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Michel Ruel P.E., is founder and president of TOP Control Inc., a global company specializing in process control optimisation, performance improvement, and alarm management; in April 2011, Top Control became a BBA member. BBA is a Canadian consulting-engineering firm employing more than 700 people. BBA provides engineering services based on upscale expertise Michel is a registered professional engineer, university lecturer, and author of several publications and books on instrumentation and control. For over 35 years, he has been solving unusual process control problems in several fields in more than 15 countries. Michel started his career in 1975 in a paper mill (Scott Paper Crabtree). Michel graduated from Laval University, Quebec Canada, with a Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering (Process and Automation). Michel Ruel is a member of the following organizations: ISA, Fellow (International Society for Automation); IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers); PAPTAC (Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada); TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry); AIChE(American Institute of Chemical Engineers); PEO (Professional Engineers of Ontario); OIQ (“Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec”).