Bello Illiassou
Fulshear,TX
Summary
Results oriented, accomplished Chemist/Analytical Scientist with 12 years experience in R&D and Plants Support. Overall strong background in Analytical and Process Chemistry, production and research labs, Quality Assurance/Control, Quality System Management, method development, instrument troubleshooting, laboratory, regulatory compliance and technical support. Products supported: MTBE, Alkylate, Light Ends (iC4, nC4, iC3 and nC3), Alcohols, Ethoxylates, Olefins, Gasoline, Diesel, Phenol, Benzene, Toluene, Xylene, Cumene and Acetone.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Analytical Scientist
ExxonMobil Refinery
Beaumont, USA
01.2022 - Current
- Responsible and accountable for the day to day lab activities (Gas Chromatography lab, Testing lab and Analytical lab)
- The role consists of providing analytical and process support to the production process units, R&D and Quality system
- This includes quality assurance/control (QA/QC) for the certification of finish products, testing stream process samples, monitoring reaction catalyst, developing or optimizing analytical method
- Overseeing the analytical techniques such as Gas Chromatography (RGA, OFID, SFC, Mass Spec…), wet chemistry, XRF, ICPMS, FTNIR etc
- Developed and implemented new method and provided technical support and problems solving to the refinery process units
- Chemist support for the Light Ends process and backfill for the crude distillation processes
- Isobutane to Olefins Ratio (I/O Ratio): Optimized the Alky GC method to bridge the gap between the lab and the unit online method analyzer
- Total saving: $26M annually
- GCMS (ASTM D5769) reliability: Improved the Mass Spectroscopy availability by 60%
- First time use of alkalinity test on LPG
- Merox start up support: Led the effort to use the disulphides test method that was not previously used
- N2 Catalyst contamination in MTBE feed: Led the effort to solve the N2 issue
- Light Ends Enhance Distillation Tower (LEED) project
Process Chemist
Shell Deer Park Refining
Deer Park, USA
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Provided technical support to the laboratory and the refinery Processes
- Responsibilities for the laboratory included the reliability of the instruments, method compliance, method development for stream samples and product certification, accuracy of the data generated through QA/QC and training the technician as well as commissioning new instruments
- Responsibility in term of the refinery process was to provide technical support, help troubleshoot any process related issue, take on special project and optimizing the throughput
- Production units supported: Phenol, Cumene, Benzene, Toluene, Xylene and Acetone
Gasoline Chemist/EPA Streamlining Focal Point
Shell Deer Park Refining
Deer Park, USA
01.2018 - 01.2022
- Specialist analytical Chemist supporting gasoline blending operations, providing laboratory technical assurance for instrumentation and analytical methods for precision and accuracy
- Subject matter expert for gasoline product quality, and regulatory compliance activities
- Providing proactive and reactive support to gasoline blending and laboratory operations at Deer Park
- Managed and solved the FIA dye gel worldwide shortage for ASTM D1319 for Deer Park
- Developed alternate method and strategy for Olefins/Aromatics testing
- Key member of the Gasoline Blend Team
Process/ Quality Assurance (QA) Chemist
Shell Chemicals LP
Geismar, USA
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Provided technical support to the Process Production Units, R&D, Business, Logistics, Laboratories, and the Quality Systems
- Offered solutions to complex problem resolution involving Research, process and root cause
- Saved over $1.8M in fixed costs by spearheading the reduction of catalyst use for Hydroformylation process
- Developed a XRF testing methods to monitor Shell HydroFormylation (SHF) Catalyst
Lubricants Technical Advisor
SOPUS
Houston, USA
01.2011 - 01.2015
- Provided first line technical advise to direct account industrial and automotive customers, and Shell sales force on the use of the Shell lubricants portfolio and equipment applications
- Balanced technical requirement with commercial pressures
- Worked in collaboration with colleagues in England and US to build an online virtual assistant tool that helped reduce volume of calls by 35%
Research Chemist (Principal Investigator)
Florida Solar Energy Center
Cocoa, USA
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Development of Efficient Photocatalysts for Solar Hydrogen Production
- Achieved significant solar energy conversion efficiency from 8 to 33%
- Obtained 3 Publications
- Conceptualized, designed and supervised construction of mini scale laboratory reactors
Education
PhD. - Chemistry
University of South Florida
01.2013
MS. - Industrial Engineering
University of Central Florida
01.2011
MS. - Chemistry
Florida Institute of Technology
01.2008
B.S. - Chemistry
University of Oklahoma
01.2006
Skills
- SME in Gasoline Blending Operations
- Analytical Method Development
- Experience in Catalyst development
- Strong background in analytical chemistry principles
- Standard Practice for Quality Management System in Petroleum Testing Laboratories
- Quality control/Quality Assurance
- GC Method Optimization
- Instrument maintenance
- Calibration
- Validation
- Troubleshooting
- Experience with GC
- GCMS
- XRAY
- UV-vis
- HPLC
- TGA
- Wet Chemistry
- Vast experience in Good Lab Practices
- Statistical Quality Control expert (SQC)
- Excellent Problem solving and troubleshooting Skills
- Collaboration
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Experience user of GSAP
- Time management Skills
- Expert in QA/QC
- Statistical Process Control (SPC)
- Development
- Optimization of analytical methods
- Understanding and experience with refinery processes
- Experience with Chemometric modeling and Analysis (FT-NIR model)
- Stakeholders management
- Vast experience Research and Development and Innovation
- Project Management and Innovation
- Catalyst Characterization Techniques
Timeline
Analytical Scientist
ExxonMobil Refinery
01.2022 - Current
Process Chemist
Shell Deer Park Refining
01.2020 - 01.2022
Gasoline Chemist/EPA Streamlining Focal Point
Shell Deer Park Refining
01.2018 - 01.2022
Process/ Quality Assurance (QA) Chemist
Shell Chemicals LP
01.2015 - 01.2018
Lubricants Technical Advisor
SOPUS
01.2011 - 01.2015
Research Chemist (Principal Investigator)
Florida Solar Energy Center
01.2006 - 01.2008
PhD. - Chemistry
University of South Florida
MS. - Industrial Engineering
University of Central Florida
MS. - Chemistry
Florida Institute of Technology
B.S. - Chemistry
University of Oklahoma
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