AcuTech Consulting Group Announces New Director of Business Development

AcuTech, a global leader in process safety and security risk management consulting, training, and software services, announces the appointment of Ms. Kendra L. Martin as the Director of Business Development.

AcuTech, a global leader in process safety and security risk management consulting, training, and software services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Kendra L. Martin as the Director of Business Development, working out of Alexandria, Va. and Houston, Texas. Ms. Martinas duties will include business development, client service and project management, consulting and training.

Ms. Martin, formerly the Director of Security, Maritime & Corporate Affairs at the American Petroleum Institute (API), has broad energy and transportation industry experience in critical infrastructure protection, cyber defense and homeland security public policy and industry operations initiatives. She has served as the industry lead for the development of federal and state public/private sector partnerships to support petroleum industry security, and voluntary industry efforts on Security Guidance and Security Vulnerability Assessment Methodologies, and industry education and awareness campaigns. Representing the oil industry, she served in various capacities to advise the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on security management and vulnerability assessment, including Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards and the Maritime Transportation Security Act.

Ms. Martin has worked closely with the oil and natural gas industry, including exploration and production companies, refiners, pipeline operators, and crude and LNG shipping companies, to develop and implement strategies for implementing security programs and procedures. She has experience in establishing internal polices for physical and cyber security, and implementing these policies.

A frequent public speaker on energy infrastructure security issues, Ms. Martin has developed and delivered workshops and training courses in homeland security for a variety of audiences.

Ms. Martin is a member of the Energy Security Council, the Womenas Energy Network of Houston, and the Women's International Shipping & Trading Association.

Key services offered by AcuTech include:
. Process Security Management and Security Vulnerability Assessments (SVA)
. Complete compliance assistance for chemical and energy security regulations

. Design, Development, Implementation & Auditing of HSE, PSM, RMP Management Systems
. Process Safety Management (PSM) and Risk Management Programs (RMP)

. Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) Studies and Risk Assessments

. Safety Instrument Systems (SIS) and Level of Protection Analyses (LOPA)
. Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA) and Consequence Modeling

. Human Factors for Process Safety, Human Error and Reliability Analysis

. Emergency Management including Planning and Drills/Exercises

. Mechanical Integrity Program Management

For more information about consulting, training, and software services, visit 'http://www.acutech-consulting.com' or contact Marketing Manager Janet Colbert Benaquisto at 831-427-0863 or e-mail jbenaquisto@acutech-consulting.com.

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   Janet Benaquisto
   AcuTech Consulting Group
   Alexandria,    VA,    22311
   USA
   703-399-7453 (phone)
   jcolbert@acutech-consulting.com
   www.acutech-consulting.com
  

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