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Houston, Tx, Us

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Lead for Global Operations & Sustainability interfacing with each business, Global Business Solutions and KPMG project team to deliver sustainability, greenhouse gas, and financial planning and stewardship.

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Operations Second Line Supervisor for paraxylene, hydrotreater, utilities, water treater and wharf operations responsible for safe, environmentally conscious, reliable, and profitable operations.Empowered team to break multiple successively increasing production records, adding 18% margin to annual earnings in a bottom of cycle market. Best ever indigenous feed rates were achieved with the current unit configuration and subsequently broken again 3x. Team delivered above plan performance and best in 10 year monthly reliability. New investments enabled 14% improvement in indigenous feed. Hydrotreating rates running reliably at 10 year bests. Tandem wharf barge loading put online for first time. Completed $11M investment in Demin Water Treating mitigating temporary facilities since hurricane Ike. Drove $10M investments in Wharf Hose Reels and Wharf PLC upgrades to transform the wharf and enable long term longevity and reliability. This was the first use of the technology anywhere in downstream or chemicals ExxonMobil and the first in the United States. Worked with action teams to discover risks and develop a roadmap for air and raw water reliability. Completed Paraxylene Turnaround and Restart safely, beating schedule and under budget by 13% eliminating 10 key risks for the site. First ever export of HVR from chemicals docks leveraging integration to enable $10M additional benefits - executed in 3 weeks.Founder and President of first Middle Eastern and North African employee network outside of ExxonMobil headquarters, first to Beaumont, then expanding in Baytown, GCGV, and other sites around the world. Led first ever Complex internal audit of a large site anywhere in ExxonMobil. Delivered significant Air System and utilities infrastructure improvements to the chemical plant.

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Operated Reformer 3 as part of ExxonMobil Continuous Operations to support Beaumont Refinery.Empowered team to debottleneck reformers and break the all time record rates enabling $30M/yr additional benefits and ultimately contributing to best ever Corporate mogas production meeting the needs of society.

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Led talented team of engineers covering Hydrocracking, Reforming, Fluid Catalytic Cracking, Isomerization, Alkylation, and Distillation technologies on unit optimizations, technology and personal development. Led Cash Positive Efficiency team that identified and executed $50M of OPEX savings enabling BMRF to stay cash positive during COVID. The efforts were recognized with a President’s Excellence Award.

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Catalyst Logistics Coordinator for the Hydrocracker Turnaround. Led crew of 19 Zachry employees and interfaced with 22 Catspec/WHM employees to unload 100K lbs of catalyst and load fresh $13M catalyst safely into two hydrocracking reactors.

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Coordinated barges and ships delivering feeds to our units and products to our customers. Coordinated with external terminals and internal business teams daily managing inventory levels and responding to abnormal ops as required. 1.25 week backfill.

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Provided bespoke operations support through optimization and control applications.Mentoring the next generation of leaders.Crude A and Crude B Applications Engineer, ExxonMobil Chemical Company

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Optimizing Crude Units and providing bespoke support to operations.Crude A and Crude B Applications Engineer, (BAES), ExxonMobil Chemical Company

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Online Data Analytics Group, Advanced Control Section, Automation and Process Control Division, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering- Synthesized machine learning, big data, and advanced control techniques to derive technical solutions for business needs, adding significant benefits through manufacturing applications.- Provided timely and innovative actionable insights after Hurricane Harvey to two of our largest US manufacturing sites covering over 10000 control loops via big data analysis, quickly helping enable value re-capture through tuning and asset maintenance.- Developing self-adapting predictive models for a multitude of applications.- Developing AI Applications for Manufacturing

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Advanced Control Section, Automation and Process Control Division, ExxonMobil Research and EngineeringSelected Strategic Next Generation Nonlinear Control Platform with Technical/Business Team

Work From Anywhere, Remote, Oo

Grew conversions (verified leads) by 48.5% and site traffic by 15% with new features, optimization tools, analyses, and strategy with incredible developers and designers located all over the world, and a dedicated central team of top minds. Worked directly with CEO, COO, VP of Sales, and Head of Analytics and developers on special projects, business plans, and projections. Prepared successful Deloitte Fast 500 Technology Award Application and developed financial projections and digital marketing strategy for the rollout of new design vertical. Directed internal developers with technical specs and business drivers for feature/product enhancements and optimization. Transition job between graduate school and ExxonMobil.

Princeton, Nj, Us

Princeton, Nj, Us

• Reviewed, prioritized, and recommended short and long-term plans for the development of the University and proposals submitted by University Cabinet officers.• Contributed to the development of $1.6 billion operating budget for upcoming fiscal year. • Unanimously elected.

Princeton, Nj, Us

Dissertation: "Computational Methods and Tools for Protein-Based Drug Discovery, Design, and Property Prediction with Modified Amino Acids: Forcefields, Validation, Algorithms, and Applications"Computer-Aided Systems LaboratoryAdvisor: Christodoulos A. Floudas (Member, National Academy of Engineering)• Applied linear, non-linear, & integer optimization with high-performance computing to solve exciting problems leading to over 9 papers, most as first-author.• Quantified abundance of every post-translational modification observed in the proteome by data-mining database leading to 1st author paper within one year of arrival - is Prof. Floudas' most cited paper ever - webtool accessed by over 200K in 80 countries.• Developed and validated two force-fields and webtools for 180 new molecules reproducing experimental binding and hydration free energies via advanced molecular dynamics techniques.• Developed optimization framework utilizing force-fields to discover new patented inhibitors of improper complement activation verified by 3 experimental assays earning 2nd Prize and $10K at Princeton's Innovation Forum to further develop the technology.• Designed, synthesized, and discovered new compounds with modified amino acids inhibiting HIV fusion more potent than the starting scaffold.• Developed screening procedure for template-free protein design used to design ultra-short, stiff, self-assembling peptides in water.• Contributed as lead author on 13 group, 30 scientist international interdisciplinary collaboration on protein structure prediction. Developed 5 methods tested on blind predictions, evaluated 8 million structures, & expended 1.6 million CPU hours (182 CPU Years) in 3.5 months. Collaboration grew to over 100 scientists and 23 teams in 2 years.• Led lab efforts in structure prediction and refinement developing new method to refine structures combining MD sampling and SVM selection. Team ranked 4th in blind international assessment.

Princeton, Nj, Us

• Elected to lead engineering students representing all 5 departments in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences • Set direction and goals for each year which included a SEASFest Spring Carnival, Tea and Coffee with your TA, Teaching Awards, A Conversation with President Eisgruber, and other events.• Served as the spokesperson and liaison to the engineering school and engineering alumni including the SEAS Leadership Council• Built, developed, and nourished relationships with engineering school leadership• Coordinated raising funds from the engineering school, engineering departments, graduate and undergraduate student organizations which exceeded our initial budget

Princeton, Nj, Us

AI for Sr. DesignProject: Production of Biodiesel from Micro-algaeInstructor: Prof. C.A. FloudasActively consulted with 12 teams to design, synthesize, and optimize unique, feasible, and economical processes for the production of biodiesel from micro-algae.

College Station, Tx, Us

Aided with Floudas Lab transition and making new resources for the Texas A&M Energy Institute.

University Park, Pa, Us

Designed 10 mutant enzymes that switched the cofactor specificity of NADPH to NADH which is 10x more abundant and a cheaper source of energy for the conversion of xylose to xylitol. Xylitol is one of the top value-added chemicals produced by biomass according to a recent Department of Energy study.Thesis (BS/MS) Advisor: Costas D. MaranasCommittee: Costas D. Maranas, Patrick C. Cirino, Michael J. Janik

University Park, Pa, Us

• Elected by representatives at 19 campuses in PA to lead and manage student government organization consisting of 20 staff members, 19 campus student government association presidents, and 200+ student volunteers.• Selected, hired, and led Central Staff, which implements the direction set by the Council, which acts as the Board of Directors for the organization.• Set direction and goals for the year which included implementing a real-time update of the schedule of courses which previously was static in collaboration with the Office of the University Registrar, maintaining relationships with University executives, the development of a new website, and the expansion of legal services.• Served as the spokesperson and liaison to all supporters statewide, including alumni, universities, media, and corporate donors.• Oversaw and coordinated logistics for a one day Rally in the Rotunda of the PA capital building with more than 300 participants.• Consulted with 19 commonwealth campuses and their Student Government Associations' Executive Teams (President, Vice-President) on ways to improve campus life in areas including student affairs, governmental affairs, diversity affairs, and public relations.

University Park, Pa, Us

• Invited by the President to represent students' interests and develop relationships with University stakeholders and Board members who are responsible for the overall well-being of the University.• Reviewed $4 billion operating budget, short, and long-term development plans of the University, building development, purchases, tuition and fees and advocated on behalf of students.

University Park, Pa, Us

• Reviewed and recommended $10 million budget, scholarship initiatives, advocacy strategies, development, and priorities as voting member of executive body of largest alumni association in the world.

University Park, Pa, Us

- Spearheaded from concept to completion getting the web schedule of courses to update in realtime, improving the user experience of 80K students at 20+ campuses. - Developed optimization method to optimally select new campus housing location based on plant assignment problem.

University Park, Pa, Us

Influenced faculty to add/change/improve academic policies and programs affecting 20 Penn State campuses.

University Park, Pa, Us

Won Gold Medal at iGEM 2007 for summer research.Final Presentations:- “Diauxie Elimination: Increasing Bioenergy Efficiency.” Samhita Benavar, Noah Johnson, George Khoury, Galen Lynch, Garrett Tobin, Lucien Weiss. International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition. November 2007. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. - “Bio-Dosimeter: Bacterial Radiation Sensing.” Samhita Benavar, Noah Johnson, George Khoury, Galen Lynch, Garrett Tobin, Lucien Weiss. International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition. November 2007. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Collaborated with Harvard's iGEM team.

University Park, Pa, Us

• Calculated Langmuir adsorption isotherms and interactions of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup® yielding 1st author paper on glyphosate adsorption on montmorillonite. • Studied interlayer swelling of montmorillonite as a function of humidity.• Collaborated with experimentalists using X-ray diffraction and XPS measurements.

Paris, France, Fr

• Executed cleaning validation on UF Housing as part of Menactra submission to the FDA• Performed Heat Penetration Comparison Study on Autoclave using Kaye Validator2000• Studied flushing and sanitization procedure on UF/MF skids in the reagent preparation, fermentation, and purification suites of the Meningitis Conjugate building• Utilized RODAC plates, SMAs, and LASAIRs to perform environmental monitoring on the new Formulation and Filling (F&F) Facility

Zug, Ch

• Performed titrations with “FCaO” tests on raw material, clinker, and cement final product• Prepared graphical statistical variance reports based on product quality data• Analyzed and logged cement quality bi-hourly with X-ray diffraction, titrations, and (LOI) tests• Evaluated, formatted, and wrote maintenance protocols in Maximo database• Learned about the kiln and "how cement is made" from operators in the control room

Allentown, Pa, Pennsylvania, Us

• Motivated, trained, managed, and developed domestic and international workers from Columbia and Poland keeping them on task leading to record-breaking summer of revenue for Hot Shots Photo.• Developed and executed new yellow card marketing strategy to attract guests’ attention to the photo booth.• Broke per-capita revenues in the rain previously ascertained as “impossible.”• Broke Hot Shots Photo daily sales record in the first week of August 2004, previously set in August ’03.• Broke annual Roving sales record with management team Summer 2004.• Learned management through success and failure on the job.

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Designed and implemented a complete wireless LAN site survey of both the Union Blvd. and LVCC complexes, the company's world headquarters, and upgraded wireless access points with new boot loaders• Supported computer scientists when “Blaster” virus spread through Agere’s networks by locating and temporarily disabling MAC address connections to the central server• Presented final results to CIO and other executives

Doctor Of Philosophy, Chemical Engineering

Graduate Certificate, Computational And Information Science

Master Of Arts, Chemical Engineering

Master Of Science, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science With High Distinction And Honors, Chemical Engineering, Iug Program, Minor: Chemistry

High School, Academy Of Information Technology

Business Leadership Program, Executive Education