Elena Truffa

Elena is a senior technical service engineer with 32 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 2 years with Kinetix Solutions.

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.

Ken Wohlgeschaffen

Ken Wohlgeschaffen has been with Chevron for 19 years, based at their Richmond 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, including operated and non-operated joint ventures. Prior to joining Chevron, Ken spent 7 years at the Exxon Chemical Canada (now Nutrien) Redwater fertilizer complex. And 8 years with FMC (now Evonik), a major hydrogen peroxide producer. Ken received his bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Calgary in 1989.

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

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 27 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Marco Mazzamuto Carlucci

Marco Mazzamuto Carlucci holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering from Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy, finalized in September 2012.

In 2013, he started his career in Casale Syngas Dept. firstly as Process Engine involved in the process design, commissioning and start-up of Ammonia plants and afterwards , Senior Process Engineer leading several Feasibility Studies, Basic, Detail engineering design project and relevant site activities. In 2021 he was appointed Ammonia Technology Leader in the Syng, Department, involved in the development and innovation of Ammonia technologies and their evolution into products up to market introduction.

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.

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.

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.

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.