Author Profile

Matthew Howard is the Pulp Mill Area Process Systems manager for Sappi North America, Somerset Mill, Skowhegan, Maine, a large, fully integrated pulp and paper manufacturing facility. He is a past member of the ISA Mentor Program. He is responsible for the maintenance and integration of multiple distributed control systems (DCSs). He prefers to use his UMaine chemical engineering and technical background to implement process improvements with or without capital investment. Informed by an early stint as a frontline supervisor, he also strives to steadily improve the operator effectiveness of his plant in accordance with the ISA-101 and ISA-18.2 standards.