2024 Schedule
Shutdown, Turnaround & Outage (STO) Training & Certification Survey Results and Status Update Presenter: Ron Bettin
President & Principal Consultant, Adduco Consulting
Co-presenter:
Frank Engli Regional Group Lead – Canada for Becht’s Reliability, Maintenance, Turnarounds and Capital Projects Group Description:
This session will include the PEMAC STO (shutdown, turnaround, outages) survey results and Update; a panel discussion of STO subject matter experts; and an opportunity for attendee input. In Q1 of 2024, PEMAC surveyed its members for input on the potential development of an STO Management Training & Certification Program. This session will share an overview of the findings and status update, including alignment with PEMAC’s vision and mission; extent and scale of STO events in the industry sectors represented by PEMAC members; current landscape of STO management training and certification; industry needs and requirements for STO management training and certification; PEMAC STO Management Training & Certification cost-benefit assessment; and the status of PEMAC’s STO Management Training & Certification initiative. The panel discussion will consider the following: How do the STO survey findings reflect the requirements for STO in your industry sector? How would effective STO management training provide value to your industry sector? What do you feel are the most important training requirements for STO management? If PEMAC developed an STO Management Training & Certification Program, what could be done to make this successful? About the Presenter:
Ron Bettin is a respected industry executive and business leader. With a vibrant entrepreneurial spirit, he is the co-founder of several companies, including two energy companies. Cross-functional business and technology understanding gives Bettin a unique perspective to help companies grow and transform. As a leader, Bettin provides strategic business and project management skills to fill leadership gaps from small start-ups to large organizations. He is a graduate of Queen’s University Executive MBA, SAIT’s Industrial Engineering Technology (Operations Management), and a Second-Class Power Engineer. He has studied at the China Europe International Business School in Shanghai and is a Prosci® Certified Change Practitioner. Earlier in his career, he was actively involved with PEMAC, helping to establish the Alberta Chapter and proactively encouraging those he worked with to engage in the MMP program. He was the 2007 winner of the PEMAC Sergio Guy Memorial Award and continues to offer support by maintaining his PEMAC membership.  About the Co-presenter: Frank Engli, P.Eng., is the Regional Group Lead – Canada for Becht’s Reliability, Maintenance, Turnarounds, and Capital Projects Group and resides in Edmonton, Alta.
Engli has over 40 years of experience working in operation settings at six different sites across Canada on project, maintenance, HSSE and turnaround management, and continuous improvement processes in the energy, refinery, and petrochemical industry. He has extensive expertise in solving site problems and a proven track record to implement change and create sustaining management programs and processes, including improved business controls, practices, and contracts management.
Engli has also built a strong network across North America with external clients, competitors, contractors, and building trades and is a sought-after speaker at Canadian and international turnaround and maintenance conferences, webinars, and podcasts. Engli has engineering and business degrees: BASc. (Windsor), M.Eng. (Toronto), and MBA (Saint Mary’s), and he is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt practitioner. He is a licensed engineer in the provinces of Alberta and Ontario.
He is a global specialty consulting provider in the energy industry, focused on helping clients succeed. Engli engages world-class experts in providing multidisciplinary solutions in engineering and plant services.
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