Attendees
at STO 2008 will have the opportunity to immerse themselves
in a conference schedule rich with sessions from leading
organizations presenting best management practices for
shutdowns, turnarounds and outages. Three tailored tracks
are offered each day, providing thought-provoking content
and practical, easy-to-apply advice, tips and tricks.
Each track will be managed by a chairperson
who is recognized as a leader in the shutdown, turnaround,
outage arena. The Track Chairs will serve as your guides
to STO 2008; they are dedicated to ensure you get the
most out of your conference experience.
Read through the biographies listed
below to learn more about your STO 2008 Track Chairs: |
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| Track
1: Lifecycle – Processes and Performance Management |
Laren
Huntsman, PacifiCorp |
Laren Huntsman
received both his Bachelor of Science and Masters degrees
in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University.
After graduating, he worked for FMC where he was involved
in the start-up of three plants. He then went to work for
PacifiCorp at the Huntington plant as a lead engineer.
Laren has extensive experience in project management and
maintenance/process engineering. He has worked the last
four years as a planning manager, overhaul coordinator,
PdM manager and director for the traveling coal mill maintenance
department. Laren is involved in a corporate initiative
to improve the work management and overhaul management
efforts at PacifiCorp.
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| Track
2: Organization, Contractor Management and EH&S |
Tim
Stovall, NOVA Chemicals |
| Tim Stovall has
30 years of maintenance and reliability management experience
in process industries. He has implemented maintenance, reliability,
and turnaround business processes in North America and Europe.
Currently, Tim is chairman of the SAP-ASUG EAM Executive
Committee and serves on the SMRP Best Practices Committee. |
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| Track
3: Systems and Technology |
| Craig
Pindell, Dyno Nobel |
Craig Pindell is
the Maintenance Programs Specialist for Dyno Nobel in Cheyenne
Wyoming, and is currently planning the largest turnaround
in the plant's history. This turnaround will not only be
the most costly in the history of the 42 year old plant,
but it will be the first ever to completely shut down all
units of the plant at the same time and will include several
Capital Expenditure projects. After the successful completion
of the turnaround, Craig will return to customary position
leading the Risk Based Inspection and Reliability Programs
at the Cheyenne Plant.
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