Forum Leadership

The Forum Executive Committee & Board of Directors consists of professionals who have many years of experience in the E&C industry. To read more about each of them, click on their name. Information regarding the structure of the organization is available here.  Adopted by-laws may be obtained here.

  • Forum Founding Director - Dr. Ahmad Durrani - Professor, Rice University

     

  • Executive Committee - Chair - Ray Piper, MCMI, PMP, President, BIS Ltd. Co.

    • Finance Committee Chair - Dominick Trupia - Vice President, KBR

    • Program Committee Co-Chairs - Michael Hyland - Hyland & Associates & Sarah Tucker - VP, Engineering & Projects, Aker Solutions

    • Administration Chair - Ray Piper, MCMI, PMP, President, BIS Ltd. Co.

    • Sponsorship Committee Chair - Martin J. Van Sickels - President, MVS Consulting LLC

    • Annual Forum Committee Chair - Stan Cone - Director, Facility Engineering, Fluor Corporation

    • Marketing Committee Chair - Steve Kersch, Manager Business Development, Corporate Systems, Mustang Engineering LP

    • University Liaison Director - Gary Marfin - Executive Director of the Energy and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI) and Program Director of Shell Center for Sustainability, Rice University
       

  • Board of Directors - Chairman - Tom Phalen - VP & Project Director, Fluor Corporation

    • Paul Allen - CEO/Project Director, Project Executive Group
    • Patrick Campbell - Manager Process Engineering, AMEC Paragon
    • J. P. Chevriere - President, Transmar Consulting
    • Stan Cone - Director, Facility Engineering, Fluor Corporation
    • Daslav Brkic - Snamprogetti
    • Jerrit Coward - President - Upstream Oil & Gas, Willbros USA, Inc.
    • Buddy DeVoe, Vice President, ABB ATPA North America
    • Ahmad Durrani - Professor, Rice University
    • Doug Elliot - President, IPSI Group, IPSI LLC
    • Katherine Ensor - Professor, Rice University
    • Paul Fisher - Commercial Vice President, Technip
    • Al Goethe - Technology Manager, URS Washington Division
    • Michael Hyland - Hyland & Associates
    • Amy Myers Jaffe - Baker Institute, Rice University
    • Steve Kersch - Manager - Business Development, Corporate Systems, Mustang Engineering LP
    • Brent Knapton - Manager - Mechanical Systems, CDI Business Solutions
    • Gary Marfin - Executive Director of the Energy and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI) and Program Director of Shell Center for Sustainability, Rice University
    • George Moore - VP, KBR
    • Ryuzo (Ricky) Nagaoka - Nagaoka & Associates
    • Tom Phalen - VP & Project Director, Fluor Corporation
    • Ray Piper, MCMI, PMP, President, BIS Ltd. Co.
    • Chris Raschid - Project Manager, Foster Wheeler
    • Maria Antonietta Solinas - Strategic Planning & Control Manager, Eni, Italy
    • Takehito Hidaka - President, JGC (USA)
    • Maurice Tayeh - Director, Information Technology, Technip
    • Dominick Trupia - Vice President, KBR
    • Sarah Tucker - VP, Engineering & Projects, Aker Solutions
    • Martin J. Van Sickels - President, MVS Consulting LLC
 
 
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