Author: Mike Bober

Mr. Bober is an Advisor in the Becht Performance Group, focused on recommending effective technical and operational training to clients worldwide. Mr. Bober holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Newark College of Engineering (now the New Jersey Institute of Technology). He served as a Process Engineer, Project Developer, Economist, and Manager at Exxon’s Bayway Refinery for twelve years. He then joined Mobil Research and Development as an FCC Specialist. He managed technical training for Mobil Engineering, worldwide, until Exxon and Mobil merged in 2000. From this point, he managed worldwide technical training for ExxonMobil Research and Engineering and then retired from managing the Technical Portfolio for ExxonMobil’s Global Manufacturing Training initiative – with a combined service of 37 years to the two companies.

Your Most Important Employee – at 2 o’clock in the Morning

By: Mike Bober Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Technical Training

Just another late night shift. Just like it’s been many times before. Tough to stay focused when everything is carving straight lines. And then the alarms start. Things go south – REALLY south. The board operator has seen this before. They recognize the pattern – the “footprint” – of the alarms and the problem and […]

Five Reasons Why Your Training Program Will Fail

By: Mike Bober Monday, August 5, 2019

Training & Mentoring

Good training is something that we know is necessary. In light of Industry’s aging demographics and retiring experience, we need good training to carry us successfully into the future. As technology evolves more quickly and changes almost daily, we need good training to help us to wring the last dollar out of our constant upgrades […]

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