Ming Guo, Ph.D, MBA

Experience

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  International Flavors & Fragrances

  Apr 2004 - now

  Oversee all major capital projects and engineering initiatives across two business units in China.Delivery of capital projects to the project owner within the agreed budget, timeline, quality and scope;Provide active leadership of an in-house engineering team and develop the in-house engineering team members;Implement and adhere to excellent project management & control processes.Prepare and develop annual capital budget for the regional engineering projects with the operational/business team; Show less • Lead the development, support, and improvement of manufacturing processes for the existing process. • Participate, lead and manage conceptual process development and cost feasibility / economic screening, FEED/FEL (front end & detail design), and start-up of Plants and Process Equipment •Identify best practices in existing process technology and translate them across plants. Identify new technologies and recommend them for investment or application• Foster, support, and be involved with continuous improvement teams.• Perform and or approve conceptual, preliminary and detailed process design including process simulation models and optimize designs using commercial process simulation and other software required, including process flow diagrams, P&IDs, line sizing, and control schemes•Coordinate with the Technology Manager for all new and updated product development . Show less Participate in the project initiation, design, procurement , construction and commissioning on a greenfield land as one of the key team members;Responsible for the control system development and maintenance, recipe establishment, and control scheme design for the whole plant, compliance with the S88 batch control standard;Responsible for operation of pilot plant, and collect and analyze the data for commercial plant design;Develop and evaluate available technology and resources in order to develop achievable process improvement goals, and improvement of existing manufacturing processes;Development of mass and heat balances, process flow diagrams (PFD), and P&I.D according to project needs;Track plant process performance, assist production department to resolve the process problems efficiently; Evaluate complex manufacturing processes and equipment to identify and recommend potential equipment upgrading scheme to increase efficiency or quality;Application of modeling and simulation programs (Aspen-plus, ChemCAD) to support the plant design. Show less

  • Senior Engineering Manager (China)

    Feb 2017 - now

  • Process Engineering Manager

    Apr 2008 - Feb 2017

  • Chemical Research Engineer

    Apr 2004 - Apr 2008