Description
Pipeline Regulatory and Compliance Specialist is passionate about engineering risk-informed solutions to safely optimize ROI: Return on INTEGRITY. She conveys visionary leadership, technical competency, and distinctive communication cultivated over a decade of midstream operations and integrity engineering experience with a mid-size oil and gas operator.
As Principal Pipeline Engineer, she excels in the development, implementation, and optimization of Integrity Management Programs IMP in addition to the engineering and execution of the integrity program’s individual elemental components. Her ability to interface with individuals from field to executive personnel and lead effectively in order to drive change sets her apart.
She has gained encompassing operations engineering knowledge spanning the full life cycle of midstream projects. Her unique perspective on resourceful applications of safely achieving integrity and compliance through risk-informed reasoning while working for such a cost-focused operator will cement her as a compelling asset to any project.
As a proficient expert in the midstream pipeline industry, she has represented both plaintiffs and defendants on a variety of cases both in the courtroom and through expert opinion reports. She retained engagements as an independent engineering expert have resulted in favorable resolutions for 100% of her clients to date. She is an effective communicator who excels at presenting complex information simply, both written and verbally.
In addition to serving in an engineering capacity, she has a special passion for encouraging the female workforce. As females are a minority in both engineering and the oil and gas industry, another facet of her focus is encouraging professional women and next-generation engineers through professional and personal coaching services, group workshops, and speaking engagements.
She is certified by the U.S. Small Business Association and the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council as both a Women’s Business Enterprise WBE and a Women Owned Small Business WOSB. In Texas, she is registered as a Historically Underutilized Business HUB. With the City of Houston Office of Business Opportunity, she maintains an additional certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise WBE.
The Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors acknowledges Time For Change, LLC. as a registered engineering firm in addition to her accreditation as a certified professional engineer P.E. in the mechanical engineering discipline.
Education
University of Houston
Environmental Engineering, Master of Science; 2011
Texas A&M University
Biochemistry, Bachelor of Science; 2009
Genetics, Bachelor of Science; 2009
Chemistry, Minor; 2009
Certifications
- Licensed Professional Engineer, State of Texas, #118840
- Mechanical Engineering Discipline, Texas Board of Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors
- Registered Engineering Firm, State of Texas, #F-21372
- S. Small Business Association Women’s Owned Small Business, #WOSB210624
- WBENC National Women’s Business Enterprise, #WBE2100849
- Texas Historically Underutilized Business
- City of Houston, Office of Business Opportunity, Women’s Business Enterprise, #21-05-15009
Professional Experience
- President & Principal Engineer, Engineering Consulting
October 2019 – Present; Houston, Texas
- Senior Operations Engineer, Harvest Midstream Company/ Hilcorp Energy Company
June 2011 – November 2019; Houston, Texas
- Project Engineer, Element Markets
May 2010 – June 2011; Houston, Texas
Expert Testimony
- Crude oil pipeline failure deposition and testimony, Texas; 2014-2016 Defense
- Pipeline marking, safety, and damage prevention expert report, Texas; 2021 Plaintiff
- Gas pipeline operation personal injury expert opinion and deposition, New Mexico; 2022 Defense
- Gas distribution pipeline safety expert opinion, North Carolina; 2023 Defense
- Pipeline construction best practices and safety expert opinion, Oklahoma; 2023 Defense
Professional Associations
- National Academy of Science, Committee Member Pipeline Safety Valve Study, 2022-present
- Interstate Natural Gas Association of America INGAA Foundation D&I Committee Member
- Society of Women Engineers, Houston Member, Introduce a Girl to Engineering IAGTE co-chair
- Young Pipeline Professionals, USA and Houston Chapter Member
Regulatory Compliance Experience
Mrs. Moody has extensive knowledge of state, provincial, and federal regulatory agencies in the United States and Canada while being well-informed of new requirements. Regulatory compliance consulting services include:
- Ensuring compliance and audit support for Title 49 CFR Part 192, including all new mega-rule clauses, Title 49 CFR Part 195, Title 49 CFR Part 193, and CER Onshore Pipeline Regulations SOR 99/294
- Jurisdictional determinations, class location, and High Consequence Area HCA analysis
- Establish or validate Maximum Allowable Operating Pressures MAOP
- Perform program gap analyses
- Creative and proactive data management solutions