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Webinar Recording: Strategy, Tactics, and Tools for the Safety Lifecycle

 

This ISA co-hosted webinar was presented by Stephen Thomas, P.E., a safety engineer with Uber and formerly a safety instrumented systems engineering lead with Chevron Global Manufacturing, and Alaric Durkan, MBA, a consultant with PULSE and formerly project manager at Mangan Software Solutions.

 

In this webinar, learn how one manufacturing organization approached the challenge of implementing and complying with the ISA-84 safety lifecycle in existing facilities by adopting new management practices and software tools. What problems did they encounter? What key wins are expected, or have been realized, from the effort? Topics covered include:

  • Organizational Readiness
  • Safety Function Evaluation and Approval Processes
  • Standardized SIS (safety instrumented systems) Testing
  • Safety Lifecycle Software Tools

Two of the industry’s top process safety and change management experts share their insights in this co-hosted ISA webinar.           

About the Presenter
Stephen Thomas, P.E., is a system safety engineer with Uber. He formerly was a safety instrumented systems engineering lead with Chevron Global Manufacturing.

 

Connect with Stephen
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About the Presenter
Alaric Durkan, MBA, is an R&D consultant with PULSE. He formerly was a project manager at Mangan Software Solutions and a product manager with Rolls-Royce.

 

Connect with Alaric
LinkedIn

 


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