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John A. Williams, PE

John A. Williams, PhD, P.E., CFEI, MBA, ASA, is the Founder and General Manager of EPS, Inc. He conducts technology assessments and appraisals, as well as financial analyses for renewable and conventional energy technologies and facilities in the oil and gas, refining, biofuels, biomass, solar, wind, geothermal, coal, chemicals, steel, and power sectors. He has more than 35 years of industrial experience in technology development and implementation, and he is an Accredited Senior Appraiser by the ASA. He earned an MBA in finance from the Univ. of Chicago, MS and PhD in chemical and fuels...Read more

S. Shariq Yosufzai

S. Shariq Yosufzai retired as vice president for global diversity, ombuds, and university affairs of Chevron Corporation.Read more

Marvin O. Schlanger

Marvin O. Schlanger is Chairman of the Board and former CEO of CEVA Group, plc, a $9 Billion international logistics supplier and is a principal in the firm of Cherry Hill Chemical Investments, LLC, which provides management services and capital to the chemical and allied industries.Read more

Emil Jacobs

In 1978, Emil joined Exxon Research and Engineering Company (ER&E) as a research engineer at their development laboratory in Baytown, Texas.  He held various technical positions in synthetic fuels and petroleum processing R&D. He also had assignments as site operations manager and leader of the site safety, health and environmental activities. In 1986, Emil transferred to Exxon Chemical Company in Houston, Texas. He held a number of management positions in Basic Chemicals Technology, Basic Chemicals Planning, and Polyethylene Marketing.

In 1995, Emil moved to England to...Read more

Humor to Ease Researcher Blues [Funny Bone]

August 20, 2012
August 20, 2012



Introduction to Workforce Involvement

What Is It? Workers, at all levels and in all positions in an organization, should have roles and responsibilities for enhancing and ensuring the safety of the organization’s operations. However, some workers may not be aware of all of their opportunities to contribute. Some organizations may not...

Introduction to Process Safety Competency

What Is It? Developing and maintaining process safety competency encompasses three interrelated actions: continuously improving knowledge and competency, ensuring that appropriate information is available to people who need it, and consistently applying what has been learned. The learning aspect...

Introduction to Compliance With Standards

Resources in this section describe processes for maintaining adherence to applicable standards, codes, regulations, and laws (standards), the attributes of a standards system, and the steps an organization might take to implement the standards element. What Is It? Standards is a system to identify...

Safety Standards Will be Focus of Ammonia Symposium

August 9, 2012
Experts from around the world will discuss the latest advances related to the safe production and use of ammonia.

Safety Culture: “What Is At Stake”

What Is Safety Culture? The UK Health and Safety Executive defines safety culture as “ . . . the product of the individual and group values, attitudes, competencies and patterns of behavior that determine the commitment to, and the style and proficiency of, an organization's health and safety...

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