May 24, 2005, Houston, Texas.
AcuTech, a global leader in process safety and
security risk management consulting, training, and software
services, is pleased to announce the opening of our newest
office in Houston, Texas. Conveniently located in the Westchase
area near Houston’s Energy Corridor, with easy access from Bush
and Hobby airports, downtown Houston, Galleria area, and Houston
Ship Channel, our address is:
AcuTech Consulting Group
Chemetica, Inc.
2500 CityWest Blvd, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77042 USA
Tel: +1-713-267-2293
Fax: +1-832-553-7560
djones@acutech-consulting.com
AcuTech has appointed David A. Jones as Manager, Houston
Operations and a member of its Senior Management Team. Mr.
Jones
has thirty years of technical and management
experience involving health, safety and environmental quality
management and consulting; engineering and construction
services; advanced technology products; and chemical
manufacturing operations.
An OSHA Certified Safety and Health Official (CSHO) for both
General Industry and Construction, Mr. Jones has a Bachelor of
Science (B.S.) in Chemical Engineering from the University of
South Florida and is currently working towards his a Master of
Public Health (M.P.H.) in Occupational Health & Safety
Management at Tulane University.
Since 1987,
Mr. Jones has directed projects and activities for health,
safety, environmental quality (HSEQ) management, process safety
and security risk management, and reliability in the following
industries: energy; marine and offshore/onshore oil & gas
production and processing; petrochemicals; specialty chemicals;
industrial gases; pharmaceuticals; food & beverage;
transportation; retail.
In addition to directing the Houston operations, Mr. Jones
serves as a Sr. Principal Consultant for AcuTech Consulting
Group and a Senior Instructor for the AcuTech Training
Institute. He specializes in the design, development,
implementation and auditing of management systems for
continually improving performance in process safety and security
risk management, occupational health and safety, environmental,
and quality.
Prior to joining Acutech, Mr. Jones worked for seven years with
FMC Technologies Inc., recently named the nation’s “Most Admired
Oil and Gas Equipment/Services” company, ranking first in its
industry in FORTUNE magazine’s annual list of “America’s Most
Admired Companies.” As Director of Health, Safety & Environment
for the FMC SOFEC Floating Systems division (a supplier of
turret mooring systems for FPSO/FSO installations and CALM
buoys), he directed corporate and project HSE activities for
both process/product safety assurance and operational safety
assurance for the engineering design, construction and
installation of floating production systems.
Mr. Jones previously held senior management and technical
positions with ABS, DNV, Primatech, Simulation Sciences,
Chemshare, Ethyl Corporation, and The Clorox Company.
Under the leadership of Mr. Jones and with support from its
headquarters in San Francisco and other offices in Princeton and
Washington, DC, AcuTech will establish a full-service operations
team in Houston. Our goal is to expand our existing customer
base for consulting, training, and software services to better
serve the growing demands and needs for engineering,
construction, and operations in the energy, petrochemical,
transportation, healthcare and other process industries based
in the Gulf Coast and operating worldwide.
