Edward Marszal

Mr. Marszal has over eighteen years of experience in safety instrumented systems design and risk analysis. Mr. Marszal is President of Kenexis and responsible for engineering consulting activities related to the implementation of engineered safeguards for process industry plants, such as safety instrumented systems, alarm systems, fire and gas systems, burner management systems, and relief and vent systems.  In his current position, he has experience in the analysis and implementation of SIS and other engineered safeguard projects for a variety of process plants in diverse world-wide locations and industries.  Mr. Marszal received a B.S.Ch.E. from The Ohio State University in 1992 with emphasis on control systems and abnormal situation management.  Mr. Marszal is an ISA Fellow and former Director of the ISA Safety Division and the author of the award winning "Safety Integrity Level Selection" textbook from ISA.  Mr. Marszal has developed and teaches many courses on process safety management and safety instrumented system design and analysis in addition to being a frequent guest lecturer at The Ohio State University's undergraduate program. He peer reviews papers for ISA Technical Conferences, ISA Transactions, and Process Safety Progress.  Mr. Marszal is active in ISA at the local and national levels, as a senior member, and is an active participant in the ISA 84, and 18 committees, all dedicated to utilizing instrumentation to safeguard process plants.  He is also a senior member of AIChE and a member of NFPA.  He is a registered professional engineer in Ohio and Illinois and also a TÜV certified functional safety expert.