Quantum leap in chemical plant safety and reliability through mobile technology

Arunkumar Murugan is the Director of Software Engineering at Fitiri. He has an extensive background in software engineering and in developing solutions to automate and augment personnel at their work environment. After joining Fitiri, he has been involved in interacting with ammonia plant operators, supervisors and managers, as well as in the development of PlantMS, a comprehensive plant operations management solution. Mr. Murugan earned a Bch degree in information technology from Anna University in India.

Venkat Pattabathula is the Principal Consultant at SVP Chemical Plant Services. Prior to this position, he was the global ammonia technology manager for Incitec Pivot Ltd., where he supported manufacturing facilities in Australia and North America. His specialties include process design, project development, commissioning, plant operation, process safety management and manufacturing excellence programs. Mr. Pattabathula has been a member of AIChE since 1989, and has been an elected member of the Ammonia Safety Committee of AIChE since 2005. He is a chartered professional engineer of Engineers Australia and a registered professional engineer of Queensland. Mr. Pattabathula earned an MTech degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.