2020 AIChE Spring Meeting and 16th Global Congress on Process Safety

Steve has over 22-years’ of experience in air quality, compliance and environmental management systems auditing, process safety management, environmental site assessments, regulatory analysis and review, permitting, and air pollution control equipment design. He is a Certified Professional Environmental Auditor (CPEA) and Certified Process Safety Auditor (CPSA).

Mark has over 35 years’ experience in safety, environmental and Risk Management. Mark has a B.S. in Psychology and a M.S. in Industrial Engineering, specializing in Safety and Ergonomics, both from Texas A&M University. He is currently the Past-President (2002-2003) and Fellow (2005) of the American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) and continues to serve as Chairman of the Business of Safety Committee. Mark has authored over 200 technical publications including his third book on career development entitled, Climbing the Corporate Ladder-Safely! (May 2011) where some of the materials presented are discussed in detail. He is the past recipient of the Edgar-Queeny Monsanto Safety Professional of the Year Award in 1992-1993 and the Culbertson Outstanding Volunteer Service Award in 1991-1992 issued by ASSE.

Chris has over 15-years’ of experience in the areas of process safety management and risk management, compliance with an extensive process and environmental background. He has expertise in various PSM related areas such as process hazard analyses (PHAs) including HAZOPs, HAZIDs and what-ifs, management of change (MOC), pre-startup safety reviews (PSSR), PSM audits ,process safety information (PSI) and process safety requirements for the offshore industry. In addition, Chris also is experienced on the quality management side in terms of FMEAs for the medical and automotive industries; occupational safety in terms of job safety analysis (JSA) and environmental engineering in terms of waste water designs, environmental statements, impact assessment and ENVIDs. One of Chris’s strengths is his capability to work and interact with a wide variety of disciplines and functions—from operator to CEO. He currently is providing risk management expertise in ERM Americas Risk Practice projects.

Yaneira has 25 years’ of experience in process safety and risk management for the mining, oil and gas, and chemical industry. She is a design safety technical authority and workshop Facilitator including HAZID, HAZOP-LOPA, FMCA, bow-tie analyses and ALARP. Her experience also includes implementation and audit of process safety and HSE Management Systems and quality assurance of quantitative risk analysis (QRA), consequence, frequency, and cost-benefit analyses.

Jose has over 8 years’ of experience in the areas of process safety management and risk management. He has expertise in various PSM related areas such as process hazard analyses (PHAs) including HAZOPs, HAZIDs and what-ifs and PSM audits. In addition, Jose also is experienced on the air quality management and HSE auditing for several industrial facilities in Mexico. He currently led the Technical Risk Area in Mexico & Central America proving support to many Oil & Gas companies with operations in Mexico.

Erick has over 7 years’ of experience in HSE topics including HSE compliance audits, HSE corporate standards, Process Safety Management (PSM), safety conditions-prevention and protection against fires, protection systems and safety devices in the machinery and equipment, Environmental Risk Assessments (ERA), Accidents Preventive Programs (APP), and hazards and risk identification in industrial plants. Erick has participated more than eight PSM compliance audits for different transnational companies in Mexico and more than twelve ERAs.