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<br />1993 -1996 <br /> <br />1991 -1993 <br /> <br />1989 - 1991 <br /> <br />EDUCATION: <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Production Engineer - Oletins/Aromatics <br />Primary responsibility for the day-to-day operations and troubleshooting of the olefins and <br />aromatics units. Establish operating targets and ensure maximum production at equipment <br />limits to optimize profitability. Complete Management of Changes associated with <br />modifications to continually improve unit performance. Define plant operating constraints and <br />recommend capital improvements. <br /> <br />Accomplishments <br />. Improved C2 Reactor performance resulting in $1 MM per year profit improvements. <br />. Member of task team that improved depropanizer operation by reducing fouling. The <br />depropanizer and reboiler operated for six years (1996-2002) without any fouling. <br />Extensive monitoring program was developed to track progress. Developed new pre- <br />startup chemical cleaning and passivation procedure. <br />. Led a team of Operations and Maintenance personnel that repaired a leaking propylene <br />refrigeration desuperheater on-line by double hot tapping and stoppling. Developed <br />procedures and contingency plans for the project. Repair was completed successfully <br />without safety or environmental incidents resulting in savings of $5MM by avoiding a plant <br />shutdown. <br /> <br />Production Engineer - Butadiene/Logistics <br />Monitor and troubleshoot daily operations of the butadiene unit, waste water unit and waste <br />caustic area. In addition, coordinate feedstock and product movements, as well as inventories. <br />Interim Area Manager from 9/92 -11/92 which consisted of responsibility for safety, <br />environmental and production of the butadiene unit/logistics area, including thirty-seven <br />employees. <br /> <br />Accomplishments <br />. Led a project team of five that extended butadiene unit run length from three to eighteen <br />months and on-stream time from eighty-three percent to ninety-four percent. <br />. Took lead role in implementing a $1.5MM licensed technology to extend the butadiene unit <br />run length to four years. This role also included the process design, development of <br />standard operating procedures and process technician training. <br />. Participated in a Process Hazards Review of the butadiene unit. <br /> <br />Process Engineer - Technical Department <br />Provided detailed process design for capital projects and technical support to operations. <br /> <br />Accomplishments <br />. Balanced the fuel gas system and saved $316M per year by designing a $145M project to <br />reroute internal fuel gas from the olefins unit to the cogeneration and butadiene units. <br />. Lead process engineer in implementing a plant test to co-crack mixed C4s in cracking <br />furnaces that saved $750M. <br />. Developed an enclosed system for disposing of excess laboratory samples. <br /> <br />1989 - B. S. Chemica/ Engineering - Lamar University - Beaumont, Texas <br />