Mr. Russell (“Russ”) E. Kawai, BASc. P. Eng. Is Principal Process Safety Engineer with PSRG and has more than 30 years of international experience in natural gas, petroleum refining, olefins, ammonia/urea, methanol, mining and steel plants. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario, Canada and holds degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Waterloo (Canada). He is based near Toronto. Russell has invaluable skills and ability to quickly understand the operation and control of any manufacturing operation through engineering and PHA facilitation experience with a diverse group of production facilities using a variety of techniques (e.g., What If, HAZOP, LOPA, FTA, FMEA). He is an innovative, detail-oriented Professional Engineer and Problem Solver with years of engineering experience and learnings in Process Safety, Risk Management, Process Engineering, Manufacturing Improvement, and Quality Management in North America, Australia, China, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Trinidad, and other countries. In addition to his PHA/LOPA experience, he is a Certified Root Cause Analysis (RCA) Facilitator, ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, and Six Sigma Black Belt.