Karl Kolmetz

Over twenty five years of progressive experience in the design, construction, commissioning, operations management and training of process units from the US Gulf Coast through Asia. Strengths encompass design details that originate from a strong operations background, with the ability to incorporate positive ideas from differing sources.  High safety awareness that was developed from commissioning experiences, HAZOP Facilitation and the positive results of Process Safety Management.
Experience includes over fifteen years (15) of refining experience in Houston, Texas and Total Refinery in Port Arthur Texas.  Over 15 years (15) Ethylene experience with the Westlake / Titan Group, Chandra Asri Petrochemicals, JG Summit Petrochemicals and Indorama Ventures. 
Concurrently, over ten years (10) of specialty distillation experience as Asian Technical Manager for Sulzer Chemtech, a major distillation company, Westlake Group and KLM Technology Group.  Process Safety Management experience on multiple projects and roles for over 20 years.  Experienced as a Hazop participant, facilitator and Hazop Team Leader Trainer.
Publications include authoring and co-authoring over 90 technical papers on a variety of subjects for product recovery, distillation troubleshooting, training, project management, and process design with safety and environmental concerns. He is authoring a book on Process Equipment Design. He is an industrial lecturer at Universities and has taught many courses for the process industry. He has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from The University of Houston and is a Member of the International Association of Certified Practicing Engineers.