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Team, Mission & Vision
Discover what drives us, who we are and what we have been doing in the field of Process Simulation
Established in 2006 in Barcelona
65 countries worldwide presence
100+ Simulation engineers
300+ Years combined experience
420+ Executed projects
350+ Training courses
Why choose us
constant innovation
Our mission
Accompany our clients in their success in achieving safer, greener, more reliable and more profitable industrial operations.
Our Vision
Maintain Inprocess as a worldwide market leader in its sector and as the company of choice for our clients, our employees and the groups of interest related to our activities.
Our Team
Most of our staff has been working in the process simulation business for more than 20 years. A brief summary of the experience of some of the key Inprocess personnel follows.
Oriol Millan
Chief Executive Officer and co-founder
Oriol has over 20 years of experience in the Hydrocarbon and other Process Industries. He brought his experience to Inprocess after being the Oil & Gas EMEA Industry Director in Microsoft. Before that, Oriol had worked for AspenTech for 9 years in various Sales Management Positions, contributing significantly to the company’s success in the EMEA region
Dr. Miquel Àngel Alós
Services Director and co-founder
Miquel Angel has over 25 years of experience in the modelling of Oil & Gas and Chemical Processes and in the delivery of educational training programs for process simulation.
Miquel Angel is Director of the Services Team at Inprocess, responsible for the effective technological deployment of projects. Before joining Inprocess in 2007, Miquel Angel worked at AspenTech, where he was responsible for simulation projects supporting and teaching Oil and Gas and Refining process simulation courses. Before this, in his job in Hyprotech, he had provided worldwide customer support and training for HYSYS and Hyprotech’s batch processes lifecycle solutions. From 1997 to 2001, Miquel Angel taught reaction engineering and process simulation courses at Ramon Llull University, in Barcelona.
José María Nougués
Chief Consulting Officer and co-founder
José María has over 30 years of experience in Process Simulation and Process Control. In 1989 he started studying and modelling fermentation processes at CONICET. After three years as a process manager in the food industry, he joined the Chemical Engineering Department in the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in 1994, where he headed up several European Projects in the areas of Batch Process control and scheduling, Complex distillation column simulation and Process control studies. In 2000, José María joined the Hyprotech/Aspentech services group. As project manager, he led the service project team focused mainly on steady state and dynamic simulation applications, dynamic engineering studies and the integration of models into plant information systems as part of decision-support applications. During this period (2001), José María also worked as a lecturer on the Process Simulation course as associate professor in the Chemical Engineering Department in the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya.
At Inprocess, José María is Chief Consulting Officer and leads several service projects in the area of engineering studies and operator training systems.
Dr. Josep Anton Feliu
Marketing Director and co-founder
Josep Anton has over 30 years of experience in process modeling and simulation for systems across various industries, including biology, oil & gas, refining, petrochemicals, and polymers. After serving as a lecturer at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, he joined Hyprotech as the EMEA Regional Manager for Customer Support and Training, a role he continued after the Aspentech acquisition. In this position, Josep Anton supported clients, contributed to modeling projects, enhanced the company’s training materials, and taught numerous process simulation courses.
Josep Anton leads the Marketing & Products Department at Inprocess. Prior to this role, he headed the Training Department, where he was responsible for developing and implementing clients’ educational needs since the company’s inception
Dr. Michael Brodkorb
Global Sales Vice President
Michael brings with him more than 20 years of successful sales management, business consulting, product management, and business development experience in the hydrocarbon and other process industries.
In addition to being a Process Simulation Subject Matter Expert, Michael’s specialty is successfully finding and communicating business value from complex technology solutions.
He started his career as a process simulation Technical Support Consultant at Hyprotech and all his roles since then had always some connection to process simulation. Before joining Inprocess, Michael was responsible for Global Sales at Honeywell Connected Plant.
Manel Serra
Software Development Manager
Manel has over 20 years of experience in Process Simulation and in the development and integration of model based solutions. During his tenure at Hyprotech and AspenTech, he was part of the Upstream Global Services team, where he implemented and delivered monitoring and optimization solutions for Exploration and Production customers. Manel has also experience in the implementation of open standards (CAPE-OPEN, OPC) and agent technology.
At Inprocess, Manel acts as project manager for a number of projects as well as delivering integration support where necessary. Manel also coordinates the development of Inprocess software solutions
José María Ferrer
Senior Advisor
José María has over 25 years of experience in the dynamic simulation and control of hydrocarbon processes. After completing his MSc. Electrical Engineering degree, in 1995 he began his career as Process Control engineer at Dow Chemical and in 2001 he joined Hyprotech as EMEA Operator Training System (OTS) business development leader. Later in 2004, as Aspentech Senior Consultant, he executed several dynamic simulation projects covering Emergency ShutDown (ESD) verification and Advanced Process Control (APC). In the last 4 years at Aspentech he has been developing the APC business in Europe and executing several dynamic simulation projects to support APC implementations and the new Aspentech OTS offering. In 2010 he joined Inprocess to develop the OTS business and support the Dynamic Simulation Services and Training. During 2014/15 he has been developing and teaching a new simulation training course specially tailored to Process Control Engineers.
At Inprocess, José María acts as Project Manager, technology development Advisor and OTS business development support
Oriol Roca
Finance Director
Oriol is an accomplished Finance Executive with over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting. Starting as accountant while he was university student, he has grown his career in different administrative and finance positions. He is a dynamic, analytic, results- and business-orientated person, with a strategic and operational approach.
At Inprocess, Oriol manages the Corporate Areas and supports the Board of Directors.
Andrés Vega
Chief Technology Officer
Andrés Vega, has over 15 years of experience in Oil & Gas Engineering as Process and Simulation Engineer. At Inprocess, Andrés currently leads technology strategy as Chief Technology Officer. He began working at Inprocess in November 2018 as a Services Engineer and Project Manager, developing and leading modelling projects with steady state and dynamic simulations for Engineering Studies and OTS, as well as Flow Assurance Studies. He has 3 years of experience as Process Engineer at Técnicas Reunidas executing Basic and Detailed Engineering including the use of Process Simulation as well (Aspen HYSYS, Flare System Analyzer, ProMax). He also has one year of experience as Project Manager of Anerpro Energía y Proceso in the Food & Beverage industry, and previously to his work at Técnicas Reunidas he collaborated with Abengoa Solar as Operations Technician for Thermal Solar Power Plants.
Beatriz Cabañas
Human Resources Director
Beatriz Cabañas has been working as a Human Resources professional for over 20 years. She has a proven track record and is an expert leading HR initiatives, including recruitment, performance management and employee engagement programs, ensuring compliance with labor laws and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.
She began her career as an HR consultant and headhunter while pursuing a specialized master’s degree in Human Resources at EADA. She has worked as an HR Director for several companies and sectors, with over seven years of experience at Monsanto Agricultura (now Bayer) within the “Crop Science” business unit, where she served as HR Director for Spain and Portugal.
At Inprocess, Beatriz leads the Human Resources department with the goal of implementing effective HR strategies aligned with business goals, fostering a positive work environment, and driving organizational success.
Culture & Values
We are guided and driven by our core beliefs and organizational commitments:
People
Incorporate and retain talented human capital which sustains our competitive advantage
Inclusion
Respect people, value diversity and commitment to equality
Clients
Serve our clients and challenge ourselves to achieve the maximum quality levels in everything we do while never compromising safety standards
Innovation
Develop and apply state-of-the-art technologies to create value for our clients
Adaptation
Continuously accepting new challenges and endeavors
Looking for Talents
Do you want to take up an always-challenging position in our cutting-edge technology company?
Inprocess is continuously looking for the brightest talent in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Software Development, Control and Optimization Engineering, Safety Engineering and other engineering branches related to the Hydrocarbon and Chemical Processing Industries. If you feel you could be one of those candidates, and if you would like to be considered whenever a new position comes available, please send us a cover letter and a competency-based resumé using the button below.
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In the execution and implementation of its services and products, Inprocess’ staff uses a mix of technologies, aimed at delivering the highest quality results, with the highest quality software available for every purpose. For that reason, Inprocess has signed software license agreements with the providers of several technologies, many of them considered as industry standards in their respective fields.
