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SERVICESStrategic Consulting and IndustryAdvisory ServicesTechnology AssessmentPRISM™ Industry Modeling andDatabase

INDUSTRIESPetroleum Refining

EXPERIENCEOperations/MaintenanceLP/Planning PracticePRISM Data or Analysis

EDUCATIONKansas State University, B.S.Chemical Engineering (2009)

CURTIS J. RUDERConsultant

CAREER HIGHLIGHTSCurtis offers experience in petroleum refining, including operations support,process engineering, economics, and planning. Presently, his responsibilities are tosupport our PRISM™ client base.

During his tenure as a Process Engineer starting at CHS and continuing at Flint HillsResources, Curtis has provided technical support for saturated gas plants, FCC, fixedbed cumene alkylation, and crude distillation units. His experience in this functionincludes process unit support, safety relief system analysis, refinery-wideturnaround support, and unit process modeling. After transferring to the Economicsand Planning function, Curtis gained experience in LP model calibration for allconversion units and hydrotreaters, blending optimization efforts, metricsdevelopment and implementation, component supply and distributionoptimization, and automation of the dynamic component balance models usingVBA coding.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS2012-2017: Flint Hills Resources Refinery,Economics and Planning Gasoline Blending PlannerEconomics and Planning LP Model Development PlannerStrategic Reliability EngineerProcess Engineer

2009-2012: NCRA Refinery (CHS Inc.)Process Engineer