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Who Should Attend

The Orlando 2010 Forum is a must-attend event for executives from all asset-intensive industries such as oil & gas, chemical, metals, mining, paper, and utilities.  In past ARC Forums, over 50% of the attendees have titles like Chairman, CXO, President, Vice President, Director, or Partner.  Here are titles of executives who should consider attending this event:

• CEOs, COOs, and Presidents
• CFOs, VPs, and Directors of Finance
• CIOs and CTOs
• VPs, Directors, and Managers of Engineering
• VPs, Directors, and Managers of IT
• VPs, Directors, and Managers of Operations
• VPs, Directors, and Managers of Manufacturing
• VPs, Directors, and Managers of Supply Chain
• Plant Managers and Supervisors responsible for Operations and Maintenance
• IT Team Leaders in areas related to AIM
• Leaders of industry and standards efforts related to AIM

Agenda

Following is the schedule for the Forum. Details are provided in the table below.

Sunday, February 7
Join ARC for a Super Bowl party starting at 6 PM.

Monday, February 8

Educational and Interactive Workshops addressing important topics in Asset Lifecycle Information Management, Design & Build, and Operate & Maintain.  In the evening there will be a reception to welcome people to the Forum and to launch the technology showcase.

Tuesday, February 9

Multiple Forum tracks addressing important topics in Asset Lifecycle Information Management, Design & Build, and Operate & Maintain.  Each will include keynotes, ARC presentations on our research, end user presentations on successful projects, and facilitated panel discussions.  In the evening there will be a networking event where you can meet peers, share your ideas and strategies, and discuss your needs with solution providers in a casual atmosphere.

Wednesday, February 10

Multiple Forum tracks addressing important topics in Asset Lifecycle Information Management, Design & Build, and Operate & Maintain.  Each will include keynotes, ARC presentations on our research, end user presentations on successful projects, and facilitated panel discussions.

Majid Alghaslan
Manager of Technical Services, Aramco Services
Majid leads a large team based in North America that provides engineering, information technology, quality management, project support, environmental services, and R&D support to Saudi Aramco in the western hemisphere.  Prior to that, he was a founding team member and interim Chief Information Officer at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST).  He was seconded from Saudi Aramco Oil Company and worked closely with the university provost and the senior leadership to innovatively leverage technology to advance and support the mission and goals of KAUST.  Majid led the design and implementation of “Shaheen,” the fastest and most powerful Supercomputer in the in the Middle East based on the IBM BlueGene architecture.  He also spearheaded the development of the world’s most advanced 3D modeling and scientific visualization research center including an advanced high-immersive six-sided CAVE system called “Cornea” via a partnership with Calit2 labs at the University of California San Diego.

Guy Barlow
Industry Strategist, Asset Intensive Process Industries, Oracle
With over 15 years experience working with and marketing to global enterprises in the utilities, oil & gas, and chemicals industries, Guy leads the go-to-market strategy for the Oracle Primavera Global Business Unit.  A large part of his time is spent on better understanding the needs of leaders in the business in order to bring more value to solutions targeting their portfolio, project management, and risk needs.  Prior to joining Oracle, Guy was with BearingPoint (KPMG Consulting), IBM (both consulting and software groups), and PwC.

Jeff Bonnell
Vice President of Product Strategy, Marketing and Services, NRX Global
Jeff is a professional engineer and certified project management professional with more than 10 years experience leading professional services and product strategy for technology companies in both Canada and the US.   He is a regular contributor to industry, providing thought leadership on the critical role asset and information management plays in ensuring the safe, effective, and sustainable operation of the physical assets we depend upon for life in the modern world.

Mike Brooks
Venture Executive, Chevron Technology Ventures
Mike has more than 25 years of experience in chemical plant operations management, refinery planning and scheduling, distributed control and instrumentation project implementation, advanced control application development, as well as development of process information management systems and graphical user interface products.  Mike focuses on software architecture technologies to support operational activities for all Chevron refineries and the company's supply chain.

Robert Christian
Executive Manager, Global Business Development, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine
Robert is the executive manager of global business development and has over 25 years of experience with Intergraph developing and implementing 3D technology for the process, power, and marine industries.  His current responsibilities include product owner for the Plant Design System (PDS) product, licensing, laser scanning, and 3D visualization solutions.

Augie DiGiovanni
Vice President PlantWeb Services, Asset Optimization Business, Emerson Process Management
Augie is responsible for leading the design, implementation, and ongoing execution of PlantWeb Services projects, Machinery Health Management programs, and reliability solutions.  Leveraging his years of experience in reliability in a mission-critical environment, Augie understands that balancing the right technology, work processes and expertise are essential to world-class performance in various industrial environments.  Previously he served as Branch Manager at the Carderock Division Naval Surface Warfare Center from 1984 to 1996.  In this role he had overall responsibility for the reliability of the US Navy’s surface vessels including complete operations and financial management.  He directed the development of predictive monitoring systems and implemented maintenance strategies.

Daryl Dulaney
President and CEO, Siemens Industry
Daryl is responsible for all business activity and executive management of Siemens Industry which is comprised of five divisions including Industry Solutions, Drive Technologies, Industry Automation, Building Technologies, and Mobility.  As a member of the board of directors, he oversees all business activities of the Industry Sector in the US, which includes OSRAM Sylvania, PLM Software, Water Technologies, and Siemens Industry.  Additionally, Daryl is Division CEO for Building Technologies, a provider of energy and environmental solutions, building controls and fire safety and security systems. After his appointment to CEO in 2005, he guided the restructuring of the Building Technologies Division, including the successful implementation of cost containment and business process optimization strategies.

Ken Evans
Senior Director of Industry Solution Marketing for Oil & Gas, SAP
Ken brings 25 years of broad and progressive experience at applying leading edge technology to solving the energy and chemical industry’s most difficult business challenges.  At SAP, he champions the oil & gas industry market perspective across SAP’s solution development lifecycle to assure its solutions are both meeting the industry’s needs and their potential value is understood by its executives.  Prior to joining SAP, Ken served as Vice President of Marketing for FuelQuest and Senior Director and General Manager of i2 Technologies Energy and Chemical Business Unit.  He also brings over 16 years of experience working directly in the energy industry in a variety of roles at BP.

Andy Ginder
Vice President Reliability Consulting, ABB
Andy has over 25 years of extensive national and international consulting experience, and has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies across a wide range of industries.  Among his many accomplishments is credit for the successful development of ABB’s patented process (World Class Reliability) for benchmarking companies’ performance levels in maintenance and reliability.  Although his primary focus is on maintenance/reliability issues, Andy also has directed numerous consulting and engineering projects in the areas of organizational redesign, quality control/assurance, engineering/technical services, and production and manufacturing.  He joined ABB in 1979.

Jerry Gipson
Director Engineering Solutions Technology Center, Dow Chemical
Jerry has worked in a number of functional and business alignments during his 30-year career at Dow.  The Tech Center has global responsibility in Dow for the development, improvement, and effective application of competitive, leveraged technologies in the areas of process automation, process engineering, process safety, design engineering, and construction management.  Among his external activities in support of industry and market collaboration, Jerry speaks at a number of venues, and is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of FIATECH, a consortium dedicated to the development and deployment of fully integrated and automated technologies which deliver the highest business value throughout the life cycle of all types of capital projects.

Andy Hill
CEO and Co-founder, Oniqua
Andy started his career as a Manufacturing Systems Engineer with Rolls-Royce Aerospace in the UK.  In 1990, he emigrated to Australia and helped to establish a consulting business specializing in the optimization of maintenance spares inventory.  Through these consulting activities, Oniqua identified the need for an inventory management decision-support tool focused specifically on the types of inventories held by asset-intensive industries.  Andy conducted extensive research and simulation regarding the types of statistical profiles exhibited by maintenance and production-driven inventories leading to the development of Oniqua’s inventory optimization tool, which is currently used by many of the world’s largest asset-based companies to optimize maintenance spares inventories.

Dennis Inverso
Principal Consultant, Electrical & Instrument Control Systems Group, DuPont Engineering
Dennis is a Principal Consultant and Alliance Manager in the DuPont Electrical & Instrument Control Systems group.  His background has mostly been project engineering and control systems related, working in all project activities from requirements definition through and including startup and commissioning.  Dennis is a Six Sigma Green Belt, with more than 40 years’ experience in positions of increasing responsibility and is the company’s resource in process control technology.  Dennis also has experience in manufacturing execution systems, including SAP implementation experience in warehouse management and supply chain integration.  Dennis has served on many national and international standards committees and is a recipient of the prestigious DuPont Engineering Excellence Award.

Alan Kiraly
CEO, Enterprise Informatics
Alan is responsible for corporate and product strategy.  He has been actively involved in information management his entire career, creating systems on early mini-computers.  He spent years working directly with customers, deploying aerospace and automotive information systems.  Since 1998, he has been pursuing his vision to make information management technology more accessible in terms of price, implementation, and administration.  Prior to joining Enterprise Informatics, Alan held a variety of management positions in product marketing, development, and project services at various companies in the software industry, including Specsom Software where he was CEO and VP of Product Development.

Costantino Lanza
CEO, INOVx Solutions
Costantino (Tino) has a strong and broad base of experience in technology and business development and has worked in most regions of the world as a management consultant and business leader.  Tino started his career with Exxon Corporation where he had a number of responsibilities.  He also spent about half his career with Honeywell where he was their representative on the NP RA Computing Committee.

Blake Larsen
Director of Information Technology, Western Refining
Blake has worked in the refining industry since 1992.  He began his technical career by managing and implementing real-time information systems.  His background is in Unix Systems and IT Systems security.  Blake's current responsibilities center on network systems and infrastructure security across the refining division within Western Refining.  Blake is an active member in Various NPRA committees that focus on process automation and cyber security within the petrochemical industry.  Additionally, he has previously served as the President and Vice President of the El Paso Infragard Members Alliance in coordination with the F.B.I.

Randy McMeekin
Director of Project Delivery, Hatch
Randy has more than 20 years of experience in design and management of multi-discipline projects from conceptual to detailed engineering.  He has specialty skills in 3Di project execution, and has led large engineering teams on a variety of project assignments.  Randy has spent his entire career with Hatch Limited, a company that supplies engineering, project and construction management services, process and business consulting and operational services to the mining, metallurgical, energy. and infrastructure industries.

Joe Nichols
Vice President Product Strategy, Meridium
Joe has been with Meridium for more than 12 years in both technical and functional capacities.  He has served in a variety of roles, including product management, sales and marketing, client services, training, and quality assurance.  Joe has extensive knowledge regarding the implementation of Meridium's work processes to solve clients' problems.  In his current role leading the Product Management organization, he oversees Meridium's entire product line and ensures that product capabilities meet customer needs.

Keith Nosbusch
Chairman and CEO, Rockwell Automation
Keith was appointed CEO in February 2004.  He is also the chairman of the company’s board of directors.  Prior to this appointment, Keith served as President of Rockwell Automation Control Systems and an officer of the corporation, positions he held since November 1998. He previously served as Sr. Vice President for the Control and Information Group, where he was responsible for the launching of LogixTM, Rockwell Automation’s premier integrated control and information platform.  Keith's career began in 1974 when he joined Allen-Bradley as an application engineer, and since then he has had numerous positions of increasing responsibility.

Terje Ørbeck
CAD Manager, Grenland Group
Terje has more than 30 years of experience in the offshore/oil industry sector.  He is responsible for the use, implementation, and development of design and engineering systems for the Grenland Group.  He began his career in 1980 as a design engineer in piping and mechanical design.  Since 1983, Terje has worked with development of 3D-CAD in the offshore/onshore plant industry.  His main focus in recent years has been on implementation and development of integrated engineering systems for the plant industry.

John Plumlee
Vice President, US Operations and Maintenance, Jacobs Field Services North America
John is a 20 plus year veteran of the construction, maintenance, and operations market for asset dependant companies globally.  His experience has included general management roles, consulting, and entrepreneurial ventures spanning start-ups to Fortune 500 companies across a broad range of businesses including engineering, construction and maintenance services, consulting and technology.  The industries served by these businesses have primarily included manufacturing in the refining, chemicals, power, discrete, and high tech verticals, as well as public and private infrastructure.  John is a professional engineer with hands-on project, program, and business management experience as a manager, executive, and entrepreneur working in and for the major A/E firms, for niche service providers, and directly for well known owner/operators.

Kevyn Renner
Senior Technology Consultant, Chevron
Kevyn has a chemical engineering background with more than 20 years combined experience in process design and operations, advanced control and instrument systems, vertical industry marketing, and information systems with companies including PetroCorp, Mobil Oil, Foxboro, Emerson and Sun Microsystems.  Kevyn is presently focused on the integral use of refining system automation and petroleum downstream enterprise information, within an interoperable infrastructure, to drive enhanced value from the downstream petroleum value chain.

Brian Sallade
Chief Operating Officer, North America, BlueCielo ECM Solutions
Brian joined BlueCielo ECM Solutions as COO in North America in June 2007 following BlueCielo's acquisition of DataCore Technology, where he was President for 11 years.  With his extensive industry expertise, Brian is responsible for BlueCielo's strategy and expansion in North America.  Prior to DataCore Technology, he worked at an engineering company where he started and managed the CAD Services and document management division.

Lorna Shipp
Implementation Project Manager, Mustang Engineering
Lorna has almost twenty years of experience with extensive technical and project information management expertise in design and construction of refining, onshore and offshore oil/gas production, LNG, and nuclear facilities.  She has spent the last twelve years applying knowledge of information management and EPC project execution to lead, promote, and organize effective communication and handover of project information and data using advanced design and information management systems, including intelligent P&IDs and various data warehouses at both KBR and Mustang Engineering.  Currently, Lorna is part of Mustang’s project information management leadership team working on developing and implementing efficient work processes and procedures for document control and data management to ensure the quality of project documents and data throughout the project lifecycle.

Tom Sichko
Director Product Strategy, Oracle
Tom is responsible for executing product strategy for Oracle’s group of Asset Lifecycle Management products.  Prior to joining Oracle, Tom worked as a Product Manager at PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards providing a lead role in the development of asset and service management products.  Before joining JDE in 1992, he worked at the University of North Carolina where he was Director of Work Management.  Tom has authored several recent white papers on Real-time Asset Management, Smart Facilities Management with Oracle eAM, and Boosting Performance - Reliability Centered Maintenance with Oracle eAM.

Stephen Slade
Senior Director Applications Marketing, Manufacturing and Asset Lifecycle Management, Oracle
Stephen is responsible for the product messaging and marketing direction of Oracle’s asset lifecycle management, service, and manufacturing products.  He has 25 years of experience working in logistics, service, operations, and program management.  Prior to Oracle, Stephen held senior marketing and sales positions at Siebel and was Vice President of Global Account Management at RTS/Viryanet Software.  He was also Director of Field Service at Siemens-Oce USA, Vice President of Operations at Cordura, and Operations Manager at ITT Avionics Industries.  Stephen has extensive experience working with firms engaged in Lean, 6-sigma, ISO 9000, CRM programs, and quality compliance initiatives.

Steven Sonnenberg
President, Emerson Process Management & Executive Vice President, Emerson
Steve leads Emerson’s process management business.  He was appointed as Emerson Executive Vice President and the Business Leader of Emerson Process Management in October 2008.  Steve joined Emerson in 1979 as a marketing analyst with its Brooks Instrument division.  His career progressed rapidly as he assumed a number of marketing and general management positions in Germany, London, and Asia Pacific.  In 2000, Steve was appointed President of Emerson Process Management Asia Pacific, and in 2002 he was appointed President of Emerson’s Rosemount division.  During his tenure, he has also been responsible for several Emerson acquisitions including Rosemount TankRadar (formerly Saab Marine), Mobrey, Damcos, and Metran.

Peter Staines
Manager EPC Systems, Bechtel
Peter has overall responsibility for Bechtel’s portfolio of EPC applications utilized on projects globally.  Peter has been with Bechtel for 28 years with expertise in plant design, CAD/CAE, IT, and services management working on projects in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, including assignments in London, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, China, Singapore, Canada, and the US.  Prior to assuming his current role, Peter was Services Manager on the Scotford Upgrader Expansion I project in Alberta, Canada.

Sandy Vasser
Facilities Electrical and Instrumentation Manager, ExxonMobil
Sandy has more than 31 years experience with Exxon and ExxonMobil in a variety of project and management positions.  In his current position, Sandy manages a team of engineers responsible for the design, installation, and commissioning of electrical generation and distribution, process control, and safety instrumented systems for major upstream oil & gas capital projects worldwide.  This team is also responsible for developing, promoting, and implementing strategies for successfully executing project instrument & electrical activities.

Dale Williams
Manager, Global Project IM, Bechtel
Dale is responsible for implementing and maintaining Bechtel’s global Project Information Management strategy as well as having oversight for the Project Global Leadership Group, implementing standard, effective IS&T solutions on Bechtel projects.  Working with globally and industry diverse colleagues, Dale strives to understand our clients’ owner/operator perspective regarding information handover and asset lifecycle requirements as well concerns of our global suppliers.  Dale has over 23 years of EPC industry experience; the last 17 with Bechtel.

Matt Willmott
Senior Marketing Manager, Honeywell Process Solutions
Matt joined Honeywell in 1992, and has held a variety of positions in project operations, sales support, and marketing.  Through his career, Matt has been involved in many large international projects involving integrated systems and expanded services scopes.  His current role is the global solutions manager for the integrated main automation contracting and project services businesses.

Sam Youness
Worldwide Industry Technical Strategist for Manufacturing Operations, Microsoft
Sam has been with Microsoft for over six years.  During this time, he built strategies around manufacturing visibility, security, and systems management in manufacturing.  He managed several global independent software vendors from the technical side and was involved in many customer sales engagements.  Sam also participated in some standards bodies work, such as OPC Foundation, ISA, and AIAG.  Sam has more than 20 years of experience in IT and engineering firms and is a published author as he wrote or contributed to more than 10 books in the areas of SQL Server, SQL, VB, Oracle, and Java.

Emon Zaman
Vice President, AVEVA NET Solutions
Emon looks after the AVEVA NET business unit in the Americas.  His current role encompasses business development, services, and the support organization for the AVEVA NET product line.  Prior to this role, Emon looked after AVEVA's Canadian operations.  Emon's career experience bridges both the process and energy industries, and he brings to AVEVA a deep understanding of the engineering needs and requirements in these industries.   Earlier in his career, he worked as a process engineer at an EPCM company, and was involved in engineering design and plant commissioning activities.

Peter Zornio
Chief Strategic Officer, Emerson Process Management
Peter has responsibility for group-level coordination of technology programs such as PlantWeb and Smart Wireless, as well as the group-level marketing team.  He also has direct responsibility for the product definition and development organizations for DeltaV, Ovation, and AMS Suite.  He has been at Emerson for 3 years.  Prior to that, he spent 21 years at Honeywell, most recently as Director of Product Marketing, with product management responsibility for distributed control systems, paper quality control systems, safety systems, and software for advanced control, asset management, and operations management (MES).  Peter has extensive experience with field measurement products, fieldbus technologies and systems architecture, as well as acquisition strategy and integration.

Innovations Showcase

Solutions for Asset Lifecycle Management will be showcased at the Innovations Showcase. This is an excellent opportunity for executives to assess the potential for emerging applications in Asset Lifecycle Information Management, Plant Design, Predictive Asset Management, Maintenance, Reliability Management, Maintenance Outsourcing, MRO Procurement, and more. Exhibits will have application scenarios for attendees to see how the technologies are applied to help solve some of the biggest issues companies have in managing their assets and their asset information.

The Showcase is open during the Wednesday Evening Reception and during breakfasts, breaks, and lunches. It is held adjacent to the forum where refreshments are served.

3M
ABB
Accenture-Brazil
Activplant
ADCO Manufacturing
ADM Company
Air Products & Chemicals
AirSprite Technologies
Align Technology
Amcor PET Packaging
Anheuser-Busch
Apriso
Aramco Services
Aspen Technology
ATAN Automation Systems
BASF
Bayer
Boeing
Bosch Rexroth
Bose
BP Oil
Braskem
Bristol-Meyers Squibb
BWX Technologies
Cargill
Caterpillar
Celanese Chemicals
CH2M Hill
ChemTech
Chevron
CIDX
Cisco Systems
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Commercial Vehicle Group
Conectiv Energy
CSIA
Corning
Chrysler
Curtiss-Wright
Cytec Industries
Dassault Systemes
Dearborn Electronics
Degussa
Dell
Dofasco
Douglas Machine
Dow Chemical
Dresser-Rand
DuPont
Eastman Chemical
Eaton
ELAU
Eli Lilly
Emerson Process Management
Energizer
Endress + Hauser
Exxaro
ExxonMobil