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ROTATING EQUIPMENT ENGINEER - Maintenance Reliability Center - Bayport, TX (Pasadena, TX) – provide support for (10) Plants on all Critical Rotating Equipment: Centrifugal Compressors (split case straight shaft design and integral gear design), Reciprocating Compressors and their Drivers (Electric Motors up to 57,000 HP and Steam Turbines up to 57,000 HP). Lead, Train and Support (2) Compressor Specialists. These (2) Specialists follow projects from start to finish on repairs to critical rotating equipment.• Provide Daily Support to Plant Personnel and Mechanical Personnel.• Perform Troubleshooting / Emergency Repairs to Equipment when unplanned events arise.• Identify, Own and Lead Planned Repairs during Planned Turnarounds.• Gain approvals from key stakeholders.• Check on Parts Availability within Air Liquide Parts Warehouse and / or through the OEM or other approved suppliers..• Identify and order Spare Parts as needed. • Make recommendations to add additional spare parts to our Air Liquide Parts Warehouse.• Work with Compressor OEM’s to obtain critical clearances, dimensions, fastener torques, etc.… to assure the equipment repairs are within OEM tolerances.• Provide Shop Oversite when repairs are performed at OEM or Rotating Equipment Repair Shops.• Work with Rotating Equipment Repair Shops on repairable components to establish proper repair scopes; make recommendations to stakeholders to move forward with repairing a component vs purchasing a new component.

TECHNICAL MANAGER / SENIOR TECHNICAL CONSULTANT – Houston, TX – responsible for all Technical issues, Installation, Startup, Troubleshooting, Overhauls, Repairs, etc.… on Neuman & Esser owned Reciprocating Compressors within the North America territory. This includes USA manufactured Compressors: Chicago Pneumatic and Pennsylvania Process Compressors (PENN Compressors).• Provide Technical Support to internal (company personnel) and external (customers). • Provide Technical Support for New Parts Manufacturing Issues.• Provide Technical Support for Compressor Component Repairs (write repair scopes, prepare and present estimates to the customers, inspect the repairs to assure the finished product meets the quality requirements). Mechanical Integrity and Fitness-for-Service are always considered when Repair / Reconditioning of Compressor Components.• Provide Technical Support for New Installations and Startup Issues.• Travel to customer sites to perform onsite Troubleshooting to resolve abnormal situations.• Prepare / write / present scopes and estimates for Onsite Overhauls or Turnaround Outages.• Work with factory personnel to resolve technical issues.

SERVICES MANAGER – BATON ROUGE, LA• Setup and managed a new Machine Shop and Field Service for a new USA location.• Purchased Machine Tools, Inspection Tooling, Shop Tooling and Field Service Tooling.• Met with Refinery and Chemical Plants personnel to quote and perform onsite overhauls.• Was transferred back to the Main Office (Katy, TX) to fill the Technical Manager / Senior Technical Consultant role.

GLOBAL MACHINERY MANAGER – provide Rotating Equipment Technical Support to (5) Fertilizer Plants located in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Manitoba, Canada. Primarily focus was on the largest asset (located in Oklahoma). Also provided support to the other plants as needed.• Lead all efforts on Critical Rotating Equipment (Troubleshooting, Major & Minor Repairs (planned and unplanned repairs), Contractor Selection, and directly involved with all Critical Repair Decisions onsite and offsite.• Choose offsite vendors and provided Shop Oversight on Critical Rotating Equipment (overhauls, component part repairs, witness “At Speed Balancing” of Steam Turbine and Centrifugal Compressor Rotors, and witness Critical Parts Inspections.• Armed Critical Rotating Equipment to Shutdown on High Vibration to prevent possible catastrophic failures or more damage / downtime associated with running the equipment with High Vibration. Established the Alarm and Shutdown Limits.• Identified and Corrected Soft Foot Issues. Performed Major Grout Repairs and Field Machined Base Plates to correct Soft Foot conditions.• Mentored / On the Job Training with the less experienced Mechanical Engineers as mechanical or rotating equipment issues arose.• Worked closely with Craft Mechanics, Mechanical Supervisors, and Engineers whenever there were any questions or concerns on Rotating Equipment.• Reviewed and modified (if needed) the Startup / Shutdown Procedures.• Assisted with Turnaround Scope Definition on Rotating Equipment.• Perform Health Audits of the Critical Machinery to assess the condition of the equipment. • Reviewed the Oil Analysis Results to monitor for any possible rotating equipment issue.Primary Critical Equipment: - Steam Turbines (Single Stage & Multi-Stage), - Centrifugal Compressors (Horizontal Split Case & Barrel Type) - Reciprocating Compressors, - Lube Oil & Seal Oil Systems - ID & FD Fans

NEAC COMPRESSOR SERVICE USA, INC – Houston, TX. NEAC is the Aftermarket branch of International Reciprocating Compressor OEM NEUMAN & ESSER GROUP with headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Germany. The Houston office is responsible for all Parts, Service, Repairs, Installation and Startup for all Compressors located in North America (Canada to the Panama Canal). This includes USA manufactured Compressors: Chicago Pneumatic and Pennsylvania Process Compressors (PENN Compressors).TECHNICAL & SERVICES MANAGER – responsible for all Technical issues, Installation, Startup, Troubleshooting, Overhauls, Repairs, etc… on Neuman & Esser owned Compressors within the North America territory.• Responsible for all aspects of the Service and Repair side of the business (Annual Budget / Sales / Costs / Profits / Tooling – Shop & Field / Personnel Training). • Manage (6) Field Service Representatives.• Manage Compressor Component Repairs (write repair scopes, prepare and present estimates to the customers, inspect the repairs to assure the finished product meets the quality requirements).• Provide Technical support to internal (company personnel) and external (customers). • Travel to customer sites to perform onsite Troubleshooting to resolve abnormal situations.• Prepare / write / present scopes and estimates for Onsite Overhauls or Turnaround Outages.• Developed a Compressor Training Program and conducted onsite Training for in-house personnel and customers in Mexico and Trinidad.• Perform onsite Startup Engineering / Troubleshooting Services when needed.• Work with factory personnel to resolve Technical issues.• Discussion Leader on “Reciprocating Compressors” at the 38th Turbomachinery Symposium (year 2009)

~ June 2001 – July 2008 – FHR Pine Bend, MN: MACHINERY RELIABILITY ENGINEER – Equipment Specific responsibility on all Reciprocating Compressors and General-Purpose Steam Turbines. Lead role during Turnarounds and other scheduled / unscheduled Critical Equipment repairs:Reciprocating Compressor Program Owner:• Perform troubleshooting to identify equipment or operational problems. • Write the scope of repair to correct the problem if an equipment issue is identified.• Assist the Mechanics with the repairs to assure a quality repair.• Assist the Operations personnel with the operation of the equipment to assure long life from the equipment.• Develop / Review / Modify “Startup & Shutdown” Procedures to eliminate equipment failures.• Document any problems found in the equipment file and computerized maintenance system for future reference. • Share any unusual findings with other reliability personnel / operations personnel.• Setup and Manage a Reciprocating Compressor Condition / Performance Monitoring Program (predictive maintenance tool) by having the compressors analyzed on regular intervals.• Review and analyze the results of these compressor analysis. Write Corrective Maintenance Work Orders as well as write the corrective maintenance work scope to correct these deficiencies. • Write Compressor Turnaround (Overhaul) work scopes to replace normal wear parts (Preventative Maintenance), to assure long run times.• Perform Quarterly Technical Audits of each Compressor. Observe the physical condition of the compressor, pipe systems, piping & vessels (Inlet & Discharge Bottles) support system, Foundation, and Grout; observe all Compressor Frame and Compressor Cylinder parameters, check all instrumentation and protective devices, review the operators log sheets; and also use this opportunity as a one-on-one Training Opportunity with the Refinery Ops personnel.• Upgraded (5) I-R HHE Compressors which greatly increased the Mean Time Between Repairs * + More

April 1998 - ~ June 2001: ROTATING EQUIPMENT ADVISOR – Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend, MN – Area Specific (RC-3) responsibility for all equipment decisions in a defined area of the plant. This refinery has (4) four areas:• Perform troubleshooting to identify equipment or operational problems. • Write the scope of repair to correct the problem if an equipment problem is identified.• Assist the Mechanics with the repairs to assure a quality repair.• Assist the Operations personnel with the operation of the equipment to assure long life from the equipment.• Document any problems found in the equipment file computerized maintenance system for future reference. • Share any unusual findings with other reliability personnel/operations personnel.A brief list of the rotating compression equipment located in this refinery is as follows: - (18) Reciprocating Compressors - (~16) Centrifugal Compressor Trains - (5) Rotary Screw Compressors - (8) Multi Stage Steam Turbines - (~ 150 General Purpose Single Stage Steam Turbines)

NOVEMBER 1991 – MARCH 1998: COMPRESSOR SUPERINTENDENT – Refinery-wide responsibility for all of the compressors and compressor drivers in this refinery, which totals more than 182,000 Horsepower on various types of compressors.These responsibilities included: Daily Routine Maintenance, Preventative Maintenance Programs (monthly Oil Analysis on Gas Engines and Scheduled Overhauls/Inspections at specific time intervals), Predictive Maintenance, Reliability Improvements, Upgrades to existing rotating compression equipment and Hands-on Troubleshooting, when needed to resolve any rotating equipment problems.Implemented many changes into the ways the maintenance was performed in the past and made many upgrades to the existing equipment. These changes and upgrades yielded the following positive results: * Greatly enhanced the reliability.* Extended the intervals between the equipment major inspections (overhauls) and minor inspections.* Reduced the Compressor routine maintenance costs.• Reduced the Compressor Maintenance Mechanical Group Size from 28 Employees to 16 Employees due to the improved Mean Time Between Repair and extended time between overhauls.* Fewer parts replacements which yielded a tremendous savings.* These upgrades and predictive maintenance measures enhanced the Safety of the equipment and thus, reducing the risks of catastrophic failures.Refinery Rotating Equipment: - (18) Ingersoll-Rand Integral Gas Engine Compressors - (15) Separable Reciprocating Compressors which either Motor Driven or Steam Turbine & Gear Box Driven - (1) Axial Flow Compressor - FCC Main Air Blower - (6) Barrel Type Centrifugal Compressors - (5) Horizontal Split Centrifugal Compressors - (6) Dry Screw Compressors - (positive displacement compressors) - (10) Plant Air Compressor Packages - Integral Gear Type

JUNE 1987 – OCTOBER 1991: FIELD SERVICE COORDINATOR / RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR SPECIALIST / PROJECT MANAGER - SHREVEPORT, LA & HOUSTON, TXResponsible for hiring and overseeing the work of (40) forty mechanics and (38) thirty-eight Field Service Supervisors serving both domestic and foreign locations. These field service personnel installed, maintained, overhauled, performed troubleshooting, and provided warranty service on all types of Ingersoll-Rand / Dresser-Rand Reciprocating Compression equipment. We setup and structured the business to provide Mechanical Crews (Project Management, Supervision and Skilled Mechanics) to perform Turnarounds in Refineries and Petrochemical Plants. Provided daily technical telephone support to clients and company technical personnel.

Transferred to initiate and implement field service programs (Overhauls, Regrouting, Plant Turnarounds, etc.) with the Refineries and Pipeline Companies and Naval Petroleum Reserves located in this region. This operation increased sales over 600% compared to prior years.

Established and started operations of this new service center (profit center). This service center was responsible for field service work (Overhauls, Turnarounds, Troubleshooting, etc.) and machine shop requirements for this region. The facility was a medium sized machine shop with 2800 sq. ft. and ~ $500,000 worth of machine tools. Achieved profitable operation in less than (12) twelve months and doubled the initial targeted profit goal.

Employed as a compressor mechanic and advanced to Leadman / Service Representative. Supervised both company personnel and client personnel on major overhauls, regrout jobs, compressor revamps and performed troubleshooting analysis to resolve problems. Was sent to school by Ingersoll-Rand Company to learn Wire Alignment Technique. In ~ July 1978 went to LIBYA to work on a Compressor Overhaul Crew to overhaul (2) Ingersoll-Rand Integral Gas Engine Compressors. From 11/79 to 5/80 supervised (6) six-man crew in which we overhauled (9) nine I-R 12TVR Integral Gas Engine Compressor units in Brazil.