My career began in 1992 when I joined Diamond Shamrock as an engineer at the McKee Refinery in the Texas Panhandle. While there, I had the opportunity to perform all facets of electrical, instrumentation, analyzer, and control system engineering as well as project management. This engineering breadth and depth gave me a strong technical foundation. My first mentor encouraged me to get involved in professional societies and specifically in standards working groups. He told me that participation in standards development would help develop my technical skillset and professional network. Those words could not have been truer, as I developed friendships over my years in standards development with some of the smartest and best engineers I have known in my career--people who are always ready and able to share technical and career advice, ideas, and information.
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