Petroleum Industry Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) Expert

Expertise

• Petroleum Industrialist HSE consulting and services focusing on health, safety, and environmental.
• Environmental regulatory advocacy
• Regulatory compliance assurance processes and tools
• Risk assessments
• Senior environmental training for global manufacturing plants and upstream affiliates.
• Conduct Environmental and Socioeconomic Master Class (Australia, UK) for ExxonMobil.
• Environmental due diligence of manufacturing facilities for potential divestiture.
• Sponsor and author Manufacturing Environmental Standards.
• Negotiated $6 million new source review (NSR) settlement with the USEPA and USDOJ for ExxonMobil Refining.
• Deploy environmental business planning model across ExxonMobil downstream organization.
• Compliance assurance models across regulatory advocacy system for Europe and China.

Experience

Undisclosed Company, Senior Executive Advisor, Present

• Provide commercial, industrial, and training organizations responsible for environmental management (systems, compliance, planning, socioeconomics, sustainment), health, safety, and security.
• Provide HSE consulting to manufacturing, gas, and oil entities.

ExxonMobile Corporation, Houston, TX, 1984 - 2016

Chief Environmental and Regulatory Engineer, 2014 - 2016

• Executive support to all ExxonMobil Downstream, Midstream and Upstream business lines.
• Support for global environmental management, planning, environmental regulatory advocacy, regulatory compliance assurance processes/tools, risk assessments, due diligence and senior environmental training for 65 global manufacturing plants and Upstream affiliates.
• Instructor for ExxonMobil Environmental & Socioeconomic Master Class, (Australia, UK)
• Environmental due diligence of manufacturing facilities for potential divestiture
• Sponsor/author of Manufacturing Environmental Standards.

Global Environment & Health Manager Fairfax, VA, 2003 - 2014

• Responsible for ExxonMobil's (downstream and chemical) global environmental planning, stewardship, environmental regulatory advocacy, and operations, integrity and compliance.
• Managed 18 global senior HQ professionals and provided oversight for 150 imbedded environmental professionals.
• Negotiated $6 million plus NSR settlement with the USEPA and USDOJ for ExxonMobil Refining.
• Team achieved over $1 million in State and Federal advocacy successes; reduced U.S. air emissions 75%
• Deployed environmental business planning model across ExxonMobil Downstream organization.
• Developed and deployed compliance assurance model across ExxonMobil Downstream organization.
• Developed regulatory advocacy system for Europe and China.

Senior Environmental Advisor for Global Refining, 1997

• Developed integrated environmental management system for the merger between Exxon and Mobil.
• Conducted environmental due diligence of Exxon's Benicia refinery prior to divestiture associated with the Exxon and Mobil merger.
• Negotiated an environmental prime services contract for Manufacturing ($10 million per year cost savings).

Environmental Manger, Baton Rouge Complex, 1995

• Reorganized the Environmental Advisor Group around process operating teams.
• Implemented "branding" campaign to raise profile of Environmental Advisor Group
• Taught leadership training course to refinery supervisors.

Operating Services/ Oil Movements Department Head - Baton Rouge Refinery, 1990

• Reorganized 200 employee organization, reducing costs by greater than $5 milllion per year.
• Computerized two process operating control rooms.
• Expanded 19 marine loading facilities by 33% and eliminated terminal oil spills.
• Responsible for refinery Fire and Rescue organizations.

Coordination and Product Quality Department Head - Baton Rouge Refinery, 1988

• Managed employees and systems supplying crude/feedstock for a 450,000 barrel per day refinery.
• Planned supply restart of Baton Rouge refinery after offsite fire and explosion.

Operating Support Department Head - Baton Rouge Refinery, 1986

• Responsible for maximizing throughput, energy efficiency, and QA/QC for 35 processing units.
• Led process and mechanical contract engineering support for refinery.

Maintenance Services Department Head - Baton Rouge Refinery, 1984

• Planned and executed multiple refinery turnarounds.
• Managed refinery fabricating shop and business services with focus on efficiency and cost reductions.

ExxonMobile Projects and Timeline

• Chief Environmental and Regulatory Engineer, EMCorp, Houston, TX, 2014 - 2016
• Global Environment and Health Manager, DS&Chem, Fairfax, VA, 2003 - 2014
• Senior Environmental Advisor for Refining, Houston, TX, Fairfax, VA, 1997 - 2003
• Environmental Manager, Baton Rouge Refinery, Baton Rouge, LA, 1995 - 1997
• Operating Services and Oil Movements Department Head, Baton Rouge, LA, 1990 -1995
• Coordination and Product Quality Department Head, Baton Rouge, LA, 1988 - 1990
• Operating Support Department Head, Baton Rouge, LA, 1986 - 1988
• Maintenance Services Department Head, Baton Rouge, LA, 1994 - 1986
• Crude and Feedstock Supervisor-Supply, Houston, TX, 1982 - 1984
• Senior Staff Planner - Lube Capital Projects, Houston, TX, 1980 - 1982
• Lubes Operating Supervisor, Baytown, TX, 1978 - 1980
• Senior Cost Analyst, Baytown, TX, 1978
• Middle Distillate Coordinator, Baytown, TX, 1978
• FCCU Senior Contact Engineer, Baytown, TX, 1977
• Lube Plant Contact Engineer, Baytown, TX, 1973

Honors & Publications

Credentials

• Essentials of Environmental Excellence - Calgary, AB
• Advanced Leadership Program - Thunderbird School of Global Management, Phoenix, AZ
• Chemical Engineering Curriculum Advisor (Texas A&M University, College Station,TX)

Academic and Professional Affiliations

• American Petroleum Institute - API - Health, Environmental, & Safety General Committee
• American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers - AFPM - Environmental Committee
• The American Institute of Chemical Engineers - AICHE

Education

• B.S. (Cum Laude) Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX