Education: Dr. Ing. (PhD) Chemical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (2005)
Career Path & Experiences: Modeling, Optimization, Process Control, Chemicals, Polymers
Process domain, Disruptive technologies, Innovation to Practice
• 10/2005: Application Engineer- Dynamic Optimization; CORE Engineering, Antwerp, Belgium
→ D-RTO fouling optimization born
• 02/2009: Application Engineer- Base process & project support, NLC; Baton Rouge Plastics Plant, Baton
Rouge, LA → First site dynamic optimization application deployed
• 01/2012: Application Engineer- OGT Technologies, CORE Engineering; Baton Rouge, LA
→ Selected Ignition as G2 replacement platform
• 10/2012: NLC Program Lead; CORE Engineering, Process Control, Baytown, TX
• 11/2013: NLC Discipline Technology Leader (DTL); EMRE Automation and Process Control, Baytown, TX
→ Alignment with Polymers platform for Integrated process control; Develop One Deploy Many NLC approach
• Jan 2019: Group Head; NLC and Disruptive technologies → Smartlane, One-Model-Centric Process Research
and Operation Optimization conceived and aligned with EMCC Chemical technology
• June 2021: Autonomous Technologies Principal Engineer, Program Lead Autonomous Operations (iSOP)
→ On the journey towards autonomy (intelligent Integrated Automation)