Licensed Engineer, I&CS and SIS Expert with Specialized Knowledge in Capital Project Management for Petroleum and Petrochemical IndustriesAll aspects of Instrumentation and Control Systems (I&CS) from design to testing and installation.International project and in-plant experience completing major I&CS capital projects within petroleum and petrochemical industries of forty years.Project engineering and project management major capital projects for petroleum and chemical plants worldwide.Safety instrumented systems, distributed control systems.In-plant troubleshooting - start-up, and process engineering.

Nuclear Power Plant Structure, Design and Testing ASME Codes and Standards ExpertNuclear power plant structures: Design, analysis, construction, and testing of, equipment, piping, vessels, and supports with 40 years of experience.Design Authority for Columbia Generating Station civil and structures, providing discipline approval for plant design changes and ensured plant design basis compliance.ASME code and standards development for the design of pressure vessels, piping, and support structures, holding a variety of leadership roles.Undisclosed Company, Sen...

I&CS - Instrumentation and Control Systems Expert Specializing in HAZOP, EPetroleum Refinery Modernization and Start-Up AssistancePetroleum refining industry for domestic and international entities providing engineering design of 40 years.Instrumentation and Control Systems (I&CS), Safety Systems, Computer Simulation, Operator Training, HAZOP reviews.Integration of individual refinery engineering standards to Exxon engineering standards.Undisclosed Company, Senior Engineering Advisor, 2005 - PresentDesign and HA...

Instrumentation and Control, Safety Systems (I&CS) Expert, Skilled in Contracting Strategies, Project Management, Competitive Bidding, Client and Management CollaborationsPetroleum refining industry planning and developing complex Instrumentation and Control Systems projects (I&CS).Defining and communicating business case and other strategic justifications to obtain project funding from senior management.Leverage technical, logistical, and financial knowledge to analyze and address constraints and overcome project challenges.

Refinery reliability, maintenance and turnarounds.Piping design, and subsea tooling and equipmentEquipment strategies development for multi-billion dollar capital projects in upstream and downstream facilities including Greenfield and revamp process and production units.Refinery turnaround support and refractory equipment repair.FCCU maintenance and turnarounds.Pressure vessel design.ExxonMobil Refinery, Torrance, CA and Chalmette, LA, Mechanical EngineerTurnaround engineering support and unit coverage - FCC, HF Alkylation, Crude, Coker, Sulfur, hydrotreating, hydrocracking and utilities units.Profitability project engineering to capture m...

Oil Refining Metallurgy and Material Engineering Expert Specializing in Equipment Reliability Testing, Corrosion Research, API Standards DevelopmentMaterials engineering in the petroleum industry providing over thirty years of experience.Corrosion prevention.Failure analysis.Fitness-for-service assessments.Equipment in refineries, petrochemical units, and upstream facilities.Chevron, Exxon, and ExxonMobile, Technical Expert (of 36 years)Lead Technical Expert in areas of crude corrosion, high te...

Electrical Engineering Expert with Specialized Knowledge in Developing and Implementing Petroleum Refinery Instrumentation and Process Control SystemsLeadership, and supervision of real-time process control systems projects.Developing, implementing, maintaining petroleum refinery and chemical plant instrumentation systems.Instrument reliability and maintenance improvement programs.Independent ConsultantLead process control and instrumentation advisor on several startup and troubleshooting ass...

Energy Optimization in Chemical Processes Using Pinch Analysis - Oil, Gas, Chemicals, Pharma, Pulp - Paper, Food Processing (Ethanol, HFCS, Fruit Juice Concentration, Dairy and Poultry)IEnergy efficiency optimization in chemical processes using process integration techniques based on Pinch Analysis - oil, gas, chemicals, pharma, pulp - paper, food processing (ethanol, HFCS, raw sugar refining, fruit juice concentration, dairy and poultry.Simulation modeling of process plants and plant utility systems, steam generation and cooling water.Combined heat and power (cogeneration) systems design and operational optimization.Industrial and commerc...

Drug Stability, Pharmaceutical Impurities, and Control Strategies ExpertChemical, physical, and environmental stability and degradation.Preformulation, formulation design and stability.Analytical and impurity (including mutagenic impurity) control strategies, including structure elucidation, characterization, predictive technologies and risk assessment.Photostability, photochemistry and photostabilization.Regulatory issues and authoring, primarily chemistry, manufacturing and controls section.Expert Witness ExperiencePatent case in Europe, regarding differences in stability between prasugrel and clopidogrel, and testified as Expert Witnes...

Polymer Chemical Engineering Consultant with Experience in Acrylics, Polystyrene, EPS, SAN and Coatings (epoxies, urethanes, emulsions).Polymer synthesis; batch and continuous; emulsion, suspension, solution, dispersion and bulk.Polymer devolatilization; extrusion, stripping and residual reactions.ATRP Polymer technology and process design.Solid Fuel Rocket Motor development and design and defense industry experience.Coatings and paint process technology.PS and EPS processing.Fracking chemicals development.Plastic processing - foam polystyrene.Toll Processing - searches to find capability for production for various polymers and chemicals.P...