TIMOTHY BIVEN
Stillwater, OK 74074
Phone: 918-***-****
Email: acgds7@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION
High School (1972) – Nathan Hale, Tulsa, OK
BSME (1976) - Oklahoma State University
MSME (1979) - Oklahoma State University
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Owner/Manager (Consulting/Patents/Products) - B-TEK, LLC, Stillwater, OK
Process Engineer (Carbon Black Production Plant) – Continental Carbon, Ponca City, OK
Mechanical Engineer (Biofuels Engineering & Project Management)–Praj Schneider, Omaha, NE
Engineer (Catalysts) – Rowland Technical, Tulsa, OK
Design (Automotive Parts) – Halibrand Performance, Wellington, KS
Project Manager & Process Engineer (Power Generation) - Project Development, Lakewood, CO
Project Manager (HVAC) - Specific Systems, Tulsa, OK.
Owner/Manager - Alpha Products & Systems, Stillwater, OK.
Sr. Process Engineer (Corporate Office) - Continental Carbon, Houston, TX.
Assistant Plant Manager (Research Plant) - Continental Carbon, Dumas, TX.
Manager of Lab Services (Research Lab) - Continental Carbon, Houston, TX.
Quality Systems Engineer (Technical Service) - Cabot, Billerica, MA.
Research Engineer (Reactor Group) – Cabot, Pampa, TX
Production Engineer (Carbon Black Production Plant) – Cabot, Pampa, TX
Engineer (Corporate – Mechanical Group) – Cabot, Pampa, TX
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
College Summer Work – Sundstrand (Aerospace & Defense), Rockford, IL
College Summer Work – Riverside Industries (Steel Tower Fabrication & Galvanizing), Tulsa, OK
NON-WORK ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS:
Rockhound (Club President), ex-Head of Christian Men’s Fellowship in Wellington KS, Lapidary,
Bowling, Stamp Collecting, Coin Collecting, Inventions and Patents
B-TEK, LLC (2012 - Current)
Stillwater, OK
Owner/Manager (Patents, Process & Product Consulting)
Current projects include personal patent applications, development of novel ideas for refractory
products and applications, improving testing methods and test equipment designs, a new carbon
and the manufacturing process required, computerized calculations for process design, and
several carbon black process/equipment improvements that will increase yield, energy efficiency,
and throughput.
Continental Carbon (2010 - 2012)
Ponca City, OK
Process Engineer (Production)
Initiated process improvement plans for reactors, air preheaters, filters, pelleting, controls
Supervised personnel on nights and weekends, on call responsibility, inspections,
troubleshooting, projects, daily production reports.
Praj Schneider, Inc. (Contract - Permanent) 2007 - 2009
Omaha, NE
Mechanical Engineer (Project Management)
Engineering and management for several ethanol design projects (NE and IA - complete plants)
Duties included being the client interface and management of deliverable items (PFD, P&ID,
general arrangement, equipment drawings, process description and control narratives).
Generated the data required for heat and mass balances, process flows and piping requirements,
equipment requirements and specifications. Reviewed/approved vendor submittals and answered
technical questions. Reviewed, approved, and issued the process description and control
narratives. Developed time and cost estimates for change orders and communicated them to
client. Created the fire protection design, worked with vendors, and estimated costs for a new
ethanol installation that was to be placed within an existing starch plant; Supplied calculations
(including tanks/lines/pumps) for installation of an ethanol plant into an existing sugar facility in
Louisiana; Reviewed design and made recommendations for an existing biodiesel plant safety
relief venting system.
Rowland Technical (Contract Assignment) 2006
Tulsa, OK
Contract Project Engineer
Developed experience in catalyst mixing and production techniques; W orked on means to fix a
failed “in-place” catalyst research mix system; Recommended improvements (energy efficiency)
to the existing production process.
Halibrand Performance 2003 – 2006
W ellington, KS
Design Engineer (Corporate)
Engineering, design, troubleshooting, and customer service for automotive parts manufacturer:
Measured 2005 Mustang in Detroit and developed appropriate wheel design; Created and
modified 2D-CAD designs for products (wheels, rear end parts, axles, hubs) . Reverse-engineered
an old magnesium wheel casting when drawings could not be located. Addressed material and
manufacturing deficiencies in vendor parts, and developed part treatment and coatings options
and costs for new products.
Project Development Ind. 2001 – 2002
Lakewood, CO
Project Manager & Process Engineering
Project management for multiple (10+) waste heat recovery and power generation facility designs
that ranged in size between $20 million and $70 million (est. 3 – 50 Megawatt size range):
Site and equipment inspections
Computerized the combustion and pump calculations
Supplied process simulation results
Modified project feasibility studies in areas of heat recovery, power generation, and cost
Supplied support documents and calculations needed to obtain client contract
Produced sketches, process flow diagrams (PFD’s), and layout drawings
Produced piping and instrumentation drawings (P&ID’s)
Produced work estimates, schedules, and project timelines
Developed and supplied equipment specifications (including cooling systems and water
treatment systems) and evaluated bids
Generated technical and economic evaluations to allow selection of cooling system from
options
Developed project cost impacts for insulation options on major hot gas lines
Developed designs for large high temperature valves and waste gas combustion
equipment
Generated information on water treatment systems and equipment options (evaluated
available used equipment for project suitability)
Developed cost and performance data for gas turbine installatio n options
Developed cost and performance data for steam turbine installation options
Provided power generation data and costs for different heat recovery scenarios
Supplied process data and calculations to support permitting and contract needs
Developed plant steam usage options to meet federal requirements
Modified one project proposal to allow a $2 million dollar grant to be obtained
Adjusted scope, equipment, layout, and cost estimates to meet client requests
Presentations to client and manufacturing facility personnel
Specific Systems (2001)
Tulsa, OK
Project Manager
Brief project management for a successful bid to manufacture a rental fleet of large HVAC units:
Developed designs and specifications to meet client requirements for units
Obtained bids, negotiated costs, prepared cost estimates
HVAC units were to be placed globally. Initial project order size was in excess of $5
million (first year of multi year plan). Order was obtained from the customer but warranty
issues conflict stopped project.
Alpha Products & Systems (1999-2000)
Stillwater, OK
Owner (Personal Business)
Proposed projects to save energy, reduce costs, increase throughput, and improve quality.
Designed, developed, manufactured, and sold gift items.
Continental Carbon (1990-1998)
Houston, TX
Senior Process Engineer (Corporate)
Developed process designs for all major projects by the company and many licensees:
Computerized (spreadsheets) the process design calculations for line sizing, motor horsepower,
equipment sizing, and flame temperature (natural gas, fuel oil, and waste gas combustion burner
systems). Liquid system design work in carbon black area has included water, water treatments
(including boiler chemicals), water plus anti freeze, various oils and other hydrocarbon li quids,
binders (materials are typically like molasses), acids, bases, et cetera.
Performed design work (PFD, P&ID, equipment) and all process calculations for a “basic design”
package for a new carbon black plant that was built in Egypt by licensee (total initial tread and
carcass carbon production units at the project site were estimated to cost $20 million).
Developed and issued the Egyptian plant operating and procedures manuals
Approval responsibility for the construction materials used in the Egyptian plant process stream
Performed successful plant acceptance testing at the plant in Egypt (yield, quality, rates)
Performed quality troubleshooting while at the plant in Egypt (carcass blacks had low structure
due to an improper oil injection set up by manufacturing)
Engineering work on stacks, flares, thermal oxidizers, burners, heat exchangers, filters,
pelletizers, airlocks, dryers, pneumatic systems, pumps, fans, blowers, compressors, screw
conveyors, bucket elevators, storage, packaging, water treatment systems, and et cetera
(designed/specified/reviewed/approved equipment options)
Troubleshooting of repeated reactor failure in Oklahoma (plant used wrong stainless alloy in a
burner replacement part)
Travelled to Alabama plant to assist production preparations for ISO audit
Performed all process (mass and energy balance, pressure loss/line sizing, flame temperatures,
yield/throughput/quality, equipment and motor sizing) calculations for additional projects that
included:
Egyptian plant expansion units (plant is now the largest in the world)
Indonesian plant expansion unit (doubling capacity)
Alabama plant expansion unit
Large new reactor in Texas plant
Oklahoma plant production unit upgrade
Alabama plant production unit upgrades (new equipment for higher throughputs)
Thermal oxidizer installation in Oklahoma plant
New plant for eastern Europe (plant was not built)
Modernization requirements and costs for plant that was for sale in Asia (cost analysis
allowed later purchase by the company)
Initiated and helped developed unit process changes that included:
Alabama plant oil return system (safety issue discovered during visit)
Oklahoma plant unit #3 process train (energy efficiency improvement)
Texas plant unit #3 reactor design
Texas plant flaring system operation redesign
Initiated process combustion level adjustments to significantly increase all unit tread unit
production rates (during a period when the company received orders that exceeded production
capacity)
Added (after option evaluation and process design) a previously unused gas flow
(oxygen) into the production reactors for increased capacity
Designed the equipment and control plans for the oxygen flow
Burner and reactor modifications to improve life and efficiency
International assignments included Egypt, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan
Dumas, TX
Assistant Plant Manager
Managed maintenance (mechanical, welding, instrument, electrical) and laboratory:
Set up new equipment for research trials
Built equipment for research tests
Repair of old or failed equipment (including reactors, heat exchangers, filters)
W e performed a complete rebuild of the pilot plant main bag filter
Suggested pilot plant operating method change to save over $100,000 per year in raw
materials
Initiated idea of pilot plant use to fill troublesome small production orders
Produced large quantity test lot to obtain business with an upset customer (N110)
Produced research lots to meet customer requests
Led research team sent to assist Oklahoma production with production unit (unit had
been burned up several times – unit ran well while research monitored process)
Houston, TX
Manager Laboratory Services (Corporate Research Lab)
Research laboratory management responsibilities and accomplishments:
Supervised testing of raw materials (primarily petrochemical oils)
Supervised testing of carbon black products (physical and analytical)
Supervised compounding & testing of carbon black in rubber compounds
Arranged preparation of test compounds and specimens for tire tread wear tests
Responsible for the accuracy of data and conclusions in test reports
Responsible for waste disposal and reporting
Initiated a program to cross train my chemists and technicians
Developed and introduced computer calculation forms
Initiated central lab rubber testing idea to replace production plant lab testing
Reviewed all testing procedures, modified tests and procedures where needed
Initiated and directed development of a better test for sulfur level in carbon black
Started program to improve the CTAB test
Modified carbon black sample preparation procedures to improve rubber test accuracy
Solved financially significant customer problem (Lead detection in the carbon)
Submitted process change proposal – value est. above $280,000,000 (if applied globally)
Suggested research to increase reactor efficiency (that was tested/proved at the R&D
facility)
Cabot Corporation (1978-1989)
Billerica, Massachusetts
Quality Systems Engineer (Specialty Blacks Technical Service)
Developed quality programs, trained personnel, analyzed data
Assisted customers, licensees, and other staff with carbon black technical issues
Identified means for improving test accuracy
Travelled to plant, reviewed, and solved massive profit loss problem ($1 million per
month) on a production unit
Outlined new test means that was later used to identify performance problem at plant
Approved raw material quality and sources for specialty blacks (as part of committee)
Identified feedstock source used to recapture lost “major” conductive black business
Provided technical support to major clients (Xerox, Union Carbide, Essex, Ford Paint)
Identified reactor instability issue and provided solution for problem of research reactor
Developed and presented training program on carbon black, production, and testing
Pampa, TX
Associate Engineer – Reactor Group (Research Plant)
Supervised pilot plant trials for tread blacks, carcass blacks, specialty blacks, chemical
treatments, equipment designs, and process changes (included work with cryogenic oxygen and
nitrogen)
Designed and set up new equipment for research trials
Provided flow settings, procedures, target specifications, and testing requirements for
research runs
Analyzed research flows and carbon test results - issued reports
Presented research results at meetings of research staff and corporate management
Performed production plant research trials and start-ups (including a new cryogenic
oxygen system incorporation into production process operation)
Started up multiple reactor ‘medium color’ blacks units in Louisiana and in Netherlands
(after thoroughly checking equipment, set points, and safety shutdown logic).
Pampa, TX
Associate Engineer – Production (Pampa Production Plant)
Monitored process, equipment, and quality
Issued production reports
Troubleshooting of production problems
Hopper car inspections
Design/specification/costs developed for tail gas burner installations on unit #2 dryers ($250,000)
Design of new railcar unloading system
Measured & drafted a total plant layout drawing
Development of improved (more energy efficient) carbon “after-treatment” option
Maintenance support work
Acted as relief foreman
On-Call responsibility
Performed in-plant research work
Assisted with reactor installations and conversions
Acted as plant liaison with research group
Pampa, TX
Associate Engineer – Mechanical Group (Corporate Engineering)
Design and drafting work (drafting boards)
Piping system designs for expansion projects (designs included expansion joints and guides as
required)
Reactor harness designs (burner failures were being caused by thermal expansion – performed
stress calculations and designed harness)