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San Antonio, Tx, Us

Leads the Gulf Cost Process Engineering Department and ensures efficient staffing and execution of capital projects. Scope of project execution includes conceptual design, front end engineering, detailed design, and construction support. As a Technology Director leads team toward innovation and excellence by guiding projects from inception to success with a focus on pioneering new technologies for a sustainable future. Reviews the work and performance of process engineers to ensure accuracy, quality, conformance with applicable standards and codes, and timeliness of project scope execution. Maintains effective communication with all the internal and external stakeholders. Responsibilities include making presentations to the prospective clients of the company and Process department’s capabilities. Key clients include Flint Hills Resources, CPChem, Valero, BP, Verde, TES, Calpine, NetPower, Tallgrass. Key licensors include UOP, Haldor Topsoe, MHI, Baker Hughes, Shell, Uhde. Leverage global integrated delivery by utilizing Manila team.

North Sydney, Nsw, Au

Process Manager for Residue Upgrade - Ras Tanura Refinery Project for Saudi Aramco.Lead Process Engineer for Panther Acetic Acid expansion project for Celanese based on carbonylation of methanol. The process involves high pressure and high temperature multi-phase reactor, exotic metallurgy and separation train consisting of multiple distillation columns. Started with the front-end design and continuing into detailed engineering of this project that has a significant amount of brown-field scope.

North Sydney, Nsw, Au

SASOL – Lake Charles Chemical Complex, Lake Charles, LA, 2013-Present. FEED and Detailed Engineering execution in Sugarland, TX. Serving as a member of the integrated project management team to oversee the engineering contractor performing the FEED and EPC of the utilities, offsites and infrastructure of this multi-billion dollar petrochemical complex.INVISTA – Nylon Intermediates Project, Orange, TX, 2011-2013. Performed FEL3 and Detailed Engineering in Houston, TX. Served as the Process Manager for ISBL and OSBL areas of this confidential technology upgrade project. Chevron – Rosebank FPSO Topsides Project, West of Shetland, United Kingdom, 2010-2011. Performed pre-FEED studies in Houston, TX. . SABIC – MMA/ACN Chain Project, Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, 2009-2010. Performed conceptual studies and FEED in Houston, TX. Served as the Lead Process Engineer for PMC and OSBL areas of this large complex. Developed an in-house tool for quickly estimating installed costs for seawater cooling tower system.Petrobras – COMPERJ Project, Petrochemical Complex, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2007-2009. Performed Basic Design and FEED in Houston, TX. Served as the Process Technology Manager for offsites, utilities, and auxiliary units (including sulfur recovery units, tail gas treating unit, sour water strippers, Merox caustic treatment units, and amine regeneration units) for a grassroots refinery and petrochemical complex designed to process Marlim and Cabiunas crudes. Managed a team of 70+ Process Engineers.Saudi International Petrochemicals Company (Sipchem) – Sipchem Olefins Complex, Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, 2006-2007. Performed FEED and detailed engineering in Houston. Led process engineering for offsites/utilities involving cryogenic storage of ammonia, ethylene, propylene, and pressurized storage for propylene, butane, and other hydrocarbons. Cooling water/sea water cooling systems involved large pumps, FRP pipes, Titanium plate and frame heat exchangers.

Irving, Texas, Us

BP – Refinery Revamp Project, Whiting, IN, 2006. Led process engineering for offsites tank farm, crude oil storage and oil movement. Designed storage and transfer systems for crude oil, naphtha, gas oil, decant oil, and asphalt. Ineos – Innovene Scotland Project, Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia, 2005-2006. Led process engineering for cryogenic storage of ammonia, ethylene, propylene, and pressurized storage for propylene, butane, and other hydrocarbons. Served as Utilities Process Lead in reviewing system sketches and design philosophy for utility systems, such as steam, condensate, demineralized water, air, nitrogen, fuel gas, wastewater, and cooling water/sea water systems.United Petrochemicals – JUPC U&O Expansion Project, Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, 2005. Performed a detailed hydraulic and techno-economic feasibility study for evaluating numerous options for transporting monoethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, and tri ethylene glycol from JUPC Battery Limits to the King Fahd Industrial Port tank farm and shipping facility located 20 km away. Made specific recommendations to facilitate decision-making. Developed FEED package and detailed engineering for these systems. Associated with expansion of boiler feed water, cooling water/sea water systems to support the addition of ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol units. Conducted performance evaluation of seawater cooling tower system involving large FRP pipes, Titanium plate and frame heat exchangers, intake structures and outfall basins.2003 - 2004 Senior Process Specialty Engineer, Fluor Corporation, Houston, TXIDESA – EOA Debottlenecking Project, Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, 2004. Performed FEED in Houston. Served as a Technology Transfer Consultant during conceptual and basic engineering package (BEP) preparation for debottlenecking of ethanolamines unit, which increased EOA capacity from 25 KTA to 40 KTA based on know-how from Celeghin Consultants.

Irving, Texas, Us

GE Plastics – Global HPP Expansion Project, Cartagena, Spain, 2003-2004. Technology Transfer Lead for FEED of this first of a kind technology for producing Ultem. Performed ASPEN simulations and heat and mass balance for Chlorophthalic Anhydride Plant. Involved corrosive constituents, such as HCI and HBr requiring metallurgy (titanium, Hastealloy, glass, and PFA lined CS). Used electrolytes in ASPEN simulations. Validated results on a pilot column at UT Austin. Facilitated technology transfer between the client engineering, R&D, and contract research companies. Mentored Junior Engineers.Amgen/Immunex – BioNext Project, West Greenwich, RI, 2002-2003. Collaborated as a Project Coordinator with client Process Engineers, other engineering disciplines, vendors, and construction management. Chaired issue resolution meetings, and managed action items lists. Maintained expedited design, fabrication, testing, and delivery of equipment. Supported construction management by providing status reports and schedule estimates for equipment shipping and project deliverables. Assisted in procuring equipment, components, and skids and completed project documentation. Attended cGMP/GDP training. Implemented change management processes. Negotiated commercial terms and conditions. Maintained Amgen standards and BPE guidelines. Participated in design reviews of systems. Coordinated with engineering contractors during process design by providing equipment engineering support for piping layout review and specification of Bio-Pharma requirements. Participated in execution of spray ball coverage testing and FAT/SATs. Worked as an Equipment Engineer and managed vendor packages.Eli Lilly NBHF – New Bulk Humalog Facility, Carolina, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, 2002. Prepared systems requirement packages for plant operations and controls for fermentation and isolation sections of grassroots Humalog facility. Identified credible relief scenarios, and sized the relief device.

Irving, Texas, Us

Conoco, Inc. – Carbon Fibers Plant #2 2000-2001. Detailed engineering for upgrade of a new vacuum distillation tower with a side draw. Provided field support for pilot plant upgrade. Started technology upgrade studies and conceptual design of a commercial plant.Conoco Inc. – Carbon Fibers Plant #1, Ponca City, OK, 1999-2000. Process Area Lead for the pitch plant. Provided detailed engineering for xylene recovery, flaking and liquid-liquid extraction, heat soak, and solvent exchange operations, involving high temperatures and pressures, viscous fluids, and solvents operating near critical conditions. Dealt with relief scenarios that were supercritical or reactive two-phase. Used heat transfer fluids at above auto-ignition temperature. Included packed distillation columns, fired heater, scrubbers and agitated vessels, and viscous mixers as equipment. Developed FEED and executed detail engineering, Provided PSM support. BF Goodrich – Multi-Purpose Clean Pilot Plant Project, Brecksville, OH, 1998-1999. Process Lead on this first-of-a-kind pilot facility for making photo resists and specialty polymers used in semiconductors. Developed conceptual design and FEED for this pilot facility in less than 20 weeks. Specified systems for generation of ultra pure water and systems for solid/solution filling in Class 100/1000 clean room environment. Used all glass-lined or PFA-coated equipment. Prepared process design criteria, utility design basis, and relief device sizing philosophy. Interacted directly with vendors and fulfilled equipment responsibilities. Conoco – Solvent Exchange Project, Ponca City, OK, 1998. Worked as a Project/Process Engineer for conceptual engineering. Completed this study with a TIC of $2 MM in three weeks and under budget. Prepared PFDs, heat and mass balance, equipment list/datasheets, preliminary layout, and vendor quotes. Identified vendors and prepared process specification for a molten salt heat transfer system.

Irving, Texas, Us

Union Carbide – Kerteh Derivatives Project, Malaysia, 1998. Area Lead for ethanolamines unit. Developed PFD and P&ID's for vent header and ammonia Flare System. Designed the steam and condensate system. Detailed calculations and documentation of safety relief devices using SafSiz, Saf-Net, LowSiz and HEM. Prepared Safety Considerations Report for the ethanolamines unit. Procter and Gamble – New Site Project, Cincinnati, OH, 1997-1998. Area Lead for a specialty additives facility. Designed bulk storage systems for raw materials and prepared additives through reactions, and mixing/blending. Prepared design basis, control philosophy, and performance specifications for specialty emulsion make-down unit, and solid handling systems. Monsanto – Glyphosate Project, St. Louis MO., 1997. Prepared pilot plant test proposal for testing, and validating a new process for isolation and purification of salt, a byproduct in herbicide intermediate production. Developed PFD's, HMB and P&ID's for the two-stage evaporative crystallization system, including overhead vacuum system.. Monsanto – OST Defrost and Adipic Acid Projects, Pensacola, FL, 1997. Performed FEED and EPC for OST Defrost and Boric acid storage tank projects. GE Plastics – BPA Plant, Burkeville, AL, 1996. Studied debottlenecking of hot oil system. Performed HTRI simulations for rating distillation column condensers/reboilers. Performed hydraulic calculations for hot oil piping network. Engelhard – MZI Project, Seneca, SC, 1996. Performed detailed engineering for a plant to manufacture molecular sieve catalyst, which included crystallization, zeolite ion exchange, and calcination. Developed specification for thermal oxidizer package. Conducted assessment of the existing NOx scrubber. FMC – Lithium Casting Line Upgrade, Bessemer City, NC, 1996. Evaluated the performance of the existing lithium casting line, and made recommendations to double the throughput with improved ergonomics and operator safety.

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

Managed the process engineering and development of new products and processes to increase the profitability and competitiveness in various business areas. Performed process development studies for aroma chemicals, such as perfumery aldehydes at lab and pilot plant levels. Designed and piloted the complex, multi-step process for making fatty aldehydes from alpha olefins in 18 months. Developed epoxidation process using homogeneous Molybdenum Stearate catalyst to prepare C8, C10 and C12 epoxides. Scaled-up isomerization reaction for converting these epoxides to aromatic aldehydes using solid zeolite catalyst from bench to pilot scale. Conceptualized process flow sheets and prepared piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&ID's), as well as equipment specification sheets for perfumery chemicals project. Invented a process for converting n-butyl-benzene (a by-product from the existing isobutyl benzene plant) into aromatic esters, such as phenyl-n-propyl carbinyl acetate. Conducted systematic optimization study of transalkylation facility for converting diisopropylbenzenes into cumene. Recommended operating parameters, resulting in an increase of diisoproylbenzene conversion from 60% to 80% and reducing cumene recovery costs. Devised a method for removing trace impurity of epoxide from fatty aldehyde to increase product purity from 99% to 99.6%. Planned and developed chemicals from conception through commercial production. Interacted with sales, manufacturing, and customers. Developed FEED packages and conducted detailed design and process calculations for various unit operations. Performed economic evaluation and feasibility studies. Improved the color quality of dodecylphenol from 150 HU to 30 HU. Decreased batch distillation time of dodecylphenol by 20%, which increased throughput of the plant.

Performed process engineering and technical services functions in this large fertilizer complex. Interfaced with vendors and equipment suppliers and expedited delivery schedules. Supervised equipment erection, installation and plant construction of 2x1350 tons/day ammonia plants based on Haldor-Topsoe technology of steam reforming of natural gas. Participated in pre-commissioning and commissioning of these plants before accepting operations and shift supervision responsibilities. Executed construction of azeotropic distillation column for concentrated nitric acid and prepared a study report for installing a glass tower for the same application. Gained hands-on experience of operating ammonia, urea, sulfuric acid, and concentrated nitric acid plants. Performed technical audits of process plants. Operated furnaces, waste heat boilers, high-pressure reactors, compressors, turbines and pumps. Developed pressure profile templates for sulfuric acid plant

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Taught process control, reaction engineering, unit operations, and chemical engineering drawing to Junior and Senior level students. Coordinator for setting up new chemical engineering laboratory. Organized a four day industrial tour for Senior level engineering students. Served as a Consultant to Eskay Industries for product/process development of pharmaceuticals and drug intermediates in company laboratory and plant. Suggested modifications and provided engineering support in the development of dinitroorthotoluamide

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering

Master'S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering