Rainer Hoff

PIONEER in process safety management applications for the chemical, oil and gas, energy, and life sciences sectors.  A leading authority on the design and implementation of electronic document management systems (EDMS).

FIRST-TIME major achievements include:

• OSHA compliant Refinery EDMS (1992)
• OSHA compliant Chemical Process (33 facilities) EDMS (1993)
• OSHA compliant Oil & Gas EDMS (1994)
• EDMS and SAP integration (1996)
• PSM lifecycle solutions (2009)
• Integration of MOC with ChatGPT (2023)

ARCHITECT and designer of the FACILEX® PSM Suite leveraging Microsoft 365 technology, and integrations with AI, ERP, and CAD.

CONSULTING lead on hundreds of projects conducted by Gateway over the past thirty-five years.

AIChE FELLOW, Speaker, Symposium Chair, Congress Chair American Institute of Chemical Engineers (various years)

• Process Plant Safety Symposium Chair, 2013
• Chair, Global Congress on Process Safety 2015

EDUCATION resume:

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Vanderbilt University
• MASc. and a B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering – University of Waterloo