HUMAN CENTER SOLUTIONS - Key Persons


Charles Bloom

Job Titles:
  • Senior Partner With over Thirty Years of Experience in Research, Development and Deployment of Advanced Technology in Complex Human - Machine Systems
Expertise in applying human factors in staffing assessment, control building design, task analysis, knowledge modeling, user interface design, training systems, and job aids.

Dal Vernon Reising

Job Titles:
  • Senior Partner
Senior Partner with over fifteen years of experience in assessment, design, implementation, and research in the process industries including refining, petrochemical, and power generation. Expertise in human factors for process control, specializing in HMI design, control building design, console workstation design, operations practice assessment, and staffing assessment.

Jamie Errington

Job Titles:
  • Senior Partner With over Twenty - Five Years Experience in the Field of Plant and Project Engineering
Expertise in alarm management, user interface design, training programs, use of dynamic simulators, procedure system design, advanced process control and control building design. Former Senior Process Control Engineer and Project Lead at a major chemical company (NOVA Chemicals) where he has led and executed advanced process control, control system upgrade and abnormal situation management (ASM) related projects in world-scale ethylene (3), polyethylene (3), styrene, polystyrene, methanol and polypropylene plants in Canada and US. (1981-2003)

John Craik

Job Titles:
  • Partner With over Twenty - Five Years Experience in Plant Operations, Operations Management, and Personnel Management
Expertise in safe, reliable, efficient plant performance with extensive experience in all aspects of plant operations from control room and field activities during normal, abnormal and emergencies situations to the design and implementation of management systems that support effective personnel performance.

Michael Mueller

Job Titles:
  • Associate Partner With over Fifteen Years of Oil & Gas and Petrochemicals Experience in Plant and Project Engineering and Field Operations Supervision
Expertise in applying human factors principles and methodologies spans operator interface design, workplace design, alarm management, and operations staffing. Former Lead Process Control Specialist (INEOS), Senior Control System Specialist (LyondellBasell), and Process Control Specialist (Aux Sable Liquid Products) where he led and executed control system upgrade projects, safety-instrumented system implementation projects, DCS HMI design projects, and supported day-to-day operations in various petrochemical manufacturing plants in US. (2007-2023)

Rich McLain

Job Titles:
  • Senior Partner With over Fifteen Years of Experience in Research, Development and Deployment of Advanced Technology in Process Control and Project Engineering
Expertise in plant operations and applications development including operator interface design, procedure automation, advanced control, staffing, alarm management, and abnormal detection technology.

Tim DeMaere

Job Titles:
  • Senior Partner