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Beaumont, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Responsible for Completing Process/Project Engineering for Site Wide Operational Improvements. Provide engineering and business acumen for Port Arthur Refinery (PAR) as sixth largest refinery in the world ($14 billion asset value, capital engineering department budget $25 million).Business Opportunity Manager/Sr. Technical Manager (4/16 to present) •Leadership for Defining and Completing Projects over $50million, Compliance and Strategic Growth Opportunities (8 projects underway).•Directly Leading RSR (MACT) Project for refinery Flares(11), Cokers(2), Tank Vents(50), andBenzene Monitoring for VOC emission regulations ($100million, 4 project teams).•Leader for successful $300million HydroCracker Turnaround and Debottlenecking Project Execution Phase that increased capacity from 80,000 to 105,000 bbl/day (Received Special Recognition Award)• Directly Leading Projects to upgrade all Instruments, Analyzers, Control Connectivity and Controllers/Distributed Control System across Site (1000+ instruments, >$50million)• Sr. Leadership role to rapidly implement and upgrade company wide Materials Management performance for Turnarounds, Large Capital Projects and Major Maintenance. Includes Worldwide Sourcing, negotiating Performance Contracts and Supplier Development Programs ($500 million).

Houston, Tx, Us

Responsible for Completing Process/Project Engineering for Site Wide Operational Improvements. Provide engineering and business acumen for Port Arthur Refinery (PAR) as sixth largest refinery in the world ($14 billion asset value, APSO engineering department budget $23 million).Engineering Sr. Manager (3/14 to 4/16) • Completed over 161 high refinery threat projects ($0.25 to $10 million projects).• Added over $453 million in cost savings and profit margin improvements.• Eliminated over 614 million threat mitigation and loss avoidance in 9 months.• Won President’s Award for Superior Engineering Execution • Successfully accomplished detailed engineering in six months for CFH Turnaround (Top 15 Threat).• Staffed new design engineering group and achieve productivity in 3 weeks (20 engineers).• Special Recognition Award (SRA) for engineering solution of 480volt electrical threat impacting refinery wide operations (Top 15 Threat).• Implemented LEAN to reduce Delivery Times and Right – The – First – Time Engineering Packages.• Helped create with Contracts/Procurement new, detailed Master Supplier Performance Contracts • Received SRA from Procurement and Finance VPs.

Köln, De

Designed, rapidly constructed and started up Chemtura Tire Development Plant in 8 months ($7 million). Produced required large scale mining, non-pneumatic tires for field trials.Primary Engineering Joint Venture contact for design/start-up phase for Caterpillar’s next generation large scale urethane component production facility. Provided hands-on help to successfully bring Caterpillar’s new plant on line in January 2013.Recognized by customer for support efforts and meeting all established development goals. Developing Global Engineering Processes for proprietary curative urethane polymers and Operations scale up.Fully accomplished aggressive 1 year goal to produce large tires for multiple field trial evaluations.Developed 3 year capital and global operations expansion business plan to supply next generation chemicals.

Phoenix, Az, Us

Manage USA Process Engineering Group for improving existing manufacturing operations and design of new companycapital projects. Provide process engineering services to external customers related to Sulfur Recovery Units, Tail Gas Treatment emission control Units and specialty fertilizer manufacturing. Customers include major and medium sized oil companies; metals mining industry and fertilizer manufacturers. Engaged in National and International business development with new customers, and projects.

Jacuzzi Brands – Valdosta, GeorgiaResponsible for Manufacturing of Luxury whirlpools and company wide Quality to recover a well known Brand Name. Hired to perform a Plant, Supply Chain and Customer Performance turn-around. Director – Manufacturing and Quality• Created good Strategic Customer relations ($50 million sales) for On-Time Delivery and Product Quality.• Cleaning up the Distribution Chain of suspect product made in 2007 through June 2008 (52,000 units).• Improving polymer formulation with 5S process (yields improved from 55% to 86%). • Developed and received approval for a Quality, and Lean Manufacturing unit production strategy.• Initiated a grassroots (Lean Toyota Production Model) and quality system project.

Cognis-Oleochemicals – Fatty Acids Joint Venture: Cincinnati, OhioResponsible for 410 million pounds per year Food Grade Fatty Acids Plant (Splitters, Hydrogenation, Solvent Separation, Distillation, Finishing, Engineering and Maintenance) with $400 million asset value, 140 personnel and 65 acre site. Plant Manager – Fatty Acids Plants • Implemented Plant turn-around from -$0.5 million to favorable +$0.86 million monthly operating expense. • Improved material processing variance from -$0.48 million to favorable +$0.47 million to plan.• Rapidly improved First Time Quality from 87% to 98.2%, and On-time Shipments from 85% to 97%. • Initiated Voice of the Customer: Customer product complaints dropped from 26 per month to 9. • Implemented detailed process unit performance Takt time measures to ensure maximized throughput.• Provided hand-on support to reduce capital equipment (distillation) outage time from 8 to 3 days.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

- Successfully implemented Lean Enterprise in Mexico chemicals manufacturing plant in 10 months ($2 million savings)- Plant Manager for 3 production sites.- Conducted Strategic business review and implemented X Matrix Lean strategy deployment.- Secured OEM automotive paint approvals for USA, Chile, Italy, Brazil and Mexico.- Implementing Division Lean Six Sigma ($3 million savings) project- Manage Division Quality Control Lab for Automotive and Aerospace Paints for $0.5 billion plant sales.- Develop raw material suppliers and negotiated product performance specifications with major customers.- Managed Technology Transfer of new products, processes and applications among USA, and International business units.- Conducted Blackbelt and Greenbelt Lean Six Sigma courses

- Managed all Division Capital projects ($60 million) from procurement to production line installation and operation. - Upgraded three manufacturing plants for $4.6 million Sales per month increase.- Improved Food Grade packaging container coating systems for Cincinnati, Chicago and Trenton sites.- Mothballed unprofitable operations ($12 million savings).

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- Successfully secured $70 million per year automotive airbag business with OEM qualifications.- Program Manager and Plant Manager for Boeing jet aircraft escape slide products worth $11.0 million annual sales.- Developed new process for curing nylon, polyester, neoprene and vinyl polymers using silicone and palladium catalysts to manufacture airbag products.- Implemented Oracle software system and customer development programs that reduced defects from 5% to 0.03% and approached 100% on-time delivery. Reduced returned goods by $700,000/year.

FMC Corporation - Lithium Division, Gastonia, N. C.Responsible for developing new products and processes, and all major capital investment projects over $1.0 million.Managed two production plants, 1000 gallon semi-plant and two pilot plants for pharmaceutical intermediates (FDA certified for injectable and topical products) .Development Department Manager Inorganic and Organic Specialty Chemicals• Developed a critical $80 million Chilean grassroots project to secure required feedstock.• Negotiated $11 million contract directly with pharmaceutical company for new lithium-organic product.• Improved semi-plant throughput from $150,000 to $500,000 per month without adding capital equipment.• Developed three new pharmaceutical specialty products totaling $20 million annual sales

Memphis, Tennessee, Us

Totally responsible for all new product development and technical marketing. Products are water-soluble polymers, microbiocides, brominated compounds and styrene/divinyl benzene derivatives. Attained FDA (topical, oral) and Food Grade certifications.Manager, New Product Development/Business Financial Analyst Specialty Chemicals • Completed $30 million grassroots specialty chemical plant (Missouri) and $3 million reactor (Brazil) projects.• Brought six new biocides to market through R&D, regulatory, manufacturing and marketing functions.• Prepared two European asset acquisition evaluations and purchased $14 million Spanish manufacturing facilities. • Received sole-inventor patent for innovative filtration system that increased yearly sales by $180,000.

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering

M.S., Chemical Engineering

Education record

Mba, Finance, Operations