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Monomer Process Technologist, Expert Consultant
Expertise in monomer process technology, capital project budgeting, project selection, implementation and cost, energy efficiency, process technology improvement, and acrylic monomers production.

This KKAI Associate offers expertise specific to methacrylic acid, methylmethacrylate, waste treatment, sulfuric acid regeneration, cost reduction, and capacity de-bottlenecking.

Additional experience and specialization includes plant design, plant startup, energy conservation, product quality improvement, process yield improvement, environmental permits, acrylic acid production, international plant startup, plant siting incentives, land acquisition, energy supply contracts, plant operations, productivity, safety, health, and environmental excellence.

Extensive knowledge regarding increase of propylene oxidation reactors in acrylic acid production, and reduction of aqueous waste water in acrylic acid production

PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES SERVED
Chemical

EDUCATION
MBA, University of Houston
B.S., ChE, Columbia University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant, Kevin Kennedy & Associates, Inc.

Providing chemical engineering consulting, monomer process technology consulting, engineering management consulting, failure analysis, forensic engineering and related expertise to a wide variety of clients.

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Chief Monomer Process Technologist, Monomers Business Capital Performance Director, Houston Site Energy Manager, Rohm and Haas, TX

Was responsible for energy efficiency improvement, capital project budgeting, project selection, implementation and cost, identifying, developing, and implementing improvements in process technology.

Worldwide Monomers Production Manager, Rohm and Haas, TX

All monomers production at 2.5billion lbs/yr/, supervised 7 area production managers and 5 superintendents

Manufacturing Manager-Acrylic Monomers, Rohm and Haas, TX

Was responsible for acrylic monomers production at 1.4 billion lbs/yr., supervised 2 area production managers and12 engineers.

Manufacturing Manager Methacrylic Monomers, Rohm and Haas, TX

Supervised 2 area production managers and 8 engineers, production rate at 1.1 billion lbs/yr.

Area Manager, Methacrylic Acid, Methylmethacrylate, Waste Treatment Plant, Rohm and Haas, TX

Supervised 1 superintendent, 9 foremen, and 3 engineers.

Sulfuric Acid Regeneration Plant Area Manager, Rohm and Haas, TX

Assistant Area Manager, Rohm and Haas, Houston, TX

Rohm and Haas, TX

Was Junior Process Engineer, promoted to Senior Engineer Engineering Division, Bristol, PA. Overseas experience includes 2 years in England, and 6 months in Japan. Designed purification section of new acrylic acid plant in Houston, supervised plant startup.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Led multi company/international project to de-bottleneck German joint venture acrylic acid plant; adapted plant designed with different Japanese technology to use Rohm and Haas procedures. Successfully completed phases 1 and 2 of project doubling plant capacity at a cost of less than 50% of equivalent for a new plant.

Proven ability to organize, motivate, and direct multi disciplinary groups to achieve rapid, measurable, successes in a variety of tasks and projects. These included product and systems quality improvements, cost reductions, capacity de-bottlenecking, new plant designs and startups, energy conservation, and process yield improvements.

Effectively interacted with international personnel and government authorities. Successfully negotiated plant siting incentives (capital and tax reductions), land acquisition, energy supply contracts, preliminary environmental permits, and sites services contracts for a new, major European monomers plant.

Applied innovative improvements (utilizing inputs and groups from Research, Engineering, and Production) in an effective and cost efficient manner to achieve productivity gains in plant operations and in improved quality and cost of capital projects. Developed systems which force creative thinking to develop alternatives to enable elimination of, or reduction in scope of plant capital projects, while maintaining plant productivity, safety, health and environmental excellence.

Monomers Business Capital Performance Director, Chief Monomer Process Technologist, and Houston Site Energy Manager, Worldwide Monomers Production Manager

Field experiences include North America, Europe, and the Far East

HONORS AND AWARDS
Energy Usage Reduction Award, US Dept. of Energy
Nalco Star Supplier Award, Excellence in Supply of Glacial Acrylic Acid
Talucci Quality Improvement Award, Rohm And Haas

PUBLICATIONS
Received U.S. Patent for methods of increasing the throughput of propylene oxidation reactors in the production of acrylic acid, and reducing the aqueous waste water produced in acrylic acid production.

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