Marcel Van Maasdam

Experience

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  Shell

  Jan 1991 - now

  Leading Shell’s Real-Time, Production and Optimization Digital Engineering section within Information & Digital Engineering, We drive the delivery of scientific and engineering digital products across IT and OT and IOT environments. Our teams plays a key role in digitalizing R&D, manufacturing, and energy production in hydrocarbon, electron, and hydrogen value chains. As part of Shell’s Software and Data Engineering leadership team, I help guide over 2000 professionals, promoting excellence, security, and sustainability in our culture and deliverables. Show less Leading Shell’s Real-Time and Asset Management Capability Center within Information & Digital Engineering, I drive the delivery of scientific and engineering digital products across IT and OT environments. Our teams plays a key role in digitalizing R&D, manufacturing, and energy production in hydrocarbon, electron, and hydrogen value chains. As part of Shell’s Software Engineering leadership team, I help guide over 2000 professionals, promoting excellence, security, and sustainability in our culture and deliverables. Show less Leading Business Analysts in Shell’s Smart and Engineering domain within Projects & Technology. As part of the Shell Business Analyses Extended Leadership team, I helped grow the global business analysis talent pool and institution of the BA competence frameworks. Functionally responsible for the Smart Solutions Platform, focusing on digitalizing engineering, process automation, optimization, and collaboration technologies for production, manufacturing, and asset operations. Represent Shell on MS Customer Advisory Board for Big Data and Analytics. Show less Lead digitalization of predictive solutions for refinery technical services, performance monitoring, and surveillance. Develop and implement first-principle and data science-based refinery process models. Oversee model and digital product development, replication, and support. Serve as Product Owner for refining performance monitoring solutions and represent Shell in the CAPE-OPEN industry network as UNIT OPERATIONS SIG team leader. Provide technical support for light ends conversion refinery units. Show less

  • Sr. Engineering Manager - Real-Tme/Production/Optimization

    Mar 2025 - now

  • Sr. Capability Center Manager - Realtime and Asset Management

    Dec 2019 - Feb 2025

  • Manager Surface Engineering IT

    Jul 2018 - Sept 2021

  • Manager Global Workflow Consultancy

    Dec 2015 - Jul 2018

  • Global Workflow Consultant Predictive Analytics

    Jul 2014 - Jul 2018

  • Manager Business Analyses

    Jan 2008 - Jun 2014

  • Process Modelling Technologist Light Ends Conversion

    Jul 2006 - Dec 2007

  • Research & Development Coordinator

    Jan 2002 - Jun 2006

  • Researcher

    Jan 1997 - Dec 2001

  • Assistent Researcher

    Jan 1991 - Dec 1996