Michael Marvan, P.Eng. (Alberta)

9217 – 101A Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5H 0C2, (780) 424-8116

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Profile

I am a Professional Engineer with nearly ten years of experience developing and implementing automation strategies to a variety of industrial processes.I have extensive experience in Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Advanced Process Control (APC), alarm management, Human-Machine Interface (HMI) design, regulatory control loop implementation and tuning, and optimization software research and development.

My objective is to enhance my engineering and mentorship experience by working with and contributing to the efforts of a progressive engineering team.

Areas of Expertise

  • APC design, step testing, modeling, and commissioning
  • Regulatory control design, implementation, and tuning
  • Process optimization project management
  • Operator effectiveness assessment and improvement
  • DCS proficiency with Honeywell TPS/TDC3000
  • DCS exposure to Honeywell Experion, Invensys FoxboroIA, Emerson DeltaV, and ABB System 800xA
  • Plant trouble-shooting (PLC/DCS/FSC/Historian/Equipment interactions)
  • Alarm Management
  • Graphical User Interface (GUI) design and implementation
  • Curriculum design for workshops and technical training

Work Experience

Matrikon Inc. –Products Technical Advisor – September 2007 – Present:

  • Execute and manage strategic projects in alarm, controller performance, and equipment condition monitoring
  • Mentor staff in the areas of requirements generation, product deployment, technical support, and quality assurance
  • Assist regional distributors with technical understanding of products and control system interactions
  • Assist with the coordination of global development activities
  • Represent Matrikon on ISA SP18.02 committee (S18.02 is a pending Alarm Management standard)
  • Coordinate product co-development with Matrikon partners (ABB and Rockwell Automation)

Matrikon Inc. – Product Manager, Alarm Management – January2005 – August 2007:

  • Manage research and development for Alarm Management suite of products
  • Mentor staff concerning industry requirements and product deployment
  • Execute and manage strategic projects in Alarm Management
  • Establish and maintain control system knowledge base for product deployment
  • Represent Matrikon on standards committees and coordinate development with technology partners
  • Support Marketing to increase industry awareness through publications and web casts
  • Assist in coordinating annual User's Group
  • Support Sales initiatives related to Alarm Management products and services
  • Revenue growth for products under my direction grew from $1.0M to $2.8M annually

Matrikon Inc. – Senior Applications Engineer– May2002 – December2004:

  • Technical team lead for Model Predictive Controller (MPC) deployment on Air Separation and Hydrogen Generation Plants
  • Establish services templates for PID assessment, Advanced Process Control deployment, and Alarm Management
  • Alarm analysis of upstream and downstream oil facilities using DeltaV, Provox, Westinghouse, and Foxboro IA DCS
  • Alarm Rationalization of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility using Foxboro IA DCS
  • Project management for multi disciplinary teams ranging from $20K through $1M

NOVA Chemicals Corporation – Process Control Engineer– July1998 – May2002:

  • Implement, optimize, and maintain 5,000 tag Honeywell TDC3000/TPS DCS
  • Implement APC within water treatment and ethylene facilities
  • Conduct Alarm Objective Analysis (AOA) for Manufacturing Infrastructure eliminating over 1,000 unnecessary alarms
  • Teach courses in the use of DCS and Aspen IP21 for Operations
  • Serve as controls contact for site water treatment, cooling towers, sewage, potable water, and hydrocarbon storage
  • Develop production reporting applications
  • Exposure to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Aspen IP21, and a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
  • Develop Real Time Optimization (RTO) model for ethylene facility

Education

University of Alberta 2003:

Masters of Engineering course in System Identification.

Queen’s University 1994 – 1998:

BScE in Chemical Process Control. Program covered the fundamentals of chemical engineering with added courses in mathematics and control.

  • Graduate courses in Process Optimization and Advanced Process Control.
  • Obtained and successfully renewed Independent Order of Foresters Scholarship.
  • Worked part-time marking assignments for a differential equations course.
  • Marks and ranking improved each year. Graduated in the top quarter of the engineering class.

Miscellaneous:

  • Matrikon courses including OPC, Advanced Process Control and Matrikon products.
  • Honeywell TPS course on Application Module Control Language (AMCL) implementation on Global User Stations (GUS).
  • NOVA Chemicals Engineer in Training (EIT) program, safety, Distributed Control Systems, Aspen IP21.

Affiliations

  • APEGGA (Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists or Alberta) – Member since 2002
  • ISA (The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society) – Member since 2005
  • Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) – Member from 2001 to 2003

Select Publications

  • A Safe Plant Where Operators Are Not Overwhelmed by Alarms – Is That Possible?, PaperWeek International, Co-authored by Michel Ruel of Top Control, February 2008
  • Seeking Best Practices ( Control Global, Putman Media, May 2007
  • Alarming DCS improvements, Control Engineering, Co-authored by Roy Tanner of ABB, April 1, 2006
  • Alarm Management Blunders: Avoiding 12 Costly Mistakes, Canadian Process Equipment & Control, March 30, 2006
  • Integrating Alarm Management to Boost Plant Performance: Control Global, July 2005
  • Avoid Alarm Management Blunders: Upstream CIO Magazine, October 2005
  • Estimating Process States Using Observers, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen’s University, 1998

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