Udayan Vyas
Position: Emerging Technology Strategist, Chevron
Udayan Vyas is an Emerging Technology Strategist within Chevron’s Energy Technology Company. Within this role he is responsible for driving technology innovation and digital transformation initiatives across the enterprise. Udayan’s career with Chevron started in 2008 and has included numerous roles within various functions. These previous roles include serving as an operations lead in Enterprise e-Discovery, Technical Lead in Upstream Workflow Transformation as well as the Technology Architect driving the design and creation of Chevron’s first (RDOC) and second generation (DSC) Real-Time Digital Unified Workspaces and monitoring centers dedicated to drilling process safety. Udayan is passionate about leveraging technology to drive operational and performance improvements across the enterprise. A native of Texas, Udayan received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Science, Master’s Degree in Management Information Systems and an MBA from Texas A&M University - Mays College of Business. He is lean six sigma certified and holds an MS certificate in Project Management from George Washington University.
Gerco van den Brink
Position: Digitalisation Transformation Lead, Shell – Pernis & Moerdijk
Digital Lead Pernis & Moerdijk
Accountable for the digital transformation journey of the Pernis Refinery and the Moerdijk Chemical Plant. Utilizing the latest technology developments to change our work processes, ways of working and eventually products, transforming our sites to a new era. Have been working for >10 years within Shell across Upstream & Downstream assets, mainly in Maintenance, Turnaround & Reliability roles in the past.
Summary of both sites:
Shell Pernis is the biggest refinery in Europe and one of the largest in the world, over 1000+ soccer field large with more than 160.000 kilometres of pipelines. Around 60 different units create oil and base chemical products on the base of different crude oils. Shell Moerdijk is one of the largest Chemical Plant in the Netherlands and Europe. With the help of complex processes, we create base chemicals. A large part of the raw materials are delivered via underground pipelines from Pernis. The core of our factory is the ethylene cracker, which results in most of our created products.
