R. James Johnson

The Becht Team

James Johnsom

R. James Johnson

Engineer - Metallurgy and Materials

James Johnson comes from Stress Engineering Services (SES) where he managed and worked on a wide range of projects that include metallurgical support for fitness-for-service activities, fitness-for-service assessments, metallurgical failure analyses, specialized field inspection services, corrosion assessments, and material selection. These projects exposed him to a wide range of clients, industries, standards, and materials.

At Becht, James supports the Mechanical Engineering division with his unique perspective of material properties and their role in pre- and post-construction engineering assessments. James has a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. degree from the Colorado School of Mines in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. He is a licensed P.E. in the state of Texas and works out of the Houston office.

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  • Advisor Resources
  • Business Administration
  • Business Development
  • Capital Projects
  • Corrosion Materials
  • Digital Solutions
  • Due Diligence
  • Fired Heaters
  • Inst/Elec Controls
  • Leadership
  • Machinery
  • Maintenance & Turnarounds
  • Mechanical Eng
  • Mechanical Integrity
  • Nuclear
  • Piping
  • Process Eng
  • Reliability
  • Strategic Business Planning
  • Training

Charles (Chuck) Becht IV, PhD, PE

Chief Executive Officer
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Charles (Chuck) Becht V, PE

President
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Abby O. King

Vice President of Plant Services
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Katherine (Katie) Taylor

Vice President of Engineering
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Mariano Bertaina

Managing Director – Latin America
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Andy Saunders-Tack

Managing Director – Asia-Pac
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Chris van der Beek

Managing Director – EMEA
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Matthew Wizeman, CPA

Vice President of Administration
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Jered Watt

Director of Business Development – North America
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Kristen Becht

Division Manager – Learning & Development
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Matthew Caserta, PE

Division Manager – Corrosion, Materials, & Integrity
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Jeremy Staats, PE

Division Manager – Corrosion, Materials, & Integrity
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Everett Chatham, P.E.

Division Manager – Mechanical Engineering
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Mark Fronek

Division Manager – Digital Solutions
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Carlos Gasco

Division Manager – Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls
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Dan Giuliani, PMP

Division Manager – Capital Projects
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Grant Jacobson

Division Manager – Fired Heater Services
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Doug Knapke

Division Manager – Process Engineering
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Jeannie Lewis

Division Manager – Engineering Standards
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Robert Ohmes

Division Manager – Strategic Business Planning
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Clayton Smith

Division Manager – Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability Services
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Division Manager – Machinery
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Jean-Gaël Le Floc’h

Manager – EMEA Operations
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Dick Wesdorp

Account Manager – EMEA
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Rafael Rengifo

Director – Midstream
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Dave Dewees, PE

Senior Fellow
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Marga Briggs

Manager – Advisor Resources
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Rick Hoffman, PE, CMRP

Manager – Litigation and Due Diligence Services
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George Antaki, PE

Chief Nuclear Engineer
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John Conway

Turnaround Inspection Planning Lead
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Frank Fronek

High Energy Piping SME
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Tim Shepperd

Director - HF Alkylation
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Gerrit Buchheim, PE

Corrosion/Materials SME
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Trevor Seipp, PEng

Design by Analysis SME
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Eric Ye

Process Engineering Group Lead
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John Hackett

Manager - Human Resources
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Libby West

Business Manager
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Melvin G. Larson

Manager – Strategic Consulting
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Marisa Fedele

Marketing Lead
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Abbey Wing

CCD Group Lead
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Nick Mangiapane

CCD Analyst
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Vince Golden

RBI Team Lead
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Brian Marshik

RBI Analyst
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Corrosion and Materials Engineer
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Melissa Guerra

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Terry McLane

Mechanical Integrity Specialist
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Kelsey Wortham

Project Analyst
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Daniel Fleck

Senior Engineer, Mechanical Engineering
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Louis Pasnik

Heat Transfer/Thermal Mechanical Engineer
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Ida Soto, M.S.

Operational Excellence Program Architect
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Darren York

Manager – Value Chain Optimization
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Joe Collins

Heavy Lift Subject Matter Expert
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Fred Lea, Jr., PE

Machinery/Rotating Equipment Subject Matter Expert
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Bobby Wright, PE

Mechanical Integrity Subject Matter Expert
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Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls Subject Matter Expert
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Mike Annon, PMP

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David C. Anthony III, PE

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Dana Baham

Refining and Petrochemical Engineer and Chief Inspector
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Blagoje Baljozovic

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Richard Basile

FCC Mechanical and ASME Code
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Trevor Berry

Sr. Pressure Vessel Engineer
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Gordon Lawrence

Global Group Lead – Turnaround Services
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Steve Bolinger

Refining and Petrochemical Mechanical Integrity Expert
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Benjamin Brandt

NDE and Inspection Specialist
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Subject Matter Expert - Cost Management
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Timothy Scholand

Assistant Division Manager - Fired Heater Services
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David J Keen

Ammonia and Downstream Plant Reliability SME
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Victoria Araiza

Coordinator - Cost Tracking
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Keith Austin

Furnace Operation
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Francie Bridgewater

CCD Project Manager and Analyst
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Haley Bechtle

Billing Manager
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Meredith Bell

Nominations Coordinator
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Michael (Mike) Bober

Senior Trainer
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Robert ‘Bob’ Brown, PE

Fatigue, Fracture and FFS
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Mary Buchheim

Chemical Engineering & Software and Documentations Specialist
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Mark Camp

Technology and Program Project Manager
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Mark Carte

NDE Subject Matter Expert - Consultant and Trainer
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Zumao Chen, PhD

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
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Ranjan Chithranjan, PhD, PE

Coke Drums, Tanks and FFS
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Aleksandr Chernoff

Mechanical Subject Matter Expert
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Michael Cooch, PE

CCD Project Manager
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Danny Davis

Senior Turnaround & Projects Specialist
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R. Peter Deubler, PE

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Integrity and Corrosion Expert
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Phong Diep

Pressure Vessel, Standards and Specification Development
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Tom Doolin

Account Manager and Process Division
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Robert F. Dubil, PE

Senior Engineering: Fired Heaters
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Frank Engli

Maintenance & Turnaround Specialist
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Turnaround Consultant
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Walter F. Farmayan

Combustion Specialist
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Allen Feltzin

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Del J. Forbes, PhD

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Donald R. Frikken, PE

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Jeff Goldstein

Mechanical Integrity Group Lead
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Magnus Gustafsson, PE

FFS and Pressure Vessels
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Refining Metallurgical and Corrosion Engineering Expert
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Jon Heredia, M.Sc.

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Daniel C. Hunt

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Combustion and Heat Transfer Process Expert
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Training Lead – Private Training & Curriculum Development, Becht Learning & Development Division
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Engineer - Metallurgy and Materials
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Integrity and Corrosion Expert
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Project Coordinator
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High Temperature Piping SME
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Kyle Kourelakos

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Instructional Design and Development Engineer
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Don Kurle, PE

Pressure Vessels and Heat Exchangers
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Richard Lackey

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Heat Exchanger Specialist
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Karen Li

CCD Project Manager and Refining Corrosion Engineer
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Frank Liu

Chief IR Technologist
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Carlos Lopez

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Senior Financial Analyst
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Vernon L. Maddox, Jr., PE

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Peter Marsh

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Todd Marut

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Frank Masiello, PE

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CCD/IOW Project Analyst
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Refining / Petrochemical / LNG Corrosion and Asset Integrity Expert
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Refining Metallurgical and Corrosion Engineering Expert
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Refining Metallurgical & Corrosion Engineer & Asset Integrity Management Expert
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Refining Metallurgical and Corrosion Engineering Expert
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Training Lead – Operations Management & Registration
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Software Developer
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Refinery Process Operations
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Glen Phillips

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Analytical Chemistry Expert
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Refining Materials and Corrosion and RBI Expert
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Subject Matter Expert - Coking and Heavy Oil
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Eugene ‘Gene’ Roundtree

Strategic Business Planning
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Scott M. Sayles

Manager Renewable Fuels and Alternate Feeds
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Frank Sapienza

Refining Corrosion and Metallurgy Specialist and CCD Project Manager
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Coordinator - Advisor Onboarding
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Refining Metallurgical/Corrosion Expert
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Reliability
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Lyman “Tony” Scribner

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J. Robert “Bob” Sims

Senior Engineering Fellow and ASME Past President
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Paul Southerland

Project Manager - Fixed Equipment, Mechanical Integrity, and Reliability Engineering
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Sridhar Srinivasan

Modeling/Software Leader; Corrosion Expert
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Jeremy Lundquist, EIT

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Robert Sturgis

Project Engineering Manager
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LaKeshia Taylor

Reliability Engineering
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Amin Terouhid, Ph.D., PE

Project Management Subject Matter Expert
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Nataly Thompson

Project Coordinator
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R. Stephen “Steve” Tiek

Senior Turnaround Services
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Kenny Carroll

Risk-Based Inspection Analyst
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Charles Maier

Turnaround & Maintenance SME
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David H. Vahlsing, PE

Division Manager - Philadelphia, PA
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Torney Van Acker

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John S. Wang, Ph.D

Acoustics and Noise
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Clay White

Refining and Petrochemical FEMI and Metallurgical/Corrosion Expert
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Paul Wittenbach

Welding and Metallurgical Engineer
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Sarah Williamson

​BechtCONNECT Product Owner
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Jon Yutzy

Senior Software Engineer
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Chris Zielewski

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Sergio Arone

Senior Project Manager
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