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Developed the strategic initiatives of the Global Projects Company Strategy following significant restructuring – gleaning insights from external market research, internal customers, and project performance trends. Collaborated with stakeholders up to the company president level across multiple organizations to align on strategies projected to reduce annual spending by $1BLed standardization workstream, managing 11 projects in parallel with stakeholders across engineering, projects, and operationsWorked directly with 3 VPs on a weekly cadence to identify new ideas, prioritize programs and resourcing, and steward progress, engaging and influencing multiple teams to drive change across the ExxonMobil project portfolioDelivered comprehensive change management program, leveraging Prosci change management toolkit, supported executive leadership with analysis, communications materials, and metrics/KPIs to measure and sustain strategy rollout

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Owner’s team project engineer leading engineering of pressure vessels, constructability, construction subcontracts, change order resolution, and implementation of advanced work packaging (AWP) on multi-billion dollar project.Led interface across engineering disciplines between Madrid engineering office and stakeholders at Thailand and Singapore construction sites to ensure ongoing alignment on overall project priorities across the 3 locations.Developed advanced analytics visualizations, linking 3 disparate data sources to track the sequence of engineering deliverable completion, analyze performance trends, and take corrective action to ensure no impacts to other stakeholders

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Worked with Fuels, Lubes, Chemicals, and Upstream business lines, as well as controllers, treasurers, and procurement service organizations to define plans for maintaining critical business capabilities and key product flows during a major disruption to the corporate network.Generated insights through business partner visits and market research, gathering best practices in cybersecurity incident response to inform corporate strategy for both cybersecurity defense and the response to any possible incidentDeveloped strategy recommendations and presentation materials for discussions with the corporation’s CEO and boardManaged parallel programs across upstream, fuels, lubes, and chemicals business segments, along with associated finance, sales, controllers, and HR functions (80k employees) to ensure all critical groups had a viable cyber incident response planManaged a team of 4 researchers to create a new data-driven risk model for cyber incidents across the Fortune 300 companies. This risk model was used to create corporate cybersecurity funding guidelines

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Digitized key paper-based construction work processes - shifting onto a mobile tablet interface and transitioning to digitally enabled work processes. Resulting platform improved productivity by 10% and reduced construction reworkCollaborated with IT Project Manager counterpart to understand stakeholder requirements - leading workshops in Singapore, UK, Netherlands, and USA to document user needs and prioritize highest-value use cases for tablet technology in constructionCreated a new process to define which project types (considering project size, greenfield/brownfield; reimbursable vs lump sum contract, geography, and labor productivity) were best suited to tablet deployment onsiteLed efforts to align senior management stakeholders and secure funding for subsequent stages of the projectSet the foundation for a successful rollout to 3 regional project hubs (Europe, Singapore, USA) by completing initial vendor screening and finalizing execution plan prior to being pulled into a new corporate role

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Managed operations of schedule group (6 engineers), assigning resources to projects, providing technical direction, and prioritizing workload across the group. Responsible for the accuracy of project schedules, employee development, career mentoring, budget stewardship, and setting work priorities across refining and chemicals project portfoliosUpdated global scheduling training program with latest technology and work process, incorporating instructional design best practices. Delivered re-designed training to 3 domestic and international classes. Won awards in 2016 & 2017 for excellence in instruction, as one of the top 8% of instructors across the corporationCreated a new suite of data-driven scheduling tools – capturing performance data from ~120 megaprojects over the prior decade and using that dataset to build predictive models for future project schedules

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Project engineer through front end engineering design (FEED) for $300M diesel expansion project. Led client engineering team through front end design - coordinated stakeholder reviews and long lead equipment purchasing, engaged engineering specialists to ensure the facilities design met corporate engineering standards

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Seconded to joint-venture organization, leading project controls discipline with professionals from across the globe representing 23 different countries - tracked project financial commitments and forecast project completion date and costManaged and coordinated schedule development for $2B scope of work across client, contractor, and subcontractor stakeholders, integrating construction and business services disciplines to align on a unified plan and schedule.Advanced Excel skills enabled deep analysis of construction progress, productivity, procurement, and systems completion data to accurately predict the project outcomes – project finished on budget and as forecast to stakeholders

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Tracked spending, analyzed performance trends, and forecast outcomes in parallel across a suite of 7 capital, maintenance, and turnaround projects; proactive communication to all stakeholders ensured broad alignment on objectives and outcomesDeveloped a SQL data pipeline to monitor expenditures, analyze field labor productivity, and provide expenditure forecasts during a 60-day maintenance downtime where expenditures exceeded $1M /day.Implemented a new work process and managed an 11-person team to improve invoice approval timeline and accuracy allowing construction supervision to spend 15% more time in the field, improving business controls, safety, and productivityLed refinery-wide operating expense reduction program, engaging across the organization to ensure effective use of limited funding by providing a consistent framework to prioritize maintenance and discretionary spendingProject team representative for upgrade of SAP ERP - ensured smooth transition from old ERP to new ERP during major maintenance downtime.

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Developed cost and schedule estimates for various capital investments, including a major joint venture project

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Led progress tracking and productivity stewardship during construction, commissioning, and startup for a major refinery expansion project

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Created capital project estimates up to $10B in all areas of the refining business, including R&D, expansions, & maintenance