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2015 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), May 4–7,Reliant Park, Houston, Texas P: +1 (972) 952-9494 [email protected] 2015.otcnet.org
AFPM National Occupational
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May 12–13, Hyatt Regency Austin, Austin, Texas
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Fourth Annual Asia Pacific Small & Mid-Scale LNG Forum
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May 13–15, Singapore Marriott Hotel, Singapore
www.apaclng.com
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Canada LNG Export Conference & Exhibition, dmg events,
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AFPM Reliability & Maintenance
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Aug. 31–Sep. 2, St. Louis, Mo. P: +1 (281) 228-6223 [email protected] www.nace.org
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North American Pipeline Congress, dmg events,
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People
The board of directors of the American Fuel & Petrochemical
Manufacturers (AFPM) has named Chet M. Thompson as the association’s next president, succeeding
Charles T. Drevna, who
is retiring after eight years. Mr. Thompson has represented AFPM as external counsel at Crowell and Moring LLP. He served as deputy general counsel at the US EPA and spent 10 years at Collier Shannon Scott PLLC, focusing on the Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Servomex, a leader in gas analysis, has appointed Luca Marinelli as general manager for Servomex—Americas, based in Houston, Texas. He most recently served as general manager for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India (EMEA&I). Mr. Marinelli succeeds
Martin Cox, who returns to
Servomex in the UK with global responsibility for business development as market sector manager— Sensing Technologies.
Arthi Gopalan has been
added as inside sales engineer to SOR Controls Group’s growing Middle East regional office in Dubai, UAE. Ms. Gopalan will be responsible for quotations, order entry and basic technical support for the SOR, Smart Sensors (SSi) and SETEX Thermowell Products lines.
The French government has appointed Didier
Houssin as chairman
and CEO of IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), succeeding Olivier
Appert after 12 years.
Mr. Houssin most recently served as director of energy markets and security at the International Energy Agency (IEA), focusing particularly on oil, gas, electricity and renewable energy segments.
IMI Critical Engineering has appointed Trevor
Sands to head up its
control valve division. Mr. Sands’ previous roles include a seven-year spell with Fisher Valves and Valve Automation EMEA, where he was VP and general manager. He will drive technical development, innovation and service optimization across all of IMI Critical Engineering’s target sectors.
Rotork Controls Inc. named Howard Williams as the general manager of its Houston, Texas, facility. He will be responsible for Rotork’s business operations across the Gulf Coast region. Mr. Williams joined Rotork in Bath, England, 31 years ago. In 1988, he moved to the company’s New York headquarters and has since served in several key sales and management roles across Rotork’s business divisions.
Tom Champlin has been
appointed as president of the Americas to head up the new Permasense international office in Houston, Texas. He joins Permasense from Nalco Champion, and will be responsible for driving new business and building a local team to service the Americas region.
PAS Inc., a solution provider of process safety, cybersecurity and asset reliability, has expanded its executive advisory board. In addition to PAS’ senior advisor Larry Evans, the board now includes Mary
Cotton, CEO at iDirect
Technologies; Jim Porter, president and founder of Sustainable Operations Solutions and former chief engineer at DuPont; and
Joel Rosen, executive
VP of product and marketing at Endurance International Group.
Spectronics Corp. has appointed Daniel Tristan as its international sales manager for the Latin America and Asia-Pacific regions. Previously, Mr. Tristan was director of sales and marketing at Dreyfus Global Trade. Spectronics has also promoted Daniel Chusid to technical sales and regulatory compliance specialist. Mr. Chusid joined Spectronics eight years ago and has held positions of international customer service specialist and technical sales specialist.
Thomas Hinckley
has joined Fishbone Safety Solutions as VP of operations, with responsibilities that include ensuring that the company’s industry resources and systems are in place and working at maximum efficiency.
Clean Burn LLC has named Jeff Townsend as its new president, succeeding Barry Brandt, who moves up to CEO. Mr. Townsend previously held key senior management positions with Illinois- based Eclipse Inc.
Barry Smitherman, former
chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas and the Public Utility Commission of Texas, will join Vinson & Elkins as a partner in its Energy Regulatory practice. Mr. Smitherman will focus on advising energy industry clients with matters pending before state and federal regulatory agencies throughout the US, and will support V&E’s energy transaction and litigation practices.
Brian Donahue has
joined Kalenborn Abresist Corp. as its sales development manager. Mr. Donahue has 30 years of industry experience, including 23 years in production/maintenance management and planning in the silica sand mining and engineered stone industries.
Cornelius Weitzmann has
been appointed managing director of the Power, Oil & Gas business division at Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG. He will be taking over from Matthias Grawe, who is leaving the company. Mr. Weitzmann joined Voith in 2007 in strategic planning, and has since served as managing director at Voith Paper Inc. and as president of Fabric & Roll Systems EMEA.
CB&I has appointed
Michael S. Taff as executive
VP and CFO. He joins CB&I from Flowserve Corp., where he served as senior VP and CFO. He previously worked for McDermott Intl. Inc. in the same roles. Mr. Taff will succeed
Ronald A. Ballschmiede,
who is retiring.
Hammond Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has added
Andreas Sobotta as VP of
North American sales and marketing. Mr. Sobotta was most recently a national sales manager with Davis Controls; VP of marketing with Festo; business unit manager with Siemens; and co- general manager/director of sales and marketing at Phoenix Contact.
Wellsite Rental Services LLC has named Nicole
Hover as sales manager for
its Mid-Continent region. She is a member of SPE, AADE and the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW).