Directors

» Geoff McKinnon
» Alf Sanzo
» John Elliott
» David Johnston
» Andrew Ursini
» Tony Williams

Geoff McKinnon

Geoff McKinnon is the general manager of GPA and senior instrument/electrical engineer with 26 years experience in a variety of industries.

Having completed his bachelor of technology in Electronic engineering in 1974, Geoff has spent the last 14 years responsible for the electrical and instrumentation side of GPA. These activities include detailed instrument and electrical design, project management, custody transfer metering of oil and gas, specialist software applications and PLC and PC selection, application and programming.

Geoff was key developer of GPA's quality assurance and occupational health and safety prorgrams and is currently the OH & S officer.

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Alf Sanzo

Alf Sanzo is a Director of GPA Engineering and the Principal Process Control/Instrument Engineer with seventeen years experience in the Oil and Gas Production, Mineral Processing and Manufacturing Industries. During this time Alf has gained experience in all aspects of process control, data acquisition and project management with a particular emphasis towards the application and programming of distributed control systems, programmable logic controllers and computer based design tools.

In recent years Alf has project managed several major upgrade projects and is a section leader within GPA specialising in risk assessment and the implementation of safety-related control systems. Alf has also provided training to companies in Risk Management, The Practical Application of IEC 61508, and HAZOP/CHAZOP hazard analysis techniques.

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John Elliott

John Elliott is an electrical engineer with eight years experience in the Oil and Gas, Water, Manufacturing and Refining industries. Mr. Elliott has experience in the specification and programming of SCADA systems, programmable logic controllers and PC based operator interfaces such as Intellution FIX, Citect and WonderWare. He also has an in-depth understanding of a range of computer operating systems such as Windows NT with experience in the configuration and networking of such systems.

This knowledge is further enhanced by his experience with Windows based programming languages such as Visual Basic and databases such as Access and SQL Server. John is an experienced project Manager in the oil, gas water and mining arenas with his most recent role as Project Manager for Phase 2 of the SA Water SCADA upgrade project.

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David Johnston

David Johnston is a senior electrical engineer with 15 years experience in control system design specification and commissioning, mainly in manufacturing industries.

David is the lead electrical/instrumentation engineer in the Nyrstar alliance with Worley that provides these services to the Port Pirie smelter.

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Andrew Ursini

Andrew is a Director of GPA Engineering and brings over 20 years experience in the Oil and Gas Production, Mineral Processing and Manufacturing Industries.

Andrew also provides training to companies in Risk Management, The Practical Application of IEC 61508, and HAZOP/CHAZOP hazard analysis techniques.

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Tony Williams

Tony is the Principal Project Engineer and Project Manager for GPA with eighteen years experience in the Oil and Gas and Mineral Processing Industries. During this time Tony has gained experience in all aspects of Engineering design, cost estimation, risk assessment, process control, SCADA and project management with particular emphasis on high pressure oil and gas pipeline systems, and their design, operation, maintenance and control.

Most recently he has acted as Engineering Manager for the SEAGas Pipeline Project and he has engineered and directed several major facility upgrade projects, including SCADA and Microwave system replacements, Gas turbine compressor refits, environmental upgrades, risk management studies, and the design and construction of new pipelines, laterals, gas turbine and reciprocating compression facilities, along with metering and other facilities.

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