Engineer Career Pivot

Philip Black, PE (Phil) is a chemical engineer with over 25 yrs experience in the energy sector. His diverse background covers traditional oil and gas, digital transformation, and most recently, the energy transition. Mr. Black has tackled diverse projects for global oil and gas, petrochemical, power, and mining companies. With a background in automation within EPC companies, his focus has been on extracting operational intelligence from control systems. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas. He entertains audiences as professional improv comedian at The Coronation Theater and ComedySportz in his hometown of Houston, TX. He also shares the joy he's found in his technical career through creative pursuits on stage for audiences at conferences and events.