Osvaldo A Bascur Author

Osvaldo A. Bascur received his BS in chemical engineering and BS in metallurgical engineering from the University of Concepcion, Chile and a PhD in metallurgical engineering from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. He was a process control engineer working for Duval Corporation, Tucson, Arizona (now Freeport-McMoRan). He was transferred to Pennzoil Company in Houston, Texas, where he worked as a staff engineer in the process-engineering department. He was a principal for more than 25 years at OSIsoft LLC. He is currently Principal Digital Transformation for OSB Digital, LLC and Seeq Advanced Analytics consultant. He received the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) 2013 A. Gaudin Award. His current focus is the integration of sensor data for operating intelligence and asset and energy optimization. His work includes consulting for the process industries and preparing academic lectures in process analysis and predictive analytics. Dr. Bascur is a member of SME, Association for Iron and Steel Technology (AIST), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing (MMM).

Jim O’Rourke is an academic principal with OSIsoft LLC residing in Houston, Texas. He is responsible for OSIsoft’s strategic relationships with many universities in the United States. Jim also identifies and develops key alliances with commercial companies and consortia in the academic space. Jim has been with OSIsoft for 22 years. Prior to his current academic role, he was responsible for power and utility sales and business development in Texas; Sales Director in Russia and the CIS States for two years; and U.S. Federal Partner Manager for three years. Prior to joining OSIsoft, Jim worked at Biles & Associates, first in software development and project deployment, then in sales and business development. He is a graduate of New Jersey Institute of Technology.