
Almira De Villa Philippines almira.devilla@bld.ai abdevilla1@gmail.com		Work Experience bld.ai September 2025 - Present September 2025 - Present Software engineer Support engineer for BHP web apps (Forge, Constellation, Marketplace, Usage Metrics Dashboard, Wormhole, Unearth) Mahusai Inc. January 2025 - Present January 2025 - Present Software engineer Web app team member for: Mahusai Inc (until Sep 2025) BHP (Sep 2025 onwards) Petron Bataan Refinery February 2016 - July 2022 February 2016 - July 2022 Process operations engineer Contact engineer for the following process units: CDU, NHT, LIU, BTX, KMX, RFGATU, SRU, SWS, OM&S Acted as reliever process engineer for related process units such as CCRU, MXU, HRF, and SHP Optimized operational parameters and troubleshooted issues/upsets Collaborated with catalyst and chemical vendors and technology providers, both local and international Lead and conducted continuous improvement projects Simulated process equipment and conditions Provided technical and physical assistance during shutdown, start-up, and special activities (turnaround, test run, change-out, commissioning, etc) Education University of Tartu & Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 August 2022 - September 2024 August 2022 - September 2024 Master's Degree in Analytical Chemistry (Industrial Analysis track) University of the Philippines June 2010 - June 2015 June 2010 - June 2015 Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering Skills Analytical Chemistry Aspen HYSYS Chemical Engineering Django MATLAB Python

Almira De Villa

Philippines

almira.devilla@bld.ai abdevilla1@gmail.com

Work Experience

bld.ai

September 2025 - Present

Software engineer

Support engineer for BHP web apps (Forge, Constellation, Marketplace, Usage Metrics Dashboard, Wormhole, Unearth)

Mahusai Inc.

January 2025 - Present

Software engineer

Web app team member for:

Mahusai Inc (until Sep 2025)
BHP (Sep 2025 onwards)

Petron Bataan Refinery

February 2016 - July 2022

Process operations engineer

Contact engineer for the following process units: CDU, NHT, LIU, BTX, KMX, RFGATU, SRU, SWS, OM&S
Acted as reliever process engineer for related process units such as CCRU, MXU, HRF, and SHP
Optimized operational parameters and troubleshooted issues/upsets
Collaborated with catalyst and chemical vendors and technology providers, both local and international
Lead and conducted continuous improvement projects
Simulated process equipment and conditions
Provided technical and physical assistance during shutdown, start-up, and special activities (turnaround, test run, change-out, commissioning, etc)

Education

University of Tartu & Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

August 2022 - September 2024

Master's Degree in Analytical Chemistry (Industrial Analysis track)

University of the Philippines

June 2010 - June 2015

Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering

Skills

Analytical Chemistry

Aspen HYSYS

Chemical Engineering

Django

MATLAB

Python