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2021 Young & Emerging Professionals Summit
Sharing best practices and valued experience with our industry’s future leaders
The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) and the Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA) are excited to announce the return of the Young & Emerging Professionals Summit. This year’s event will run from August 3 to August 26, with a total of 8 online sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Registration is complimentary for all qualifying participants.
The 2021 Summit will feature one industry topic per week. The topics will include acetylene, liquefied petroleum gas, inert gases, hydrogen, and oxygen. The first session of each week will provide a high-level overview followed by a panel discussion, and the second session will feature a technical deep dive reviewing an incident or technical issue and the resulting effect on industry best practices. This format will accommodate attendees at all experience levels, allowing them to select the level of technical content that best meets their needs.
Our presenters and panelists are leading subject matter experts in their fields who will share their experiences, industry history, and more. They come from a wide range of industry backgrounds including gas producers, distributors, equipment suppliers, and industry association representatives in order to bring varied perspectives to the discussion.
Most valuable takeaway from this session: “Listening to other people in the industry who are just as passionate about doing things correctly. Most things were reminders, but vital that we hear them more often.” – 2020 Survey Results
This event is a unique opportunity for young and emerging professionals to expand their industry knowledge, learn from subject matter experts, and see practical examples of how safety standards are applied in the industry. Last year’s event attracted more than 2,000 attendees with varying experience. Each session received an average rating of 4.3/5 or above, and attendees shared overwhelmingly positive comments noting the high quality of the content presented, the expertise of the presenters and panelists, the insights gained from the live discussions, and the practical tie ins to today’s best practices.
“[This session] was by far the most detailed oxygen safety presentation I have had the privilege of watching. It was extremely helpful to see the videos and photos shared. By actually showing and explaining industry specific examples of where the hazards and mistakes are occurring, young and emerging professionals like myself, can learn and be, hopefully, safer moving forward.” – 2020 Survey Results
REGISTRATION DETAILS
Summit attendance is limited to young and emerging professionals who work for member companies in good standing with CGA or GAWDA (in order to register through GAWDA, your company must participate in the CGA publications subscription program). “Young and emerging professionals” are defined as those aged 45 years or younger, OR someone who is new to their area of industry operations. This online series is available at no charge thanks to generous support from our event sponsor, Weldcoa.
EVENT PROGRAM
Tuesday August 3, 2021 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM (EDT) WEEK 1 – ACETYLENE & LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Acetylene: Propertiess, Production, Filling, Transport & Safe Use
` Rob Stauder, Linde PLC
Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Properties, Production, Filling, Transport & Safe Use
` Jason Bombard, Western
International Gas &
Cylinders, Inc.
Panel Discussion
` Brock Miller, Indiana
Oxygen Company ` Sally Mitchell, Norris
Cylinder Company
` Jim Robertson, Oxarc Inc. ` Travis Strebig, Rexarc
International Inc.
Thursday, August 5, 2021 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (EDT)
Acetylene Compressor Incident
` Daniel Tregear, Air Products
& Chemicals, Inc.
St. Louis Fire
` Shaun LaGrange, Linde PLC
Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Properties, Production, Filling, Transport & Safe Use
` Jason Bombard, Western
International Gas &
Cylinders, Inc.
Panel Discussion
` Brock Miller, Indiana
Oxygen Company ` Sally Mitchell, Norris
Cylinder Company
` Jim Robertson, Oxarc Inc. ` Travis Strebig, Rexarc
International Inc.
WEEK 2 – INERT GASES
Tuesday, August 10, 2021 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (EDT)
Inert Gases: Properties, Production & Applications
` Bernard Malnarick, Airgas,
Inc., an Air Liquide company
Inert Gas Cylinder Filling ` Kevin Klotz, Weldcoa
Inert Gases: Cryogenic Safety
` John P. Smith, Messer
North America Inc.
Panel Discussion
` John Bernard, CGA Consultant
` Barry Brown, CTR Inc. ` Markus Graf, Matheson
` Brad Peterson, Absolute Air
Case Studies: Oil Fires in Compressors
` Patrick J. Smith, Air Products
& Chemicals, Inc.
Asphyxiation Fatalities
` Greg Herrera, Linde PLC
WEEK 3 – HYDROGEN
Tuesday, August 17, 2021 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (EDT)
Hydrogen: Properties, Production & Applications
` Bill Lindberg, CGA Consultant
Bulk Liquid and Gaseous Storage of Hydrogen
` Pablo Guzman, Airgas, Inc.,
an Air Liquide company
Hydrogen Used in Vehicles – Past, Present, and Future
` Jennifer Hamilton, California
Fuel Cell Partnership
Panel Discussion
` Tom Drube, Chart Industries, Inc.
` Elias Margonis, Norco Inc. ` Alessandra Martin, Messer
North America Inc.
` Josh Weinmann, DeLille
Oxygen Company WEEK 3 – HYDROGEN
Metal Dusting in HYCO Facilities ` Jason Faulkner, American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc.
Roofs Over Hydrogen Storage, Siting, and Area Classifications
` Rob Early, CGA
WEEK 4 – OXYGEN
Tuesday, August 24, 2021 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (EDT)
Oxygen: Properties, Production & Applications
` Alan Burton, Messer
North America Inc.
Filling Medical and Industrial Oxygen
` Kevin Klotz, Weldcoa
Oxygen Safety Considerations ` Kate O’Handly, Matheson
Panel Discussion
` Greg Eytchison, Western
Enterprises
` Zachary Fowler, Linde PLC ` Ron Kirby, Roberts
Oxygen Company, Inc. ` Dino Sciullo, Sherwood
Valve LLC
Safe ASU Reboiler Operations
` Dr. John Somavarapu, American
Air Liquide Holdings, Inc.
LOX Bulk Storage Tank Incident
` Sid Phakey, Linde PLC
Closing Remarks
Registration for all sessions closes 11:59PM Friday, July 30, 2021. Learn More & Register at bit.ly/2021CGA-GAWDAYPSummit
Choosing a Mentor
BY ART WASKEY
Art Waskey has over 45 years’ experience in the welding and industrial gas industry. He travels across the country consulting and giving seminars on business skills and has published 3 books of sales skills stories. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering, a Master of Ministry in Leadership Development, and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry. You can subscribe to Art’s weekly sales tips and monthly articles on his website. Also, check out his Posts on LinkedIn. For services, contact Art at 720-341-9405, artwaskey@ispeakd.com, impactspeakingdynamics. com I have had the honor of mentoring several highly talented executives, all of whom share certain characteristics. They tend to be open to teaching, have a passion for learning, and ask a lot of good questions. Their other attributes include humility and a willingness to make sacrifices in order to succeed. Those characteristics enable a good coach to do his job.
Likewise, the mentee must also look for characteristics in an advisor that fits his personality and outlook. When choosing your mentor, be sure to seek someone that suits your needs.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
Here are some qualities I suggest you look for in a mentor.
Chemistry
The first consideration when looking for a mentor is personality fit. Do you have shared interests with this person? Is he or she suited to your approach to learning? Are your values and passions in alignment? Do you look forward to being in the presence of this person? What attributes does he/she have that will help you meet your goals?
A person with a very dominant attitude recently sought my help as a mentor. I almost had to get hostile, something I do not like to do, in order for my point to be heard. I realized a mentor relationship with this individual would be too emotionally draining for me. I kindly suggested that he find someone who was more of a polemist and could engage with him in a manner more suited to his personality.
You want a mentor who has the kind of chemistry that encourages and challenges you to make changes in areas that often are difficult to navigate.
Competency
Choose mentors that are the most competent people you can find and invite them to pour their knowledge into you. Don’t worry about finding everything you need in one person. Successful people tend to have multiple mentors who offer different competencies. Currently, I have mentors for four areas of my life — professional, educational, spiritual, and physical.
My professional guide is Ken Thompson, an industry senior statesman. We meet weekly to discuss the strategic changes in the welding and gas distribution business, where we have both enjoyed long careers.
My spiritual mentor is a Doctor of Divinity. He guided me through a Master of Ministry degree in my 60s. An excellent counselor and teacher, this advisor stimulates my passion for religious study, which has propelled growth in my spiritual life.
Humility
Choose a coach who is humble and willing to share his/her failures. Vulnerabilities provide valuable lessons and illustrate how new paths can be forged. The right mentor will want you to learn from his/her failures.
A good mentor can help you avoid mistakes you may not be aware you are making. For example, I recently learned that a former colleague was
hurt by prejudice I did not know I harbored. I was put in touch with this individual through my outreach efforts on LinkedIn. He is a successful executive today but expressed surprise that I would contact him. He related that I never offered him an opportunity to succeed when we worked together 20 years ago and that I had acted with prejudice towards him as a minority. I had no idea that I had offended this gentleman. I apologized and asked him to forgive me.
A humble advisor is consistently learning from his failures and will care enough to share his life stories.
Discernment
Look for specific characteristics when choosing a mentor. In Multipliers (thewisemangroup.com/books/multipliers), Liz Wiseman offers several insights on the makings of a discerning leader: “The right counselor is considered to possess wisdom and be of good judgement; especially so with regard to subject matter often overlooked by others. The right coach will extend a clear and concrete challenge. He will ask the hard questions that need to be answered to achieve the challenge and require the pupil to give the answers.”
Asking the right questions is important. When a young engineer approached me with his career doubts despite his rapid advancement in a major aerospace company, I listened carefully. He said he felt the promotions were taking him further away from the type of work he really enjoyed. From our discussion it was obvious that he had a congenial personality and needed a career that put him more in touch with people. His excitement was palpable when I suggested he pursue technical sales. In fact, he knew right away the product that he wanted to sell.
A discerning mentor will help you make difficult decisions that set you on the right path. • Trust – The right mentor will be a confidant, willing to listen, and able to be trusted with what they hear. A good
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advisor understands that confidentiality is paramount in his role as a teacher and coach. You will want to share both your ups and downs with your mentor. You should have confidence that in sharing your deepest emotions with this person, the information will stay between the two of you. • Mutual benefit – Seeing someone prosper from my life’s experiences has been incredibly rewarding. Helping others brings unexpected mutual benefits, like joy and motivation. The late Zig Ziglar (ziglar.com) said it well,
“You can get anything out of life if you just help enough others get what they want out of life.” Mentoring requires putting someone else’s well-being, growth, and happiness on par with your own.
Both the mentor and mentee should grow and benefit from their relationship. Through my mentoring, I have enjoyed many unexpected, pleasant surprises. For example, when I was advising the director of group strategy for one of the best hotel and resort companies in the world, I told him I was going to be staying in one of his company’s properties. He contacted the property manager and upgraded my lodging — a welcome surprise.
Availability
Be flexible with your time. Work within your mentor’s schedule, not yours. Be clear on what you would like to see as the final outcome from the mentor experience. Know the direction you hope to be taking, including your goals for the next twelve months. When you meet, be prepared with your questions.
When someone asks me if I would be willing to be their mentor, the first thing I do is suggest that they contact me with a time they would like to meet. If they follow through with a request, I ask them to send me five questions they would like to ask.
The most successful people are always looking for someone who can make them even better. When considering a mentor look for someone who is enthusiastic, a good personality fit, considerate of others, and a respected expert in their field. Follow my tips above and find a good mentor. It’s a relationship that can make the arduous task of finding the right career and path for you much easier.
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Great Mentoring Relationships
Behind some of the most successful people in history, there’s a mentor who has helped them along the way. From Top 25 Mentoring Relationships in History by Jennifer Merrill (September 13, 2015), here are few great examples: • Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg – Steve Jobs often met with Zuckerberg to discuss the best business and management practices for Facebook. When Jobs passed away in 2011, Zuckerberg posted on his Facebook page, “Steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend.
Thanks for showing that what you build can change the world. I will miss you.” • Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates – Gates first met
American business magnate Warren Buffett at a dinner organized by Gates’ mother. There he began a discussion with Buffett about business and philanthropy that has lasted for years. Gates has said he has turned to
Buffett for advice on various subjects and often refers to him as “one of a kind.” • Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi – “If I hadn’t had mentors, I wouldn’t be here today. I’m a product of great mentoring, great coaching… Coaches or mentors are very important.” • Actor and director Clint Eastwood – Now 90 and still directing, Eastwood was mentored by many including his grandmother who encouraged the
Dirty Harry star to always work hard and pursue his dreams. “I’ve had many mentors in my life… my grandmother was always encouraging. She always thought I was going to be something when nobody else, including myself, thought I was going to amount to anything.”
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