Speakers
Peter Wallace PE, CEng, CMarEng, FIMarEST
Greg Trostel
Boyd Howell
Carlos Paz
Panel Discussion
Peter Wallace, PE, CEng, CMarEng is Principal Engineer in the Maritime Performance Services--Applied Technology Group of Lloyd’s Register, based in Houston Texas. He is a practicing naval architect working in the technology development, risk, and regulatory spaces in maritime and offshore in such topics as decarbonization, dynamic positioning, and structural digital twins. Peter holds a BSc in naval architecture and marine engineering from Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and an MBA from Tulane University. Peter is a Member of Corporation at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and an Executive Committee member of the IMarEST Gulf Coast Branch.
Greg has over thirty years of experience in the energy industries and is currently a global industry development manager for Rockwell Automation, leading the Floating Production Initiative for both Rockwell and Sensia.
Greg started his career as a coop student with MW Kellogg based in Houston, and spent a combined 13 years with Kellogg/KBR in several engineering disciplines before moving into international sales. His time there was marked by several international assignments with a focus on joint venture partner development.
Greg also spent significant time in technology & software development within the industry, which include sales development work at Aspen, AVEVA, Meridium and PAS.
Before joining Rockwell, Greg was involved in global project pursuit and strategic account management with Puffer/Emerson, including an international assignment covering the Middle East / Africa world area.
Greg has a Chemical Engineering degree from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the University of Houston.
Boyd Howell is Director of Business Development at MODEC International, Inc. , the Houston-based affiliate of Tokyo-based MODEC, Inc. one of the world’s largest and most experienced designers, builders and operators of complex floating offshore structures such as FPSOs, FSOs and TLPs for the international energy industry.
Boyd has been working the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry for over 40 years. The past 30 of which has been focused on Turret-moored and Spread-moored ship-shaped FPSO and FSO systems as well as TLPs and production Semi’s for implementation worldwide. Boyd has held positions as Engineering Manager, Project Manager and Interface Manager for a large number of FPSO and FSO projects, before transitioning into Business Development.
Boyd holds a Bachelor of Engineering & Naval Architecture Degree from Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada and a diploma from Rice University Executive Education Department – Jones Graduate School of Management, in Houston Texas.
Dr. Nazmul Rahmani is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University (TAMU) College Station, where he serves as the Assistant Director of the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center. He is primarily responsible for overseeing the center's teaching activities, assisting with research proposal development, and mentoring graduate students in safety engineering. Previously, Dr. Rahmani spent six years teaching in the Department of Chemical and Natural Gas Engineering at Texas A&M Kingsville, where he developed a minor program in Natural Gas Midstream Engineering.
Dr. Rahmani has over 12 years of experience in R&D and process design, focusing on oil and gas exploration and midstream engineering. He played a key role in the development and implementation of research center safety goals and objectives. His current research interests include safety and risk analysis for natural gas and LNG processes, corrosion and reliability, pipeline transportation, and thermal hydraulics modeling.
He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada, and completed postdoctoral research at CANMET ENERGY, a research laboratory of Natural Resources Canada.