed PCN changes to assure system integrity and security. Install, upgrade, and maintain DCS hardware, workstations, servers, switches, and firewalls. Provide support to all DCS upgrade and installation projects (Yokogawa CS Software/Workstation upgrade, Hydrocracker DeltaV Installation) Process Control Unit support. Implement, maintain, troubleshoot, and design control strategies on the plant DCS, PLC and SIS to meet the needs of operations. Coordinate all instrument and control design work with respective departments. Manage, coordinate, and design instrument and control projects including approval of contractor's design.Alarm Management program coordinator. Develop and maintain site alarm management philosophy. Schedule and facilitate alarm rationalizations of new units, alarm re-validations during unit Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), and implementation of proposed changes. Assure new and modified alarms adhere to site philosophy via site MOC program. Provide monthly report of alarm KPI to corporation management and refinery leadership team.

Engineering, Programming, Commissioning and Startup of all process equipment operations including control and safety systems for the IMTT/Shell St. Rose Bitumen project. Responsibilities include developing sequencing algorithms for all equipment systems and the necessary safety systems to protect the equipment. Systems include variable frequency drive crude feed pumps and tanks, asphalt storage tank systems, and truck loading systems.Performed loop checks and troubleshooting of facility instrumentation including: pressure/temperature transmitters, coriolis mass flow meters, control valves, and radar levels.Lead engineer on the automation of the IMTT line blowdown process. Responsibilities included database design, HMI development and PLC programming to dynamically sequence valves based on a tank and dock selection. Configuration, installation, and testing of industrial networking equipment including: managed switches, routers, and firewalls for facility industrial networks.

New Orleans, La, Us

Performed detailed design of deepwater projects including generation of Process Flow Diagrams, Piping & Instrument Diagrams, and instrument specification packages.Reviewed and commented on all project wiring deliverables including: panel wiring, Fieldbus segments, and instrument loop drawings.Managed a team responsible for performing alarm rationalization of all new and existing alarm systems to mitigate alarm flooding and help to promote operational efficiency and safety.Developed alarm management philosophies and a custom interface to ensure complete and accurate data flows between an alarm management database and the main automation contractor DCS.Created SAFE charts, control narratives, and functional specifications.Developed custom reports for data consistency, data quality checks and official project deliverables by using SQL to help easily transfer data between all engineering project teams.

Complete P&ID reviews for customer centrifugal compressor units. Review of customer piping isometric drawings to assure proper piping geometry with respect to anti-surge valve installations.Assist in the Design and Testing of Dry Gas Seal Control Panels for John Crane dry seal gas systems. Included dry gas seal panel layout, equipment selection, system cleaning, interconnect to test stand and final testing against a system test protocol for primary and secondary seal gas flows, pressures and system diagnostics.Developed Ladder Logic for Programmable Logic Controllers including ControlLogix 5000 and Siemens 505 based processors.Engineering and design drawings to replace GE integral hydraulic fuel valves with pneumatic or electronic fuel valve upgrades. Engineering included providing fuel system piping isometric drawings for modifications to customer fuel system piping. Field calibration of pneumatic and electrical Anti-surge devices.Designed Human Machine Interface Software in Wonderware,FactorySuite, Rockwell RSView SE, and Panelbuilder32.

Mba, Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Engineering

Bs, Computer Engineering