Lino Carrillo

He is a chemical engineer from the University of Oklahoma who specializes in optimizing plant operations by focusing on increasing revenues, identifying business levers to optimize cost, while maximizing production from existing assets.

Started his career in the oil refining industry working for PDVSA for the second largest refinery in the country, where he steadily grew in the organizational ladder. During 17 years, he worked at the Cardon refinery in its processing plants and service facilities in multiple technical, operational, and project roles until he became the general manager of operations. At this point, he was invited by PDVSA’s JV partners participating in a multi-billion-dollar project as the commissioning/startup general manager, to later moving to the corporate office where he led the new business development and strategic planning group of the downstream division of the company.

In 2004, he moved to Canada where he has worked for the oil & gas industry for the last 12 years. He has successfully performed different roles from director of reliability engineering for the largest oil company in Canada, to general manager of business and operations, implementing significant cost-saving plans and changes, as well as achieving a more reliable production.

Throughout his career in PDVSA he was trained and then he coached all his teams on the concepts of total quality management, lean manufacturing, effective leadership, managing change and the benefits of these on successful operations and teams. These he has successfully applied in Canadian operations with quantifiable success.

Areas of expertise:

Sustainable Plant Operations | Strategic Business Plans | Market Opportunities | Capital Projects | Plant Engineering | Regulatory Compliance | Best in Class Performance | Budgeting & Cost Reduction | Change Management