Month: January 2022

Anvil Announces the Appointment of Emily Zanto to Board of Directors

Effective as of December 2, 2021, Emily Zanto joined the Anvil Board of Directors where she will serve a two-to-three-year term as a rotating Board member. Appointed by the Board, Emily will fill the vacancy left by Rhonda Laughman when she participates in her last meeting in March. Emily will serve as Board Secretary and as a member of the Governance Committee.

Effective as of December 2, 2021, Emily Zanto joined the Anvil Board of Directors where she will serve a two-to-three-year term as a rotating Board member. Appointed by the Board, Emily will fill the vacancy left by Rhonda Laughman when she participates in her last meeting in March. Emily will serve as Board Secretary and as a member of the Governance Committee.

She joins the Board with over a decade of process engineering experience in the oil and gas industry. As Process Work Group Lead in Anvil’s Billings office, she leads the Mountain Process Program for the Billings and Denver locations. Emily holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Montana State University. Her affiliations include the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Society of Women Engineers, and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

“Emily brings a different perspective from years of experience working at multiple Anvil branches and for Phillips 66 at their Billings refinery,” noted Gordy Lindell, Anvil Chairman of the Board. “Her unique insight will infuse the Board with a deeper understanding of client needs and requirements, both short and long term, and future industry trends.”

“On behalf of the Board, I want to express our gratitude to Rhonda Laughman who served for three years as a valued Board member,” Lindell said. “As Anvil’s first internal director chosen from the staff, she is well-respected, intelligent, connected to our people, and knows how our business functions successfully. We wish her the very best in future endeavors.”

Emily brings in-depth industry knowledge and expertise in all phases of refining projects—from design conception and definition to detailed design. Her experience spans optimizing and running refinery process units, participating in plant-wide turnarounds, scope development, hydraulic analysis, refinery unit process hazards review, and PSV sizing and evaluation.

“As a Board member, I can bring a different voice to the conversation with my past experience as a client and now an Anvil employee,” said Emily. “I especially want to engage the younger demographic employees in the company who have an interest in new technologies and a fresh perspective.”

“We look forward to Emily’s leadership and counsel going forward,” said Lindell. “She is a valuable part of the Board’s conversation when discussing the direction Anvil should be going. She shares one more perspective that the Board would not have otherwise as Anvil continues to expand its portfolio and forge into new markets.”

Membership diversity is essential to the Board’s business and governance in a rapidly changing oil and gas industry. Anvil’s Board of Directors remains committed to bringing in new members with the unique expertise, insights, and perspectives needed to enhance the Board’s leadership and vision of continued growth and success.

Anvil Continues to Build Reputation as Wireless Infrastructure Experts at Multiple Client Refineries  

Anvil was recently awarded new contracts to design wireless system infrastructure at four additional client refineries throughout the United States.

A four-member Anvil team will kick off the project by conducting field evaluations of their field mounted access point, power sources, and fiber network infrastructure.

Anvil was recently awarded new contracts to design wireless system infrastructure at four additional client refineries throughout the United States.

A four-member Anvil team will kick off the project by conducting field evaluations of their field mounted access point, power sources, and fiber network infrastructure.

The path to the new contract began at the client’s WA refinery, where the Bellingham team successfully executed to plan, despite an aggressive schedule and slim budget. The client recognized the team’s creative and agile approach to accomplishing the project and subsequently awarded Anvil another of their refinery’s wireless infrastructure contracts, representing a larger scope of work and additional challenges.

Anvil’s team showcased their knowledge, expertise, and outstanding work to the point that the client awarded the team the contract to begin work at an additional site. Their high-quality performance led to the current multi-site award.

Anvil teams will be working in parallel at the four client sites, in addition to the two current sites they are already working at. Working simultaneously at six Client sites continues to elevate Anvil’s expertise and reputation in engineering digital infrastructure systems.

“These four client sites are brand new to us,” said Ben Taylor, Anvil Control Systems Manager. “Our “One Anvil” work speaks for itself. The team must be willing to drive solutions and adjust to real-time client changes and additional work. The client trusts us, relies on our expertise, looks for our guidance in the project’s early stages, and even asks for our team members by name.”

“This opportunity doesn’t happen very often,” Taylor noted. “We don’t usually get a shot at several jobs in different facilities all at once. Our long-term goal is to build our reputation and brand around our ability to do wireless infrastructure projects and market that capability throughout multiple industries.”

Anvil Promotes Jim Holien to Bellingham Branch Manager

Anvil is pleased to announce that Jim Holien will serve as Anvil’s Bellingham Branch Manager. Jim joined Anvil in 2000 and has over 20 years of program management, project management, project controls, engineering, and operations management experience in the energy industry. Most recently, he served as Anvil’s Cascadia Program Manager and has held diverse roles, including Project Controls Work Group Lead, Project Leader, and Assist Program Manager for various clients.

Anvil is pleased to announce that Jim Holien will serve as Anvil’s Bellingham Branch Manager.

Jim joined Anvil in 2000 and has over 20 years of program management, project management, project controls, engineering, and operations management experience in the energy industry. Most recently, he served as Anvil’s Cascadia Program Manager and has held diverse roles, including Project Controls Work Group Lead, Project Leader, and Assist Program Manager for various clients. He holds an M.B.A. in Finance from California State University Hayward and a B.S. in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

As the Bellingham Branch Manager, he will work closely with Anvil’s senior management to set branch strategies, goals and targets, and collaborate with Business Development, Program, Project, and Resource Managers to successfully execute project plans.

Please join us in congratulating Jim in his new role! We appreciate his willingness to accept these responsibilities and look forward to the continued growth and success he’ll bring Anvil.