Digitalization in refineries: A strategic roadmap for operational excellence—Part 1

Jeannie Gardner is the Global Leader of Digital and Asset Transformation at KBC Advanced Technologies, A Yokogawa Company. She has more than 20 yr of experience in the oil refining and petrochemicals industries. In her role, she focuses on delivering a comprehensive digital and asset transformation strategy for customers worldwide. Before joining KBC, Gardner spent 16 yr at Shell as a business operations leader. She is an expert in large-scale business and digital transformation, and has been instrumental in delivering digital transformation, process optimization and standardization projects, and business strategies to drive optimal business outcomes that have resulted in revenue acceleration and cost reduction.

Andrew McMullan is the Global Digital Business Line Leader at KBC Advanced Technologies, A Yokogawa Company. He has more than 30 yr of process industries experience. In his role, he is responsible for global sales and commercial aspects of KBC’s Digital business line. Before joining KBC, McMullan was a technical consultant specializing in energy system integration and was a founding partner of a technology and consulting business. His team works with customers to deliver value from their digitalization and digital transformation initiatives by leveraging KBC’s cloud delivery, simulation technology and consulting expertise.