Kathleen Ledvora Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Des Plaines, Il

• Worked as field service engineer for petrochemical company specializing in catalyst sales and technical licenses• Coordinated catalyst loading, startup, and troubleshooting activities for multimillion-dollar projects at client sites worldwide • Interfaced with technical teams consisting of technical service support, sales engineering design representatives, and research and development• Established client expectations onsite by providing technical support to resolve process concerns• Engineered and implemented solutions to unexpected technical developments in order to meet project deadlines • Supervised catalyst loadings to ensure operators and contractors followed safety and process best practices • Communicated project status to project stakeholders and team leads on a daily basis • Authored and reviewed start-up documentation, including online site logs, technical memos, data analysis, site activity reports, and work procedures for emergency and special events• Analyzed start-up data for comprehensive data analysis and reports• Trained and mentored new technical advisors transitioning to the field service role

• Coordinated between the engineering group and operations, writing reports and instructions, requesting support work, and analyzing data• Analyzed data, drew conclusions, and prepared weekly data review for continuous plant operation• Assisted in design of new software to automate data analysis • Optimized chemical storage amongst three development groups and five pilot plants• Designed advanced training module for senior Pilot Plant Technicians and Development Engineers• Completed UOP Engineering Design Process by designing a Reformer unit from process design basis to design (project) phase completion • Utilized and learned computer programs such as ASPEN Unisim, tray design, Zyqad, vessel design, line sizing, piping and instrumentation • Completed Engineering Training Sessions program, comprehensive overviews of design elements including equipment design, fractionation, and instrumentation• Attended UOP Engineering Design Seminar, a comprehensive two-month course incorporating insights and reference material from UOP’s top experts in the process design and implementation • Coordinated activates and networking for 23 EDS participants from 9 countries

Des Plaines, Il

• Developed statistical quality control methodology to monitor operations and improve data quality• Coordinated between the engineering group and operations, writing reports and instructions, requesting support work, and analyzing data• Analyzed data, drew conclusions, and prepared weekly data review for continuous plant operation• Operated three pilot plants on shift schedule, including identifying, diagnosing and solving technical and operational problems on pilot plants • Planned and prepared forward-thinking schedules for pilot plant runs• Trained a new operator in plant functions and common operational issues

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering