A consulting organization that provides services in the areas of plant reliability assessment, technology services for attorneys and machinery technology training. Major assignments andaccomplishments have included:* Technical consultant in litigation dealing with machinery system damage/losses, environmental hazards, patent challenges, machinery contractual issues and personal injury resulting from machinery maloperation or process system failure. Testimony specifically cited by several Federal Appeals Courts in arriving at their decisions upholding and overturning lower court verdicts in patent cases and in a Markman hearing.* Established and directed industrial development of advanced process analysis system for Exxon Research.* Performed Machinery Reliability Audits for eight major plants consisting of refineries, chemical plants, and power plants located in the US and abroad.* Directed multi-national Technical & Economic Evaluation Team for $200 million of compression equipment including industry's most powerful steam turbines and centrifugal compressors for LNG service in a Persian Gulf refining complex.* Performed Technical Audit of process machinery and other project support services for a $1.5 billion FCC project for a Korean refining complex.* Directed multi-national Technical & Economic Evaluation Team for $100 million gas turbine driven gas reinjection centrifugal compressors operating at industry's highest pressures for a Persian Gulf production complex.* Developed and presented training courses dealing with process machinery analysis and operation for refining and chemical plants.

Major project and technical responsibilities for the application of process compression andpower generation equipment:* Team leader in the application of process compression and power generation systems; responsible for design evaluations, project management and field commissioning.* Conceived, developed, and project managed computerized machinery analysis systems for eight refining and production facilities worldwide.* Conceived and developed award winning, hand-held computer based monitoring and analysis system for machinery and process data collection.* Responsible for development and application of advanced machinery diagnostic procedures and project engineering associated with major plant expansions, which included:* Developing design evaluation criteria for thrust and journal bearings and turbine blading used throughout Exxon for equipment evaluation.* Evaluation and selection of machinery (turbines, motors, diesel engines, centrifugal & reciprocating compressors, gears, and pumps) for major European refinery expansions.* Commissioning of all process and power generation machinery for a French refinery expansion.* Led multi-disciplined technical services group in supporting plant operations at an Australian petrochemical plant:* Responsible for performance analysis and development of Safe Operation Procedures for compression and pumping services.* Developed performance measurement technology for centrifugal & reciprocating compressors and turbines credited with major operational and maintenance cost savings.* As consultant to Australian gas production facility, successfully resolved compression system failures threatening gas supply to City of Melbourne.

Performed mechanical design and analysis for advanced flight and industrial applications of gas turbines. Granted US patent for turbine design developments.