Steam Systems Senior Specialist - Consultant for Chemical, Refining, Food & Beverage, Pulp & Paper, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, District Heating, and Institutional

Expertise

• Senior Field Engineer and Training Manager for domestic and international energy firms specializing in state-of-the-art steam systems executing training, project management, engineering, and engineering services.
• Steam and condensate systems providing services and training.
• Steam system evaluations and audits.
• Steam system energy management.
• Steam and condensate system project management.
• Steam system process and profitability improvement.
• Reduction in steam consumption and emissions providing sustainable savings.
• Steam system safety.
• Steam trap station evaluations.
• Steam system reliability.
• Cost-effective steam system operation.
• Customization of training for facilities.

Training

• Steam System Safety, Reliability, and Cost-reduction™ Training.
• Safety
• Reliability
• Steam fundamentals
• Flash steam
• Flash steam recovery
• Water hammer
• Steam traps and steam trap testing
• Steam system best practices
• Steam piping best practices
• Operations and cost reduction
• AutoCAD drawings, component cutaways, and pass-arounds
• Vacuum in steam systems

Experience

Undisclosed Company, Principal and Manager, 2015 - Present

Steam System Services and Training

• Domestic and international training and services to companies whose processes and profitability depend on safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of their industrial steam and condensate systems.
• Orchestration of steam system projects, evaluations, and training services.

Swagelok Energy Advisors, Inc., Solon, OH, 2012 - 2015

Senior Field Engineer, Training Manager and Marketing Manager

• Conducted thorough steam and condensate system evaluations, engineering, report generation, and training programs for a wide spectrum of major industrial and commercial clients in North America and the United Kingdom.
• Development and growth of sales of steam and condensate system evaluations customized engineering services, project management, and training programs.
• Trained Swagelok Company's distributor salespeople, accompanied salespeople on client visits as a subject matter expert, and worked directly with major steam-using clients worldwide.
• Developed and conducted standardized and customized steam system training courses where attendees earned CEU credits.

AWC, Inc., General Manager and Steam Division Manager, 2007 - 2012

• Prior to it's acquisition by this corporation, Consultant had founded and operated the company - and stayed on for its future success.
• Provided strategic and tactical management and continued development and growth just as before the acquisition.
• Solidified the viability of a steam and condensate focus within existing AWC customer base.
• Worked with the company's existing sales force to provide instruction and guidance on development and growth of steam and condensate services and products.

Undisclosed Technical Corporation, Founder and President, 2001 - 2007

• Maintained a strict focus on steam and condensate systems.
• Within 5 years, developed the company to make it an attractive acquisition for a much larger company, AWC, Inc., a $250 million industrial sales organization covering 17 states.

Honors & Publications

Credentials

• Certified Energy Manager (C.E.M.), Association of Energy Engineers
• Steam System Level III and Steam Trap Examiner certifications
• Consortium of Energy Efficiency (CEE) - Industry Partner
• International District Energy Association (IDEA) - Member

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Patents

• One U.S. Patent

Education

• B.S. Industrial Technology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS