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Tim Bender is a highly experienced engineer specializing in aromatics technology, with a career spanning over three decades. Since 2008, Bender has held the position of Senior Principal Engineer at ExxonMobil, contributing to various aspects of aromatics technology and serving in leadership roles, including SAR2 Synergy Technical Lead and Baytown Chemicals Technical Lead. Prior to ExxonMobil, Bender was a Technical Manager at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company from 2005 to 2008, overseeing technical operations for a manufacturing site. Earlier in the career, from 1988 to 2005, Bender worked at UOP LLC as an Aromatics Specialist, where expertise in separation technologies was demonstrated, including leading multiple chemical complex startups. Tim Bender earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1988.