Experience

Epsilyte

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Site Manager

  • Mar 2022 - Present



Dow

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production Director

  • Nov 2020 - Mar 2022

  Plant leader for two polyethylene copolymer production plants at Dow Sabine River site. (~90 in organization)

• Operations Leader

  • Mar 2019 - Nov 2020

  LHC3 Ethylene/Olefins Plant. Lead engineering team and day staff technicians (~15 direct reports). Responsible for driving EHS, reliability/production, and cost performance of unit.

• Unit Leader

  • Feb 2017 - May 2019

  LHC-3 Ethylene/Olefins Plant. Leader of operations shift teams in plant, ~35 direct reports.

• Senior Production Engineer

  • Jun 2013 - Feb 2017

  LHC-3 Ethylene, Hydrocarbons and Energy Group

• Production Engineer

  • Jun 2010 - Jun 2013

  • Lead engineering contact for batch production of ethylene vinyl acetate and polyvinylidene chloride dispersions.• Advanced troubleshooter for equipment or process failures unable to be diagnosed by operations• Owned Safety Instrumented Systems for equipment of responsibility. Trained in/used quantitative risk assessment techniques to estimate hazard potential and protection layer requirements for equipment in plant. • Monitored and improved first-pass prime and offgrade generation metrics. Captured data to identify critical process parameters and implemented changes where necessary. This initiative reduced offgrade generated from process variability by >50%. • Wrote technical manual on ethylene vinyl acetate and PVDC dispersion technology. This manual is now used as the primary means of training new operators and engineers.• Identified, planned, and executed projects directed to improve energy efficiency for Ringwood site• Identified inefficiency and rewrote programming to reduce carbon adsorber (emissions control device) energy consumption by 75% with no capital spend. Extensive communication with Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and internal regulatory contacts required for change. • Led project to install new burner on site steam boiler: specification of equipment, compliance with NFPA code, and coordination of contractors. ($230M capital, $100M annual savings).• Subject-matter expert for reactive chemicals in production area. • Identified inefficiency in batch production asset strategy, gained support from R&D colleagues, and implemented change yielding $171M annually to operating efficiency with no capital required.• Site focal point to lead Root Cause Investigations for significant events (injuries, e posures, spills)• Led high profile investigations with visibility across the company. Conducted the investigations and communicated with all leadership requiring input. Show less



Cadbury Adams

• Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Process Engineering Intern

  • May 2007 - Aug 2009

  • Developed model for and performed large-scale mass balance analysis on a continuous gum production line to determine bottlenecks and inefficiencies. Correcting these bottlenecks had potential to generate an annual cost savings in excess of $1.0 million. • Led cross-functional teams to solve manufacturing problems by generating specifications, contacting vendors and contractors, coordinating project spending, and overseeing execution. Projects include: - Installation of foreign material scalping equipment ($80M capital investment) - Design/Installation of system to feed powder polyols to a continuous process ($590M) - Renovation of 15 year old gum base cooling equipment to improve energy efficiency and decrease product temperature. ($345M capital, $240M annual savings) • Prepared preliminary engineering and cost analysis to implement an innovative gum formula change with a projected annual savings of $40 million. The formula change required the replacement of melting/mixing equipment, process piping, and pumps with an estimated capital investment of $7.8 million. Show less