Dr. Srini Karra Email & Phone Number

Spring, Tx, Us

Lubbock , Texas, Us

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Providing commercial, economic and market analysis. Working with business units and new opportunities team to develop insights using economic opportunity evaluation via characterization of uncertainties, scenarios, and integration of business knowledge/judgment consistent with business strategies, plans, and decision making.

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Leading and providing functional & administrative guidance to a team of (25 to 30) Applications Engineers (process control and optimization), Analyzer Engineers and Fired Equipment Engineers across 12 Business Teams spanning Refining, Chemicals and Polymers.

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Provided stewardship and analysis of financial and business data. Coordinated Controller’s engagements and acted as a liaison between upper-level management and the business lines via monthly and Quarterly stewardships. As the Corporate Plan Lead for 2017-18 cycle for Beaumont Chemical Plant, ensured the site meeting HQ guidelines while working with division managers on several moving parts (basis changes, special emphasis projects, site standards initiative etc.). Provided cost reports, head count reports to stakeholders to enforce cost controls in timely manner. Established the site's Year-End-Projection toolset and the work process. Expanded controllers reach into Business Team effectiveness refresh, workforce benchmarking, OIMS Critical Validations and Measurements analysis, Competitiveness workshop and Loss Prevention System tie-ins.

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Application Engineer on Olefins co-product recovery (3/1/2014-3/1/2016), Furnace section (4/1/2015-10/30/2016) Revamped several DMCs in Olefins and provided guidance on Aromatics DMCs (>15M$/Y MI). Lead the OTS commissioning and sustainment efforts on BMCP Olefins ($5M CAPEX). Lead several applications projects (Fired heater flood protection controls, Boiler BP, Flare Improvement Project with > 3000 risk units reduction). Site representative for Basic Chemical Controls Application Network (participated by 15 Exxon sites throughout the world). Stewarded site compliance with several Best Practices and author of a Best Practice on application monitoring.

Houston, Texas, Us

Technical and business lead on several (~40 in number) multi-variable controller (DMC) deployment projects on refining, chemical and building material processes. Traveled for >70% time to tens of client sites (BP, Total, BASF, Americas Styrenics, Hovensa, Georgia Pacific, Tesoro, Chevron Phillips are few of them) within US and Canada rendering services. As a lead consultant, managed a portfolio of DMC projects (~3M$/Y services): Proposals and contracts, Resource planning, Execution, Customer support and Training.

Guest-Editor (02/2012 - present), Control Engineering Practice Journal: Special issue on Applications of advanced process control technology on industrial systems https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09670661/22

Al Jubail, Gulf Region, Sa

Interned under Dr. Charles Cutler (founder of DMC corporation and NAE member) in application software development. Wrote math compiler that was embedded in CTCSim (OTS software). Contributed to DMC scoping studies on world's largest Ammonia-Urea trains (4#) at SAFCO, KSA.

Plant Operator at Nagarjuna Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited, India. Apr, 1999 – Oct, 1999Operations Intern at Sirpur Paper Mills, India. Mar, 1998 – Aug, 1998Operations Intern at Voltas Pesticides Limited, India. Sep, 1997 – Feb, 1998

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), General Management, Finance And Geopolitics Of Energy

Exxonmobil Enterprise Leadership Program, Business Administration And Management, General

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering

M.Tech., Chemical Engineering

B.Tech., Chemical Engineering