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Houston, Tx, Us

IGCS Global provides high quality startup and commissioning services for industrial gases facilities.

Akron, Oh, Us

Direct leadership over the Bayport Chemical facility, consisting of 5 chemical units and 45 reports.Responsible for managing a $16MM Operations & Maintenance budget and oversee deployment of over$4MM in Capital Projects. Tasked with implementing a new culture and succession plan while developing astrategy to establish world class systems, policies, and procedures to elevate Goodyear’s overallperformance.

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Us

• Steer and direct an industrial gases manufacturing facility that generates $130MM in annual revenue• Manage operational and capital expense budgets exceeding $6MM to support 100% onstream performance and year-on-year productivity improvements worth $1MM• Leading recruitment and training process of 7 new personnel members to renew operating team and maintain world class performance

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Us

• Led teams of up to 18 people through two years of operation of two complex chemical facilities where on-stream improved an average of 7.9%• Developed and implemented four tiered training program in the areas of safety, production and technical knowledge, aimed at achieving high performance and operational excellence by chemical plant operators that resulted in nine level one operators (higher level possible)• Established new operations structure that allowed for coverage and personnel training while reducing number of overtime hours by 47%, decreasing personnel costs by $177K per year

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Us

• Led direct team of 12+ people through a $400M project that resulted on the safe and on time commissioning and startup of the largest CO2 capture facility in the world, with an annual production of one million tons of CO2, which reduced company’s worldwide carbon footprint by 6% and enhanced US oil recovery by 1.6-3.1 million barrels per year • Supervised up to 20 people from several European countries during all process and mechanical activities required during the commissioning of a world class hydrogen facility • Coordinated communication and reporting processes between company and US Department Of Energy (DOE) for compliance with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 75 million tons of CO2 credits award eligibility

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Us

• Interacted with different people and cultures in three continents and more than 10 countries while providing plant optimization and troubleshooting support for five different technologies• Analyzed process and reliability data for more than 10 chemical facilities that resulted in the modification and improvement of operating conditions that led to ongoing operating benefits of $1.5M per year• Trained three new engineers in a variety of hydrogen and syngas technologies which increased the technical department number of qualified engineers from three to six

Boston, Ma, Us

• Performed a seven month project, as part of an Erasmus student exchange program, with the goal of improving polymerization process efficiency that resulted in benefits of 120,000 Euros per year• Developed and implemented a variety of productivity projects in the areas of efficiency, safety and reliability throughout two different chemical facilities that resulted in benefits worth 400,000 Euros per year

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Master'S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering