| Biography | Before law school, Pierre practiced engineering, and was a recognized expert in multivariable process control and process operation information systems. He has more than eighteen years of experience in leading-edge software application development and implementation in the petroleum refining industry. "Outstanding Staff Editor Award" Recipient, Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal. Chairman, Legal and Banking Committee; Membership Committee, French-American Chamber of Commerce; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Texas Board of Professional Engineers (inactive); Defense Research Institute (DRI). Recent Legal Publications: "Un litige commercial aux Etats-Unis", (2011); "Annual Review of Litigation, Chapter 3: Appellate Practice", contributor, with Kendyl Hanks and Mark Trachtenberg, American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, April 2011; "The French Blocking Statute, the Hague Evidence Convention, and the Case Law: Lessons for French Parties Responding to American Discovery", (2010); "ESI Preservation and Collection - Issues and Solutions", (2010); "Devenir avocat aux Etats-Unis", (2009); "Two Issues of Interest to Franchisors and Franchisees", (2009); "Analysis of Records Hold Issues and Case Law on the Duty to Preserve Data", (2008). Selected Technical Publications: "Improve APC Project Success", P. Grosdidier, Hydrocarbon Processing, Vol. 83, No. 10, 2004; "Value Proposition for Oil Accounting - Parts 1 and 2", P. Grosdidier and M. McLaughlin, Hydrocarbon Processing, Vol. 82, Nos. 4 and 5, 2003; "Understand Operation Information Systems", P. Grosdidier, Hydrocarbon Processing, Vol. 77, No. 9, 1998; "Economics of Blend Giveaway", P. Grosdidier, Hydrocarbon Processing, Vol. 76, No. 11, 55, 1997; "FCC Unit Reactor-Regenerator Control", P. Grosdidier, A. Mason, A. Aitolahti, P. Heinonen and V. Vanhamäki, Computers and Chemical Engineering, Vol. 17, 165, 1993; "Crude Unit Product Quality Control", K. Muske, J. Young, P. Grosdidier and S. Tani, Computers and Chemical Engineering, Vol. 15, 629, 1991; "Integral Controllability of Integrating Systems", P. Grosdidier and M. Morari, Ind. Eng. Res., Vol. 29, 2160, 1990; "Interaction Measures for Systems Under Decentralized Control", P. Grosdidier and M. Morari, Vol. 22, 309, Automatica, 1986; "Closed-Loop properties from Steady-State Gain Information", P. Grosdidier, M. Morari and B. R. Holt, Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundam., Vol. 24, 221, 1985. |