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