Mr. Anderson holds a M.S. in Materials Science, with over 20 years of industry experience and is currently CEO APTECH Engineering, responsible for operations, management, strategic planning and the future growth plans and vision for APTECH Engineering. For the past five years, Mr. Anderson has been VP & Director of APTECH’s Petrochemical office in Houston and has led the group through a major growth period. This was achieved by the development and implementation of strategic goals and strategies for the group, expanding its scope of services, improving client service and implementing an aggressive hiring campaign. This has resulted in staff growth from 5 to 35 employees and a revenue increase of over 400%. Through the careful implementation of a detailed business plan the office now provides specialists and engineering support in all areas of Asset Integrity Management and has completed projects and Master Service Agreements for many Fortune 500 companies. In addition Mr. Anderson has been responsible for the opening of an engineering office in Canada. This office has grown by 200% over the past two years and has secured contracts with major producers such as SUNCOR, Nova, Nexen and Opti.

Mr. Anderson’s technical capabilities include asset management, mechanical integrity, and risk assessments of refinery, offshore and chemical plant equipment and the development of innovative inspection and maintenance programs for a variety of facilities. Mr. Anderson is an accomplished manager who has been at the forefront of the development and implementation of asset integrity and risk based inspection programs, has published many papers on the subject and has been an invited speaker at numerous international conferences. His experience includes audits, condition and corrosion assessment, fitness-for-service and remaining useful life evaluation of petrochemical equipment. Additional experience includes litigation support, software development, corrosion control, metallurgical failure analysis, materials selection, materials testing and the monitoring and analysis of vessel, topsides equipment and piping circuit corrosion data.

Mr. Shelby has over twenty years in oil and gas production experience with major operating companies. He also has over six years experience in process design and project management for oil and gas production and processing facilities in both onshore and offshore. Expertise lies in the areas of production facilities, gas treating, gas processing, equipment design, and project management. Experience in gas plant areas included project management and design review for grass roots cryogenic expander gas plant, and revising existing absorption type gas plants, including amine treating, dehydration and fractionation.

Mr. Sutherland has over 15 years experience in the field of metallurgical engineering, beginning with a military background in bridging and explosive works and extending to leadership of major incident fire damage assessment teams and management of design verification projects for several of the foremost refinery operators.

In his present position as Director of Engineering, Special Projects, and Business Development for the APTECH Houston office, Mr. Sutherland has oversight for all engineering projects and for leading the Houston office sales and marketing efforts. As an accomplished supervisor, Mr. Sutherland, leads diverse technical groups to meet and exceed goals and deliverables on major projects relating to elements for Asset Integrity Management, including Risk Based Inspection, Mechanical Integrity, Fire Damage Assessment, Training, and Fitness for Service of refineries and chemical plants.

Mr. Sutherland is designated as a Professional Engineer within the Canadian Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario and has authored numerous reports, given lectures, and is active within the professional community for ongoing professional development. Additional experience includes Litigation Support, Software Review & Development, Material Selection & Testing, Metallurgical Failure Analysis, and Root Cause Investigation (Origin & Cause).

Mr. Hall has a 35 year career working with the oil refining and offshore, power, and chemical industries, dealing with a wide range of asset management and availability improvement issue. His career has included participation in large scale efforts to integrate plant condition monitoring, anomaly detection, maintenance management, and plant forecasting programs into web-based asset management decision support systems; development of numerous plant reliability, availability, maintainability (RAM) and life cycle cost models using both simulation and expected value based applications; development of reliability centered and risked-based maintenance programs; and management of the development, maintenance, and application of computer applications designed to address plant RAM and cost issues.

Mr. Barrera has extensive expertise working as a Process Safety Management (PSM) Mechanical Integrity Consultant. His experience includes upgrading, developing, and implementing of PSM programs and technical writing procedures. His expertise includes the implementation of testing processes, documentation requirements, and follow-up of PSM Audits/Assessments to ensure compliance with OSHA 29CFR 1910.119. This involves critical shutdowns, safety relief valves, fire protection systems, and the basic PSM Program.
Mr. Barrera is skilled in coordinating mechanical integrity inspections, which include the logistics, testing, and documentation of vessels, piping, and tanks. He has also performed risk based inspection analysis, equipment reliability assessments, and incident investigations. In addition he has directed the maintenance and inspection activities of contractors. His background also includes extensive expertise in all facets of corrosion mitigation. Mr. Barrera is fully bilingual in English and Spanish.

Mr. Guzman holds a B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Texas.
Mr. Guzman is a certified Level II Inspector in PT, MT, UT, and VT. He has experience with refinery equipment as well as refinery software such as SAP and AspenTech. He has also developed first-rate skills relating to surveying rotating equipment and updating SAP. Mr. Guzman also has a good working knowledge of different types of software programs (Excel, Word, Power Point, AutoCAD, ProE.)

Mr. Towers has over 30 years of diverse experience in the development, construction, operation, and maintenance of crude oil, gas, chemical and products pipeline transportation systems onshore and offshore in the USA (specializing in cold regions), Canada, Azerbaijan, Russia and Kazakstan. His experience includes pipeline design, construction, start up, operation and maintenance, control systems, communications, safety and emergency response, environmental compliance, procurement and cost estimating. Mr. Towers also has experience with salt dome storage facilities. Mr. Towers has attended the Texas A&M Oil Spill Prevention and Control Training in Galveston, Texas and Environmental Protection Regulatory Compliance Training at Rice University in Houston, Texas. He has been responsible for conducting oil spill drills on the Trans Alaska Pipeline and on the CPC Pipeline at the Volga River crossing in Russia. He has also been trained and Licensed by Gosgortechnazor of Russia in compliance with Russian Safety Laws. Mr. Towers has been a consultant on major gas pipeline projects in the arctic regions of the United States, Canada and Russia. He is familiar with pipeline regulations in these countries.

Mr. Hung Tran is currently Process Specialist and has assisted in development and implementation of APTECH’s RDMIP software and procedures, inspection review and risk analysis. Experience in process condition, consequence modeling, and risk associated with a wide range of equipment in the Petroleum and Petrochemical Industry.

Murali Krishnia Akku. Proficiency in the use and application of software programs HYSYS, HEXTRAN, PROII, HTFS and MathCAD. In-depth understanding and knowledge of gas pipeline design, including compressors. Knowledge and understanding of P&IDs, PFD, Energy and Material balance calculations. Design and simulation of various units of Distillation columns using HYSYS.

Richard B. Allsup. Experience in the petrochemical industry supporting mechanical integrity and reliability, optimizing equipment performance, metallurgical evaluation and failure analysis of process equipment. Root cause analysis of equipment failures and the design and implementation of corrective actions. Implementation of inspection technology. Risk based inspection technology and software development.

Arun R. Kurlekar has experience as a Materials/Corrosion Engineer in failure analysis and material selection (metals, non-metals and coatings); material, processes and paint specification; mechanical integrity procedures; corrosion and risk based analysis; welding procedures and qualifications; chemical cleaning; and extensive knowledge of ASME, ANSI, ASTM and AWS standards and codes.

Timothy Malone has experience in development and management of various programs, including Piping Mechanical Integrity, Piping Risk Based Inspection & Analysis, Associated Databases and Analysis and Ever-green programs. Development of Inspection Planning/Procedures. Management of Nondestructive Testing Group. Licensed Piping Inspector. Liquid Penetrant, Visual and Optical, and Radiographic Testing Level II.

Alfonso Parra has experience in vibration monitoring, including measurement, analysis and correction of rotating equipment. Development and implementation of gaseous emissions monitoring plans. Measurement, analysis and correction for engines, heaters and boilers. Analysis of lube oil tests for engines, hydraulic systems, and gearboxes. Lead Auditor for Quality, Safety and Environmental Assurance Systems.

Ishfaq Zaman has Oil & Gas industry experience in Integrity, Facilities & Pipeline disciplines. Pipeline Integrity, GIS and Data Management. Supervised Cathodic Protection Design. Analyze survey data and flow modeling analysis. Conducted pipeline feasibility studies. Performed system modeling and facilities design. Design of metering/regulating stations. Ensured regulatory compliance of pipelines.

Velu Palaniyandi is a Metallurgical Engineer. He holds a B.S. degree in Metallurgical Engineering and a Masters degree in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science. He has five years of academic research experience in super alloys, catalyst characterization and polymeric composite materials. Mr. Palaniyandi also has three years of industrial experience including materials selection, process development, failure analysis, corrosion analysis, fatigue, reverse engineering, root cause analysis and first article testing of a wide range of materials from pulp and paper, power generation aerospace and automotive industries. Mr. Palaniyandi is proficient in handling analytical equipment like SEM, TEM, XRD and XPS to identify failure modes.

Bill McKeen has a MSc. in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University and has extensive industry experience. Bill has been a nuclear QA and Construction manager at CBI, a design engineer at S&B Engineering as well as an Engineering Supervisor at Combustion Engineering. Bill will be based in Houston to provide support for Petrochemical projects as well as providing litigation support.

Raiz (Ray) Masrour, P. E. Mr. Masrour holds a B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from from Texas Tech University, and a B.S. in Mathematics from Tarleton State University. Mr. Masrour has more than 30 years experience related to engineering design, project engineering, and management of gas and liquid pipeline projects, gas gathering and reinjection systems, crude treatment facilities, midstream gas pipeline pump and compressor station facilities, and LNG projects. He has been involved in engineering design of a number of pipeline and related facilities projects, both FEED studies and detailed design work, based on DOT 192 and 195, ASME B31.8, B31.4, B31.3 and API 5L. His project engineering and management activities have included coordination and direction of design teams in Houston and overseas offices, generation of man-hour estimates and work schedules, preparation of project execution documents, status reports, etc. His gas pipeline compressor station facility and LNG experience includes close association with environmental companies for the production of various resource reports related to permitting and regulatory compliance.