Summary of Qualifications:
Over my career, I have held a multitude of unique and diverse roles, each solidifying technical, analytical, and interpersonal skills necessary to deliver business objectives.
Professional Experience:
2013 – Process Engineer
current Big West Oil, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Provide process engineering support for the following operating areas:
o UOP Continuous Catalytic Platforming Process
o Naphtha Hydrotreating Unit (NHT)
o Isomerization Unit
• Core Activities
o Commissioning and start-up engineering support for new projects
o Track daily unit performance including catalyst performance/activity
o Monitor daily product quality to ensure products are within specifications
o Plan, develop, and lead process engineering support of turnaround activities (TAR)
2011 – Project Development Engineer - Power, Gas, and Infrastructure Appraisal Team, bp
2012 bp Exploration Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
• Managed critically important Front End for a host of $2 to $250 MM projects on the North Slope of Alaska (Prudhoe Bay Oil Field)
• Evaluated the technical and commercial viability of converting the existing fleet of gasoline and diesel fueled vehicles to alternative fuels, namely Liquid Petroleum Gas and Compressed Natural Gas
• Evaluated a host of potential projects necessary to sustain or enhance the electrical infrastructure within the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field
• Assessed the feasibility of extending the 69 kV transmission system to the west end of Prudhoe Bay Oil Field to support viscous oil exploration
2007 – Process/Project Engineer, Hydrogen Energy California - HECA
2011 250 MW IGCC Power Plant w/ CCS, Joint Venture -- bp Alternative Energy/Rio Tinto, Long Beach, CA
Process Engineering
• Accountable for all process engineering systems within power island
• Acted as single point contact for work with combustion turbine generator vendor (General Electric)
o Identify and resolve contractual and intellectual property issues relating to GE contract
• Identified technical risks relating to power island and formulated action plans to mitigate
o Led project team’s investigation to change gas turbine fuel composition, including technical, operability, economic and safety impacts to project. Change resulted in $20 MM NPV to project.
• Defined scope of technical support services relating to combustion turbine generator (Frame 7F Syngas CTG for decarbonised fuel)
o Directed GE Power in extensive operability study to address transient gas turbine operation including fuel switching, start-up, shut-down
o Developed scope for Combustion Testing Program for HECA 7F Syngas CTG with GE Power
• Directed engineering contractor and consultants in technical items related to power island
• Developed and maintained engineering and technical documentation relating to power island
• Reviewed and provided technical guidance for engineering specifications, design calculations, drawings and equipment selection
Project Engineering/Miscellaneous
• Electrical Grid Interconnection Accountability
o Managed project interconnection and commercial impacts from Interconnection Request through CAISO Generator Interconnection Process Reform to Phase II Interconnection Study Completion
o Represented Hydrogen Energy in meetings with third-party regulatory agencies (CAISO, PG&E)
o Successfully negotiated lower grid interconnection costs via appropriate application of regulatory tariff to owner’s advantage; savings estimated at $50 MM
• 230 kV Transmission Line Design
o Oversaw various consultants to develop 230 kV transmission line design required for project permitting and cost estimation
o Represented HECA as technical lead in meetings with third-party consultants (right-of-way/land consultants, commercial team, utilities, etc.)
• Natural Gas Interconnection
o Assessed various natural gas suppliers/associated routes and impact on easements (commercial, environmental, technical impacts)
• Health/Safety/Security/Environmental (HSSE)
o Lead for HECA Project Health/Safety/Security/Safety Committee
2003- Operations Engineer, Watson Cogeneration Company (bp)
2006 385 MW Combined Cycle Cogeneration Power Plant, bp Carson Refinery, Carson, CA
• Plant Optimization
o Developed plant daily and monthly operating strategy to maximize plant profitability with respect to utility dispatch schedule, maintenance activities, and natural gas index/spot price
o Created tools to monitor gas turbine health (including recoverable and non-recoverable losses)
o Analyzed numerous oper...
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