Feb 2014 – Aug 2023 · 9 yrs 6 mos · Houston, Texas, United States

• DCS, PLC, safety systems and advanced controls -- Successfully led a team of process control specialists to optimize safety and reliability of operations in a flagship catofin propane dehydrogenation on-purpose propylene plant. Honeywell Experion PKS, Honeywell Safety Manager, AspenTech DMC+, Rockwell/Allen-Bradley RSLinx/ControlLogix, Schneider Electric Triconex (Tricon & Tri-GP), compressor controls using Woodward MicroNet+ and ProTech TPS

Jun 2012 – Feb 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos · Greater Houston

• Improving plant safety by formalizing the alarm management philosophy, rigorously analyzing the existing alarm configuration and actual alarming frequency for conformity to this philosophy, and optimizing all alarms so that the operator receives the right information at the right time to make the right decision immediately. Clients include BP Gulf of Mexico, Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO), Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Company Ltd. (SAMREF), Chevron Phillips, Westlake Chemical, LyondellBasell Refinery and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

Aug 2010 – Jun 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos · Houston, Texas

• Teacher of PreAP Geometry, PreAP Algebra I and PreAP Algebra II for 9th through 12th grade students. Early adopter of state-of-the-art educational technology. Webmaster for two high schools. Resident videographer for extracurricular activities. Faculty advisor for high school Chess Club.

Aug 1993 – Sep 2006 · 13 yrs 1 mo

• Advanced control applications, including Rockwell Automation Pavilion neural network and DMCplus multivariable controls on a variety of chemical and polymer processes. Invented proprietary control algorithm for distillation product columns, resulting in vastly improved product quality control and much less off-spec. Led safety analyses that allowed software testing on world's largest loop reactor while in full operation. Alarm rationalization, HAZOP and What If analyses. Live closed-circuit television (CCTV) production. Sole developer of plant intranet web application for improvement of safety behaviors among 400 employees, later adopted elsewhere.

Sep 1989 – Aug 1993 · 3 yrs 11 mos

• BPCS configuration, programming, and graphics for a variety of chemical processes. Programmed triple-redundant PLC safety instrumented systems (SIS). Alarm rationalization, HAZOP and What If analyses.

Jul 1987 – Sep 1989 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Incident-free on-the-fly rewiring of Westinghouse 7300 control system for Delmarva Power. Formally commended by the City of Houston for exemplary work on a Honeywell TDC-3000 BPCS in a sludge plant. Managed large team of process control engineers and technicians who were subbed out to many companies such as Duke Energy.

Jul 1985 – Jul 1987 · 2 yrs

• Designed and developed energy management applications, such as boiler load allocation, electrical demand management, and steam header pressure optimization. Wrote drivers for IEEE communication interface between Foxboro/Invensys BPCS and supervisory computer.

Oct 1982 – Jul 1985 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Led team that configured and programmed the world's largest Honeywell TDC-3000 BPCS system of multifunction controllers (MFCs). Did mass spectrometry controls.

Jun 1977 – Oct 1982 · 5 yrs 4 mos

• Designed, developed and implemented supervisory control system applications for multiple chemical processing plants. Utilized GC analyzers for closed-loop control.

Jul 1976 – Jun 1977 · 11 mos

• Served as professor of sophomore level Chemical Engineering course. Graded all homework and tests for several other undergraduate courses, and directed Chemical Engineering lab courses.

Sep 1971 – Jun 1976 · 4 yrs 9 mos

• Designed and developed SQC applications for this medical X-ray film manufacturing facility. Application software still in constant use over 25 years later. Also wrote computer peripheral assembly language drivers that worked flawlessly the first time.