Webinar: Webinar 2 - The ROI Case for Enterprise-Wide BMS Risk Management: Live Barrier Health KPIs by Energy Group Webinars

Webinar 2 - The ROI Case for Enterprise-Wide BMS Risk Management: Live Barrier Health KPIs

About

Having a compliant Burner Management System tells you it passed its last audit — not if it is drifting toward risk, or where your next capital dollar cuts exposure. Building an enterprise-wide, live view of barrier health takes investment, and that investment must be justified. This session shows where the funding comes from: the ROI captured by extending proof-test intervals, which pays for the risk management program that gives leadership visibility into performance across every unit and site.

Attendees will receive a free BMS ROI Calculator to run this analysis on their own facilities.

When

Thursday, October 1, 2026 · 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada) (GMT -4:00)

Agenda

How to calculate the ROI of extending proof-test intervals — the labor, downtime, and risk-cost tradeoffs involved
How to redirect that captured value into an enterprise-wide barrier health program
What to measure to make barrier health visible across every unit and site
How the conversation shifts from "did we pass?" to "where's our exposure, and what's it costing us?"

Presenters

Sheri Sammons

Global Functional Safety Director; Schneider Electric

Sheri is the Global Director, Functional Safety for Schneider Electric. She has > 30 years working for in Engineering and Project Management for Industrial Automation Suppliers and Chemical Industry Owner Operators and as a Process Safety consultant working with Energy (Green, Blue and O&G),
Chemical, and Consumer Product Clients.

Her areas of specialization include Process Safety Management, IEC61511 Functional Safety Lifecycle,and Safety Instrumented System applications (ESD, PSD, BMS, F&G, HIPPS).

Sheri is an experienced PHA/LOPA Facilitator completing > 100 studies at clients across the following industries: Oil and Gas, Midstream, Downstream, Petrochemicals, Specialty Chemicals. Sheri has a BS-ChE from UW-Madison, is a Certified Functional Safety Expert (CFSE), and is a Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.

Mike Scott

CEO; ae Shield

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering - University of Maryland
• Masters of Engineering - University of South Carolina
• Licensed Professional Engineer - AK, GA, SC, and IL
• Certified Functional Safety Expert (CFSE)
• IEC 61511 committee member
• ISA Fellow
-Co-Chairman of ISA S84 committee on Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic Systems (E/E/PES) for Use in Process Safety Applications
-Past Chairman of the ISA S84 Working Group on Performance Based Fire & Gas Systems
-Co-Chairman ISA S84 BMS sub-committee member on Burner Management Systems
-ISA Training Course Developer / Instructor
• Granted 7-US Patents on Safety Lifecycle
• Embedded Process Safety / Functional Safety role for 18 sites

Scott Jenkins

Senior Editor, Chemical Engineering Magazine

Scott Jenkins has been an editor at Chemical Engineering since 2009. Prior to joining CE, Scott worked in various capacities as a science journalist and communications specialist, reporting and writing on a variety of sectors, including chemical processing, biotechnology, pharmaceutical manufacturing and research policy. He also has industry experience as a quality assurance chemist and research experience as a synthetic organic chemist. Scott holds a bachelor’s degree from Colgate University, and a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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