The Becht Team
LaKeshia Taylor
Global Reliability Group Lead
LaKeshia Taylor is the Global Reliability Group Lead at Becht, where she leads teams of engineers and subject matter experts supporting the refining, petrochemical, and chemical industries. With over 20 years of experience in reliability and maintenance engineering, her work spans both fixed and rotating equipment, with an emphasis on asset integrity, risk management, and operational reliability. She works with owner-operators to improve the reliability and performance of their assets by helping identify risks, strengthen operating strategies, and address underlying causes of equipment and system failures. She also works extensively with aboveground storage tank owners on risk assessments, program optimization, and regulatory compliance.
LaKeshia is a former Fellow in Energy Law and Regulation at Tulane Law School, where she completed the program with a focus on the intersection of energy and environmental policy, regulation, and industry practice. She is an active member of multiple API committees and task forces, contributing to the development of industry standards and best practices in asset integrity, reliability, and mechanical integrity. Prior to her consulting career, she held technical and leadership roles in plant operations, leading cross-functional teams and delivering sustained improvements in asset performance and project execution.
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- Capital Projects
- Corporate
- Corrosion Materials and Integrity
- Digital Solutions
- Electrical Instrumentation and Controls
- Engineering Standards
- Fired Heater Services
- Leadership
- Learning and Development
- Machinery
- Mechanical Engineering
- Process Engineering
- Strategic Business Planning
- Turnaround Maintenance and Reliability
- Corporate
Maureen Brody
Training Lead – Private Training & Curriculum Development, Becht Learning & Development Division
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