Manuel R. Suarez (Email: manuel.r.suarez@gmail.com) has more than 30 years of experience in process engineering, process documentation, process control and automation, plant operations, logistics of oil storage and transportation, project management, and technical training. His wide experience covers polymers, oil and gas, petrochemicals, food and beverage, and process equipment fabrication for companies in Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East. He has authored or co-authored numerous papers, articles, presentations, and training courses on variable-frequency drives as final elements for process control and variable-speed pumping applications, especially for artificial lift of oil, and on technical skills training of engineering, operations, and maintenance personnel. He earned his BS in chemical engineering from the Univ. of Texas at Austin