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SUMMARY:"A career in design" - Harry Claxton\, Technology Development Mana
 ger Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies
DTSTART:20150226T130000Z
DTEND:20150226T140000Z
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CONTACT:Elena Gonzalez
DESCRIPTION:Harry will tell about his own experience as Tech Development M
 anager at JM Davy Technologies and will be giving examples and sharing ane
 cdotes to try to give a sense of what a career in process design can be li
 ke and the challenges involved\, both technical and personal:\n\nTechnolog
 y Development - applying chemical engineering principles in development wo
 rk – the tools used\n\nProposals – optimising designs\, selling the be
 nefits and agreeing technical parts of the contract.\n\nBasic engineering 
 – the challenges of designing very large methanol plants with novel feat
 ures\n\nCommissioning Services – troubleshooting plant start-up\, workin
 g in foreign countries.\n\nManaging Technology – Managing risk\, managin
 g people\, driving improvements\n\nManaging New Technology Development –
  How to identify opportunities\, collaborating with other partners\n\nBIO:
 \nHarry Claxton matriculated in Downing College in 1992 and graduated with
  a MEng degree in 1996. He joined what was then called Davy Process Techno
 logies\, a licensor of petrochemical technologies\, based in Paddington. I
 n his early career he was involved in technology development\, basic engin
 eering\, and plant commissioning\, mostly in China\, where he learnt some 
 elementary mandarin before it became fashionable.  He was lead process eng
 ineer for the basic engineering of two methanol plants\, one in Iran and o
 ne in China.  In 2008 he became Technology Manager for a portfolio of syng
 as related technologies including Steam Reforming\, Methanol\, Substitute 
 Natural Gas and Fischer Tropsch diesel.  He was responsible for the techni
 cal content of proposals and projects\, initiating and managing technology
  developments\, resolving commissioning issues\, and managing a large grou
 p of process engineers.  In particular the unprecedented growth in large s
 cale methanol plants in China\, used in the new coal to olefins projects\,
  kept him busy managing proposal output and negotiating the technical part
 s of the contracts.  After 5 years and numerous trips to China\, he became
  a Technology Development Manager\, identifying and analysing new opportun
 ities and developing new process technologies.  Along the way he has picke
 d up an MBA by distance learning\, and has interests in managing risk and 
 fostering innovation.  The company he joined has had several owners over t
 he years\, including a Russian oligarch\, but is now owned by Johnson Matt
 hey giving the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues in different par
 ts of the organisation. He is still based in Paddington and lives in West 
 London.  Expect some example of process engineering issues on plant start-
 ups\, and the odd travel anecdote.
LOCATION:Dept Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology\, Pembroke St\, New M
 useums Site\, Shell Building\, Lecture Theatre 1
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