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Join us in our January meeting!
SPEAKER: Advanced ticket sales start this week and end at 11:00 pm on Tuesday, January 13th. You can purchase tickets for the event through Brown Paper Tickets. Regular tickets are $35, students are $15. Tickets at the door are $50, CASH OR CHECK ONLY. ASME meetings are open to all. Membership is encouraged but not required to attend. Professional Development Hour (PDH) certificates will be available to participants at the conclusion of the event.
"Port of Houston: An Overview, Global Trade & Channel Development"
Thursday, January 16th
Rich Byrnes
SPEAKER'S BIOGRAPHY:
Rich Byrnes is the Chief Infrastructure Officer for the Port of Houston Authority (the 2018, #1 foreign tonnage port in the USA). He leads a multi-functional group tasked with supporting public transportation and trade needs of the region. Rich’s career spans Engineering, Operations and Consulting across transportation, Oil & Gas and shipbuilding industries, working with Fortune 100 corporations, State-Owned Enterprises and governments on every continent.
He has two Master’s degrees from MIT, 1 in Ocean Systems Management and another in Technology & Policy. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara, an Associate’s in Mathematics from Long Beach City College and he completed Executive Leadership programs at Texas A&M.
SUMMARY OF TOPIC:
Insight from the Houston Port Authorities Chief Infrastructure Officer.
Meeting will be held at:
The Forest Club
9950 Memorial Drive (Near Chimney Rock)
Social Hour: 5:30 pm
Dinner Buffet: 6:15 pm
Presentation: 7:15 pm
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