The Becht Team

Katherine (Katie) Taylor
Vice President of Engineering
Katherine (Katie) Taylor is a Chemical Engineer with over 10 years of experience in the refining industry. Her career has included process engineering, reliability engineering, operations supervision, site incident investigation lead and trainer, and mechanical design and repairs. She has led dozens of TapRoot and Why-Tree high priority incident investigations, including process safety releases and serious injuries. With a human performance/high reliability organization mindset, she excels at organizing subject matter expert knowledge to solve plant challenges.
Katie holds a BS degree in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Maureen Brody
Training Lead – Private Training & Curriculum Development, Becht Learning & Development Division
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Hearl Mead, Jr
Refining Metallurgical & Corrosion Engineer & Asset Integrity Management Expert
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Paul Southerland
Project Manager - Fixed Equipment, Mechanical Integrity, and Reliability Engineering
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