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About AI
American Innovations (AI) is a privately held
company based in Austin, Texas with offices in Littleton, Colorado;
Longview, Texas; Calgary, Alberta; and Houston, Texas. We provide
business solutions to various markets and industries with a focus
on the oil and gas industry. Our solutions include:
AI is organized in two divisions: the Integrity
Management Division (IMD) is headquartered in Littleton,
Colorado and the Field
Data Division (FDD) is headquartered in Austin, Texas. The
divisions are autonomous and focused on delivering “best
in class” solutions to our clients, yet work together
to share knowledge about the industry and ensure that our products
work together to form a seamless solution.
The Integrity Management Division (IMD) became
part of AI through the acquisition of Bass-Trigon in
2003. Originally founded as Trigon Software in 1992, IMD developed
one of the earliest systems for pipeline risk assessment and
integrity management. As risk management experts, IMD serves
the petroleum and natural gas pipeline industry and has deployed
systems throughout the world. More than 50 multinational companies
have come to rely on IMD's turnkey systems to improve the efficiency,
reliability and safety of their pipeline operations.
IMD provides a fully integrated integrity management
solution for hazardous liquids pipeline companies following criteria
provided in API 1160 and OPS regulations and natural gas pipeline
companies following the criteria of ANSI B31.8S and OPS regulations.
As a participant in the development of the standards, IMD offers
a complete solution including HCA identification (liquid spill
modeling and/or rupture dispersion), baseline assessment plan
development, data integration and alignment, threat and consequence
analysis, software licensing, documentation, data mining, and
other engineering services.
The Field Data Division (FDD) includes the Pipeline
Compliance System and Allegro
Field Computer acquired from Bass-Trigon,
the MicroMax current
interrupters acquired from Envirosense, and the Bullhorn remote
monitoring system.
Originally developed by Dr. Jim Bass in 1982,
the industry standard Pipeline Compliance System (PCS) has been
deployed with more than 1,500 users in the petroleum, natural
gas and water industries throughout the world. The PCS solution
features module software to meet your specific needs for storing,
analyzing and reporting corrosion and compliance data.
The Allegro Field Computer is the industry’s
most advanced, rugged and versatile hand-held computer for gathering
and managing pipeline and facility data. The unit is a powerful
Windows CE pen-based computer with optional integrated voltmeter,
cathodic protection applications and GPS module. It is designed
to work seamlessly with the PCS software.
Bullhorn remote monitoring is a low-cost, reliable,
telemetry system used in a wide variety of markets and applications.
It allows remote industrial equipment to communicate information
and alarms without human intervention. The Bullhorn system has
been deployed by every major oil and gas company in North America.
Our customers are monitoring gas flow meters, storage tanks,
cathodic protection systems, compressors, site security, and
much more. Other industries such as agriculture, waste and water
management, and railroad are also using our Bullhorn system to
monitor various types of equipment.
Acquired from Envirosense in 2004, AI's MicroMax
Interrupters provide GPS synchronized current interruption. The
GPS80 and GPS200 models are relay independent, provide multiple
interruption schedules and auto-resume after power loss.
History (top
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AI was founded in the late 1980s with the goal
of inventing a microprocessor-based system for automated electricity
metering. The AIMetering System was introduced commercially in
1990. Over the next ten years the AIMetering System developed
into a leading solution for automated electricity metering.
In 1994, AI was acquired by HM International.
That following year, AI introduced the Powerlon automatic metering
device in Laredo, Texas for the first large-scale LonWorks home
automation project. Powerlon is still the only retrofit power-line
carrier metering device for LonWorks networks.
In 2000, the Bullhorn wireless remote monitoring
system was introduced. Originally based on the Aeris.net™ cellular
control channel network, and now including satellite communications,
the Bullhorn system has been deployed by virtually every major
oil and gas company in North America for low-cost, reliable remote
monitoring.
In 2003, AI acquired the assets of Bass-Trigon
Software (BTS) from Corrpro Companies. BTS was formed through
the merger of two leading companies - Bass Software and Trigon
Software. In 1984, Dr. Jim Bass founded Bass Software to develop
software to manage and analyze pipeline corrosion compliance
information. Trigon Software focused on pipeline risk assessment
software and was founded by Michael Gloven in 1992 as a spin-off
from Trigon Engineering, a pipeline engineering company headquartered
in Denver, Colorado. The two companies merged in 1996 with the
goal of providing pipeline operators with an integrated software
solution to manage pipeline compliance information and perform
advanced risk assessment analyses. Bass-Trigon was acquired by
Corrpro Companies in 1998.
The integrity management activities of Bass-Trigon
have been organized into the Integrity
Management Division based in Littleton, Colorado. The PCS
and Allegro Field Computer products are managed by the Field
Data Division in Austin, Texas.
In 2004 AI acquired the assets of Envirosense.
Envirosense was a leader in current interruption and remote current
interruption. The Envirosense products and services have been
folded into the Field Data Division.
Ownership (top
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AI is a privately-held Texas limited partnership
controlled by HM
International (HMI). HMI is a privately-held company founded
in 1979 with the objective of acquiring undervalued assets and
creating value through strong, decentralized management and a
long term investment focus. The first of its acquisitions was PGI
International which has grown from $3 million to over $30
million in sales. In 1983, HMI acquired ElectroCom Automation
(ECA) from E-Systems. ECA designed, manufactured, and installed
automated sorting systems based on optical character recognition
technology licensed from Daimler Benz. ECA grew from $25 million
in sales to over $450 million. In 1992, ECA was taken public
and listed on the NYSE. Today ECA is owned by Siemens. HMI has
controlling interest in a variety of businesses with combined
sales of almost $1 billion.
Partners (top
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Implementing new technology often requires support
from other industry leaders. American Innovations has strong
relationships with key industry leaders that help us deliver
better products. Please contact us if you would like to discuss
a partnership opportunity.
The following is a partial list of companies
we have established key business relationships with:
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| Aeris.net™ develops
and markets proprietary, two-way technologies that enable the
wireless connectivity and control of remote intelligent devices.
Its patented MicroBurst® service leverages existing cellular
networks and the Internet to provide a cost-effective, wireless
data link for a host of fixed and mobile applications.
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| SkyWave
Mobile Communications is the global leader for satellite
communications products and services that enables solution providers
to deliver to their customers cost-effective, reliable, timely
and scalable asset management and security services on land
or at sea, fixed or mobile. SkyWave is an established market
leader with a strong base of over 70 worldwide customers in
30 countries. SkyWave is the first in Inmarsat D+ terminal sales
and the leading reseller of Inmarsat D+ services.
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ORBCOMM is
a wireless telecommunications company providing narrow band two-way
digital messaging, data communications, and geo-positioning services
on a global basis. The company owns and operates a network consisting
of 30 low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and terrestrial gateways
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Siemens is
a world leader in engineering and electronics with 460,000 employees
in 190 countries. Siemens Energy & Automation technologies
range from circuit protection and energy management systems to
process control, industrial software and integrated automation
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Mercury
Instruments sets the standard for innovation in the design
and manufacture of precision instruments for the natural gas
industry. Pressure recorders, temperature recorders, volume
recorders, volume correctors and battery-operated chart drives
from Mercury Instruments are so accurate they have become the
standard of the industry, so reliable they carry a four year
warranty. |
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As energy flows from a power grid into your business,
or from a gasoline pump into your car, chances are Dresser played
a part in getting it there. Dresser's highly engineered equipment
helps produce, process and move the energy that powers industry
and makes people's lives easier. |
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ISA is
a 38,000-member global, nonprofit, educational organization connecting
people and ideas in automation + control. The Society fosters
advancement in the theory, design, manufacture, and use of sensors,
instruments, computers, and systems for automation +control in
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Juniper
Systems, Inc. provides high-quality rugged field computing
products for natural resource, agriculture, and select OEM markets.
These products result in superior customer satisfaction while
providing growth and prosperity for employees, investors, and
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Skybility is
a leading provider of embedded wireless data transceivers / modems
for machine to machine data communications since 1995. Skybility
manufactures modules that support the following platforms: Control
Channel, AMPS, GSM, CDMA and TDMA. |
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Trimble is a leading innovator of Global
Positioning System (GPS) technology. In addition to providing
advanced GPS components, Trimble augments GPS with other positioning
technologies as well as wireless communications and software
to create complete customer solutions. Founded in 1978 and headquartered
in Sunnyvale, California, Trimble has more than 2,000 employees
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Department
of Defense (DoD) Corrosion Exchange
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Careers (top
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There are a lot of exciting projects at AI and
we need talented people to make them happen. AI currently has
employment opportunities available at our Field
Data Division (FDD) located in Austin, TX and at our Integrity
Management Division (IMD) located in Littleton, CO. Details
are provided below.
FDD Employment Opportunities (top
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American Innovations Field Data Division (FDD)
based in Austin, Texas is seeking candidates
for the
positions listed below. Interested candidates should submit their
résumés to the following email address. No third parties please.
- Director/VP, Customer Services (Reports to Division President)
- Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university in technical field plus 4-6 years experience; or 8-10 years related experience and/or training.
- Person with high integrity, strong communication skills, always seeking to improve, takes ownership, seeks responsibility, servant leader, values family environment.
- Entrepreneurial spirit, poise under pressure, passionate about customer satisfaction.
- Enjoys assessing data to draw conclusions; can use that data to tell a clear story, works with peers to resolve issues.
- Manages customer service, returns processing, new product introduction, training and service revenue, CRM.
- Project Manager (Reports to Division President)
- Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university in technical field plus 2-4 years experience; or 4-6 years related experience and/or training.
- Person with high integrity, strong communication skills, always seeking to improve, takes ownership, seeks responsibility, servant leader, values family environment.
- Does not mind responsibility without direct authority, get things done without needing authority, the solution to every problem is not a hammer.
- Connector & communicator, appreciates different points of view and is adept, can speak the different languages of the business.
- Organized and on task, hates to be late, passion for process and procedure.
IMD Employment Opportunities (top
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American Innovations Integrity Management Division
based out of Littleton, Colorado is seeking candidates for the
positions listed below. Interested candidates should submit their
résumés to the following email address. No third parties please.
- Director, Engineering Services
- 8-10 years in O&G pipeline or facilities engineering/operations.
- Strong focus on and experience in risk, integrity,
safety, reliability or preventative maintenance. Prefer someone
who has held the role of "Manager of Integrity/Risk" or
something similar within an operating company.
- Strong engineering skills and experience regarding how O&G industry models and measures risk of assets.
- Ability to lead mentor a team of engineers and set product strategy.
- Active in the community (NACE, API, etc type of industry memberships and involvement).
- Project Manager
- Ten years of related experience in oil or natural
gas pipeline operations, maintenance or engineering.
- Experience in project and client management.
- Experience with pipeline safety regulations,
in-line inspections, pressure testing and/or direct assessment,
and pipeline/facilities integrity management.
- Excellent teamwork, leadership and communication
skills.
- Two work references.
- Sr. Engineer
- Six years of related experience in oil or natural
gas pipeline operations, maintenance or engineering.
- Experience in project engineering.
- Experience with pipeline safety regulations,
in-line inspections, pressure testing and/or direct assessment,
and pipeline/facilities integrity management.
- Excellent teamwork, leadership and communication
skills.
- Engineering or advanced technical degree.
- Two work references.
- Engineer
- Two years experience in engineering or in a
related area.
- Experience or familiarity with pipeline safety
regulations, in-line inspections, pressure testing and/or direct
assessment, and pipeline/facilities integrity management.
- Excellent teamwork and communication skills.
- Engineering or advanced technical degree.
- Two work references.
Terms & Conditions (top
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Enter the password provided to you by AI to access
the following PDF files: PCS TS&M Terms & Conditions, Sales Terms & Conditions,
Telemetry Service Terms & Conditions, and Warranty Terms & Conditions.
If you need a password, please send an email to FDD
Technical Support.
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