Bryon Brandt

About Bryon Brandt

B••••••••@iCloud.com36 years at UOP, designing oil refineries and making them work, world-wide.Specialties: Consulting, Teaching, Technical Training, CoachingControl System Commissioning and Servicing, Control System TuningLean Six Sigma (aspiring to a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt),Mentoring new hires.An eliminator of the fancy dances that get in the way of people being more productive.A mentor of rising talent, to create leaders at all levels of the organization.A believer in teamwork, and empowering people, to make sure that all of the talents they want to give are being utilized.Golden Gate Bridge, non-wet suit swimmer, looking for similar challenges in the industrial workspace, that require equivalent preparation and planning, persistence and teamwork to ensure safe and successful outcomes.I like consulting engagements where the answers are not obvious.To discuss how Bryon can help you grow your business, contact him at B••••••••@iCloud.com or (84••••••70.Influencers: Eliyahu Goldratt for Theory of Constraints, introduced to me in The Goal. Peter Senge for The Fifth Discipline and the Importance of Systems Thinking. Porus Munshi for How 11 Indians Pulled Off the Impossible, for showing why we should Believe In Our Dreams, and how others made theirs happen.Turn the Ship Around: A True Story of Turning Followers Into Leaders.By Breaking the Rules, and Giving Up Control, to Create Leaders at all Levels.And many wonderful people I\'ve met through LinkedIn and Thank for all that they\'ve shared.It wasn\'t that it always taught me something new I didn\'t know, but helped me better say, what I already knew.The Economist Magazine: Which I read for thought processes used, as much as I read it for content. As a long time reader, it has increased my vocabulary and wordsmithing skills, which are regularly put to good use.Ohashi sensei for teaching me the importance of \"This AND Also That\"​ thinking rather than just \"This or That\".

Experience

1. Systems Specialist - Control Systems

   Honeywell Technologies

   Apr 1997 — Present

   Remote support and on-site assistance of UOP process control systems world-wide.Current total of customer sites visited is 60 in 30 countries.Known for my tuning of process control systems and passing on my knowledge to others, so that they can do it themselves.Specialties: Team Leadership, Project Management, Control System Tuning, Control System Engineering and Commissioning, Oil Refinery Operations

Education

• Siemens - APACS - Advanced Process and Control System Training

  Advanced 4-mation PLC programming

  1998

• Northeastern University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemical Engineering

  1973 — 1978

• ISA - The International Society of Automation

  Safety Instrumented Systems: Design, Analysis and Justification

  2017

• Jay Abraham Marketing Protégé training

  Marketing

  1990 — 1990

• Chicago Deming Association - Naperville, Illinois

  Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training, Six Sigma Masters Program

  2015

• Bob Pike Group

  Train the Trainer

• Ohashiatsu Chicago

  Ohashi's trademarked version of Shiatsu

  2000 — 2002

• AISi - Advanced Interface Solutions, Inc.

  Invensys Wonderware - InTouch 9.0

  2005

Skills

• Quality Management
• Six Sigma
• Commissioning
• Oil/Gas
• Engineering
• Petrochemical
• Energy
• Technical Service
• Factory
• Epc
• Feed
• Downstream Oil & Gas
• Upstream
• Project Engineering
• Process Automation
• Refinery
• Process Optimization
• Instrumentation
• Dcs
• Gas
• Integration
• Process Simulation
• Process Engineering
• Technical Support
• Engineering Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Theory of Constraints
• Automation
• Iso
• P&Id
• Engineering Design
• Plc
• Troubleshooting
• Operational Excellence
• Control Systems Design
• Manufacturing
• R&D
• Harada Method
• Training
• Testing