Seun Ayeni

About Seun Ayeni

Connect with me @ Multi-Industry process improvements, design, optimization, internal/external analysisCross Functional Team CollaborationsTechnical Engineering LeadershipLean Manufacturing (cGMP,Improvements Quantification & Team Collaboration)Chemical Industry Background (Chlor-Alkali/Rare Earths/Chemical Refining)Operations LeadershipOccupational Safety & Hazard AnalysisExternal Business AnalysisCross-functional Team Leadership

Experience

1. Manager, Experimental Systems Unit (Esu)

   Chevron

   Jul 2023 — Present · Richmond, CA, US

   PSR & I Sponsor for CTC Innovation.• Management Sponsor for BEN CTC Innovation• PSR & I Sponsor for the DT & S Operations Excellence Leadership Team (OELT).• OE Sponsor for DT & S Business Unit.• Orchestrated ESU Value Chain Analysis and focus objective crafting.• Implemented focus objectives targeting pain points through learning and development of leaders and teammates within the ESU value chain. Authored and executed annual operating plans and budget to support business unit’s strategic objectives, including P&L responsibility for the Experimental Systems Unit (ESU).• Orchestrated ESU Business Outcome Improvements through pricing balance, increased Research Unit Production Uptime, and increasing partnership agreements and touchpoints with Stakeholders.• Authored, crafted, and led focus objectives across ESU teams by collaborating with Team Leaders and Shift Supervisors to drive performance.• Increased overall unit OE & HOP in-field application proficiency by empowering teammates to share OE & HOP written stories that expose latent conditions and grow a culture of recognizing issues early, resolving them, and sharing events as they happen.• Orchestrated collaborative team culture across ESU teams through talent recognition and identity connections in the flow of Research products and data delivered to stakeholders.• Crafted and implemented business strategy focus, including talent management as it applies to operations impact and stakeholder management.• Streamlined and optimized operations workflows to improve overall efficiency and effectiveness across ESU through mentorship on developing “As-Is” workflows, facilitating gap analysis to improve the flow of work, and delivering “To-Be” solutions.

Education

• University of Maryland

  BS, Chemical Engineering

  1999 — 2003

• Saint Mary's College of California

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General

  2013 — 2015

Skills

• Plant
• Process Engineering
• Pha
• Process Analysis
• Petrochemical
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemicals
• Mineral Processing
• Process Design
• Process Improvement
• P&Id
• Process Simulation
• Aspen Hysys
• R&D
• Water Treatment
• Chemical Processing
• Optimization
• Process Safety
• Visio
• Safety Management
• Product Development
• Preventive Maintenance
• Process Control
• Polymers
• Aspen Plus
• Factory
• Business Process Improvement
• Maintenance Management
• Minitab
• Commissioning
• Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Minerals
• Mining
• Refinery
• Process Safety Management
• 5s
• Process Optimization
• Spc
• Feed