SERVICES Strategic Consulting and Industry Advisory Services Technology Assessment PRISM™ Industry Modeling and Database INDUSTRIES Petroleum Refining EXPERIENCE Operations/Maintenance LP/Planning Practice PRISM Data or Analysis EDUCATION Kansas State University, B.S. Chemical Engineering (2009) CURTIS J. RUDER Consultant CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Curtis offers experience in petroleum refining, including operations support, process engineering, economics, and planning. Presently, his responsibilities are to support our PRISM™ client base. During his tenure as a Process Engineer starting at CHS and continuing at Flint Hills Resources, Curtis has provided technical support for saturated gas plants, FCC, fixed bed cumene alkylation, and crude distillation units. His experience in this function includes process unit support, safety relief system analysis, refinery-wide turnaround support, and unit process modeling. After transferring to the Economics and Planning function, Curtis gained experience in LP model calibration for all conversion units and hydrotreaters, blending optimization efforts, metrics development and implementation, component supply and distribution optimization, and automation of the dynamic component balance models using VBA coding. PREVIOUS POSITIONS 2012-2017: Flint Hills Resources Refinery, Economics and Planning Gasoline Blending Planner Economics and Planning LP Model Development Planner Strategic Reliability Engineer Process Engineer 2009-2012: NCRA Refinery (CHS Inc.) Process Engineer