Accomplishments
Designed, engineered, managed construction and start-up of a 42 M gpd seawater RO system for use on off-shore oil platforms.
Obtained a U.S. Patent for seawater RO system noted above.
Lead process control engineer for MET implementation project for Thermal Heat Recovery Oxidizer (THROX) units at a major Gulf Coast Chemical plant.
Managed $15 MM capital program.
Managed $1.7 MM bio-reactor header project that reduced oxygen usage by 45% while increasing reactor capacity by 60%.
Evaluated Best Available Technology (BAT) for solids waste disposal, calculated long term economic impact, and obtained authorization for capital spending to implement it.
Managed $2.7 MM hazardous waste landfill project through engineering phase.
Managed $5.5 MM wastewater pipeline project into construction phase.
Developed economic evaluation computer program to assist sales effort. Achieved 20% increase in sales revenues 1994 over 1993, and 25% increase 1995 over 1994.
Developed UPW-grade resin product line for semi-conductor industry. Product launch in 4th quarter, 1996.
Trained five new field sellers in the technical aspects of the water treatment market.
Presented over fifty customer and regional technical seminars.
Led research/manufacturing effort to improve physical stability of a weak base anion product.
Ion Exchange Resin:
Led project to reduce 99.9% of the air emissions from the cation manufacturing plant by re-designing the recovery system.
Led project to rewire the cation control room junction boxes, update wiring documentation, and reprogram the process control computers.
Directed 20-member production team. Reduced batch cycle time in cation plant by an average of 25% through the continuous improvement process.
Developed preventative maintenance program that reduced equipment down-time by 20%.
Developed and implemented recipe and process changes to improve physical stability of a high-profit cation resin product for the power utilities market.
Engineered, installed, and started-up processing equipment to manufacture a new, high profit, cation resin product for the sugar separation market.
Engineered, programmed, installed, and started-up new process control computer system for the styrene/DVB copolymer plant.
Contributed to the team that researched and implemented process changes that improved the yield in the Monosphere* process by 30% for macroporous products.
Engineered $550 M capital project for solids handling system in new aspirin production facility.
Updated Current Good Manufacturing Procedures (CGMP) for new salicylic acid/aspirin complex.
Started up new salicylic acid/aspirin production plants.
Directed daily activities of the 16-member aspirin production team, setting production and quality records in 1988.
Directed 6-member production team for a liquid polymer product, achieving production and quality records, and attaining a 100% supply position with a major customer.
Represented manufacturing on a multi-functional team that developed the recipe and process for a new super-absorbent polymer.
Engineered $2 MM in small capital projects to convert the old process to make new polymer for market development.
Manufacturing representative on new plant design/construction team. Started up new $40 MM polymer manufacturing plant.
Member of a capital project team that installed new reactors, increasing the plant capacity by 25%.
Led project team that improved oil recovery system, reducing water emissions by 40% and improving plant yields by 5% by installing new separation equipment anD reprogramming the process control computer logic.
Led 12-member maintenance team. Developed preventative maintenance program that reduced process downtime by 25%, and reduced direct maintenance costs by 10%.