Bob Scott has more than 25 years of technical experience with lubricants, lubrication and related machinery, ten of which include owning and operating his own lubrication consulting and contracting firm. Prior to operating his own business, Bob spent almost 20 years with Shell Canada Products Ltd. where he gained extensive laboratory and field experience in the development of lubricants, statistical process control and direct sales to industrial customers including pricing and resolving maintenance and administrative issues. He has written and presented technical papers to lubricant technical societies and lubrication conferences and has developed and presented training sessions for maintenance and lubricant sales personnel. Some of Bob’s former clients include Alberta Pacific Forest Products, Shell Canada Ltd., Petro-Canada Products, Westcoast Energy, Amoco Resources, Maryn International, Cargill and Weyerhaeuser.

Bob holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He has been certified as a Lubrication Specialist (CLS) and Oil Monitoring Analyst (OMA) Levels I and II by the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). Bob is also ICML Level I MLT certified.

Other important skills:

• Field experience in oil and gas exploration and production industry, chemical plants, sawmills, automotive transportation, mining and manufacturing industries

• Laboratory and field experience in formulating and testing lubricants

• Designed, organized and ran field and laboratory research projects related to lubricants and fuels

• Primary organizer of two STLE Alberta Section two-day educational seminars

• Written lubrication manuals and oil suppliers’ product handbooks