Solomon Associates - Driving Performance Improvement in Energy-Intensive Assets » consulting team

Bill Glasscock

mnorris — Sat, 01 May 2010 16:52:30 +0000

As Senior Consultant, Bill is currently managing activities related to Solomon’s consulting services for the refining and chemicals industries. Bill has more than 37 years of experience and leadership covering operations and maintenance management, benchmarking, project implementation, reliability, maintenance, and performance improvement programs, and refinery planning and economics.

Before joining Solomon in 2011, Bill acquired a diverse range of domestic and international management experiences while establishing a proven track record of significant contributions to the operating and financial success of the organizations for which he has worked. Bill holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University.

Bill Horner

mnorris — Sat, 01 May 2010 16:50:37 +0000

Bill began his career as a Process Engineer with Dow Chemical in 1978. Prior to joining Solomon in 2005, he developed a broad experience base as a Process/Operations Engineer and Lead Engineer at various petrochemical, refinery, and utility plants around the world. Bill is currently a Senior Energy Consultant at Solomon and now focuses on CPA activities for pipelines.

In addition to his engineering abilities, his simulation modeling skills span several software packages, including HYSYS, PROII, HX-Net, ProSteam, SuperTarget, STX/ACX, and many proprietary programs. Bill is a Chemical Engineer and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Mississippi State University.

Celia He, Ph.D.

mnorris — Sat, 01 May 2010 16:40:16 +0000

Celia has been helping Solomon’s refining and petrochemical clients improve their operating performance since 2007, focusing on energy efficiency and organizational effectiveness. She is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt proficient in both MAIC and DFSS methodologies, which she applies to client projects along with her industry knowledge, business & risk analysis skills, Solomon’s extensive worldwide database, and NCM³ methodology.

Celia has more than a decade of industrial experience spanning research, product/business development, technical service, and project management. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering/Polymer Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Doug Williams

mnorris — Sat, 01 May 2010 16:20:28 +0000

Doug joined Solomon with more than 30 years experience working for petrochemical organizations and an additional 5 years experience with heavy equipment design and engineering. He brings to Solomon considerable expertise with business process re-engineering, multiple SAP and other CMMS implementations, mechanical design, rotating equipment design and maintenance, construction and startup of chemical process plants, personnel performance management, and general management techniques.

During his time with Solomon, Doug has gained extensive experience in reliability information and management systems, maintenance information systems, custom application development, configuration, training, and functional analysis, and excels at business process engineering. He has led cost-reduction petrochemical projects with the goal of improving maintenance effectiveness to world-class standards. Doug is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas (#77255) and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Fred Mackie

mnorris — Sat, 01 May 2010 16:15:11 +0000

Fred began his career in the refining industry as a Product Engineer in 1975. As a Senior Consultant with Solomon, he is responsible for assisting with global consulting assignments. Prior to accepting a position with Solomon, Fred held a variety of positions with chemical and engineering firms, where he gained extensive domestic and international experience, including assignments in Canada, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Europe, the United Kingdom, India, and Asia.

Fred has managed all operational and tactical aspects of maintenance programs and capital improvement projects, and is a recognized leader specializing in HVAC, electrical, fire protection, technology, and central plant engineering and design. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Science and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Administration from the University of Tennessee. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.

Joe Barth

mnorris — Sat, 01 May 2010 16:00:10 +0000

As a senior consultant, Joe Barth conducts consulting projects for Solomon’s clients in the petroleum refining and petrochemicals industries. Joe uses his nearly four decades of experience with companies including ExxonMobil to develop best practices on planning and optimization and scheduling processes, complete major studies, conduct training seminars and present papers to Solomon’s clients around the world.

He specializes in planning and optimization for integrated refining/petrochemical sites, linear programming modelling and model support best practices. Joe holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Houston and a B.S. degree from Auburn University.

John Havener

mnorris — Sat, 01 May 2010 15:50:01 +0000

As Senior Consultant and NCM³ Project Manager, John has been instrumental in delivering more than US $700 million per year in sustainable net cash margin improvements for Solomon’s chemicals, refining, pipeline, and terminals clients. His innovation, people skills, consulting expertise, and team leadership abilities keep him in high demand by Solomon clients.

Drawing on 32 years experience in chemical, power generation, refining, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage industries, John now manages teams of consultants in delivering profit improvements across all of Solomon’s client base industries. In addition to holding a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from New Mexico State University, he has amassed 18 issued and 2 pending U.S. patents in process modeling, optimization and control, air emissions monitoring, and process control benchmarking.

John Popielarczyk

mnorris — Sat, 01 May 2010 15:40:46 +0000

John is Director of Projects in Solomon’s refining consulting practice. He also serves as Team Leader for the Hydrocarbon Quality Management and Hydrocarbon Loss teams, as well as a subject-matter expert in Solomon’s Planning and Optimization practice. John also developed and managed Solomon’s Worldwide Refinery Quality Control Performance Analysis (QC Study).

Prior to joining Solomon, John had a wide ranging international management and consulting career in the downstream petroleum industry spanning 35 years. His petroleum industry experience includes economics and planning, petroleum supply and trading, energy risk management, quality management, energy marketing, and process operations.

John has a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Dallas. He is a registered Professional Engineer (Texas).

Mark Smith

mnorris — Sat, 01 May 2010 15:12:52 +0000

As Senior Consultant, Mark is currently managing activities related to Solomon’s consulting services in the refining and chemicals industries. Mark has more than 22 years of experience in the petroleum refining industry with a variety of responsibilities—Business Manager, Area Operations Manager, Lead Process Engineer, Optimization Leader, Advanced Control Engineer, Operations Engineer, Process Engineer, and Refinery Advanced Controls Consultant. He has significant refinery consulting experience in APC implementation and served on crude, hydroprocessing, and energy best practice teams for refinery processes.

Before joining Solomon in 2011, Mark acquired a diverse range of domestic and international management experience with crude/vacuum units, gas plants, hydrocrackers, hydrotreating, sulfur/amine, and hydrogen plants. Mr. Smith is also a certified Master Black Belt with Six Sigma. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Oregon State University.

Mike Vance

mnorris — Sat, 01 May 2010 15:10:22 +0000

Mike began his career in refining in 1982. Now as a Senior Consultant with Solomon, he is responsible for assisting with consulting assignments throughout the world. Prior to accepting a position with Solomon, Mike was Operations Complex Manager at the Premcor/Valero refinery in Memphis. In addition, he has held multiple positions during his 23 years of experience at Chalmette Refining LLC (a joint venture of ExxonMobil and PdVsa, formerly Mobil Oil, Tenneco Oil). He has conducted assignments in Japan and Venezuela, as well.

Mike has worked in a variety of operations, planning, and technical positions and still has passion for optimization opportunities, whether it is black oil, BTX, or organizational. He has been involved in organizational change, major turnarounds, capital project work, and knowledge management. Mike is a chemical engineer, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Mississippi.