Ayman Cheta
MMI Engineering Lead
Shell
2025 Steering Committee
Meet Valve World Americas’ 2025 Steering Committee
Wojciech Zmudzinski, Principal Engineer – Valves – BP
Ed Edgar, Technical Sales Manager – SLB
Kees Meliefste, Senior Instrumentation Specialist – Dow Chemical
George Garcia, Technical Sales – Transmission and Storage Valves – SLB
Amaro Bustamante, Mechanical Engineer – Aramco Services
Bill Patrick, Global Improvement Leader – Piping – Dow Chemical Company
Carlo De Bernardi, Staff Valve Engineer – Global Production, ConocoPhillips
Claire Dwyer, Piping Material Engineer – Fluor Corporation
Courtney Rau, Global Project Materials Management – Chevron
Chris Conrad, Karachaganak (KPO) Engineering – Piping and Valve Technical Authority – Chevron
Nick Tran, Senior Manager ESG – SLB
Carlos Pagan-Gutierrez, Program Lead Piping Materials Engineer – Worley
Salvatore Cimorelli, Principal Scientist – DuPont
Laurent Pefferkorn, Executive Vice President, Project SBU – Velan
Patrick Thrash, Senior Manager, Production and Operations Procurement Services Discipline – BP
Gobind Khiani, Fellow-Piping/Pipelines Consultant – Enbridge
Bronson Pate, Client Relationship Manager – TRICORD Consulting
Andreas Vogt, President & CEO – F.I.R.S.T. GmbH
Luke Chou, President – ValveHax
Aneta Stephens, Director of Global Marketing – Crane Co., ChemPharma, Energy, Nuclear, & Water
Bill Lanning, Product Manager – WOM Inc.
Bob Donnelly, Vice President of Business Development – Flo-Tite Valves & Controls
Bob Michael, VP of Quality & Product Compliance – Neway Valve
Andrés Tobacia, Founder – Anything Flows
Greg Johnson, CEO – United Valve
Carlos Davila, Product Manager – Crane Fluid Handling
Luke Chou, President – ValveHax
Brindesh Dhruva, Chief Marketing and Technology Officer – Bray International Inc.
Chance Russo, Sales & Marketing Manager – Sesto Valves
Chris Day, President – Teadit North Americas
Chuck Mohelsky, Piping Project Lead – McDermott
Tim Goedeker, Senior Regulatory Advisor/Professional – TRICORD Consulting
Elaine Michael, Vice President Marketing – MRC Global
Naomi Jabbari, Heat Transfer EngineerS & B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd.
Foster Voelker II, Director of International Operations – Williams Valve
Fred Schweighardt, National Projects Leader – Airgas, an Air Liquide company
Gilbert Alonzo, Consultant – Mechanical Engineer and Valve SME
Carlos Girão, R&D Director – Teadit Group; CEO
Greg Peterson, Vice President of Valves Actuation Measurement Instrumentation – MRC Global
Dr. Gregor Gaida, Owner – Dr.Gaida Planungsbüro
Martin Ryan, Principal Engineer – Covestro
Matt Hartfiel, Vice President Downstream, Industrial and Energy Transition. MRC Global
Michael O’Quinn, President & CEO – International Standard Valve
Rodney Roth, Managing Director – RFS Compliance Solutions
Sam Davis, Founder & President – RFS Compliance Solutions
Euthymios Euthymiou, Subsea and Industrial Valves Consultant
Rajan Hingoraney, President – Intervalve Inc.
Robbie Riggs, Vice President of Sales & Marketing – Teadit North America
Sara Alford, President – Newmans Valve/PVF Roundtable President
Ron Frisard, Manager of Global Training – A.W. Chesterton Company/Gasketing Division Chairman – Fluid Sealing Association
Alexander Koifman, Owner – AK Consultants (USA)
Todd Harrison, Regional Sales Director, Valmet Flow Control
Kerry Millen, Senior Principal Process Engineer – Saint-Gobain
Scott Moreland, President of Sales – Quadax Valves, Inc
Steve Thomas, Vice President of Valve Products & Southwest Region Business Development – Bonney Forge Corporation
Kyle Rayhill, Regional Sales Director, Valmet Flow Control
Tom Harfield, Sales Manager – Sunbelt Supply
Warren Montgomery, Global Product Line Manager – Packing and Gasketing – A.W. Chesterton/Fluid Sealing Association