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Management Team
Management Team
ECT’s senior management team consists of six highly experienced engineers – all with 20 plus years with CCC – and each with over 25 years of experience in providing control systems and services to the energy, biofuels, and industrial/manufacturing industries. The team has influenced the writing of standards for control solutions in markets such as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), ethylene, offshore production platforms, power recovery trains in refineries, and plant air systems.
Members of the management team are well known in the industry through associations with industry societies and through technical publications. The management team has worked together at ECT for eight years, with the majority having worked together for over 25 years.
Their background includes all operational aspects of the company from sales, engineering, field service, R&D, supply chain, and financial as well as hands-on experience in engineering and commissioning hundreds of turbomachinery control systems worldwide.
In addition to many years of actual plant experience, several of ECT’s founders have advanced engineering and business degrees, have been awarded multiple US and foreign patents, and are licensed Professional Engineers. Each team member’s skill set has carried them to a high-level management position, providing a knowledge and experience base that rivals any competitor company.
Paul Fisher, President
Paul Fisher is President of Energy Control Technologies (ECT) and has 36 years of experience (21 years at CCC and 15 years at ECT) in turbomachinery controls with experience in applications, algorithm development, project engineering, sales, marketing, and management. He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from Iowa State University. He holds two patents in the area of compressor control.
Krishnan Narayanan, Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Krishnan Narayanan is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Energy Control Technologies (ECT) with 35 years of experience (20 years at CCC and 15 years at ECT). His novel multi-variable constraint solutions for turbomachinery systems have consistently resulted in CAPEX reductions of hundreds of millions USD to the Engineering & Procurement Companies (EPCs), enhanced machinery reliability, energy savings and production increase to Oil and Gas operating plants. He holds twenty-four US and European patents in new control methods and is a registered Professional Engineer with a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, an MS degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota, and an MBA from Iowa State University.
Nikhil Dukle, VP of Engineering
Nikhil Dukle is VP of Engineering at ECT. Prior to that he was with CCC for 12 years with his final position being Director of Vibration Business Unit. His experience includes industrial process control, simulation and modeling, and asset management. He has worked in field engineering, project engineering, product development, marketing research and analysis, and business-unit development. His specialties include product and project engineering, and commissioning of complex applications. Nikhil has engineered and commissioned over 200 turbomachinery control systems throughout the world. He has written and co-authored several technical articles and has one US patent. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering Poona (COEP) India, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Houston and an MBA from the University of Iowa.
Greg Johnson, Director of Product Development
Greg Johnson is Director of Product Development of Energy Control Technologies (ECT) with over 37 years of design experience in computer control of machines and processes (21 years with CCC and 15 years with ECT). He is an expert and a US Patent holder in fault-tolerant system design and high-reliability control systems. Greg is licensed as a Professional Engineer in the State of Iowa and holds a BS in electrical engineering and a MS in systems engineering both from Iowa State University of Science and Technology. Greg Johnson is actively engaged in the oil & gas industry and has served on numerous committees for the American Petroleum Institute, including API 670 (Machinery Protection Systems) and API 612 (Special Purpose Steam Turbines).
Paul Reinke, Manager of Software Development
Paul Reinke is Manager of Software Development at ECT. He has been with ECT since its inception in 2008 and manages controller software development and has implemented ECT algorithms on several PLC and DCS architectures. Prior to that, he was with CCC for 28 years with his final position being the Manager of Systems Services. Expertise includes control algorithm development, operating system construction, communication systems implementation, hardware systems, and field engineering. Paul Reinke holds three (3) patents in the area of process control systems, and has presented at industry technical conferences. He holds a BS degree in electrical engineering from the University of Iowa and completed graduate work in electrical engineering at Iowa State University.
Dan Cantrell, Manager of Project Engineering
Dan Cantrell is Manager of Project Engineering and is responsible for global execution of the project engineering group. He has been with ECT since its inception in 2008. Prior to that he was with CCC for 21 years with his final position being the Engineering Manager. His specialties include global project management and complex project system design. He also has experience developing systems engineering tools to streamline the engineering process. Dan has engineered and commissioned over one hundred turbomachinery control systems throughout the world. He holds a BS degree in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University.
PUT ECT TO WORK FOR YOU
Whether it’s a site survey to calculate an ROI for a retrofit or to help you with important design decisions on a new project, ECT is ready to support you on your next turbomachinery control system project. Call us today at (515) 223-1635 or email us at contactus@ectpac.com.
