About

Brian Heasley is a highly experienced Senior Refining Technology Manager at KBR, with over 7 years of relevant experience. He is a specialist in global technology licensing business management, technical sales and business development, process design engineering, and project management. Brian has a strong background in commissioning, startup, and troubleshooting of process units, refining and petrochemical processes, steam cracking, propane dehydrogenation (PDH), polypropylene, BTX, olefins purification, monomer purification, polypropylene, and aromatics catalysts. Brian has worked with various companies in the past, including Clariant and Honeywell. At Clariant, he served as a Sales Account Manager, responsible for olefins purification, monomer purification, polypropylene, and aromatics catalysts. At Honeywell, he was a Design Engineer II, where he performed process/project design work for refinery and petrochemical processes required to produce UOP Schedule A design packages. He utilized commercial and proprietary UOP thermodynamic software to design, model, and optimize processes, created PFD and P&ID drawings, executed line sizing and hydraulics calculations, developed specifications for vessels, pumps, exchangers, pressure relief valves, and other equipment, managed customer process design review meetings, and provided sales support for technical proposals and studies. Brian has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Texas A&M University, a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University. He also has experience in data analysis and programming, with skills in C++, Java, and Visual Basic. Overall, Brian is a highly skilled and experienced professional with expertise in refining and petrochemical processes, process design engineering, project management, and technical sales and business development. He is an asset to any organization he works with and is committed to delivering the best results to his clients.