Assigned to SoCalGas GIS Applications team. Support the GIS 3D Applications used by Gas Engineering department including AVEVA Asset Information Management dashboard. • Developed C# ASP.NET Web application as add-on to existing AVEVA Asset Information Management dashboard for leveraging asset report capabilities using C# ASP.NET MVC, JQuery and MSSQL. Search time for engineering assets decreased 10% due to Web application usability. • Defined functional requirements for Azure DevOps team to create Azure Repos and Azure Pipelines for CI/CD. Tested and modified Azure Pipelines to target QA/DEV/TEST/PROD environments. Shorten delivery time of solutions by 25%. • Authored several PowerShell scripts and C# apps that facilitated the configuration of AVEVA Asset Information Management reducing new facilities configuration creation time by 50%.

Developed project design basis for Baton Rouge Area Project organization. Supported safety risk department as cold eye process designer for hazard operability analysis (HAZOP) of refinery units.• Promoted use of virtual asset visualization technologies ZynQ360 for project review meetings, avoiding project delays due to facilities access restrictions and driving improved project stakeholder collaboration.• Participated in expanding the use of existing HSSE systems by doing field walks of different jobsites, checking work permits and coaching contractors in the correct use of HSSE policies and work permit elaboration. • Guided entry-level engineers in company process, procedures, and technical areas, enabling them to take on project lead positions.• Identified over $500K in capital efficiencies by conducting optimization studies setting up hydraulic models in ATF Fathom for MOGAS blending and Firewater system and by identifying system bottlenecks.

Sr. Application Consultant, Technical Sales North America Contributed to growth of AVEVA Engineering and Integrated Engineering Design software suite user base within North America region, by providing consultancy, training, and support. Planned, created, organized, and executed proof of concept presentations and demonstrations to clients that proved value of AVEVA solutions to specific needs / problems.• Reduced client preparation time for key procurement items 80% by designing and implementing application to get preliminary material take off and valve list from AVEVA P&ID.• Shrunk basic engineering design cycle time 20% by challenging existing document centric engineering design workflow approach; then implementing AVEVA software integrated engineering design approach. Served as stakeholder coordinator for different teams in Houston, London and Hyderabad. Trained personnel from different disciplines (Electrical, Instrumentation, Process) in the use of the new AVEVA software integrated system.• Cultivated strong relationship with major chemical company senior engineering personnel, enabling sales of additional AVEVA product licenses producing $50K in additional revenue.

Directed engineering and execution of major capital projects for Permian Conventional area (West Texas and South East New Mexico). Supported operations by MOC elaboration, troubleshooting field problems, and preparing base capital project list for existing facilities.• Increased ROI 20% by preparing base capital budget, running economics on different project alternatives and identifying best available technology for implementation.• Mentored 2 entry-level engineers in company process, HSSE systems and procedures. Cut down backlog of pending management of change evaluations by 20%.• Increased revenue $20M by managing $4M new facilities projects portfolio required for production of new wells.

Led pre start-up safety review for processing units. Coordinated Gasoline Benzene Reduction (GBR) relief valve revalidation project and overall process design activities performed by KBR for WRB Refining GBR project.• Supervised contractors and coordinated activities between project management team, refinery, and operations team. Developed weekly project status reports and answered technical questions, completing $1.7M contract on budget and on time.• Troubleshot all outstanding risk assessment and hazard identification analysis items by coordinating with stakeholders, project design contractor, operations, and control systems, reducing resolution time 5% versus original schedule.• Reviewed vendor data, including separators drawings, tray layout drawings, relief valve specifications, control valves, and instruments. Participated in process inspection of new equipment (columns and tray installation).

Lead process engineer in development of hydro processing unit basic engineering packages and studies for FW/ExxonMobil Research Engineering alliance. Additionally, worked in development of delayed cokers basic engineering packages and revamps.• Led execution of $1.3M in process design work scope for $750M project while supervising 4 entry level process engineers, reviewed 70% of design work, and participated in final project quality appraisal, reducing schedule by 10%.• Created weekly reports to forecast manpower for planned activities and created work plans for senior management, allowing timely decision regarding personnel resources and client requests.• Developed and implemented Visual Basic macro for building comparison table with PRO/II key simulations parameters of different cases, reducing project execution time by 10% and cost by $10K per project.

Commissioning engineer for joint venture of four different EPC contractors: Chiyoda, JGC, Jantesa and Vepica. Worked as a process engineer for different upstream projects and elaboration of bid proposals.• Enabled effective communication in technical discussions across departments and utilized “smart” networking to seek technical answers for time-critical steps, resulting in 5% reduction in project execution time.• Expedited project schedule by using hydraulic simulation program (PIPEPHASE) to estimate 150 miles pipeline capacity.• Reduced 25% capital cost by using process simulation programs (PROII and HEXTRAN) to identify best economical configuration for a heat exchanger train.