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Working with global and international clients and organizations to address emerging, evolving and rapidly changing enterprise risk, governance, risk and compliance, operational risk and resilience, business continuity, crisis management, organizational and digital transformation, as well as control system testing, review, assessment and reporting (define context of Key Risk Indicators (KRI) and core and key controls testing) across the enterprise at the asset, functional and business lines, working with front line supervisors, management, executives, boards, as well as shareholders, stakeholders and governing federal, state, local and international (Ministries) agencies and bodies.

Deep roots greater than 10 years in industry and 20 plus years consulting with greater than 30-years of business, governance, risk, compliance, engineering, management, and audit model, experience conducting a broad range of enterprise and corporate level implementations, improvements and assessments associated with risks, governance, compliance, and controls. Extensive experience with enterprise risk management (ERM), COSO (Sarbanes-Oxley (SoX) controls, operational risk, and resilience as well as multiple International Standards Organization (ISO) management systems. Draws on qualification in risk assessments, management systems, governance process/requirements, and broader controls assessment frameworks, enterprise and corporate processes, risk, and controls process operations lifecycle. Experienced in process industry digital transformation, oil and gas, petrochemical utility, renewables for engineering, production operations, risk management, and most areas of asset integrity and management, facility construction and have been involved in various digital transformation strategy and implementations, enterprise value creation risk mitigation and resiliency building activities over past 15 years. Leverages broad-based knowledge in digital, processes, control, and resilience to mitigate risk of worldwide asset intensive industries. Practical plan and implementation/ integration (actionable, customized solutions) through execution of complex digital strategy development.

REPRESENTATIVE CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Awarded $4M enterprise risk management (ERM) transformation contract with global natural resources company to advise on the Open industrial interoperability ecosystem (OIIE) use cases, in support of IPA and CII for enhanced risk mitigation (modularity, interoperability and standardization).
- Katrina recovery GRC lead for multiple program (blue roof, debris removal and trailer park), 3-year support to a global Environmental Engineering Consulting enterprise on governance, risk and compliance, insurance, bonding and underwriting best practices, 18-month specialty international engineering and water product supplier (applying risk management (ISO 31000), ERM (COSO) best practices, ISO 9000, 8000 and predict uncertain emerging and evolving risks for the CEO, COO, CFO, legal counsel and CAE.
- Global EPC organizational restructuring and operating model revision based on ERM, PGRC, prime contractor risk management program development based on expanded root cause and causal factor analysis from operational risk and resilience. Implemented multiple cross enterprise solutions based on business continuity planning and resiliency. Led 18-month implementation and controls assessment framework development for on-going verification and attest to governing bodies (internal and external, including board of directors, shareholders, investors, various federal, state, regional and international ministries, and governing bodies).
- Experience in bonding and insurance, claims, governance program development, competency assurance, audit and assurance program development, controls assessment frameworks development, identification of core and key control program testing, layers of protection analysis, management reviews, succession planning, risk workshops and training, for multiple companies.

Expert is a seasoned industry professional in business, risk, engineering, digital, and management consulting. He has walked the shop floor and advised boards and executives on their businesses and companies. He looks to apply the principles of servant leadership in a rapidly evolving and disruptive world. He has continued to help his clients and teams understand, adapt and leverage innovation to capture value and growth whilst maintaining a keen sense of purpose during this most recent/ dynamic industrial revolution. Applied specifically in the asset intensive and process industries (oil and gas, and chemicals, life sciences) as well as power and utilities, mining, and heavy manufacturing leveraging innovation, agility, adaptability, and human power. 35 years of experience related to overall business processes and operations lent to the areas of; value chain optimization, intelligent operations, connected workforce, smart processes/ practices/ machines and digital applications in asset intensive industries which is based on innovation and disruption. Interested in adding greater value through interoperability, energy transition and overall asset intensive process industry disruption and speed to innovation.

Supported the pandemic crisis management and response center for an international integrated oil and gas company in 2020. Facilitated the first 6-months of coordination and digital application integration (contact tracing and connect workforce) for both office and plant environments. Worked closely to address platform and cloud application and services associated with ultrawide band and related precision geo-positioning applications. Previously, with training and expertise in chemical warfare agents and their delivery over 25 years of experience in responding to and developing response actions to a variety of threats. Most recently worked within the incident command structure for a petroleum refinery to develop post 9/11 security, response and training requirements associated with terrorist attacks. Training in improvised explosive devices, refinery process operations and overall explosive ordnance disposal and chemical warfare agents allowed Expert to work with private security agencies and the corresponding government (civilian) agencies. Developed and integrated the “one plan” for the refinery combining seven different federal and state requirements for spill contingency, emergency notification and OPA 90 (navigable waters) and then incorporating anti-terrorist components within those requirements. This led to several training exercise over the course of four years (2001 to 2005) to allow for appropriateness based on natural disaster, process incident, or terrorist attack. The program incorporated an incident command structure through the on-scene fire department (and three surrounding community fire departments) and fully integrated security, state and federal environmental protection agencies, refinery process operations, local and county police and state highway patrol, United States Coast Guard, and the Department of Homeland Security. Developed and oversaw an incident command drill for a terrorist attack at the refinery involving the strategic placement of several improvised explosive devices. The work included vulnerability analysis of the systems, process and operations from the “hard” refinery units to infrastructure, communications and support activities.

Additional Select Core Capabilities
Human-Machine Interface (HMI) | Mergers & Acquisitions | Risk Management, Life Cycle Costing & Value Engineering | Upstream, Midstream, Refining, Petrochemicals, Renewables, Power & Utilities, Sustainability/Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG), Energy Transition | Value/Risk Based Deal Development & Integration | Servant Leadership | Operational Technology (OT), Time-Series Data | Innovation | Advanced Process Control (APC) and Automation |Key Performance Indicator (KPI) | Project Portfolio Management | Contingency & Risk Response/Mitigation Insurance Carrier and Underwriter Solutions and Reviews (excluding personal liability) | Performance Governance, Risk and Compliance (PGRC) Audit Protocols | Threats Analysis | Contingency & Risk Response/Mitigation | Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Risk | Sustainability (validated sustainability footprint and social license to operate) | Quality Programs Commercial and Contractual Risk Identification and Control | Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solutions Enterprise Strategy (Risk) Planning and Implementation | Strategic & Emerging Risk Environments Identification

Digital Thread | Digital Twin | Salesforce | Microsoft (MS) Office Suite | Relational Database(s) | Power BI | Adobe | Metricstream | Intelex | Enablon | BWise | Blockchain | Cloud Technology & Computing | Artificial Intelligence/Cognitive Learning | Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) & Edge Computing | Applied Intelligence, (Deep) Machine Learning | Remote Sensing & Sensor (Stack) | Robotics & Drones | ERP/EAM Solutions | SAP S/4 HANA | Oracle | JD Edwards | Operational Sustainability | CVSS v3.1 | Scenario Risk Gaming

Use/Apply ISO Management Systems
Risk Management Standard (ISO 31000) | Quality Standards (ISO 9000) – Certified as “Train the Trainer”, Asset Management (ISO 55000) Interoperability Standard (ISO 18101) | Data Quality (ISO 8000), Environmental Standards (ISO 14001) | Health and Safety Management Standard (ISO 45001)

Chemical Engineering applications to several hazardous, toxic, and explosive waste related issues. Extensive experience working with highly reactive and acute toxic materials at various levels of production and disposal. This included working with Department of the Army standards, standard operating procedures, technical pamphlets, regulations, and Army Material Command protocols. Expert has also performed project work for a variety of manufacturing companies in engineered wood products, wood treatment processes, plating and surface finishing, agricultural, pesticide production and light industrial/ manufacturing. This includes over 16 years of total experience in development of sampling protocols, hazardous waste, explosives handling, chemical surety materials and development of analytical reports and treatability testing for private industry and the federal government. He has performed over 50 chemical surety material assignments, developed and successfully conducted seven air monitoring programs for pesticides, volatile chlorinated organic compounds, chlorinated organic compounds and chemical surety materials. Project management and program implementation on both an engineering design and compliance level associated with brownfields, RCRA, CERCLA, CWA and CAA.

Experience working with biological, mechanical, chemical and thermal processing and treatment operations. Involvement has ranged from in plant modifications and upgrades of various process operations to improving operator training to reduce or eliminate wastewater generation to design/ build of a 500,000 gpd wastewater treatment system. Innovative problem-solving applications have included the use of spent lime in a separation process to neutralize effluent from a low pH operation to minimize both solid waste and minimize wastewater treatment costs. Turnkey applications of trickling filters, biological digesters (aerobic as well as anaerobic) and conventional biological wastewater treatment processes. Development and implementation of physical/ chemical treatment processes to include mechanical digesters, filtration (cartridge, bag, sand, alumna, carbon and diatomaceous earth) precipitation, dissolved air floatation, neutralization, acidification, chemical oxidation, reverse osmosis, ion exchange, microfiltration and ultrafiltration.

Extensive evaluation but limited implementation of thermal treatment processes to included thermal oxidation, distillation, evaporation, and incineration. Treatment processes whether single, dual or multiple stage and batch or continuous operations have been developed to address the entire range of process wastes in wastewater or process water impurities. Impurities or contaminants have included hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents, BOD, COD, TOC, TSS, TDS, ammonia, phosphates, nitrates, oil and grease, surfactants, chelating agents, metals, organic wastes, wax, explosives, and reactive wastes. Wastewater treatment experience as well as process improvement for solid and hazardous waste and water purification experience in the food processing, agricultural, tanneries, surface finishing, panel switch manufacturing, pesticides manufacturing, explosives manufacturing processes and munitions processing wastewater.

Industry X leadership in resources focused on business and digital transformation from strategy through implementation. Refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, upstream and midstream oil and gas, mining, and industrial manufacturing as well as power and utilities value chain focused to unlock opportunities as companies look for success in managing the rapid pace of change. Lead teams focused on innovation and applying radical new ways of working to attain leverages business advantages.

Digital transformation, enterprise risk, risk and resilience in the oil and gas, renewables and power and utilities industries. Precision Geo-positioning (ultra-wideband technology) enabling crane and forklift safety. Understand the changing landscape of upstream companies and their organizational structures because of digital, PE, capital (CAPX and OPX) and the evolving supply demand market conditions.
• Digital technology, related applications, enhanced CAPEX and OPEX performance addressed specific areas of risk. Included specific areas of production operations, turnarounds, major capital projects, energy transition, metrics and KPIs. Helped several clients define their immediate and short-term strategy to implementation.
• Built broad transformation roadmap that included digital foundation (OT), applications for multiple facilities on multiple continents. Structured components focused on sustainability strategy, operating model and decarbonization projects. This included translating corporate strategies, targets into actionable plans to decarbonize their businesses.
• As key advisor and partner helped a petrochemical company navigate multiple operational, cost management, and organizational issues/priorities. Looked at best practices for Cash Flow Enhancement. Assisting client in reducing G&A and operating expenses, and to grow top line revenue. Average cash flow enhancement engagement resulted in >12x return on investment.

Awarded $4M enterprise risk management (ERM) transformation contract with global natural resources company to advise on the Open industrial interoperability ecosystem (OIIE) use cases, in support of IPA and CII for enhanced risk mitigation (modularity, interoperability and standardization).

Operations, risk and digital experience business and technical leader. Applied over 30 years experience working with companies to identify and address emerging and evolving risks in operations to both create business value and protect from or eliminate value erosion. We have seen the acceleration of this occur through adaptation of digital solutions providing more robust and holistic controls across the enterprise. The focus for these efforts is principally for asset intensive industries (oil & gas, utilities, chemicals, mining, and heavy manufacturing). Specifics areas beyond operations include asset management, maintenance, engineering, planning, health/safety/environment (HSE) and physical security. Also, conducting transaction services support to asset intensive industries, construction and engineering for overall activities, operations, HSE, risk and compliance.

Performing contractor work independently and for other service and consulting services since February 2019. Focus on areas of digital transformation, operational risk, engineering, operations, health, safety, and environmental practices. Has been helping national and global clients through adaptation of technology and digital innovation. This work for these clients has been challenging and rewarding. Using digital innovation to mitigate risk and enhance governance and compliance is compelling work and clients are seeing the true value in allowing operations to excel at human performance.

Responsible to work with clients on their journey to enterprise and performance improvement opportunities including smart operations and increasing their digital acumen, implementing identified opportunities. This often equates to standardizing and normalizing operational, asset and human factors associated with the improvement opportunities. The teams do this throughout the organization helping operations leaders and asset managers, through business leaders to the executives. Working with them to understand, evaluate, determine and effectively identify key enterprise operations and opportunities that impact their present and future decision making. Have helped global companies, facilities and international business units develop programs to continually monitor and assess their changing risk and performance landscape. Have worked with them from defining the organization digital acumen to implementing agile project management principles for digital and smart operations. This has included deep data analytics, application of risk and performance indicators and tying in cloud-based needs (IIoT). Am effective because strive to understand the subtle distinctions of how that specific organization "gets its business done” and understand the digital culture and organizational resilience. Use that knowledge along with what has been seen elsewhere to examine and find the most efficient and effective was to accelerate what is needed for organizational smart operations journey. Has gained deep industry experience servicing several of my clients for nearly a decade. Providing exposure to economic cycles that clients have experienced. This has allowed for visibility to see what does "enduring" look like. Allows to help clients make informed decisions and take necessary and appropriate actions. Also has associate financial responsibility for employer, proposal and new business development, engagement management.

For 5-years lead multiple environmental, product stewardship/ safety, safety, sustainability injury and illness, OSHA, EPA, state and local compliance and authority assessments and reviews for national and international companies to help establish governance, risk and compliance activities and controls in place to mitigate business impacts and identify failed and missing controls associated with key and high-risk areas. This has been done for utility companies, power generation facilities, heavy manufacturers, consumer product manufacturers and resources companies. These assessments have been done for operations by risk or internal audit parts of the company to evaluate and understand the controls environment. Using or applying a controls assessment framework and agreed upon scope areas to focus or broaden the assessment. Specifically, in late 2016 and early 2017 for a US based national resource processing company conducted a broad-based safety assessment at the corporate and major facility level over several weeks that included compliance at Federal, State, and local levels and general governance practices (including legal, human resources, union, tribal and NGO influences). The safety assessment focused on high risk and high visibility areas and effectiveness of internal controls based on public data and internal reviews and commitments as well as performance tracking and KPIs and helped identify and address key opportunities.

10 Year Technical, Management, Client Service/Marketing Summary

1998 to 2005/ Flint Hills Resources, St Paul, MN - Implementation Technical Specialists
Technical: Included delisting requirements, review of notice of data availability, hazardous waste listing interpretation, managing closure of several hazardous waste surface impoundments, waste piles and other regulated units and groundwater extraction and treatment system design review and construction management.

Management: Contracting, bid analysis, bid specification preparation, business and action plan development, income and cash flow statement review, balance sheets evaluation and modification, organizational strategies development, professional insurance criteria assessment, as well as bonding and insurance requirements.

Client Service/ Marketing: De-bottlenecked a project management web-site which allow for more interactive project management and control at a reduced cost, thusly improving client/consultant technical and management communication and regulatory agency review processes.

1994 to 1998/ Braun Intertec Corp., Minneapolis, MN - Manager, Engineering
Technical: 15 projects mostly "pump & treat" some biological reactor design and small-scale wastewater treatment system design, waste minimization, and industrial landfill design review. Hazardous waste site closure under RCRA extensive Planning, Health and Environmental State Department interaction.

Management: 13 technical and non-technical staff members salary and performance evaluation and as well as department business plan, Licensure capabilities, income and cash flow statement preparation, balance sheets, bonding & insurance, and hiring practices.

Client Service/ Marketing: Established a marketing team, developed marketing plans, wrote and review numerous proposals and SOQs, and worked at various public and private sector trade shows. Extended the three largest company contracts and expanded the scope of two through direct client interface.

1990 to 1994/ Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, Denver, CO - Client Service Manager
Technical: CERCLA, design, specifications, building decontamination and demolition, landfill closure, RCRA closure, groundwater extraction and treatment, unexploded ordnance investigation, explosive waste management, chemical warfare agent management, and working with government construction standards.

Management: Mostly Project and Program Management activities around budgeting, personnel, equipment and expense management with extensive Primavera and Microsoft Projects experience. Management reporting as part of specific contract requirements and related opportunities associated with large government contracting. Managed the largest long-term contract/client.

Client Service/ Marketing: Managed a market research team and worked on determining the market share availability, marketing strategy, competitive analyses, positioning strategies, and pricing strategies based on competency reviews as integral part of a client management team. Worked with the two largest clients (PMRMA and AFCEE) to expand scope and understand client direct and limitations to initiate work. This included extensive interaction to restructure work scope allowing for timely, cost effective implementation of project and task scopes.

Project engineer for a hazardous waste remediation contract with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to decontaminate and dispose of a processing facility used to blend and store hydrazine and hydrazine derivatives at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Performed a detailed wastewater process evaluation for the former Weldon Spring Ordnance Works. As the specialized response manager, developed detailed plans and specification of the former waste handling system for the largest TNT manufacturing plant of WWII. The wastewater system was designed to handle 216,000 gpd. The detailed plans were then used to develop a disposal system assessment and removal plan. The system consisted of 90 miles of buried wooden pipe and associated settling tanks. Assistant project engineer for a program to design an operational plan for an ammunition manufacturing facility. The work included significant process modifications and developing waste reduction options for the machining operations. Stoddard solvents and halogenated aromatics were used in the machining, degreasing and cleaning operations. The system consisted of a series of ammunition load, pack and assemble operations. Developed and implemented several system improvements for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command at worldwide Public Work Centers. The project requirements included assessing and implementing various innovative technologies. Performed a waste minimization audit for 87 GM facilities throughout North America. Developed the tracking and reporting software for all of the GM facilities. The database included over 50,000 waste streams and over 750 alternatives for managing, tracking, equipment modifications and product substitutes.