High-performing, energetic, motivated Commercial Operator with 30 years of experience delivering successful improvements for business operations, profitability, and team development in the life cycle of all North American operations
· Subject Matter Expert: problem solving, measurement, terminal operations, marine operations, marine expeditor, loss control, lab procedures, sampling, gauging, meters, meter proving, field operations, truck operations, vessel strapping table, shore tank strapping tables, vapor combustion and vapor loss, api shrinkage, S&W and Free water, 4 point analysis, api densitometers, temperature probes, field measurement, hydrometers, centrifuge machine auditor
· Pushed commercial team for the use of the Public Dock Clause for all FOB third party sales, minimizing demurrage risk for STUSCo, all time for FOB buyer til all fast
· responsible for all the third party outside supply points for stusco crude
· responsible for hsse, marine activity, loss control, operations, prequalification, 3 year assurance cycle for all OSP’s in all regions
· ensure OSP’s operate optimally with minimal loss/exposure
· Marine operations – life cycle, wona, imports, exports, complex uswc lightering operations, vetting, assurance, min/max pricing, speculative cargoes, back-to-back cargoes, shore line conditioning, line displacements, analysis of vessel vefs, stow plans, single & double valve segregation, in line blending, vessel blending, quality and quantiy control, 4 point analysis
· pipeline, terminal and marine problem solving of complex operations, reducing STUSCo’s exposure and maximizing value
· use of relationships across industry to deliver value across all operations
· inventory management
· reductions of demurrage exposure and claims exposure: real time addressing of discrepancies
· train and develop traders, managers, settlements, analyst, schedulers
· deliver daily to the bottom linie
· safe delivery of crude transportation in all regions and all modes: Marine, Truck, Pipeline, Rail
· responsible for leading scheduling team of six marine operators for all regions and aspect of marine operations, life cycle of the deal
· worked with the control team to write actualization control
· worked with analyst to ensure any/all exposure was always accurate
· managed and also performed real time operations alongside the team
· provided coverage and expertise to the team
· managed the first time chartered vessel for the freight traders
· wrote the first load calculator for the crude team: calculate loadables on all vessel using draft, api in metric tons, tpc in immersion, deadweight, bunkers & stores
· first operator to calculate loadable over pinole shoals (martinez) and to provide loadables for freight optimization (done by quality assurance team before)
· managed the ans program from sopus into shell trading. team provided marine expertise to provide ratable deliveries of ans to puget sound
· provided the team leadership skills and experience learned as scheduler of all regions
· Responsible for scheduling crude vessel imports
· manage the life cycle of the crude marine deal
· proficient with inco terms
· demurrage, claims, invoices, settlements, monthly close
· managed FOB loaders from south america, eventually transitioned to Shell West
· recognized/awarded for ISA Certification (Customs Internal Self Assessment), prior all customs was managed/audited externally
· scheduled West Coast, was the focal on the first west coast lightering operation.
· Scheduled loop, lightering operations in the gulf, vlcc, suezmax, aframax, panamax vessels
· first in team to manage/procure crude vessel through panama canal
· scheduled vessels to deer park, mobile blakely, st james, nederland (motiva), martinez, puget
· puget: managed imports and ans vessels, loadline markings for suezmax vessels
· dea system focal for team-responsible to ensure all deals were actualized and entered accurately
· dea focal to ensure any/all provisions were accurately entered to ensure accuracy of book to minimize flat price exposure in the market
· provide back up and relief to all schedulers because i had become proficient in all regions
Transco Energy Company- Natural Gas Pipeline Controller
Arco Pipeline- Crude Controller
Enron- Natural Gas Scheduler
Coral Energy (SENA)- Natural Gas Scheduler
Marine & Operations SME - Trading / Outside Supply Point Contract Holder Risk Management
Loss Control/Demurrage/Claims Margin Exposure Customer Management Compliance Trading Agreements Cost Reduction Process Improvement Global Teams Communication / Problem Solver