Robert Perez is mechanical engineer with more than 42 years of rotating equipment experience in the petrochemical industry. He has worked in petroleum refineries, chemical facilities, and gas processing plants. He earned a BSME degree from Texas A&M University at College Station, an MSME degree from the University of Texas at Austin and holds a Texas PE license. Mr. Perez has written numerous technical articles for magazines and conferences proceedings and has authored 5 books and coauthored 6 books covering machinery reliability. He collaborated with machinery reliability expert, Heinz Bloch, on his most recent book Pump Wisdom: Essential Centrifugal Pump Knowledge for Operators and Specialists, 2nd Edition (Wiley 2022). He is also the technical editor of Kane’s Rotating Machinery Dictionary. Profession: Rotating Machinery Consultant
Expertise : Process Machinery in Oil & Gas Applications
Years Of Experience : 42+
Topics Covered : Machinery Reliability and Condition Monitoring
Specialties: Rotating equipment reliability improvement; Failure analysis and avoidance; Maintenance cost optimization for pumps, compressors, steam turbines, and gas turbines; Field assessments and troubleshooting, vibration analysis and machine dynamics.
Degrees and Licenses : BSME, MSME; Professional Engineer in State of Texas
Personal and Career Details : Mr. Perez was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. After high school, he attended Texas A&M University in College Station, where he earned a BSME (Summa Cum Laude) in Mechanical Engineering. He then attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he was awarded an MSME degree in Mechanical Engineering. His career progression is show below,1978 -1980: Exxon Company USA, Facilities Engineer in the Kingsville District.
1980 – 1998: CITGO Petroleum, Reliability Engineer at the Corpus Christi Refinery.
1998 – 2002: Flint Hills Resources, Machinery Engineer at the Corpus Christi Refinery.
2002 – 2007: Celanese Chemicals, Machinery Engineer in Bishop, Texas.
2008 – 2017: Enterprise Products Inc., Staff Reliability Engineer for the Central Texas Region.
2017 to present: Rotating Machinery Consultant, Trainer, and Technical Author
