Sonny Llave

About Sonny Llave

I am a business executive involved in providing technical and business services support in the areas of flow assurance and process simulation consulting, deployment of fit-for-purpose performance and process digital twins addressing various flow assurance-related oil & gas production operations issues including CO2 and hydrogen systems, digital transformation technologies & integration, emission monitoring and sustainability, asset health monitoring, process optimization and operator training simulation technologies. I have had the opportunity to engage and support global clients for more than 30 years in the petroleum industry, particularly in the upstream and midstream sector as Operations Director, Operations Manager, Principal Flow Assurance Consultant, Principal Engineer, Project Manager, Research Engineer and Business Development Professional. I am a seasoned professional, with solid experience in business and operations management, project management, technical consulting, business development, and R&D services, with a proven track record in conducting cutting-edge research and product/process/systems field deployment, including laboratory design, bench scale to field applications.

Experience

1. Global Director, Digital Consulting

   Wood

   Jan 2021 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Service Line: Wood Digital Consulting divisionI manage a global team in the following focus areas: Digital transformation and integration, performance and process digital twins, process optimization, AI/ML/DA-based solutions, real-time monitoring & visualization technologies, emissions monitoring, decarbonization - including CO2 and hydrogen systems, carbon footprint & sustainability, control & safety system logic validation & testing, operator training simulator (OTS) solutionsKey Aspects: P/L responsibility, business strategy development and execution, client engagements, resource planning and management, operations planning and execution. I am a Global Technical Leader (GTL) in Wood\'s Global Technical Experts Network (GTEN).

Education

• University of Notre Dame

  Master of Science (MS), Chemical Engineering

• De La Salle University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial and Management Engineering

• De La Salle University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering

• University of Notre Dame

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering

Skills

• Petroleum
• Subsea Engineering
• Hazop Study
• Energy Industry
• Pipelines
• Flow Assurance
• Modeling
• Engineering
• Gas
• Onshore
• Oil/Gas
• Feed
• Offshore Drilling
• Upstream
• Field Development
• Chemical Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering
• Fluids
• Oil & Gas
• Multiphase Flow
• Hazop
• Onshore Operations