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Responsibilities• Develop novel engineering tools that support simulation delivery teams by automating and improving workflows – specifically processes related to DCS and PLC integration and validation.• Improve existing simulation technology by developing custom controls communication engines and simulation objects for unique and novel processes.• Create proof-of-concept systems demonstrating innovative simulation technologies for both internal and external customer audiences.Achievements• Collaborated with controls engineers to create an automated migration tool used to upgrade outdated Moore APACS PLCs to Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs. Developed a validation process for Modicon function block diagrams and sequential function charts.• Developed a custom web-based tool used to automate the simulator-to-DCS/PLC integration process• Created custom communication engines that facilitates real-time data transfer via OPC between process simulators and both ABB HTS and CCC emulators.• Created a machine learning tool used to identify transmitters and PID blocks on customer P&IDs.

Houston, Texas Area

• Developed holistic marketing strategies aimed to promote orders and sales growth within the Process Simulation and Advanced Process Control (APC) businesses.• Helped drive integration and alignment between the simulation business, APC business and Honeywell’s cloud-technology.• Performed competitive analyses to determine strengths and weaknesses of Honeywell software offerings relative to the market and provided strategic input regarding market and industry trends.• Worked alongside product management and technical sales consultants to drive product development and direction.

Houston, Texas Area

• Worked directly with clients to architect high-fidelity, multipurpose digital twins used for: process optimization, DCS and PLC logic validation, and plant operator training.• Collaborated with multiple vendors to propose logic enhancements to existing plant controls designed to improve reliability and safety.• Led DCS/PLC-to-simulator integration activities and validated digital twin behavior against plant historian data.• Performed troubleshooting to diagnose and resolve incorrect DCS/PLC behavior.• Delivered projects at facilities spanning multiple industries such as: Power Generation, Refining, Petrochemicals and Pharmaceuticals.• Developed plant-wide steady-state simulations designed to match heat and material balances and ensure digital twin accuracy.

Greater San Diego Area

Worked with mathematical models to determine dissolution rate constants for solute materials used in assay development. These values were used in computational fluid dynamics software to model dissolution rates over a range of solute concentrations and mixing conditions.