Amit Ashok Patil

• Company Overview: Sigma Aldrich Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. (a subsidiary of Merck KGaA).
• Offshore Service Delivery (GMP, Non-GMP Data Historians), Qualification Owner for GMP systems, Solution and Project Implementation support, System Architect, and Subject Matter Expert for IT/OT integrations involving PI and Kepware as middleware.
• Solution and project implementation support, system architect, and subject matter expert for IT/OT integrations involving PI and Kepware as middleware.
• Integration of Data Historian with the Uptimize platform on AWS for advanced analytics.

• Offshore Project Delivery, Capability Building, Solution, and Proposals Support, and Resource Fulfillment.
• Project: Operations Data Store and Operations Event Repository Implementation for an Australia-based integrated energy client (Nov 2021 - Sep 2022).
• Responsibilities: PI SME and offshore technical delivery, enterprise architecture design (AWS), AWS resource provisioning and configuration, PI system setup in the cloud, and integration with site interfaces and other sources (RDBMS), PI AF, Vision installation and configuration, PI EventFrames and notification configuration, 10 years of data backfilling from PHD, and integration with Hexagon J5 and hydrocarbon accounting application.

• OSI PI implementation, support, and consulting projects for multiple oil and gas major clients (deputed at client locations in APAC, Europe and North America).
• OSI PI on-premises to cloud migration.
• PI custom solutions development using PI and AF SDK (VB.Net-based application UI and services).
• PI COE support for proposals and solutioning.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Field Services group sales team for technical evaluation.
• Provide products training to system integrators across India.
• Provide technical support to system integrators during project implementation.
• Prepare and circulate technical documents on product configuration.

• Role: System Engineer (Remote Automation Solutions).
• Responsibilities: Application development, implementation, and testing for RTU, SCADA, and PI projects.
• Key projects: Kuwait Oil Company - Sabriyah Oil Fields Fischer RTU SCADA Project (Kuwait) (Aug 2010 to Nov 2010).
• Responsibilities: Fischer RTU configuration, testing, and commissioning in Kuwait; OSI PI system integration with Bristol OE SCADA on the OPC DA interface.
• Configuration of the Bristol OPC server, configuration of the OSI PI historian server installed by the KOC IT group, PI OPC DA, Modbus interface configuration, and PI points creation.
• Saudi Arabian Oil Company - Safaniya GOSP-4 SCADA (Emerson, UK) (Mar 2010 to May 2010).
• Responsibilities: SCADA displays generation and testing, OPC tag configuration, linking and testing for Safaniyah GOSP-4 production platforms and TP-19 platform, OSI PI system integration with Bristol OE SCADA on OPC DA interface, installation and configuration of OSI PI historian server, PI point creation, PI OPC DA interface configuration, UNIINT phase-2 failover configuration for interface nodes, and buffering configuration for PI interface node, factory acceptance test at Worcester, UK.

• Role: Project Engineer (Terminal Automation Systems).
• Responsibilities: PLC and SCADA application engineering for terminal automation systems, HDM, FDS preparation, and assistance in detailed engineering, PLC SCADA application engineering, commissioning and testing of PLCs and batch controllers, third-party device integration (MODBUS), and OPC integration.
• Systems Handled: Honeywell Experion PKS / HS system, Safety Manager System, Honeywell ML200 R PLC, Honeywell DVM, and GE Fanuc Series 90 PLC.
• Key projects: HPCL 10 TAS (White Oil terminal automation), BPCL Uran (LPG terminal automation), BPCL Mahul (Bitumen loading automation), IOC Guwahati Refinery LPG loading terminal automation, GAPL Mundra (White Oil terminal automation), HPCL Wadala (White Oil terminal automation), Mundra-Delhi Pipeline (White Oil), BPCL Beena Refinery Marketing terminal, and LPG Safety system.