EPERNESTO PRIMERA
ERNESTO PRIMERA / INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

International career.

An industrial foundation expanded through advanced engineering, statistics and data analytics.

Education

Education connecting
engineering and data.

United States

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Doctor of Engineering (DEng) · Industrial and Systems Engineering

Doctorate completed in 2026 in Industrial and Systems Engineering, Tickle College of Engineering. Applied research in AI/ML-driven anomaly detection for rotating machinery.

United States

University of Delaware

M.S. in Applied Statistics

Applied statistics for reliability and industrial and wind-energy data analysis.

United States

Grand Canyon University

M.S. in Business Analytics

Master of Science in Business Analytics, Colangelo College of Business. Modeling, analytics and decision-making.

Spain

Universidad de Sevilla

Continuing Education Master’s in Industrial Maintenance Engineering and Techniques

2011 · University of Seville. Specialized education in maintenance engineering and predictive techniques.

Venezuela

Instituto Universitario Politécnico Santiago Mariño

Engineering in Mechanical Maintenance

Maintenance engineering, equipment and mechanical systems.

Venezuela

Instituto Universitario Tecnológico Antonio José de Sucre

Higher Technical Degree in Mechanical Maintenance

Technical foundation in mechanical maintenance and industrial applications.

Professional experience

Machinery engineering
in practice.

HF Sinclair

Corporate technical leadership, condition monitoring and predictive technologies.

Ernesto Primera at an HF Sinclair industrial facility
Corporate support to seven refineries and other facilities in the United States and Canada.

HF Sinclair

Corporate Machinery Engineering Manager

Technical leadership in machinery, maintenance strategies and condition monitoring. Development of wireless vibration monitoring, PI AF and PI Vision data integration, evaluation and scaling of anomaly detection platforms, and remote monitoring and optimization initiatives.

Pascagoula, Mississippi · USA

Chevron · Pascagoula Refinery

Lead Machinery Engineer

Engineering and support for pumps, compressors, turbines and auxiliary systems. Troubleshooting, RCA, Management of Change, turnarounds and overhauls. Review of vendor and EPC documentation, rotordynamic and pulsation studies, lubrication, control and protection systems.

Venezuela

Chevron Venezuela

Senior Reliability Engineer / Reliability Advisor

Bad actor elimination, MTBF improvement, RCA and maintenance strategy optimization. RAM study updates and coordination between operations and corporate specialists to identify production and availability vulnerabilities.

Applied research · power generation

Electric Power Research Institute

Principal Technical Leader

Technical leadership of the Integrated Asset Management program. Collaborative reliability and maintenance research, use of PMBD — Preventive Maintenance Basis Database, and analysis of utility work-order history to improve fleet maintenance strategies.

Venezuela · offshore production

ConocoPhillips · Campo Corocoro

Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor / Maintenance Team Leader

Support for the offshore project: FSO, wellhead platform and central processing facilities. Design, procurement, construction, FAT/SAT, hookup and commissioning. Maintenance and inspection plans in SAP PM, procedures and maintenance requirements.

Venezuela and Mexico · gas processing / offshore

Williams / Accroven

Turbomachinery specialist

Support for NGL extraction and fractionation plants, storage and refrigeration. Gas turbine and turbopumping maintenance and engineering; technical coordination at onshore and offshore facilities.

Margarita Island · Venezuela

CORPOELEC · Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi

Head of Maintenance

Maintenance leadership for power-generation equipment and auxiliary systems at a thermal power plant, combining mechanical maintenance, planning and reliability.

Venezuela and Colombia

Flowserve / Ingersoll Dresser Pumps

Field Service Engineer / Senior Rotating Equipment Engineer

Pump design, manufacturing, FAT, installation, commissioning, troubleshooting, retrofit and major repair. Centrifugal pump and steam turbine modernization projects at the Barrancabermeja refinery.

Venezuela

SKF

Condition Monitoring Engineer

Machinery condition monitoring programs, vibration acquisition and interpretation, and technical recommendations. Diagnostics, condition assessments, and participation in FMEA and RCM.

Venezuela

Texaco

Rotating Equipment Inspector

Inspection, engineering-documentation review, FAT/SAT, installation and commissioning. Maintenance requirements, vibration analysis and technical support under API, ASME, ASTM and ASNT standards.

Venezuela

CEMEX · Pertigalete

Technical Maintenance Inspector / Mechanical Inspector

Mechanical inspection and maintenance in crushing and cement production. Implementation of vibration-based predictive maintenance to relate dynamic behavior to failure mechanisms.

Venezuela

Cervecería Polar de Oriente

Intern and thesis student

Development of preventive and predictive maintenance programs for machinery-room equipment. The beginning of his connection between technical education and industrial practice.