Jerald Gooch Email & Phone Number

Pearland, Texas, United States

Responsible for the design, development, and implementation for various mid level information management systems for a grass roots refinery in Russia. This includes data historians, process planning and scheduling applications, material balance and yield accounting applications, laboratory management system, overall control system networking management.

Delivered Alarm Management services to clients in the refining, petrochemical, and power industries, including base line studies, developing Alarm Philosophy documents, conducting Alarm Rationalizations, and implementing advanced Alarm Management systems. Presented workshops on Alarm Mangement. Participated in updating Alarm Management practices and.

Developed and managed a team responsible for the administration and management of all PC based software for the corporation. The team reduced the number of software titles in use from over 8000 to 1700. This reduction in th number of titles allowed a focus on better vendor relations, resulting in deep discounts in software purchases and in maintenance costs.

Supervised the IT Group and the Refinery Control Systems Group. at the Marathon Detroit Refinery. Was responsible for major upgrades to the IT infrastructure, growing for a single domain DEC based system to a fully distributed ethernet system. Proposed and supervised the implementation of various control system projects.

Supervised the Process Control group supporting the Ras Tanura Refinery. Worked with Refinery personnel to develop short and long term control system goals and developed work plans to meet the goals. Worked with department management to define and meet staffing needs. Developed and executed training programs for young Saudi engineers