Robert Cook

About Robert Cook

Bob grew up in Pittsburgh, PA and was raised by a critical care nurse who decided to get her degree at 50 - after all the kids had finally moved on. Bob turned wrenches in the family plumbing business to help earn his B.S. in ChE from the Pennsylvania State University. He traveled extensively in his first job, performing ceramic membrane pilots in a myriad applications ranging from HPI/CPI to metals finishing and semiconductor. The hands-on plumbing experience and diverse field-based training helped forge his calling as a process engineer who became as adept at PFD/P & IDs as DCF/IRR’s.In 1994, he formed a company (MET) with two trusted friends and moved to Houston, TX where he developed a caustic regeneration process based on reaction crystallization. While at MET, he served as Technical Manager, cultivating a talented team of like-minded, entrepreneur spirited ChE’s that helped establish the company as the preeminent provider of byproduct recovery services for specialty chemical and refining industries, earning a Governor’s Award in PA and wide recognition in Texas and the Gulf region. The company was acquired by USFilter (retained by Veolia after sale of USFilter) where he continued to serve as the SVP of Engineering and Technology development.Bob left his role with Veolia in 2021 to join Valicor Env. Svc. where he works with an extremely talented team of engineers, chemists, and business leaders (operational, commercial and technical) to grow the largest CWT in organics and byproducts recovery in the country. With a state-of-the-art development lab and a growing business, the American Dream is still running strong.Specialties: Engineering management, technical business development, plant design, operations support, process hazards analysis, plant start-up & optimization, process piloting & scale-up, development of innovative process solutions, project management, engineering standards, scope definition and control, instrument & control systems, operations procedures & training, technical mentoring, estimation, DCF models, proposal development and risk analyses, technical papers, reports and technology transfer

Experience

1. Chief Technology Officer

   Valicor

   Apr 2024 — Present · Houston, TX, US

Education

• Penn State University

  BS, Chemical Engineering

Skills

• Piping and Instrumentation Drawing (P&Id)
• Filtration
• Water Resource Management
• Environmental Awareness
• Process Simulation
• Project Engineering
• Refining
• Process Control
• Factory
• Leadership
• Water Treatment
• Process Optimization
• Energy
• Plant Design
• Environmental Engineering
• Commissioning
• Instrumentation
• Process Design
• Engineering
• Renewable Energy
• P&Id
• Gas
• Construction
• Technical Papers
• Chemical Engineering
• Proposal Writing
• Hazop
• Water
• Boilers
• Scada
• Process Engineering
• Wastewater Treatment
• Pumps
• Project Management
• Engineering Management