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CLINE G. BRAUD

ANALYZER/CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALIST

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824 W. Orice Roth Street

Gonzales, LA 70737

(225) 647-7384 – Home

(225) 276-3367 – Cellular

cbrau1@cox.net

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EDUCATION:

06/86 – 06/88 National Radio Institute – Digital Electronics Servicing Course -

Microprocessors (Diploma)

01/64 – 12/64 Industrial Instrumentation Course (Diploma)

07/63 – 12/63 RCA Television Repair Course (Diploma)

09/61 – 06/63 DeVry Technical Institute – Basic Electronics

08/59 – 10/59 IBM Data Processing School (U.S. Army – Diploma)

06/58 – 06/59 Louisiana State University (College Credits)

09/54 – 06/58 Dutchtown High School, Geismar, LA (Diploma)

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Over 43 years experience in the field of process control instrumentation, including process analyzers and gas chromatographs, in the petrochemical, refining, and electrical power industry. Areas of expertise include design of control loops and schemes, inspection of installations, and the check out and startup of control systems.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

1/9/06 – 8/3/06: John L. Lowery & Associates, Inc. @ Total Petrochemical, Carville, LA

Analyzer Technician – Duties included:

· Calibration of all types of process analytical equipment and associated support equipment, including process gas chromatographs (Applied Automation Advance) and CEMS (Horiba) stack monitoring;

· Responsible for maintenance and repair of on-line analyzers, sample systems, sample transport, associated buildings, and development of PPM procedures;

· Recommended changes in installations to simplify calibration and maintenance;

· Analyzed and interpret performance data;

· Developed charts, graphs, and schematics to describe and illustrate systems’ operating characteristics, malfunctions, deviations from design specifications, and functional limitations;

2/6/91 – 1/6/06: John L. Lowery & Associates, Inc. @ ExxonMobil Plastics, Baton Rouge, LA

Analyzer Technician – Duties included:

· Start-up and calibration of all types of process analytical equipment and associated support equipment, including process gas chromatographs (Applied Automation Advance , Maxums) and FTIR, FTNIR (Analect);

· Responsible for maintenance and repair of on-line analyzers, sample systems, sample transport, associated buildings, and development of PPM procedures;

· Worked with process, control, reliability and analyzer engineers / technicians and peers to provide accurate, reliable, cost effective process analyzer measurements;

· Actively participated in the implementation of the site maintenance work process for analyzer work including troubleshooting, repairs, and documentation of failure analysis, collection of equipment operation and history data to facilitate reliability improvements;

· Recommended changes in installations to simplify calibration and maintenance;

· Wrote standard operating procedures for calibration, maintenance and troubleshooting of analytical equipment;

· Analyzed and interpreted performance data;

· Conducted informal training on process analyzer and analyzer system operation and maintenance functions;

· Developed charts, graphs, and schematics to describe and illustrate systems’ operating characteristics, malfunctions, deviations from design specifications, and functional limitations;

· Checked functionality of newly installed equipment to evaluate system performance under actual operating conditions.

· Assisted other analyzer technicians in troubleshooting complex problems.

1/90 – 2/91: Barbay Engineering Services, Inc. @ BASF, Geismar, LA

Sr. Instrument Specialist assigned to the Works Engineering Department as an instrument specialist in I&E design and drafting section – Duties included:

· Created electrical and instrument design drawing packages for instrumentation upgrade and add-on projects;

· Documented changes in plant instrumentation;

· Marked-up loop and ladder diagrams and P&IDs as built;

· Supplied drawings on control room panel design layout, wiring, loop diagrams, location plans, junction boxes, and converted relay logic to PLC;

· Job required ability to work with AutoCad drafting to enter and retrieve data from computer.

6/89 – 12/90: Instrument Technology, Inc. @ Shell Chemical, Geismar, LA

Sr. Analyzer Technician – Duties included:

· Responsible for the routine maintenance and calibration of process analyzers and on-stream gas chromatographs in the oxygen, ethylene oxide, and utilities units;

· Process control system was Honeywell TDC-3000. Analyzer types: Bendix 7000 and Applied Automation Advance 2100 gas chromatographs, Taylor, Servomex, O2, MSA IR, Teledyne O2 trace and HACH hardness and silica analyzers.

4/89 – 5/89: Lummus/Crest, Inc. Joint Venture Project, Basrah, Iraq

Analyzer Specialist – Duties included:

· Provided technical support for analyzer group during restart of ethylene, EDC and VCM units;

· Type analyzers – Dupont IR, Teledyne NIR and O2, Beckman O2, and Bendix 7000 gas chromatographs.

5/88 – 3/89: PITI @ Shell Chemical, Bellpre, OH

Instrument Engineering Assistant – Duties included:

· Assigned to the Control System Engineering Department to prepare loop packages for instrument and analyzer upgrade projects, designed new control loops, and inspected new installations.

4/88 – 5/88: Newtron, Inc. @ Aristech, Inc., Neil, WV

Control System Specialist – Duties included:

· Performed check-out of control system (Honeywell TDC-3000);

· Provided technical support during start-up of polyproplylene loop reactor;

· Checked out and commissioned on-stream gas chromatographs (Bendix Micro-Mac) and Teledyne NIR analyzers.

11/87 – 4/88: Sargent Electric, Inc. @ Combustion Engineering, Hartford, CT

Control Systems Specialist – Duties included:

· Performed check-out of control systems (Taylor Mod 3000) and stack emissions (NOX, CO2, O2 and Opacity);

· Monitored analyzers (Teledyne) and PLCs (Allen Bradley) during start-up of electrical generating station using refuge as fuel;

· Provided technical coverage during start-up.

1/87 – 9/87: E.C.A., Inc. @ RJR-Nabisco, Tobaccoville, NC

Control Systems Specialist – Duties included:

· Participated in commissioning and start-up of automatic guided vehicle system (Protec Navigator);

· Provided technical coverage until system was accepted by RJR.

9/86 – 1/87: Petro-Syn, Inc. @ G. E. Plastics Complex, Mt. Vernon, IN

Control System Specialist – Duties included:

· Performed check-out of control systems (Fisher Provox);

· Provided technical coverage during start-up of nitration unit.

1/86 – 8/86: Bogan Electrical, Inc. @ P.S.E. & G.E. Nuclear Station, Hancocks Bridge, NJ

Control System Specialist – Duties included:

· Performed pre-operational and surveillance testing of control room complex, NSS and BOP control system, and Westinghouse 7300 process control system.

10/85 – 1/86: Triad Electric & Controls @ RJR Nabisco, Tobaccoville, NC

I & E Inspector – Duties included:

· Inspected instrument and electrical installations to conform to RJR specifications;

· Witnessed continuity and loop check-out.

6/85 – 10/85: Newtron, Inc. @ Amerada Hess Refinery, Port Reading, NJ

Analyzer Specialist – Duties included:

· Checked out and commissioned new analyzer and on-stream gas chromatograph installations;

· Redesigned sample handling systems;

· Reapplication work on existing gas chromotagraphs;

· Provided technical support during start-up of refinery;

· Plant control system was Honeywell TDC-3000.

1/84 – 6/85: Saudi Petrochemical Company (Shell U.S.A.), Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia

Sr. Analyzer Specialist in Control Systems Engineering Department -

Duties included:

· During construction inspected installation of analyzer shelters and field mounted analyzers and piping of sample handling systems;

· During commissioning checked out analyzers and gas chromatographs and placed on-stream;

· Redesigned sample handling systems;

· Performed corrective and preventative maintenance after start-up;

· Process control system was TDC-3000. Type analyzers – Thermox O2, Teledyne NIR and Servomex O2. Gas chromatographs were Bendix Micro-Mac.

2/82 – 1/84: B. F. Goodrich – Convent Chemical, Convent, LA

Sr. Analyzer Technician – Duties included:

· Performed corrective and routine maintenance on process analyzers and on-stream chromatographs;

· Designed sample handling systems and new analyzer installations;

· Type analyzers: Beckman IR and O2. Gas chromatographs: Beckman 6750.

11/81 – 2/82: Harmony Instrument Group @ Good Hope Refinery, Norco, LA

Control System Specialist – Duties included:

· Performed check-out of control systems (Foxboro Spec 200 and Video Spec);

· Provided technical coverage during start-up of visbreaker unit.

3/81 – 10/81: Karis & Associates @ BASF Wyandotte, Geismar, LA

Instrument Engineering Assistant – Duties included:

· Verification and documentation of control loop drawings;

· Designed new control loops for projects.

12/66 – 9/80: Borden Chemical Company, Geismer, LA

Sr. Instrument Technician – Duties included:

· Performed corrective and routine maintenance on plant control systems, including process analyzers and on-stream gas chromatographs.

3/64 – 12/66: Ethyl Corporation, Baton Rouge, LA

Sr. Instrument Technician – Duties included:

· Performed corrective and routine maintenance on plant control systems.

9/62 – 3/64: Monochem, Inc., Geismar, LA

Instrument Technician – Duties included:

· Started out as a trainee in the Instrument Department;

· Progressed through the in-plant instrument training program to instrument technician;

· Performed corrective and routine maintenance on plant control systems