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  • ISA-LA Section meeting links Tuesday Dec 8, 2020 Process Analysis & Cybersecurity in Refining, Petro

    ISA-LA Section is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

    Topic: Process Analysis & Cybersecurity in Refining, Petrochemicals, Pipelines, Wastewater & Landfills -by Robert E. Sherman and Gary Rathwell

    Time: Dec 8, 2020 11:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

    Brown Bag Session 11:30AM to 12:30 PM PST

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    Nandkishor Khidkikar

    President - Los Angeles Section of the ISA

    https://isa-la.org/

    ISA-LA Section is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

    Topic: Process Analysis & Cybersecurity in Refining, Petrochemicals, Pipelines, Wastewater & Landfills -by Robert E. Sherman and Gary Rathwell

    Time: Dec 8, 2020 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

    Happy Hour Session:  6:00PM to 7:00 PM PST

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    Meeting ID: 892 7528 3191

    Passcode: 491779

    Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kAQZaYklQ

    Nandkishor Khidkikar

    President - Los Angeles Section of the ISA

    https://isa-la.org/

    Process Analysis & Cybersecurity in Refining, Petrochemicals, Pipelines, Wastewater & Landfills

    Please join us  in welcoming Robert E. Sherman and Gary Rathwell as our December speakers addressing a timely and important subject - Cybersecurity.

    Date: December 8, 2020

    Time:  Brown Bag Session 11:30AM to 12:30 PM PDT

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               Happy Hour Session:  6:00PM to 7:00 PM PDT

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    Where:  Virtual Meeting Come back for link to meeting

    About the speakers

    Robert E. Sherman 

    Bob has been a  member of ISA for most of his professional career is:

    • Senior Member 1986

    • ISA Fellow 2002

    • ISA Life Fellow 2016

    Bob has served on ISA Standards Committees including ISA5-Documentation of Measurement & Control Instruments & Systems, ISA5.1 - Instrumentation Symbols and Identification, and ISA76 - Composition Analyzers where he had a lead role in the development of many ANSI/ISA SP76 components.

    Bob has been the Process Analyzer System SME for AMOCO (now BP) - 12 years, BP-Husky - 3 years, Valero Energy - 3 years, and Site SME for CVR Energy (Wynnewood) - 2 years.  He served in Senior Technical and middle management roles for several large Engineering Contractors, both in both America and Asia.

    Bob has authored two major industry volumes on Process Analyzer Systems:

    "Analytical Instrumentation" - part of the ISA "Practical Guide for Measurement and Control" series and "Process Analyzer Sample-Conditioning System Technology" - part of the Wiley Series in Chemical Engineering.

    Bob currently solves challenging Process Analyzer Applications utilizing leading-edge Process Analyzers.

    Gary Rathwell

    Gary has been a member of ISA since 1976 and has served on standards bodies including ISA95 - Enterprise Integration, ISA108 - Intelligent Device Management and ISA99 - Cybersecurity.

    He spent 6 years in oil refinery operations and optimization, 10 years in petrochemicals process control and optimization, 10 years as the Functional Leader of Control Systems and Systems Integration for a large engineering contractor, and 20 years as President of ECI Ltd, providing Enterprise Master Planning and Project Management for mega projects around the world.

    Gary has also authored dozens of publications and presentations on the above topics including "A Handbook on Master Planning and Implementation",  "The PERA Master Planning Guide" and the PERA Enterprise Integration Website.