Ivan Morales
About Ivan Morales
Ivan Morales is the Materials Discipline Technology Lead at ExxonMobil, with extensive experience in materials engineering and management of refinery units.
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Ivan Morales holds the position of Materials Discipline Technology Lead (DTL) at ExxonMobil, where he has been contributing since 2017.
Current Role at ExxonMobil
Since 2017, Ivan Morales has been working as the Materials Discipline Technology Lead (DTL) at ExxonMobil in Baytown, Texas. His responsibilities include supporting materials and corrosion activities at the Baytown Olefins Plant and Fuels North Refinery. He is in charge of managing three distillation units and several hydro treating trains. Additionally, he develops Equipment Strategies and performs Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) studies for various units within the Baytown complex.
Previous Roles at ExxonMobil
Before his current role, Ivan Morales worked as a Materials Engineering Associate at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering from 2014. He also held the position of Senior Materials Engineer at the Baytown Refinery from 2008 to 2014. In these roles, he gained valuable experience managing Delayed and Flexi Coker units, as well as Sulfur plants at the Baytown site.
Professional Background
Ivan Morales's career began at Sandvik Materials Technology, where he worked as a Product Manager from 2004 to 2008. This role marked the start of his professional journey in the materials engineering field.
Education and Expertise
Ivan Morales studied at Universidad Simón Bolívar, where he focused on manufacturing processes and achieved his degree in Materials Engineering, completing his studies in 2003. This academic background has provided him with deep insights and technical knowledge in materials engineering, which he has applied throughout his career. He also attended San Agustin in 1970.