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Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Analyze and Manage Refinery Operation Product Lines.● Analyze raw refinery operation data and translate crucial findings to customers.● Led cross functional development and implementation of new and current customer product based on future market outlook.● Address customer questions and product feedback while de-escalating conflict.● Provide real time technical support to field operators with asset malfunction.● Coached intern on refinery operations and data collection.

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Owned the Design and Coordination of Installation of Fire Sprinkler Systems.● Designed Fire Sprinkler Systems in accordance to NFPA regulations using AutoCad.● Led full cycle project management including organizing project timelines/gantt chart, customer and vendor relations, on-site data collection, and budget management.● Main point of contact for field personnel with project issues and guidance.● Performed technical Hydraulic Calculations to provide data driven recommendations to customers for efficient system design.● Coached intern on NFPA sprinkler design standards resulting in delegation of design work.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

• Optimized Production Schedules through the use of Excel Macros

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Designed, Managed, and Restored Automation System Operation.● Wrote automation code, designed electrical schematics, and optimized production systems for PLC driven operations.● Provided on-site support for customer system evaluation and conflict resolution.● Led development of process manuals, on-site new system training, and served as main point of contact for customer troubleshooting.● Recommended and led installation of instrumentation for improved process control.

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Designed and Provided Technical Support of Hydrocarbon Recovery and Removal Systems.● Led full cycle development of new customer product including proof of concept, implementation, and QA testing.● Led development of 20+ standard product designs resulting in reduction of project timeline.● Conducted training for new systems and developed process manuals for engineering, operator, and maintenance personnel.● Executed equipment performance assessments based on test data analysis resulting in identification of improvement opportunities.● Created innovative system design based on customer site and budget limitations.● Main point of contact for automation engineers and field technicians.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Identification of Carbon Black Removed from Elastomeric Components in Contact with Potable Water, 2012 to 2013Highlights:• Worked under the supervision of Dr. Gerold Willing to determine the effects of monochloramine degradation to elastomeric compounds used in the Water Treatment Industry.• Designed and executed research procedures individually and in a group.• Worked with several material characterization techniques such as gas chromatography (GC), and multi angle particle sizing analyzer.• Performed ANOVA and regression analysis on experimental data using Minitab and Microsoft Excel.• Published by UMI Dissertation Publishing.

Worked as an engineering co-op under the direction of five experienced engineers. Attended daily meetings for updates on the processes and supervised construction of new equipment and devices in the plant. Worked on long and short term projects with the engineers.Highlights:— Process optimization and improvement through controls programming. — Process and quality testing in pilot plant and lab.— Verified and updated Process and Instrumentation Diagrams.— Designed specialty lab equipment in AutoCAD. — Created and revised process manuals. — Retrofitted process equipment to increase production.— Collected samples to ensure the highest production quality.— Worked with process operators and engineers to learn and optimize process.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Chemical Engineering