Experience

PBF Energy

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process Engineering Manager

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  Managing the process engineering support staff for the refinery. The department consists of ~20 process engineers that support the entire site including operation support engineers, subject matter experts for the company, and team leads.

• Process Engineering Team Lead

  • May 2021 - Jan 2022

  -supervising team of 5 process engineers in catalytic cracking, hydrocracking/hydrotreating, crude units, catalytic reforming, alkylation, utilities, sulfur plants

• Senior Process Engineer- Hydrocracking and hydrogen plants

  • Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

• Process Engineer- Catalytic Cracking

  • Feb 2020 - Jan 2022



Shell

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Process Engineer-Catalytic Cracking (FCC)

  • Jul 2018 - Feb 2020

• Carbon and Energy Management engineer

  • Jul 2016 - Jul 2018

  Coordinator for energy and CO2 reduction effort at Shell's Martinez refinery. This includes capital project development, operational efficiency improvements, and maintenance improvements

• Process engineer- Heavy Olefins and Aromatics

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2016

  •Process Engineer and technical focal point supporting multiple technologies in the chemicals plant, including sulfolane extraction and pygas hydrotreating. Responsibilities include proactive technical monitoring, turnaround support, unit troubleshooting, and unit optimization.

• Process Engineer-Crude Distillation and Naphtha Hydrotreating

  • Jun 2012 - Jul 2014

  •Process Engineer and technical focal point supporting two crude distillation units, three vacuum distillation units, a naphtha hydrotreater unit and a flare gas recovery unit. Responsibilities include proactive technical monitoring, turnaround support, unit troubleshooting, and unit optimization.•Lead production and operations teams in successful effort to develop and execute a test run for light domestic crude at a crude distillation unit. The test run demonstrated the feasibility of running light crude at the unit, with an expected benefit of $100-200mln per year for the next 5-10 years.

• Process Engineer-Projects

  • Jul 2010 - May 2012

  •Supplied chemical process engineering expertise to support the capital projects department at Shell Deer Park Petrochemical facility. Responsibilities included process design, modeling, and economics evaluations of potential projects. •Lead an investigation to identify root cause of exchanger fouling issue that had caused over $1mln/year in lost production and maintenance costs for the last three years. Results of investigation clearly demonstrated root cause and several options for mitigation. •Lead safeguarding study that identified solutions for process safety issues at the Catalytic Feed hydrotreater (CFH) that were low cost and low impact to operations. Upgrades were completed during the last unit turnaround•Determined process design basis for refinery flare management project, resulting in less environmental impact from flaring at the site.



Ryan Bailey Research Group

• Research Assistant/Intern

  • Jan 2008 - May 2010

  •Developed a new procedure using Bailey group biosensing technology that has possible applications for early detection of Parkinson’s and other genetic disorders.•Co-author of pending patent on the procedure Bailey, R.C.; Qavi, A.J.; Mysz, T.M; “Methods and Devices for the Discrimination of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms” disclosed in an U.S. provisional patent application, No. 61/514,649. File date: August 3, 2011.•Co-author of research paper in Analytical Chemistry "Isothermal Discrimination of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms via Real-Time Kinetic Desorption and Label-Free Detection of DNA using Silicon Photonic Microring Resonator Arrays" Author(s): Qavi, Abraham; Mysz, Thomas; Bailey, Ryan



UIUC Biodiesel Initiative

• Technical Leader

  • Jan 2008 - May 2010

  •Founded and led a research group of 10 members in order to develop a procedure for testing biodiesel fuel produced by the UIUC Biodiesel Initiative. •Developed new system for testing biodiesel fuel and giving feedback to production team. This allowed allowed for large scale production of the fuel that met ASTM testing standards and was therefore salable to the University’s fleet of maintenance vehicles. •Founded and led a research group of 10 members in order to develop a procedure for testing biodiesel fuel produced by the UIUC Biodiesel Initiative. •Developed new system for testing biodiesel fuel and giving feedback to production team. This allowed allowed for large scale production of the fuel that met ASTM testing standards and was therefore salable to the University’s fleet of maintenance vehicles.



Shell

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • May 2009 - Aug 2009

  •Developed optimization plans to maximize hydrogen utilization within the refinery as well as reduce CO2 footprint.•Developed and orally presented a business case for lowering the CO2 footprint at a distillation column and saving $400,000/year in energy costs without sacrificing production capabilities or safety. •Developed optimization plans to maximize hydrogen utilization within the refinery as well as reduce CO2 footprint.•Developed and orally presented a business case for lowering the CO2 footprint at a distillation column and saving $400,000/year in energy costs without sacrificing production capabilities or safety.



CleanAir Engineering

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • 2008 - 2009

  My roles included working in the warehouse repairing pumps and equipment, as well as field work as a stack tester at utility companies across the United States. My roles included working in the warehouse repairing pumps and equipment, as well as field work as a stack tester at utility companies across the United States.