Ed Kuenz

Ed Kuenz’s industrial experience spans 48 years.  After getting BSChE degree from University of Missouri in 1976, he worked for Monsanto in engineering and manufacturing roles for 8 years, then moved into the Water Treatment industry with Betz Industrial.  After 11 years with Betz, he joined a regional industrial water treatment company (Trident Chemical), which was subsequently purchased by Nalco.  In his 40 years in the Water Treatment industry, he has been an account representative (14 years), District Manager (18 years), and Industry Technical Consultant (8 years).  He has been involved in the Ammonia industry for all those 40 years.

VK Arora

VK Arora has been leading process, project development and execution with Kinetics Process Improvements (KPI) in Houston & Bahrain offices. He is also the co-founder of KPI with over 30 years of diversified experience in various process technologies & engineering - including licensing, project feasibility, process improvements, design/start-up, troubleshooting and training in syngas, petrochemicals & derivatives - with a focus in ammonia, methanol, steam cracking and PDH facilities. Prior to KPI, he held several management & technical positions at CB&I/Lummus, KBR, Technip, Reliance & SABIC. He is a chemical engineer from IIT, Delhi with professional license in Texas.

Heinrich Ormann

Mr. Heinrich Ormann holds a MA in Chemical Engineering from Technical University of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany, finalized in June 1987.   In 1987, he started his career in Schmidt'sche Heissdampf GmbH firstly as Project and Sales Engineer involved in design and sales of Heat Recovery Systems for Ethylene, Steam Reforming and Metallurgical plants and afterwards as Head of Project and Sales Department.   In 2014 he was appointed Key Account Director CIS of ARVOS GmbH (former Schmidt'sche Heissdampf GmbH) responsible for projects mainly on the territory of CIS countries.

Evan Almberg

Evan Almberg is the Director of Process Boiler Engineering at HRST, Inc. His area of focus includes boiler engineering and design, thermal performance modeling, and root cause failure analysis. Evan’s experience consists of the design and assessment of boilers in various applications, including clean and dirty flue gas waste heat boilers, process gas boilers for hydrogen/syngas and sulfuric acid plants, and combined cycle gas turbine HRSGs.

Jose Corcega

Jose is an engineering leader with a commitment to delivering value through innovative technologies and services at John Zink, where he has worked for the past 10 years. He holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and has spent his career focused on combustion equipment design, testing, development, and furnace operation. Jose is dedicated to developing solutions that enhance the profitability of fired heaters and furnaces. His approach to engineering challenges emphasizes collaboration and continuous improvement, aiming to meet the evolving needs of clients while focused on advancing combustion technology in a way that supports sustainable and efficient energy use.

Brian Keenan

Brian is an Applications Engineer at LG Chem supporting Thin Film Nanocomposite (TFN) membranes in Houston, TX. Brian graduated from Penn State University with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering in 2010, working with Xylem’s Leopold brand before joining LG Chem in March 2022.

Daragh Blennerhassett

Daragh Blennerhassett is the Snr Business Development manager for the Technology Led Industrial Solutions business of KBR, focused on operational excellence of existing KBR designed Ammonia and Nitric Acid facilities. Daragh is a chemical engineer with 10 years experience in the Syngas and Oil & Gas industry, working with Johnson Matthey and AECOM prior to KBR.

Robert F. Smith

Robert F. Smith holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University and is a licensed engineer in the state of Texas. He has over a decade of professional experience in full project lifecycle process engineering from feasibility studies to basic/detailed engineering and onto commissioning and start up. He has many years of leadership experience in the Oil & Gas and Chemicals industries, in both EPC and technology licensing. He joined Casale in the spring of 2024 in the Casale Houston office to assist with the development of Casale's North American based engineering team.”

George Galloway

George Galloway has been with Chevron for 15 years, based at their Pascagoula Refinery, in various roles in the Technical Department.  He is currently the Hydrogen Senior Process Engineer supporting the safe, reliable, and efficient operation primarily of Chevron’s North American plants while also supporting both operating and non-operating joint ventures overseas.  Previous roles within Chevron include plant support engineer (Hydrogen, Alky, Crude, and Hydrotreating), Senior Process Engineer, Heat Exchanger Specialist, and Process Engineering Team Lead.  George received his bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Mississippi State University in 2009.

Jakob Krummenacher

Jakob leads the clean energy strategy, including initiatives to lower the company carbon footprint, environmental sustainability, and developing markets for future low carbon products, like ammonia as marine or power generation fuel. Jakob started the clean energy strategy at CF Industries before joining LSB. He began his career with BP in chemicals and moved to oil and energy trading. Jakob has ample knowledge of commodity markets, energy trading, corporate development, technology, and strategy. He holds a B. S. in Chemical Engineering from UW-Madison, a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Sergio Robledo

Sergio is the Senior Technical Manager at UNICAT Catalyst Technologies, LLC, where he provides expert technical advice on the selection, use, and operation of catalysts and technologies. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, and has over 25 years of refining experience, including 8 years working directly for an operating company, specializing in hydroprocessing catalyst operations. Sergio began his career with ExxonMobil and has held roles at Delek US and another catalyst supplier.

Winandyo Mangkoto

Winandyo Mangkoto is a graduate of Diponegoro University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He has dedicated his professional journey to PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang since 2014. Initially serving as an Operations Engineer for two years, Winandyo currently works as a Process Engineer. In the dynamic world of process engineering, merging academic skill with hands-on experience, He is driven to continually enhance operations, ensuring excellence and compliance in every facet of his work. Alfredo’s Energy Auditor and Hazops Leader certifications underscore his commitment to energy efficiency and process safety.

Paul Wells

Paul Wells is a dedicated and results-driven Mechanical Engineer with extensive expertise in failure analysis and repair engineering, specializing in steam turbines and compressors. He excels in creating inspection and repair reports, developing repair routers, and drafting procurement specifications, seamlessly integrating customer requirements with industry standards. His experience encompasses detailed design and analysis, along with implementing quality control practices to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Paul’s work is firmly grounded in turbo-machinery repairs, risk management, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.

Dian Munawar

With a bachelor’s in management from Tridinanti University and a vocational high school background, Dian Munawar's professional journey has flourished at PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang since 2006, where he excels as an Instrument Engineer. Already certified in Instrument Technician Level 2 and Hazops Analysis, he can combine theoretical and practical expertise. In the dynamic field of instrumentation, he ensures precision and safety. His commitment to excellence is his work principle, as he continues to contribute to the success of PT. Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang's operations with expertise and loyalty.

Alex Scheerder

Alex Scheerder studied Applied Physics and graduated in 1985 at the Technical University of Eindhoven.He started in 1986 as a Research Associate at the NDT (Non destructive Testing) Department of DSM Research in the Netherlands, involved in research and development of NDT- inspection techniques for (petro)-chemical installations (static equipment as well as storage tanks) at the DSM site which includes amongst others several fertilizers plants such as ammonia, urea, nitric acid, sulfuric acid.From 1992 Alex headed the NDT Department of DSM Engineering-Stamicarbon, responsible for ND-inspections of all chemical process installations within the DSM Company and also for Stamicarbon Clients worldwide (Urea plants),In 2001 he joined Stamicarbon as a Mechanical Lead Engineer within the Services Department and later the Urea Technology Department, responsible for all mechanical aspects of the Stamicarbon Urea process. As from 2007 Alex heads the Urea Mechanical Group of the Urea Technology Department of Stamicarbon. The Mechanical Urea group delivers services with respect to design and engineering of urea equipment (PDP packages), in-service corrosion inspections and QA/QC during manufacturing of critical HP equipment. As from 2018 he holds the position of Principal Engineer within Stamicarbon.

Joao Guilherme Dessi

Joao Guilherme Dessi holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Materials Engineering from the Federal University of São Carlos. He has been with ENGEMASA for 8 years, specializing in manufacturing cast and centrifugally cast parts, alloy development, and quality control. He focuses primarily on high-temperature testing, failure analysis, and remaining life assessment. Since 2022, he has led the Research & Development Department, developing and optimizing alloys for extreme environments, such as carburizing, oxidizing, corrosive, and high-temperature conditions. He holds a high-temperature alloy patent and several paper publications in peer-reviewed Journals. Mr Dessi also collaborates with universities on alloy development projects and provides technical training for future materials engineers.

Amit Gupta

Amit is a Corporate Scientist at Nalco Water and has served the water treatment industry in a technical R&D role for almost 25 years.  His area of expertise is Microbial Control, and he has functioned in several fields including academia, industry and as independent consultant to industry.  Amit’s current responsibilities include the development of new microbial control technologies, providing technical expertise to customers and the Nalco water team for application of technologies, registration of antimicrobials, developing best practices, and delivering training. Amit also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology and has many international research publications and patents to his credit.

Samuel Sladaritz

Samuel Sladaritz is a Process Engineer with 3 years of experience in water treatment at a Methanol Production facility. He graduated from Lamar University in May of 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. Afterwards, he worked for an engineering design firm for 3 years primarily focused on PSV sizing calculations before receiving a job at Natgasoline in 2022.

Working at Natgasoline, Sam has spent his time troubleshooting and optimizing water systems such as Demineralization, Filtered Raw Water, Cooling water, Boilers. He has become well versed in water treatment systems through his experience at Natgasoline, greatly reducing utility operating cost during his stay.

Krista Johnson

Krista Johnson serves as the US President for Johnson Matthey, Inc., assuming the role as the company's most senior leader in the United States. In this capacity, Krista represents JM's diverse businesses, fostering and maintaining relationships with clients, partners, governmental entities, and civil society. Moreover, she stands as a dedicated advocate for the approximately 3000 JM employees, who diligently work to deliver the innovative products and solutions that JM is known for, addressing the challenges of a world striving for both increased and cleaner energy.

Krista transitioned to JM from Shell USA, Inc., the US subsidiary of the energy multinational, where she held various roles including Head of US Corporate Relations, President’s Chief of Staff, and Vice-President of International Organizations. Prior to her tenure at Shell, Krista held senior leadership positions in other energy companies, consultancies, and trade associations, following the commencement of her career in the office of US Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT).

Krista earned a BA in English Literature from the University of Puget Sound, and later obtained a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center.

George Sneed

Years of JM Service: 1.5 yrs (30 years experience in Chemical Industry), Location: Augusta, GA

Career History:  Started career in 1995 as Technical Engineer in Surfactants Technology with Procter & Gamble, liquids detergents. Transitioned into Nitrogen Technology with Nutrien (formerly PCS) in 2008 as Sr. Process Engineer, Nitric Acid. Rotated into Ammonia Plant in 2013, then promoted to Superintendent - Site Process Engineering in 2018. Joined JM catalyst business as Principal Technical Services Engineer - Americas in 2023, primarily involved in technical service to syngas catalyst market, primarily focused on Ammonia Technology.

Degrees: Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering (Tuskegee University, ‘96)

Prasanna Joshi

Prasanna Joshi is a Chemical Engineer and Project Manager at Jacobs with experience in various aspects of Energy Transition, such as Decarbonization strategy, Energy assessments and Hydrogen value chain development. He focuses on management and technical delivery of hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives related projects for utility, industrial, transportation and municipal clients. Prior to joining Jacobs, Prasanna managed opex and small capex Procurement for Hydrogen BU at Linde Inc. (NYSE: LIN), with emphasis on maintenance contract negotiations and critical parts inventory strategy. In an earlier role within Linde (formerly Praxair), he managed cost reduction projects for Hydrogen, CO2 Liquefaction and Air Separation processes, to debottleneck and optimize production and distribution processes with sustainable improvement in cost, volume, and profitability.

Adil Pervaiz

Adil Pervaiz is a mechanical engineer, currently working at Fauji Fertilizer Company Plantsite, Goth Machhi, Pakistan. He holds extensive experience in engineering assessment of plant modifications, design of static equipment & piping and fitness for service evaluations to ensure plant integrity & operational reliability. He has undertaken numerous modification projects in his career to enhance plant reliability and improve service factor. He is skilled in stress & flexibility analysis of piping and has hands-on experience in use of advanced engineering software to resolve plant problems. Apart from that, he is a certified API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector (API).

Jesus Gonzalez Rebordinos

Jesus is a Chemical Engineer by the University of Valladolid with a PhD on Chemical Reaction Engineering from the Technical University of Dortmund.Jeths has been dedicated professionally to the fields of modeling, simulation and digitalisation in the process industry.Currently he is a Digital Process Engineer at Stamicarbon where he is involved in the design of dynamic and static modelling libraries, the delivery of Operator Training Simulators and the development of digital products.

Ray Titsing

Ray Titsing has 18 years of water treatment related experience in nitrogen fertilizer production, methanol production, raw gas processing, midstream gas processing, power generation, heavy oil production and freshwater microbiology. Ray has spent 12 years working almost exclusively in ammonia plants assisting customers in Canada, the U.S., New Zealand, and Australia. Areas of specialization include Raw Water Clarification, Ion Exchange, Boilers, Steam, Process Condensate and Influent to Effluent Mass Balance. Ray currently works out of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada serving the Veolia North American Commercial Teams. Ray has a BSc. Biological Sciences (Biochemistry Specialization) from the University of Calgary and a BEd. Secondary Education (Chemistry & Biology) from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.

Mel Esmacher

Mel has over 40 years of experience in the water treatment industry and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. Mel has a BSE in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Michigan. He has authored many technical papers and has received numerous honors; including the “Edison Award” while employed at General Electric.Mel is currently a Principal Senior Researcher, Metallurgical Services Lab, within the Veolia WTS Technology Center in Tomball, Texas, responsible for collaborating with industrial clients to conduct failure analysis investigations and help resolve corrosion problems that involve customer equipment and processes.

Steve Lancaster

Steve Lancaster is the Chief Engineer at BD Energy Systems, responsible for steam methane furnace technology, in particular the thermal and process design.  He has worked with fired heaters in general, and steam methane reformers in particular, for 38 years, including at Kellogg/KBR for over thirty years, and IHI E&C (former Davy/Kvaerner).

BD Energy Systems, located in Houston, Texas, USA is a world leader in plant revamps and modernizations, specialized in executing turnkey projects, revamps, modernizations, and supply of engineered process equipment, including furnaces for ammonia, methanol, hydrogen, and gas-to-liquids (GTL).

Ali El Sibai

Ali El Sibai earned his PhD in Process Systems Engineering from Otto-von-Guericke University in Magdeburg, Germany. He gained extensive experience in large-scale process modeling and optimization during his work as a scientific researcher at Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, focusing on renewable energy production and storage. He joined Stamicarbon three and a half year ago as a modeling engineer and since then, he has been involved in the development and execution of projects related to digital products.

Amina Khan

Amina Khan is a dedicated mechanical engineer and has been excelling in project management at a leading fertilizer plant. With expertise in managing critical projects, she ensures timely execution, cost optimization, and alignment with industry standards. Amina also specializes in resolving day-to-day plant maintenance challenges by leveraging advanced engineering software to enhance equipment reliability and streamline operations. Her technical acumen, combined with practical problem-solving skills, has minimized downtime and improved plant efficiency. As a collaborative team player, Amina is committed to driving innovation and implementing sustainable solutions, making her an invaluable asset to the fertilizer industry.

Brian Wolf

Brian D. Wolf is an engineer with over 20 years of experience in leadership, strategy, organizational change, and operational improvement across various industrial sectors. He has held key leadership roles in operations excellence, strategic partnerships, and business development, driving efficiency improvements, digital transformation, and stakeholder management. His expertise includes remote monitoring asset management, process optimization, and leading cross-functional teams to enhance productivity and reliability. Brian has a background in mechanical and nuclear engineering and has successfully led multimillion-dollar projects, expanded business lines into new industries, and mentored teams to drive sustainable solutions.

Syed Khizar Ailia Naqvi

Syed Khizar Ailia Naqvi is a Chemical Engineer currently serving as Senior Executive Production (Coordination) at Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited (FFC-II), based at the Goth Machhi plant site in Pakistan. With over 16 years of extensive experience in the Operations Department, he has been an integral part of the company, excelling as a Lead Engineer at Ammonia, Urea, and Utilities Plants. He is proficient in plant operations, process monitoring and optimization, plant commissioning, and team leadership. He is well-versed in Process Safety, HSEQ, IMS and Risk Survey Audits, and holds NEBOSH-IGC, IOSH Managing Safely, and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certifications.

Kraig Simpson

Kraig Simpson is the Vice President of Technology for Rotating Machinery Services (RMS). He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Mississippi State University. Prior to RMS, Kraig worked for ExxonMobil for 10 years. His professional experience has been primarily focused on turnaround, maintenance, and project support. Much of his experience is related to leveraging technology and innovative solutions to reinvent maintenance techniques for turbomachinery. He has applied the virtual assembly philosophy for numerous applications including turbomachinery overhauls and brownfield project execution.

Jason Danos

Jason Danos is an owner of Kinetix Solutions.  Jason received his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University in 1997, Summa Cum Laude.  Jason Has 28 years of experience in industrial plant process engineering and specialty chemical sales & service.

Jason began his career in Koch Industry’s Nitrogen division and then moved to CF Industries’ Donaldsonville facility.  After spending 5 years in the production sector, Jason began his supplier career with Chemtech Chemical Services where he spent 10 years.  Jason has been part of Kinetix since 2013.

Jason has been involved with many aspects of the plant engineering, production, and operations sectors. This includes but is not limited to CO2 removal, catalyst, utilities (water and steam), rotating equipment, heat exchange, process optimization, water treatment, etc.  Kinetix has a key presence in the nitrogen sector including specialty chemicals as well as technical services and consulting.

Charlie Wang

Charlie is a process engineer at Koch Methanol, where he has worked since earning his graduate degree seven years ago. He joined the company during the plant’s early construction phase and played a key role in its commissioning, initial startup, and day-to-day operations. Over the years, he has gained extensive knowledge and experience in the methanol manufacturing technology, plant performance optimization, troubleshooting, and project execution. These days, his work primarily focuses on long-term debottlenecking projects and optimization initiatives aimed at improving capacity, efficiency and reliability across the facility.

Ken Wohlgeschaffen

Ken Wohlgeschaffen has been with Chevron for over 20 years, based at their Richmond California Refinery, in various roles in the Technical and Operations Departments. He is currently the Team Leader for Hydrogen Plants supporting the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of the plants located in Chevron's North American and overseas refineries and complex facilities. Ken also supervises SMEs supporting several other refinery technologies including Crude & Distillation and Hydroprocessing.  Prior to joining Chevron, Ken spent 7 years at the Exxon Chemical Canada (now Nutrien) Redwater, Alberta world scale fertilizer complex. And 8 years with FMC (now Evonik), a major global hydrogen peroxide producer.. He is a member of the American Petroleum Institute, and on the Syngas U.S.A. Committee. Ken received his bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Calgary in 1989.

Michelle M. Anderson

Michelle Anderson is a Senior Account Manager at Clariant. In this role she provides commercial and technical support to Koch Methanol and other syngas customers in North America and the Caribbean. She is a Chemical Engineer by training and worked for a number methanol plant producers in technical roles during plant construction, commissioning, start-up, debottlenecking and optimization.

Seth Tate

Seth Tate has 20 years of experience in equipment maintenance, reliability, and technologysolutions. As an owner/user engineer, Seth performed duties such as FEED studies, RCA, FMEA,developing equipment specifications, maintenance strategies, and performance analysis. As thedivision manager for Becht, Seth works with industry experts to provide technical solutions andoversight on the most complicated issues that arise in machinery engineering and maintenance.Seth's machinery expertise is in pump systems, mechanical seals, and rotating equipmentstrategy, helping facilities succeed in many industry segments including ammonia, hydrogen,pipeline, and olefins.

Jackson Lee

Jackson Lee graduated from Iowa State University in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and took a process engineering position at Koch’s Fort Dodge facility following an internship. Initially he covered the site’s water treatment and loading sections, working on several projects including the implementation of Veolia’s cooling tower chemistry and decommissioning the site’s clarifier. His role later expanded to include the ammonia plant, where he worked to optimize production, implement improvements, and troubleshoot issues. Recently, Jackson’s responsibilities have shifted to cover Koch’s Central Plains Nitrogen (CPN) facilities, including Fort Dodge Iowa, Dodge City Kansas, and Beatrice Nebraska.

Frank Engli

Frank Engli, P.Eng., is the Regional Group Lead – Canada for Becht’s Reliability, Maintenance, Turnarounds and Capital Projects Group and resides in Edmonton, Alberta. Frank has over 40 years of experience working in operation settings at six different sites across Canada on project, maintenance, HSSE and turnaround management and continuous improvement processes in the energy, refinery, and petrochemical industry. He has extensive expertise in solving site problems and a proven track record to implement change and create sustaining management programs and processes including improved business controls practices and contracts management.

David Polerstock

David Polerstock has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas in Austin, TX. For the last 17 years, he has been working for Topsoe, Inc. in Houston, TX. He has had the pleasure of working with all things catalyst related to the design, startup, commissioning, and technical sales efforts within the Hydrogen, Ammonia, Methanol, and Syngas industry. He currently holds the position of Sales Director for Chemicals & Clean Air in the North American market; Topsoe are looking forward to the very bright future that our industry has as we all work to provide clean energy of the future.

Dan Barnett

More than 40 years of experience in execution of Furnace related work. Currently serving as VP of Engineering for BD Energy Systems, LLC. in Houston, TX, USA. Experience includes design of high-temperature reaction furnaces concentrating on steam-methane reformer furnaces for ammonia, methanol, hydrogen, & GTL plants, and cracking furnace designs for ethylene plants. Experience includes commissioning, start-up, and field advisory services on all types of furnaces in grassroots plants, furnace revamps, and plant expansions. BS Chemical Engineering, 1981, Drexel University, Philadelphia Member of AIChE. Member Ethylene Producers Conference – Maintenance & Reliability Subcommittee Named in five furnace-related Patents plus two Patents Pending.

Taylor Archer

Taylor Archer – Senior Sales Manager, Syngas – has over 30 years’ experience in the Syngas industry including operations/engineering/project management experience in ammonia plants and catalyst sales and technical service expertise

David Keen

David Keen is a Metallurgist with over 45yrs experience in fertilizer and explosives manufacturing facilities across 12 countries globally. David is a Subject Matter Expert on equipment integrity management and has developed a series of training modules focused on preventing equipment failures through experiential learning and team problem solving sessions.

Charlie Stephen

Charlie joined CRU’s London office in July 2023 as a Senior Analyst to lead the Fertilizer Cost & Emissions Team. Charlie is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with a decade of experience working in engineering and operations functions within manufacturing plants in the Australian fertilizer industry.

Stephan Whitley

Stephan Whitley began his career at Exxon USA Refining, spending most of his ten years there as a Senior Refining Economist building economic models of oil refineries and later working on real-time optimization as a Process Control Engineer.

During his 22 years of consulting experience, he has participated in more than 30 manufacturing due diligence projects for strategic buyers and private equity. Spanning over a wide variety of industries and have a total of more than 40+ Billion in value.

He has benchmarked, analyzed, and assessed the operating performance of more than 400 manufacturing facilities globally, for industries ranging from Crude Refining, Power Generation, Pulp & Paper, to Fine Chemicals and Flavors & Fragrances. He also modeled and optimized Production and Supply Chains for various companies.

Currently, he is involved with the University of Washington on how to best apply Advanced Analytic techniques (ex: statistical analysis, neural nets, machine learning) in industrial settings. Helping discover insights into manufacturing performance, improving profitability as well as understanding the probability of risks such as EHS and Process Safety Events.

Stephan as a degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Washington, Seattle WA, and is fluent in English (native) and German

Kyle Bowlin

Kyle Bowlin has 25 years of experience in the aftermarket pump repair business, having worked around the world as a field engineer specializing in vibration analysis and pump & system interaction for the last 15 years. Bowlin is a Category IV vibration analyst who specializes in Operating Deflection Shape and Modal Analysis and manages the field troubleshooting division of Hydro Inc (Reliability Services). Kyle also serves at the principal vibration analysis resource for Hydro Inc globally. He is married with 2 children and is based in Conifer, Colorado.

Jay Corwin

Jay Corwin has over 10 years of experience in the industrial water and process treatment industry. He is a lifelong resident of Kansas and has supported the AgChem industry since entering the water treatment industry. Throughout his water treatment career with GE/SUEZ/Veolia he has held increasing roles of responsibility from Account Manager (5 years), Area Manager (3 years), to Vertical Industry Leader/Key Account Manager (2 years). Jay is dedicated to helping current and future customers with any water or process related challenge. He received his Bachelor of Arts in science degree in Biology from Bethany College in 2008.

Yoojung Kim

Yoojung Kim is Global Process Technology Principal Engineer at Celanese with over 20 years of process engineering, technology, and operations experience in the chemical industry. She has a wide range of experience including process optimization and expansions, as well as technology assessments for business development. In addition to her syngas and methanol technology expertise, she was instrumental in successfully implementing one of world largest carbon capture and utilization projects in the world. Also, she is serving as the Treasurer for the Global Syngas Technology Council (GSTC), an international syngas industry organization.

Elena Truffa

Elena is a senior technical service engineer with 33 years of expertise in CO2-removal systems mostly during almost 30 years with UOP/Honeywell in the Gas Processing department.  Her experience spans from process design, simulations and technology development to HAZOPs, commissioning, and operational life support for CO2-removing solvent systems, namely amines, potassium carbonate and physical solvents.  Elena has provided direct technical support to more than 100 such solvent units focused on operations, troubleshooting, training, and plant start-up advisory roles.  She continues that direct service and product support for the last 3 years with Kinetix Solutions.

Bill Eichhholtz

Bill Eichholtz has spent his entire 35 year career with Nalco in sales.  His first experience with syngas was at the Coal Gasification Department at Eastman Chemical.  He has been the Account Manager for major customers including Eastman Chemical, Alcoa Aluminum, TVA, and US Nitrogen.

At the first of 2025 he transitioned to a Industry Technical Consultant to bring his experience to a wider part of Nalco in the Chemical Group.

Tiffany Chen

Tiffany Chen has over 10 years of global experience in BASF with roles in manufacturing, project management, plant start-up, sales, and business development across APAC and America. During her tenure with BASF, she has spent time in the global headquarters, as well as at manufacturing sites in the US and China. Prior to her current role, she developed strategy and managed a portfolio of the chemicals business for the APAC region. Currently serving as a Technical Market Manager for OASE® Gas Treating Technologies portfolio at BASF, Tiffany is responsible for designing and licensing CO2 removal technology, with a focus on hydrogen and syngas, which can be used in CCS applications.

Tomohiro Masuda

Tomohiro Masuda is Senior Engineer of Marketing & Engineering Group in Business Development Division, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation, in Hiroshima, Japan. He has 17 years’ experience in the design and application engineering of centrifugal compressor for new unit& revamp project. Tomohiro Masuda has B.S. degree in material engineering from Kyushu Institute of Technology and M.S. degree in molecular and material sciences from Kyushu University in Japan.