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Manufacturing and Process Monitoring Senior Architect
Keir Halewood
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Southampton, United Kingdom
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Outstanding performer with extensive experience in the manufacturing applications arena in particular with modernising manufacturing applications to be more cloud ready and orientated. Accustomed to working on own initiative in a variety of environments, including support, project work and enterprise architectural design. Excellent communication and analytical skills with a positive, cheerful approach, even under pressure.
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2019 - 2021
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Solution Architect
ExxonMobil Research & Engineering IT.
• Managed large portfolio of Process Modelling and Optimisation Applications around key business areas that add 10's of millions of dollars to the corporation's bottom line, these included applications for:
◦ Crude Scheduling (Orion)
◦ Planning (PIMS)
◦ Process Optimisation (ROMeo)
◦ Supply Chain (AIMMS)
• Transitioned work team to Agile work processes
◦ Applying lean business case principals and weight shortest job first
◦ Use of agile SCRUM methods
• Enabled business to bring in new applications and transition existing services to the cloud this includes:
◦ Vendor Management of AspenTech, Siemens, Honeywell, Zynq, OsiSoft, AVEVA, Schneider Electric, ABB
◦ Business Consultation on process optimisation using the tools we have available
◦ Conducting Risk Assessments
◦ Conducting Cyber Security Vulnerability Assessments
◦ Closing Vulnerability findings and assisting with Cyber Audits
◦ Documenting, improving and maintaining reference models and designs
◦ Crude Scheduling (Orion)
◦ Planning (PIMS)
◦ Process Optimisation (ROMeo)
◦ Supply Chain (AIMMS)
• Transitioned work team to Agile work processes
◦ Applying lean business case principals and weight shortest job first
◦ Use of agile SCRUM methods
• Enabled business to bring in new applications and transition existing services to the cloud this includes:
◦ Vendor Management of AspenTech, Siemens, Honeywell, Zynq, OsiSoft, AVEVA, Schneider Electric, ABB
◦ Business Consultation on process optimisation using the tools we have available
◦ Conducting Risk Assessments
◦ Conducting Cyber Security Vulnerability Assessments
◦ Closing Vulnerability findings and assisting with Cyber Audits
◦ Documenting, improving and maintaining reference models and designs
Scrum, Agile, Optimization, Cloud, Lean, Management, Security, Business Case, Vendor Management, Processes, Lean Manufacturing, Process Optimization, Process Control, Requirements Gathering, Project planning, Cyber Security, Security Assessment, Enterprise architecture
2017 - 2019
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Solution Architect/Account Manager
ExxonMobil Research & Engineering IT.
Led an assessment of 360 photometric capture solutions and introduced the ZynQ360 Digital Twin Cloud platform which is now at 20 facilities worldwide.
Proven 15% reductions in site labour costs for capital projects produced by the use of the tool saving millions of dollars corporation wide.
Designed time series interface to Manufacturing Data Lake that is based on a HIVE/Hadoop Platform.
This supported solutions like a Blending Portal adding 10’s of millions of dollars to the bottom line.
Led implementation of an OPC interface to the Manufacturing Data Lake to support off the shelf applications.
Led an assessment of Asset Modelling products and successfully implemented Rockwell’s Vantage Point Asset Management tool to support a Heat Exchanger portal implementation.
Introduced Rockwell’s DataFlowML platform as a centralised calculation platform for the Manufacturing Datalake.
Installed, designed and implemented centralised Siemens XHQ platform to work with the Manufacturing Datalake which is used to serve as a central location for low cost dashboarding and schematic creation.
System supports 11 million tags and may well be the largest XHQ system in world.
Continually gathered requirements of IT need and offering consultancy to match existing IT solutions including Ignition, Orion, ROMeo, PHD, PI, PIAF, SEEQ, CPM, PIMMS, VantagePoint, and DataFlowML.
Planning, prioritising and costing new solutions where required for the Engineering and Research company.
Proven 15% reductions in site labour costs for capital projects produced by the use of the tool saving millions of dollars corporation wide.
Designed time series interface to Manufacturing Data Lake that is based on a HIVE/Hadoop Platform.
This supported solutions like a Blending Portal adding 10’s of millions of dollars to the bottom line.
Led implementation of an OPC interface to the Manufacturing Data Lake to support off the shelf applications.
Led an assessment of Asset Modelling products and successfully implemented Rockwell’s Vantage Point Asset Management tool to support a Heat Exchanger portal implementation.
Introduced Rockwell’s DataFlowML platform as a centralised calculation platform for the Manufacturing Datalake.
Installed, designed and implemented centralised Siemens XHQ platform to work with the Manufacturing Datalake which is used to serve as a central location for low cost dashboarding and schematic creation.
System supports 11 million tags and may well be the largest XHQ system in world.
Continually gathered requirements of IT need and offering consultancy to match existing IT solutions including Ignition, Orion, ROMeo, PHD, PI, PIAF, SEEQ, CPM, PIMMS, VantagePoint, and DataFlowML.
Planning, prioritising and costing new solutions where required for the Engineering and Research company.
Account management, Digital transformation, Digital Strategy, Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Vendor Management, Coaching, Mentoring, Business strategy, Software evaluation, Agile transformation, Seeq
2009 - 2017
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Digital Technology Program Senior Technical Lead
ExxonMobil Upstream Computing Company.
Posted on assignment to Houston Texas.
Planned 200 million dollar program to bring Level 3 Advanced Process Control environments to Upstream facilities.
Designed and implemented Level 3 Process Control environment based on VMWare and Microsoft technology.
Designed and implement Equipment Heath Management System for rotating equipment.
System designed to collect data from rotating equipment at 50ms resolution with Osi Soft’s PI.
Broad range of interfaces and equipment was designed to be supported e.g. GE, Solar, Elliott, Dresser-Rand, Siemens, ABB, Honeywell, and Emerson.
Standardised models were designed to contextualise the data.
Visualisation was developed in XHQ with standardised sets of templates and screens .
Solution delivered significant increase in production volumes, Sakhalin island achieved a 50% uplift.
Solution improved Root Cause Failure Analysis with typical analysis cut in half or more.
80% reduction in trip counts on top tier equipment improving machinery reliability.
Provided continuous consultancy to the Production Company to better make use of the tools implemented to further optimise their operations including XHQ, PI, PIAF, SEEQ, Energy Components, and Meridium.
Planned 200 million dollar program to bring Level 3 Advanced Process Control environments to Upstream facilities.
Designed and implemented Level 3 Process Control environment based on VMWare and Microsoft technology.
Designed and implement Equipment Heath Management System for rotating equipment.
System designed to collect data from rotating equipment at 50ms resolution with Osi Soft’s PI.
Broad range of interfaces and equipment was designed to be supported e.g. GE, Solar, Elliott, Dresser-Rand, Siemens, ABB, Honeywell, and Emerson.
Standardised models were designed to contextualise the data.
Visualisation was developed in XHQ with standardised sets of templates and screens .
Solution delivered significant increase in production volumes, Sakhalin island achieved a 50% uplift.
Solution improved Root Cause Failure Analysis with typical analysis cut in half or more.
80% reduction in trip counts on top tier equipment improving machinery reliability.
Provided continuous consultancy to the Production Company to better make use of the tools implemented to further optimise their operations including XHQ, PI, PIAF, SEEQ, Energy Components, and Meridium.
Vendor Management, Enterprise architecture, Process optimization, Change management, Project coordination, PROJECT PLANNING, Budgeting, Coaching, VMware, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Server, XHQ, OsiSoft PI, Data Visualization, Data Modeling
2005 - 2009
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XHQ Support Team Leader
ExxonMobil Manufacturing & Operations IT.
Led a centralised support and implementation team that delivered a Siemens XHQ platform to four additional refineries and 26 chemical plants.
Provided consultancy to the Refinery/Chemical operations businesses to enhance their operations by make better use of the tools that we’re available to them including XHQ, PHD, OIOM, ROMeo, Orion, IM, and SampleManager.
Program of work was achieved at 1/6th of the cost of prior rollouts due to a standardised approach of my design.
Project achieved over $30 million dollars in annual benefits to the Corporation
Led a global team that developed, enhanced and supported 60 separate implementations of Siemens XHQ.
Adopted and used Agile development methodologies to deliver highest value first to the business lines and continuously improved the service offering to our customer base.
Implemented rigorous QA best practices to test new releases and worked closely with Siemens to improve XHQ.
Maintained the ExxonMobil relationship with Siemens and helped them to build and spread the use of their product to other business lines within ExxonMobil.
Provided consultancy to the Refinery/Chemical operations businesses to enhance their operations by make better use of the tools that we’re available to them including XHQ, PHD, OIOM, ROMeo, Orion, IM, and SampleManager.
Program of work was achieved at 1/6th of the cost of prior rollouts due to a standardised approach of my design.
Project achieved over $30 million dollars in annual benefits to the Corporation
Led a global team that developed, enhanced and supported 60 separate implementations of Siemens XHQ.
Adopted and used Agile development methodologies to deliver highest value first to the business lines and continuously improved the service offering to our customer base.
Implemented rigorous QA best practices to test new releases and worked closely with Siemens to improve XHQ.
Maintained the ExxonMobil relationship with Siemens and helped them to build and spread the use of their product to other business lines within ExxonMobil.
Vendor Management, Technical support, IT technical project management, Change management, Business Optimization, Process Optimization, Tech lead, Mentoring, Coaching, Quality assurance, Solution architecture
2003 - 2005
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XHQ Global Implementation Lead
ExxonMobil Manufacturing & Operations IT.
Led a centralised support and implementation team that developed and delivered a $30 million dollar Siemens XHQ implementation project to 27 refineries.
Provided consultancy to the Refinery operations business to enhance their operations by make better use of the tools that we’re available to them including XHQ, PHD, OIOM, ROMeo, Orion, IM, and SampleManager.
Specifically led an implementation team in Japan to deliver to 5 refineries.
Project achieved over $300 million dollars in annual benefits to the Corporation.
System was designed to be flexible
- All sites received a core set of capabilities that was consistent so all Refineries could use the same metrics
- Sites received site specific content delivered by the delivery teams to meet any specific business need
- Sites could then create their own Site specific content to continue to add more value over time
- Key site developed content was collected by my team and then redelivered to the other sites
Provided consultancy to the Refinery operations business to enhance their operations by make better use of the tools that we’re available to them including XHQ, PHD, OIOM, ROMeo, Orion, IM, and SampleManager.
Specifically led an implementation team in Japan to deliver to 5 refineries.
Project achieved over $300 million dollars in annual benefits to the Corporation.
System was designed to be flexible
- All sites received a core set of capabilities that was consistent so all Refineries could use the same metrics
- Sites received site specific content delivered by the delivery teams to meet any specific business need
- Sites could then create their own Site specific content to continue to add more value over time
- Key site developed content was collected by my team and then redelivered to the other sites
XHQ, Vendor Management, Project planning, Oracle database, MS SQL Developer, Data Visualisation, Account management, Technical support, Technical project management, Solution architecture
2001 - 2003
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IT Engineering Consultant
ExxonMobil Computing and Network Services.
Internal IT Consultant to all ExxonMobil business lines. Specialising in web communications and encryption.
Would liase with the customer and devise IT solutions from start to finish to meet their business needs, and then establish program of work to execute delivery from internal teams.
Also certified external IT suppliers for the business and certified external service providers of IT related services. Examples include:
Satiellite communications providers
Proof of Delivery certificationproviders
Point of sale providers
Automate stock replenishment solution providers
Would liase with the customer and devise IT solutions from start to finish to meet their business needs, and then establish program of work to execute delivery from internal teams.
Also certified external IT suppliers for the business and certified external service providers of IT related services. Examples include:
Satiellite communications providers
Proof of Delivery certificationproviders
Point of sale providers
Automate stock replenishment solution providers
IIS, It infrastructure, Product Design, Project planning, Change management, IT consultant
1999 - 2001
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Public Key Infrastructure / Europe Intranet Program Design Lead
Exxon E-Business Skill Centre.
Exxon E-Business Skill Centre.
Managed technical assessment of PKI suppliers and made recommendations on chosen supplier.
Designed company wide Public Key infrastructure and rolled it our to 20,000 users corporation wide.
Implemented Europe wide Intranet and Internet access service for 40,000 users.
Provided global support to coporation for Internet access service.
Edinburgh University
Designed company wide Public Key infrastructure and rolled it our to 20,000 users corporation wide.
Implemented Europe wide Intranet and Internet access service for 40,000 users.
Provided global support to coporation for Internet access service.
Design, Infrastructure, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Server, Pki, Software testing, Software evaluation, Vendor Management
My education
2013
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Enterprise Leadership, Business Administration and Management
Enterprise Leadership, Business Administration and Management
1999
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2003
London Business School
Alumni, Business
Alumni, Business
1995
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1999
Edinburgh University
Masters, Chemistry
Masters, Chemistry
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