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10 plant reliability engineering experts
These ten professionals have led reliability engineering for industrial plants and facilities inside the companies that operate them. A reader can learn how in-house reliability teams keep plant equipment running and decide where to focus improvement work.
Professionals to explore
01—10Blaine Prescott
LinkedInExperience: Reliability Manager - Ethylene Cracker · Dow
Reliability Manager - Ethylene Cracker at Dow since 2021. Other Dow roles include Senior Reliability Engineer - High Pressure LDPE (2018–2021), Lead Turnaround Reliability Engineer - Ethylene Cracker (2016–2018) and Fixed Equipment Maintenance Engineer - Ethylene Cracker (2013–2016).
Clint Grafelman, P.E., CMRP
LinkedInExperience: Reliability Manager - Bayport Polymers Plant · LyondellBasell
Reliability Manager - Bayport Polymers Plant at LyondellBasell since 2019, where the profile describes managing the plant's team of reliability and maintenance engineers. Former Reliability Superintendent at Rio Tinto (2013), where the profile describes managing the Copperton Concentrator Reliability team, and Principal Advisor - Reliability at Rio Tinto (2011–2013).
David Lehmann
LinkedInExperience: Reliability Manager · OneOK Partners
Reliability Manager at OneOK Partners since 2013. Other roles include Staff Reliability Engineer at BHP (2010–2013), Fixed Equipment Reliability Engineer at LyondellBasell (2008–2010), Inspection Supervisor at LyondellBasell (2007–2008) and Reliability Engineer at LyondellBasell (2004–2007).
Kalpesh Patel
LinkedInExperience: Director Regional Technical & Reliability · Suncor
Director Regional Technical & Reliability at Suncor since 2023. Other Suncor roles include Regional Engineering Manager (2017–2023), Manager, Reliability Engineering Extraction Primary (2016–2017) and Manager, Reliability Engineering Tailings & TRO (2013–2016).
Luiz Ventura
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Reliability Manager · Dow
Sr. Reliability Manager at Dow since 2017. The profile describes coordinating Dow's efforts to drive global reliability performance improvement by improving reliability engineering competencies, root cause investigation effectiveness, reliability strategies, the reliability engineering work process and reliability modeling. Global Reliability Engineer at Dow (2007–2011) is also listed.
Muralikrishna Arigonda
LinkedInExperience: Manager - Reliability, Condition Monitoring & Rotating Equipment · Chevron
Manager - Reliability, Condition Monitoring & Rotating Equipment at Chevron since 2026 and former Reliability Con Mon & Rotating Equipment Team Lead at Chevron (2025–2026). Technical Specialist - Reliability & Rotating Lead at Shell (2012–2025) is also listed.
Shahzeb Nasir
LinkedInExperience: Reliability Engineering Manager · Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
Reliability Engineering Manager at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company since 2025. The profile describes providing leadership for site reliability engineering programs supporting fixed equipment, rotating equipment, instrumentation and electrical systems across the Sweeny/Old Ocean manufacturing complex. Former Instrument, Electrical, & Controls Superintendent at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (2020–2025).
Sunil Kodiganti
LinkedInExperience: Manager IAEC Reliability · Valero
Manager IAEC Reliability at Valero since 2020 and former Control Systems Engineering Manager at Valero (2016–2020), where the profile describes managing priorities and directing activities of control systems, APC, PLC, instrument and analyzer work. The profile describes over two decades of O&G refinery experience in I/E, SIS and control systems.
Vinay Nihalani
LinkedInExperience: Reliability Engineering Manager · Saudi Chevron Phillips Co, Jubail Chevron Phillips Co & Saudi Polymers Company
Reliability Engineering Fellow at Chevron Phillips Chemicals International NV since 2026. Former Reliability Engineering Manager at Saudi Chevron Phillips Co, Jubail Chevron Phillips Co & Saudi Polymers Company (2023–2026). Principal Engineer, MI Work Processes at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (2017–2018) is also listed.
Zohaib Ali
LinkedInExperience: Reliability Manager · Dow
Reliability Manager at Dow since 2026. Other roles include Maintenance Manager at Dow (2024–2025), Senior Reliability Engineer at Dow (2022–2024), Senior Maintenance Reliability Engineer at Braskem (2019–2022) and Senior Reliability Engineer at Sasol (2016–2019).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's equipment focus to your problem, since rotating equipment, fixed equipment and instrumentation reliability call for different depth. Also consider whether you need someone who has run reliability for a single site or coordinated programs across many sites, and pick someone whose roles centered there.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide which equipment gets the most reliability attention at a plant?
- 02What does a good root cause analysis process look like, and how do you make sure the fixes stick?
- 03How do you split work between the reliability team and the maintenance team so nothing falls through the cracks?
Reaching plant reliability engineering experts
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