Mr. Lil Kassie

Lil Kassie is presently Rotating Equipment Advisor for BP refining. He is located at BPs Whiting, Indiana, refinery where he has worked for 24 years. He has held positions as Rotating Equipment Specialist, Superintendent of the Rotating Equipment and Reliability Engineering Group, and Senior Rotating Equipment Consultant. In his present position, Mr. Kassie is responsible for providing machinery expertise, sharing and implementing equipment practices, and development coaching for improving equipment reliability and plant availability throughout BP. Prior to his tenure at BP, Mr. Kassie worked as Rotating Equipment Superintendent for Energy Cooperative Inc. and as a Field Service Engineer for Ingersoll Rand. He has presented technical papers at various rotating equipment conferences including the Turbomachinery Symposium and Rotating Machinery Users Council.

Mr. Kassie holds B.S. and M.S. degrees (Mechanical Engineering) from the University of Wisconsin.