About Us

Mr. Broughton has deep expertise in engineering and design of Industrial and Commercial applications. He has ~20 years of experience in Energy specifically in the Mid-Stream, Refining, and Petrol-chemical sectors.
He has managed multi-discipline projects for various Major Oil and Gas companies that have ranged in size from small capital / expense of < $250k to large capital / expense > $50MM in Total Installed Cost (TIC).
He has also managed both project and construction teams in excess of 75 people combined.
He has also served as an Engineering Superintendent for the 3rd largest refinery in the U.S. In that position he supervised a team of Instrument, Control and Electrical Engineers for both Reliability and Small to Medium sized Project initiatives in the Hydro-processing Division.
He also has experience in Production Planning for a $900MM/year revenue generating Petrol-Chemical business. In that position he was responsible for supporting the operations team in setting production targets, managing both marine and rail shipping logistics and storage facilities.

Mr. Lin has extensive experience in engineering and design of industrial distributed control systems. He has over 20 years of experience in Honeywell Experion, Emerson DeltaV and Schneider Electric Triconex applications in refining and petrochemical sectors.
He has managed multi-discipline DCS migration projects with TIC over $500MM for 2nd largest refinery in the U.S for the past 10 years. Recent accomplishment involved corporate turbine control migration project with TIC over $50MM.

Mr. Brown has comprehensive experience in civil engineering of both large commercial vertical structures and foundations. He also has extensive expertise in underground pipe and storm drainage systems.
Mr. Brown has led construction teams in excess of 150 people of multiple trades. His passion for quality control during construction is second to none. Mr. Brown prides himself on honesty, integrity and the ability to provide an opportunity for businesses and corporations to grow in today’s economy. He has worked on land development projects in most of the municipalities and counties surrounding Houston. They understand that each regulatory authority has different rules, ordinances and permitting processes.

Mr. Fatora is a practical engineer with over 40 years of experience in Process Improvement, Process Design, Process Control Supervision, and Process Control Project engineering/ commissioning in the refining and Petro-Chemical industries.
Mr. Fatora also has over 10 years of significant PSM experience in analyzing process risks and implementing projects to close process safety gaps. Operator owner company lead representative on various OSHA special emphasis inspections and incident inspections. He has been the lead technical representative for a number of regulatory compliance programs to mitigate Relief Valve and SIS gaps. He also has 15 years of experience with plant-wide instrumentation upgrade projects and control systems, including DCS, SIS, Advanced Controls implementation, and plant-wide information systems for safety and reliability improvement and sustaining profitability.

Ms. Yafuso started working in Process Safety Management 27 years ago. Her first HAZOP was in 1994. Since that time, she has received the following certifications: HAZOP/What-If leader, Incident investigation leader(TOP, TapRoot, and various BP in-house programs), and PSM auditor
She has participated in each of the above programs as either a leader, a mentor, or a team member. She also has delivered modifications to MOC programs to meet different corporate requirements. She has had the opportunity to train site personnel on PSM programs, as well as work with personnel on Operating Procedures, along with Mechanical Integrity issues.

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