Experience

IDCON, INC.

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Maintenance & Reliability Management Consultant

  • Jan 2011 - Present

• Senior Consultant

  • 2010 - Present

  I have over 30 years of experience in asset mgmt & operations excellence practices in front-line supervisory & leadership roles in the oil and gas, petrochemical, & mining industries. I am proficient at rapidly identifying business improvements, developing and implementing practical action plans and practices that result in Safety and financial business improvements.I have gained a broad range of experience in production and operations mgmt.; incl. supv. practices for operations excellence, basic operator training, operator equip. care, standard operating instructions/procedures, operating Safetyprocedures & systems, & optimizing turnaround shutdown & start-up procedures. Additionally, I have accomplished in routine & turnaround maintenance mgmt.; including routine maint. strategies, defining equip. criticality, routine maint. planning & scheduling, risk-based work selection, turnaround maintenance strategies, turnaround planning and execution, materials mgmt., and risk-based spare parts inventory.Also, I have a background and experience in contracting and engineering mgmt. practices; including developing site contracting strategies, contract formats, field controls, rationalizing contracts & contractors on-site, and engineering project management and controls.Senior Reliability and Maintenance Management Consultant• Audits of reliability and maintenance best practices.• Development of improvement plans.• Implementation of better maintenance practices• Development of training material• Conducts training in Planning and Scheduling, Preventive maintenanceand Root Cause Problem Elimination• Managed implementation project using SAP Plant maintenance module(for Preventive Maintenance, Root Cause Problem Elimination, Stores, implementation project using SAP Plant maintenance module(for Preventive Maintenance, Root Cause Problem Elimination, Stores,I have worked with IDCON clients across all industries including Paper, Chemical, and Oil and Gas.



The Highland Group International

• Switzerland

• Business Stream Leader

  • Mar 2009 - Mar 2010



Partners in Performance

• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Area Engagement Manager

  • Jun 2008 - Jan 2010

  Partners In Performance Pte. Ltd., Sydney, Australia, Area Engagement Manager• As Area Engagement Manager, I have implemented a broad range of mining operations and maintenance improvements for open pit coal mining operations• Reduced maintenance expenses and equipment costs by over $1 million while increasing production, ROM (Run Of Mine) tones, revenue by $3 million per year• Reduced light vehicle damage and increased availability to 92%. Raised operator production by daily inspections and planning & scheduling practices• Increased coal production by 100,000 ROM, tones per annum, from electronic manning dashboard to improved shift pre-start, shift handover, and mine plan communications with pit crews and operators• Increased coal production by 300,000 ROM, tpa and reduced equipment downtime from improved operations & maintenance hand- over and hand-back processes• Eliminated Drill and Blast (D&B) as the mine production constraint by improved D&B equipment (i.e. loaders, dewatering, drills) reliability from equipment upgrades, training procedures, and frontline coaching• Increased haul truck availability to 87% and production by 200,000 ROM, tpa from extensive operator coaching and equipment care practices. Reduced haul truck tire repairs by $300,000/yr from improved haul road design and equipment utilization• Implemented a standard hot seating procedure for shift change and crib breaks and increased payloads from 90% to increase production by 300,000 ROM, tpa• Increased operator truck fault awareness and reduced defects by 28- 50% in the first month of implementation from condition monitoring, trending, and planned maintenance strategies



KBC Advanced Technologies, Inc

• Senior RAM Consultant

  • Jan 2001 - Jan 2010

  Senior Consultant: Managing and executing major contract work with a large state owned oil company in China. In addition, Greg is responsible for developing the SE Asia strategy and business development for major petrochemical clients in South East Asia. In addition, Greg is also account manager for major state owned petrochemical clients in Malaysia. Taiwan, Vietnam, and China.Project Manager for Reliability & Maintenance Improvement Projects, Account Manager in Asia. Some of his most notable accomplishments include the following:• Achieved benefits of $11 million in the first six months of the improvement program from delayed Coker unit reliability & profitability review in Asia.• Achieved benefits of 11.0-13.0 cents per barrel in the first eight months from turnaround optimization and defect elimination at a Chinese petrochemical plant• Reduced routine, turnaround, and programmed maintenance by 30% for two Petrochemical business units in Asia. Improved from third and fourth quarter to first quartile performances by implementing work selection, operations and maintenance planning practices and technologies• Realized benefits of $12 million by implementing major crude unit turnaround work list reviews, execution practices, inspection, and management & execution assistance at a refinery in Asia• Achieved benefits of almost $5 million by implementing corrosion mitigation program for crude process units at a major refinery in Asia• Provided frontline Supervising Training to achieve operations excellence for major petrochemical facilities in Asia• Developed business unit site maintenance and operational strategies with petrochemical leadership teams in South America and Asia• Managed site maintenance and reliability improvement plans, including site developing strategies, maintenance management, and equipment reliability management at major petrochemical sites in Japan



BP

• France
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Asset Supt

  • 1979 - 2004

  British Petroleum Refining, Texas City, Texas; Yorktown, Virginia; Whiting, Indiana,Multiple Positions• As Asset Superintendant, improved Delayed Coker cycle time from 15hrs to 13hrs, established new record level Coker charge rates, resid destruction rates, & coke yield production rates• Reduced antifoam variable expenses to record levels; increased Coker and Resid Deasphalting Unit (RDU) operating factors, reduced coke handling expenses• As Engineering Technical Manager, led successful on-line spauling of Coker heaters and pilot runs of new types of feed to the Cokers and RDU• As Performance Systems & Training Manager, developed business unit action plans and key performance indicators to reduce operating expenses and improve business performance• Provided leadership for developed of OSHA 1910 refinery operating training guides• As Turnaround Manager, provided leadership and daily management of eight scheduled mechanical turnarounds on major process units. Managed up to 500 mechanical crafts per shift, and turnaround budgets of up to $30 million- Coordinated refinery business assessment process and served on the refinery contract negotiating team during Oil, Chemical, & Atomic Workers (OCAW) union contract negotiations



Lyondell-Citgo Refining LP

• Operations Asset manager

  • Jul 1999 - Mar 2001

  Operations Superintendent (July 1999 – August 2000): Greg was the business unit leader for the Coker complex and was responsible for the Safety, reliability; mechanical availability, environmental operations, and unit utilization, of two world-class design 90-120 BPD Cokers. Greg was directly accountable for unit programmed expense, variable expense, process unit improvement and optimization, and for employee training programs. Operations Area Manager, Crude & Cokers (August 2000 – March 2001): Greg was responsible for and developed annual business plans for two world-class design Cokers and two Crude process units. Greg’s responsibilities included compliance to the business plan targets, for unit operations, the overall Safety, reliability, and environmental compliance of the process units. Greg was also responsible for unit programmed expenses, variable expense, unit maintenance planning and execution, and meeting unit performance targets.Lyondell-CITGO Refining Company, Houston, Texas, Operations Area Manager• Achieved benefits of over $3 million by implementing machinery defect elimination practices.• Established record Coker production rates and product quality standards• Established innovative routine and turnaround operating schedules to optimize Coker utilization rates, turnaround durations, and routine expenses• Implemented operator equipment care programs, including equipment data collectors, pump rotation, temperature and vibration monitoring practices• Implemented safety instrumentation and hardware interlock systems for Coker batch operations resulting in a zero OSHA injury rate for the facility