Robert S. Ketcham 18610 Point Lookout Drive Nassau Bay, Texas 77058 Home Office: (281) 786-0606 Cell: (281) 772-9385 Bob@Ketchams.com

Bob is a Control Systems Engineer with 26 years experience in design, start-up, operation and maintenance of Distributed Control Systems and Safety Instrumented Systems on multiple petrochemical and utility boiler processes. Currently, he is the corporate DCS Technology Leader in the Union Carbide subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company, consulting on and troubleshooting DCS designs, installations and upgrades. He is responsible for DCS Design Standards and is a leader in DCS user organizations. His past assignments have included leadership of a plant control systems engineering group and discipline design teams. His experience has also included comprehensive exposure to multi-fuel fired boilers. Available January 1, 2003.

Education:	Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, June 1975.
Experience:
January 2000 to present	Union Carbide Corporation, now the Union Carbide subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company, Texas City and Houston, TX, Process Automation Group, Distributed Control Systems Technology Leader: Advised projects and developed corporate standards on the application of existing and new Distributed Control Systems. Supported the first time use of new systems from Foxboro and ABB. Central corporate liaison to Honeywell - Chaired the Honeywell Users Group Steering Committee for a second time. Continued to provide local and long distance troubleshooting assistance as necessary.
June 1988 to January 2000	Union Carbide Corporation, South Charleston, WV and Texas City, TX, Control Systems Technology Group, Control Systems Technologist: Advised projects and developed corporate standards on application of Distributed Control and Safety Instrumented Systems. Supported project definition, design, factory tests, installation, system startups and ongoing upgrades for many projects and systems. Developed several application programs including analyzer communications interface used on 12 installations. Coordinated all Honeywell DCS system upgrades for Y2K compliance. Provided local and long distance troubleshooting assistance. Central corporate liaison to Honeywell - Chaired both Honeywell Users Group Steering Committee and Users Input Subcommittee. Member of ISA SP50 Fieldbus Communications Standard Committee.
December 1986 to June 1988	Rhone-Poulenc Inc, Institute, WV, Engineering Department, Control Systems Lead Engineer: Coordinated a small control systems design group. Initiated US corporate control systems design standards. Defined CAD system requirements. Defined scope, conceptual design and cost for major new installations.
August 1983 to June 1988	Union Carbide Corporation, Institute, WV, Engineering Department, Control Systems Engineer: Designed and commissioned a distributed control system for an existing coal and gas fired co-generation station. Led the control system design team for a new, batch operated, chemical production facility. Defined scope and conceptual design of two batch control systems for existing chemical production facilities.
March 1979 to August 1983	Union Carbide Corporation, Institute, WV, Energy Systems Department, Production Engineer: Defined and justified the co-generation DCS listed above. Installed and tested a process computer to perform extended boiler control and energy management functions. Coordinated checkout, operator training and start-up of a DCS for six coal and chemical by-product fired boilers. Coordinated preparation and management of an $85MM departmental budget.
February 1976 to March 1979	Union Carbide Corporation, Institute, WV, Maintenance Control Systems Technology Group, Maintenance Engineer: Trained mechanics, reviewed drawings, specified preventative maintenance and spare parts for several major capital expansions installing the plant's first DCS and PLC installations. Developed a plant-wide computer and microfilm based instrument parts catalog.
References:	Full references available on request.