Gerald Wilks

Background Essentials for Gerald (Jerry) Wilks: •Work Experience: o Industrial R&D: ‘70-‘72 – Continental Can R&D – first patent o Military Experience: ’72-’76 - US Air Force intelligence work – lived in Karamürsel, Turkey for 3 years, learned Turkish. o Steel Industry: ’76-’86 - LaSalle Steel Company – Steel R&D work o Oil Industry: ‘86-’99 - Amoco - Refinery, Downhole,.and R&D work. o Oil Industry: ’99-‘05 - BP, Refinery Work. o CITGO - PDVSA: '05-today, refinery & crude upgrader work. •Education: Three degrees from Illinois Institute of Technology: o BS Metallurgical Engineering 1972 o MS Metallurgical Engineering 1982 o MS Chemical Engineering 2005 • Three patents: one for a chemical process and two for steel heat treating processes • Papers: 4 NACE Papers, 2 European papers • Languages: Turkish & Spanish • Member of: NACE, ASM, AWS, & AIChE. • Title: Senior Corrosion and Materials Engineer Lemont Refinery, CITGO-PDVSA