Chris currently serves as Refinery Process Control Lead at Cargill where he oversees process control applications for the company’s oil refineries globally. He has nearly 20 years of experience in process systems engineering and process control, having worked with mineral refining, metals trading, agfood processing, and biological control systems. During his career with Cargill, Chris has developed best-practice control strategies for standardizing Vegetable Oil Processing Operations across the company’s global fleet of oil refineries. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical and Process Engineering from University of the West Indies. He was awarded both Masters and Doctoral degrees in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic and State University.