Michael Smith

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Michael Smith's Problem Solving Experience:

1. • Supervised operation, construction, optimization and experimental program of 50M lb/yr pilot plant aromatic oxidative dehydrogenation. Completed experimental and modeling reaction engineering projects.
2. • Led laboratory acetylene hydrogenation catalyst testing, plant implementation and start-up team. Designed acetylene hydrogenation reactors in Texas, Netherlands, Argentina, and Spain. Received 5 technical awards for hydrogenation and process improvements that generated ~ $20MM in savings and six sigma Green Belt Certification.
3. • Led catalyst technology team responsible for managing the overall effort to optimize the 35 olefins, aromatics and dienes catalytic systems within ten different sites globally.
4. • Identified feasible opportunities for enhanced oil recovery by directing technical option development for executive leadership sponsored team on carbon capture and sequestration.
5. Developed coking reactor model for styrene production, on temporary assignment at University of Ghent-Belgium.
6. • Secured $15M savings by orchestrating implementation of new Epoxy products, managing portfolio of 24 production trials though alignment of multiple functions.
7. • Delivered $10.9M savings by mobilizing team that led stage gating of 20 projects into realization in 2017 through new process and product implementation. Active collaboration with business manufacturing, R&D, and business leaders.