James graduated with his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering in 1995. He currently serves as the Rotating Equipment Engineering Technical Team Lead for Chevron.

As a professional engineer, James has served as Deepwater Operations Engineer, Equipment Optimization Team Lead, SFO Advisor in Thailand and Senior Facilities Engineer for Chevron.

Dr. Lin Sun serves as the Vice President of Engineering & Technology of Danfoss Turbocor Compressors, Inc. (DTC), a pioneer and leading manufacturer of the oil-free centrifugal compressors in the HVAC industry. Lin has over 30 years experiences in Mechatronics and embedded systems. After 10 years of academic work, he joined DTC in its start-up phase, responsible for developing magnetic bearing technologies for high speed oil free centrifugal compressors.