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Irving, Texas, United States

Currently on a team of product managers tasked with integrating new channels into Citi's marketing decision engine.

Houston, Texas Area

- Successfully planned and executed drilling of two deep-water offshore oil wells (Maka Central and Sapakara West) with over $160MM budget. High profile project resulted in the first major hydrocarbon discovery for Suriname and a record breaking 25%+ stock increase at Apache.- As part of the operations team, managed 200+ employees and contractors across 3.

Houston, Texas Area

-Managed the installation of Apache’s drilling data aggregation and analytics platform along with the training of field personnel. The system was installed on over 10 drilling rigs with 80+ personnel trained.-Improved system's drilling dysfunction detection by conducting field trials of the software and advising the development team on sensitivity.

-Lead a team of 15 operations-specific service company contractors on site with the goal of delivering quality oil and gas wells while meeting all technical, operational and safety objectives. -Managed and authorized procurement of services and equipment under an operating budget of $2.5-3MM per well.-Completed a 19 well campaign $4.4 MM below approved.

Houston, Texas Area

-Field tested the concept of "Mechanical Specific Energy" as a reliable drilling analytics method. Results of the field trials were presented to both engineers and drilling managers overseeing Apache's Permian Basin. The team then created documents capturing best drilling practices which were then used as drilling guidelines in future operations.

Houston, Texas Area

Entered Apache's 3 year Accelerated Development Program (drilling specific). The first year of this program consisted of formal in class training followed by supplemental field hitches to observe and reinforce topics learned in class. The main courses attended are as follows.Smith Mason Drilling Practices - 1 weekNewPark Drilling Fluids - 2 weeksSmith.

Austin, Texas Area

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Civil Engineering