Stephen Flory

Experience

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  Marathon Petroleum Corporation

  Jan 1989 - Jan 2010

   Demonstrated viability of wireless technology. Little internal knowledge and understanding of industrial wireless with many potential projects on hold. Managed a team of internal and external IT resources as well as key business representatives to develop an industrial wireless standards and guidelines and led the pilot installation to prove the feasibility of the technology and the potential wireless applications.  Realized dramatic savings by implementing wireless. Led team of IT, Engineering, and contractor resources to implement wireless tank gauging in one plant that increased plant safety and saved $5M+ in engineering and installation costs.  Developed plan to replace existing CMMS. Marathon utilized a mainframe-based, thirty year old Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Developed proposal to evaluate all options for the future CMMS and reach conclusion on the best solution for Marathon Petroleum. Developed detailed plan, proposed team members, and presentation to upper management. The proposal was approved and the project was initiated. Show less Led implementation of mobile technology and engineering design applications at seven refineries. Managed $8M budgets and up to five employees. Improved plant reliability, operator productivity, improved work processes and assured regulatory compliance. Used handheld technology to boost profits. Plant operators collected equipment information daily, but records were so voluminous that data was not used. Championed mobile technology, optimizing inspection data to increase plant reliability. Increased productivity and saved $3.5M+ annually in improved reliability and decreased down time. Introduced instrumentation program. Marathon had no effective method to gather information from the 50,000+ instruments used in each of its seven refineries. Implemented engineering design application able to electronically transfer instrument data. Improved mechanical integrity compliance and reduced engineering costs by 15%. Show less Coordinated $15M budget and led team of ten IT and contractor personnel to implement reliability analysis and mechanical integrity tracking application. Directed application development and integration of new system with existing CMMS.  Implemented cost-saving application. Maintenance data was not centralized and Marathon had no tools to analyze equipment reliability. Implemented Meridium application at seven refineries to centralize data and improve failure prediction. Reduced maintenance costs/lost opportunities, saving $75M over four years. Revolutionized mechanical integrity program. Mechanical integrity program was paper based, inefficient, and compliance focused but difficult to manage. Implemented Meridium MI application suite at seven refineries to improve program management by focusing on risk reduction and inspection optimization. Reduced maintenance costs, improved turnaround scoping, and reduced fixed equipment lost opportunities by $35 million over five years. Led to OSHAA labeling this program as "the Gold Standard" for mechanical integrity compliance Show less Directed team of twelve IT and contractor personnel to support Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Implemented inventory/maintenance systems, provided training, conducted testing and designed new applications to address unique business requirements.  Redesigned Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Marathon’s mainframe-based CMMS program was outdated and difficult to use. Led development team that redesigned system into PC-based client server environment. Extended system life 15 years, saving $20-$50M in software/system implementation costs. Implemented CMMS Program at newly purchased refinery. Marathon acquired a refinery in Indianapolis, IN. Led the effort to implement the CMMS application including transition from old system to new, budgeting, planning, and training. The result was dramatically lower inventory values (by $2 million) and more efficient scheduling of resources.  Implemented CMMS program for subsidiary company. Marathon’s service station subsidiary had no system-wide inventory management system for its 5,000 locations. Designed inventory/maintenance management solution within CMMS application, coordinated project team of developers and business analysts, developed plans, schedules, and budgets. The improved accuracy allowed an inventory reduction of $5M+ in less than two years. Show less

  • Consultant/Business Analyst

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  • Senior Project Manager

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2009

  • Project Manager

    Jan 1998 - Jan 2005

  • Systems Analyst

    Jan 1989 - Jan 1998
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  Dupont

  Feb 2011 - Apr 2015

  Consultant

  Drove improvements to mechanical integrity (MI) and reliability programs at various plants thru implementations of the Meridium application suite. Championed MI data cleanup to reduce costs and improve compliance. MI data condition at various plants causing reliability issues, production loss, and environmental incidents. Championed efforts to bring plants into compliance and reduce risks by collaborating with key individuals to complete the work more efficiently and cost effectively. Thus far, initiated total projects of $1.4 million with more planned. Improved Inspection and recommendation tracking. Led implementation of the Meridium mechanical integrity application suite to assess feasibility and validate work processes. Dramatically improved compliance and compliance monitoring and led to further implementations. Improved access to equipment and reliability data. Interface between SAP and Meridium was outdated, passed insufficient data, and was highly customized. Led major update to a standard interface and collaborated with key reliability engineers to ensure all necessary equipment and reliability data was passed from SAP to Meridium. Show less

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  Pinnacle

  Aug 2015 - now

  Lead a team of APM Specialists to design and implement reliability and integrity programs (GE APM/Meridium, PCMS, etc) for clients in the oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical, and mining industries leading to improved compliance and significant return on investment. Define requirements, assess and recommend application options, develop implementation plans, design systems integration, conduct testing and training, and provide on-going support. Additionally, conduct evaluations of current programs and makes recommendations for improvements. Show less Lead a team of APM Specialists to design and implement reliability and integrity programs (GE APM/Meridium, PCMS, etc) for clients in the oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical, and mining industries that leads to improved compliance and significant return on investment. Define requirements, assess and recommend application options, develop implementation plans, design systems integration, comnduct testing and training, and provide on-going support. Additionally, conduct evaluations of current programs, identify gaps, and makes recommendations for improvements. Show less Primary functions include enhancing PinnacleART’s offerings in systems and systems integration by defining and documenting the offering including personnel requirements, work processes, and application expertise. Provide guidance and direction for clients as they review Meridium capabilities and adapt Meridium work processes to meet their needs Recommend and develop queries and KPI’s for home pages and dashboards for clients Provide guidance and direction for clients for the integration of Meridium and SAP Configure custom solutions within the Meridium application to meet client needs Conduct systems assessments to ensure the application is fulfilling potential and providing an exceptional return on investment Manage the corporate relationship between PinnacleART and GE Digital/BHGE Show less

  • Technology Success Manager

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Application Manager

    Jan 2019 - now

  • Senior Systems Specialist

    Aug 2015 - now