Ramakrishnan Iyer

Background

About Ramakrishnan Iyer

Senior engineering executive with over 30 years of experience with design, engineering, scale-up and commercialization of chemical plants and refinery units. Experience with complex projects, multi-geographical teams and executing large projects from concept to commissioning. • Ph.D in Chemical engineering from UDCT (Mumbai) with a focus on modeling, simulation and optimization of solid catalyzed gas phase reactions. • High proficiency with design engineering, thermodynamic modeling, reaction kinetics, development of process correlation models, design and scale up of thermal reactors and distillation systems. • Accomplished scale up engineering expert - have successfully scaled several projects from research to commercialization (~100 X). Expertise with design modeling and simulation using software such as Aspen Plus, Design II, PRO II, HTFS etc. • Deft in project management activities including planning, scope management, engineering design, cost estimation, resource administration, hiring, project tracking and completion of project within specified time and cost parameters. • Extensive experience with commissioning and operation of petrochemical plants, modeling of refinery plants and advanced process control (APC) in delayed coker, carbon black, aluminum smelter, hydrogen plant, crude unit and feasibility studies and proposals for APC for FCC, methanol plant, BPA, Chloromethanes, VCM, Formaldehyde, DAP etc. • Effective communicator with excellent relationship management and negotiation skills, equally at ease with large co setups as with small, driven startups. • A go-getter with keen insight of motivational behavior - I lead my team forward with a can-do, will-do attitude.