The Managing Aging Plants USA 2020 team is excited to be working with a wide range of experts who have a wealth of knowledge on maintaining aging plants. The Managing Aging Plants USA Conference & Expo 2020 Steering Committee is committed to developing and delivering a highly technical and informative conference program for this years attendees of the event, which will take place on December 2nd and 3rd, 2020 at the San Jacinto College’s LyondellBasell Center for Petrochemical, Energy, & Technology (CPET) in Pasadena, TX.
Steering Committee 2020
Chairman: Sam Davis, President – RFS Compliance Solutions
Ana Benz, Chief Engineer, Director – IRISNDT
Chuck Young, Business Development Manager and Metallurgist – Tricor Metals
Chris Wilson, Technical Director – Uniti Titanium
Dan DeVine, Consultant – Corteva
David Sangers, Lead Mechanical Engineer/Rotating Equipment Engineer Consultant – Total
Davi Correia, Senior Mechanical Engineer and Consultant
Ed Naylor, Asset Strategy – Reliability/MI – Nouryon Specialty Chemicals
Fred Schweighardt, National Projects Leader – Airgas, an Air Liquide company
Jason Bitting, Advisor – Mechanical Tech Service – Albemarle Corporation
Jon Blanchard, Welding Engineer – ALS – Maverick Testing Laboratories Industrial – North America
Jose E. Ramirez, Lead Materials and Welding Specialist – Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Josh Means, Corporate Accounts Lead – Inspectioneering
Karen Picker, Technical Marketing Engineer – Sandvik Materials Technology
Marcelo Senatore, Regional Technical Marketing Manager – Sandvik Materials Technology
Mel Esmacher, Consulting Engineer – SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions
Michael Stevens, Principal Scientist – INEOS Composites
Michael Yee, CEO – RTConsults
Nathan Balke, Mechanical Engineer – Kuraray
Nina Young, Senior Corrosion and Materials Engineer – Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
Paul Whitcraft, Executive Director – Materials Technology Institute (MTI)
Rodney Roth, Global Valve & Subject Matter Expert – Carrara
Scott Whitlow, Materials Engineering Technology Leader – Veolia North America
Vaibhav Patel, Piping Engineering Leader – Hargrove Engineers + Constructors
Will Wilson, Regional Manager of Asset Integrity – Orbital Engineering, Inc.
With the help of these industry professionals, the Managing Aging Plants USA 2020 team will have the technical guidance necessary to organize a conference that can focus on important managing aging plants-related topics including Process Safety Management, Inspections, Testing and Standards, Materials & Damage Mechanisms, Welding, and more.