Teresa Colby
Senior Chemical and Operations Engineer
Background
Teresa is a Chemical Engineer that has been practicing in various industries for over 10 years. Industries including, chemical, pharmaceutical, and pulp & paper. Her focus with Pillar is on data analysis, small project management, reliability engineering, and root cause analysis. During her time in industry, she was certified as a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Green Belt and trained as a LSS Black Belt. She has also been through qualification training as a Process Safety Management (PSM) Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) facilitator. Teresa has held roles as a Process/Production Engineer, Continuous Improvement Analyst, Manufacturing Engineering Manager, and Senior Reliability Engineer.
Specialization
At Pillar Engineering, Teresa specializes in, but is not limited to, the following pillars:
Reliability
Root Cause Failure Analysis Facilitation
Chronic Failure Quantification and Analysis
Data retrieval and analysis through various systems (Aspen/ParcView/SAP)
PM Development
Engineering
Process Analysis/Optimization
Small Project Management
Develop trial plans for process improvements
Develop protocols for equipment validation (Installation Qualification, Operational Qualification and Performance Qualification IQ/OQ/PQ)
Education
Teresa holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arizona.
