Don Mack is a chemical industry manager and automation alliance manager at Siemens. His focus is finding process automation and digitalization solutions for customers, as well as providing technical education and support to the company’s plant and corporate personnel. During his more than 30 years with Siemens, he has held roles in pre-sales technical support, marketing, sales, and business development. Mack regularly presents at industry and web conferences. He graduated with a BS in electrical engineering from the Univ. of Pittsburgh.Read more
Jonas Norinder is a digital transformation consultant at Siemens, where he identifies and promotes process optimization opportunities that help companies become more efficient, reliable, and agile using technology, data, analytics tools, and services. Since joining Siemens in 2006, he has held several roles within business development and sales, marketing, and communications. Norinder has presented on digital transformation topics at several industry conferences, including those held by AIChE. He has a master’s degree from the Aarhus Univ. in Denmark.Read more
Bruce M. Vrana, P.E., is an adjunct professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the Univ. of Pennsylvania (Penn). He received a BS and MS in chemical engineering from Penn and an MBA from the Univ. of Houston. He brings the experience gained over 40 years at DuPont, most of it in process synthesis and technoeconomic evaluations, to the senior design sequence at Penn. He has coauthored several publications and is an inventor on five U.S. patents. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Delaware.Read more
Leonard A. Fabiano earned a BSChE from Purdue Univ. and a Masters of ChE from Stevens Institute of Engineering. His professional career is in process design of commercial-scale petrochemicals and specialty chemicals. He managed the conceptual and detailed process design group for ARCO Chemical Co. and specialized in process simulation and equipment design. He has been an adjunct professor at the Univ. of Pennsylvania in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Dept. since 2000. Currently, he is a process consultant working on worldwide plant design projects. ...Read more
Raghav Chaturvedi graduated in May 2021 with a BS in chemical and biomolecular engineering and a BS in economics from the Univ. of Pennsylvania. After graduation, he cofounded Tijoree, a fintech platform/neobank for Indians to invest and build wealth. Currently, he heads the finance and accounting vertical that deals with corporate valuations, licensing, fundraising, and connecting with private equity and venture capitalists. He also has internship experience in QuarkSolar, a solar EPC company in Mumbai, India, and View Inc., a nanotechnology smart window company in San Jose, CA....Read more
Sarron Metew graduated in May 2021 with a BS in chemical and biomolecular engineering with a concentration in energy and the environment and a minor in economics. After graduation, she began work at Airgas, Inc., headquartered in Radnor, PA, in the human resources department as an HR project and data analyst. She has internship experience in procurement at Airgas, Inc. and DuPont. She hopes to use her business experience and engineering education to advance in her career.Read more
Eric W. Kennedy graduated in May 2021 with a BS in chemical and biomolecular engineering from the Univ. of Pennsylvania. After graduation, he began work in the operations leadership rotational program at Kennametal, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. Kennedy is currently working in the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) department at Kennametal’s tungsten carbide insert facility in Orwell, OH. He also has internship experience in portfolio management at a boutique investment firm and experience in materials science research and development. He hopes to use his passion for process...Read more
