Rio Pipeline 2017

Academic Background
M.Ba., Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Brazil, 2001
Ph.D. Engineering, University of Reading, UK, 1992
Inspection Engineering, Petrobras University, 1977
B.S., Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Instituto Militar de Engenharia, Brazil, 1976
Employment History
Senior Staff Consultant, Stress Engineering Services Inc., Feb. 2011 – Present
Senior Consultant, Petrobras, 2007 – 2010
Manager of Transportation Technology R&D Program (PROTRAN), Petrobras R&D, 2005-2007
Manager of Materials Technology Section, Petrobras R&D, 1996-2005
Staff Engineer, Petrobras R&D, 1979-1996
Equipment Engineer, Petrobras E&P, 1977- 1979
Specialized Professional Competence
Stress analysis and integrity management of pipelines; fatigue design; stress analysis of structures and pressure vessels; failure analysis; integrity management of floating structures; design criteria, installation and integrity management of mooring systems; mooring systems incorporating fiber ropes; use of fiber ropes for lifting and offshore operations.

Darron Phillips – Mr. Phillips has served various engineering, project, and testing management roles with Oil States Industries, Inc. over the past 25 years. He is currently Senior Project Manager, and managed the flexible joint products deliveries for two pre-Salt rigid riser projects. Mr. Phillips is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and of the University of Dallas, holding degrees in mechanical engineering and business management. Mr. Phillips is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas, U. S.

Cliff Johnson joined Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI) in September 2010 as President. He has overseen the creation of the new PRCI Technology Development Center (TDC) in Houston, Texas, which opened in 2015. The TDC will be a cornerstone for PRCI research and deployment for key solutions for the pipeline industry. As President, he has been able to grow PRCI membership by 20%. Today PRCI represents over 60% of the world’s transmission pipeline mileage.

Prior to joining to PRCI, Mr. Johnson spent 13 years at NACE International, where he has held a variety of positions during his career. His most recent position was as NACE’s Director of Public Affairs where he led NACE’s legislative initiatives.

Mr. Johnson earned his Master of Public Affairs from the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Austin College in Sherman, Texas. He has obtained his Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation and is active in the America Society of Association Executives.

He currently lives with his wife, Courtney, and 5 children (Emma, Oleg, Vivian, Lena, and Hana) in Centreville, Va.

Dr. Guerrero is a mechanical engineer who assists and guides corporations globally with their technology development needs. Dr. Guerrero has worked in research and development (R&D) and business development for several years in diverse companies such as Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, MA; Schlumberger Research (SLB) in Houston, TX and Cambridge, MA; and FIAT-IVECO in Torino Italy. Dr. Guerrero's technical expertise includes analyzing, designing, and developing mechanical systems, including those for harsh and extreme conditions. He has extensive experience with the energy and oil and gas industries and is an owner of over 20 mechanical system patents worldwide. Dr. Guerrero earned his master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and was awarded the Honorary Doctoral degree from Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería in Lima-Peru in 2015. In 2014, he became a member of the Pan-American Academy of Engineering (32 countries). He was the 2015-2016 President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), an organization of almost 140,000 engineers in 150 countries.

Since 2003, Dr. Guerrero has collaborated with MIT professors, graduate students, and WHOI researchers and lectured in engineering at MIT. He developed applications for Draper Laboratory’s technological capabilities and assets in the energy industry, including oil and gas exploration and the nuclear industry. Dr. Guerrero served as a principal research scientist at SLB, where he helped develop robots to convey equipment in horizontal oil and gas wells. He also established numerous research collaborations with professors and students from universities and research centers around the world and led the 2,400-member SLB/Eureka Mechanical Engineering Community in 3 continents and all SLB engineering centers for 5 years.

He is fluent in several languages, and loves skiing and swimming, history, economics, and Renaissance Italian art.

John Browne (Lord Browne of Madingley) was CEO of BP from 1995–2007, where he built a reputation as a visionary leader, transforming BP into one of the world‘s largest companies. He was president of the Royal Academy of Engineering, is a fellow of the Royal Society, a foreign member of the US Academy of Arts and Sciences, and chairman of the trustees of the Tate Galleries. He holds degrees from Cambridge and Stanford universities, was knighted in 1998, and made a life peer in 2001. He is now the Executive Chairman of L1 Energy, an oil and gas investment company controlled by the Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman, through Alfa Group.