Presenters

Industry Leading Subject Matter Experts poised to deliver industry leading insights and benchmarking analytics that guarantee added value

Presenters' Schedule

9:00 - 10:00
Session one
Welcome & Industry Trends

A summary of the current state of events in the STO industry; and key insights on the changes and trends that may effect your organization and employees

10:00 - 11:00
Session Two
Using Data to Optimize Long Range Turnaround Scope

Utilizing data analytics to optimize long-range turnaround scope enhances decision-making, minimizes risk, and improves efficiency. By leveraging insights, we streamline operations, reduce costs, and ensure successful, timely project completion.

11:30 - 1:00
LUNCHtime
Lunch & Networking

A lunch and networking session at a turnaround industry conference provides professionals the opportunity to connect, exchange ideas, and foster collaborations in a relaxed, engaging environment over a meal.

Featured Guest Speakers & Topics

2024
Presenters

This year, TINC2024 presentations are on the latest industry STO performance trends across safety, cost, schedule, readiness, and discussions of the best practices that are being utilized to achieve top quartile outcomes. An additional presentation highlighting an AP-Networks’ client company’s “hands-on” experience during their journey to STO success is being planned. The intent of this presentation is to share challenges and implementation roadblocks faced on the journey to achieving consistent, competitive outcomes.

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Mike O’Kane

Mike O’Kane is the Vice President, Americas for Asset Performance Networks, based out of the company’s office in Houston, Texas. His experience encompasses more than two decades in the refining and power industries, as well as work in process improvement and business performance consulting. In his current role, Mike shares responsibility for the development and ongoing improvement of the company’s products and services, encompassing software, benchmarking, and consulting solutions.

In his previous role as Managing Director of AP-Canada, Mike shared responsibility for the company’s overall strategic direction and the management of its long-term growth. Under his leadership, AP-Canada experienced consistent year-over-year growth, expanding both its list of clients and its roster of experienced consulting staff.

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Nathan Centofanti

Nathan Centofanti is the Manager of Benchmarking and Data Services for AP-Networks, based out of the company’s office in Bethesda, Maryland. Nathan’s career spans more than 15 years conducting and leading benchmarking and analysis for the chemical and oil & gas industries. In his current role, Nathan is responsible for managing AP-Networks’ benchmarking services, along with developing and maintaining the various statistical tools used by the company.

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Pete Shirley

Pete Shirley is the Director, STOs for Asset Performance Networks, based out of the company’s office in Houston, Texas. Pete’s more than 30 years of experience include work in the refining, petrochemical, and associated service industries, as well as more than a decade serving onboard U.S. Navy submarines. This diverse background affords him a wide technical understanding of multiple disciplines from both owner and contractor perspectives. In his current role, Pete shares responsibility for the development and growth of the company’s presence in the United States.

Since joining AP-Networks, Pete has executed more than 40 assessments each year. These assessments have run the gamut of AP-Networks services, including Turnaround Assist Programs (T-AP), Integrated Turnaround Assist Programs (iT-AP), Experience Augmentations (EA), and Risk Based Scope Reviews (RBSR). In addition to executing RBSRs, Pete developed the software behind the RBSR process, as well as a software based tool for resource planning.

 

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Shawn Hansen

Dr. Shawn Hansen is the Vice President of Research, Benchmarking, and Predictive Analytics for Asset Performance Networks, based out of the company’s office in Bethesda, Maryland. Drawing on his extensive consulting experience, Dr. Hansen has helped numerous organizations improve project management, implement risk management, and strengthen the performance of strategic projects & plant based project systems.

In his current role, Dr. Hansen developed the Value and Competitiveness Assessment of Plant-Based Project Systems (VCAP), an AP-Networks service that helps companies improve the business value of small projects. In addition to leading VCAP engagements, Dr. Hansen leads consulting engagements that improve project portfolio management practices and implement project performance measurement. He also leads stage-gate reviews for strategic projects, and benchmarking efforts for project management systems.

Dr. Hansen has completed empirically based cost, schedule, and performance risk analyses for more than 100 major capital projects. He has also executed Monte Carlo simulations of cost and schedule risk at critical stages throughout the lifecycles of client programs and projects. Through these analyses, Dr. Hansen has helped clients mitigate project delivery risks and optimize project delivery, enabling them to pursue high return projects.

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Brett Schroeder

Brett Schroeder a Co-founder and CEO of AP-Networks. Brett shares responsibility for the company’s overall strategic direction and management of its long-term growth and profitability. As Co-Founder, he has been instrumental in the development of the company’s values, ethics, and client-focused philosophy. Brett has more than 30 years of professional experience improving capital project and plant turnaround performance in the energy, petrochemical, and construction industries.

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Mimi Eshetu

Mimi Eshetu is the Implementation Manager for Asset Performance Networks, based out of the company’s office in Bethesda, Maryland. She possesses more than 14 years of experience providing support on a variety of engineering, environmental, and economic assignments for both public and private sectors of the energy industry.

 

In her current role, Mimi is responsible for training clients to effectively utilize AP-Networks’ tool suite, including NaviTrack, Turnaround-Network, Upstream-Network, Pyxis, and the Project Pyramid. In addition to helping personnel master these tools, Mimi aids site leadership in effectively rolling the tools out. She also plays a role in work process customization, helping to develop and implement processes custom tailored to a client’s particular organization. In addition, she serves as the Lead Coordinator for AP-Networks’ annual TINC America conference.

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Sonia Kaestner

Sonia Kaestner is the Project Manager, AP-Networks Learning Systems and Director Latin America, based in Bethesda. Sonia has more than 20 years of international experience in project management consulting, marketing, data analytics & research, and training & development. With fluency in Spanish (native), English, German, and Italian, she has successfully deployed team-oriented strategies and solutions in high-level organizations across the globe. In her current role, Sonia shares responsibility for the development and growth of the company’s presence in the Latin America region.

Sonia has performed major benchmarking analyses of turnarounds and capital project events to help major energy and industrial companies reduce risks, implement best practices, and optimize their cost, schedule, and operability targets. By helping clients revise targets, achieve scope alignment, and structure multicultural team building meetings, Sonia has honed her ability to take client organizations to new levels of sophistication and success. In addition to her role at AP-Networks, Sonia continues her role as an Operations and Information Management adjunct professor and research associate at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

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John Camp

John Camp is the Managing Director of Asset Performance Networks United States office based out of Houston, Texas. John joined AP-Networks in 2014 after serving as a Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy.

In his role with AP-Networks, John is responsible for managing and leading the associates of the United States region through a series of diverse engagements geared towards making clients shutdowns, turnarounds, outages, and projects more predictable, competitive, repeatable, and sustainable. John grows the United States client base by ensuring that AP-Networks content and knowledge, data analytics and benchmarking, and software as a service solutions are providing value to the expanding roster of clients – both at the shop level as well as at the executive level.

John has been instrumental in his time at AP-Networks in the development and deployment of work processes. John has developed approximately 15 work processes including processes for small portfolio based storage tank outages, offshore turnarounds, and large scale full refinery Mega Complexity turnarounds.

Beginning in the Spring of 2020 John spent three years in the company’s Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) office based out of Amsterdam. In this capacity, John was able to leverage his ability working with diverse clientele across multiple continents, managing relationships for Industry supermajors as well as smaller, more specialized clients. John was also responsible in Amsterdam for ensuring that content and services were standardized and of consistent quality between EMEA and North America.

As a Surface Warfare Officer in the United States Navy John served as the Electrical Officer onboard USS GONZALEZ (DDG 66) where he led a division of sailors in the maintenance, operation, and repair of the ship’s 60 HZ electrical distribution system including a complex shipyard maintenance overhaul. John’s second tour was as Navigator onboard USS ANZIO (CG 68) where he was responsible for the safe navigation of the ship.

John has deployed three times and is a qualified Gas Turbine Engineering Officer of the Watch.

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Carl Souchereau

Carl Souchereau is the Managing Director of Asset Performance Canada, based out of the company’s office in Calgary, Alberta. Carl possesses more than 25 years of leadership experience in business process improvement, mega capital project execution, and turnaround planning in the power industry. In his current role, Carl shares responsibility for the company’s overall strategic direction and the management of its long-term growth.

 

Prior to joining AP-Canada, Carl held several senior roles within the Alberta power industry, where he led the development and execution of large greenfield capital projects. These included high voltage DC transmission lines, combined cycle power generation, and centralized district energy systems. Additionally, Carl led the planning for large power plant turnarounds for combined cycle, co-generation, and hydro-electric technologies. Before working in the utilities industry, Carl served as an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy. He held numerous leadership roles in surface ships, deploying for missions in the Persian Gulf in 2002 and NATO in 1990 and 1992.

 

Carl holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Royal Roads University and a Project Management Professional (PMP)® designation from the Project Management Institute.

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