Using over 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Mr. Lafferty founded Scientific Technical Services to help companies increase performance while improving safety and integrity through the application of technology and process improvement. The primary focus is the digitalization of the energy industry. Providing services in the areas of:- Marketing, new product development and strategy setting- Presale support- Technology consulting and advisor role- Fractional digital transformation managerMr. Lafferty is considered a thought leader in IoT for Oil and Gas and has made over 40 presentations on IoT for oil and gas, machine learning, analytics, "drones" and blockchain. Besides technical presentations, roles included serving as conference chairman, providing keynote "landscape setting" presentations and chairing discussion sessions. David has also developed an "IoT for Oil and Gas Masterclass" that offers a day-long deep dive into the technology stacks of sensors, communications, big data, analytics, and visualization. Mr. Lafferty provides business development in the digitization area for many companies, including Adaptive Wireless Solutions, Agile Stacks, BSquare, CTG, CTRL2GO, Cambridge Semantics, Crimo Technologies, Cntl2go, SourceZon, Embassy of Things, Exterra Monitoring, Falkonry, Infodat, TimeLi, IoTech, IOTium, IXDen, ReMuv, Sumitomo, University of Cincinnati, VisualAIM and WellAware. David is an IoT advisor to major companies such as Eunike Ventures, Aramco Ventures, Intel, Apergy(ChampionX), Yokogawa, and Emerson. But also advises startups such as IoTium, WellAware, and Rheidiant. Mr. Lafferty is an ARC Associate for ARC Advisor Group and provides executive summaries for leading technology issues. David was an advisor to SPAR 3D and provided insights on the use of 3D technology in the oil and gas domain. David is also an advisor to incubators such as LaunchAlaska and Houston Technology Center.

Grow the energy digitalization business by creating a Special Purpose Entity (SPE) for AIGI that will bring to market digital solutions for existing energy and energy transition industries using technologies such as IIoT, drones, and analytics.

Board member of Knowix. Knowix delivers digitization of fiber rope systems providing real-time system monitoring and data and condition monitoring.

Provide ongoing guidance to the Chairman and digital advisor board on digitalization. Topics include new technology trends, business development opportunities, and go-to-market advice. Met on a quarterly basis to review issues.

Guide training development and conferences around the digital transformation topic for the industrial automation sector. Develop training materials on digital transformation, including big data, ESG, industrial computing, and visualization.

Provide Eunike Ventures with specialized energy sector knowledge and experience on an as-needed basis with special emphases on digitalization.

GEM is a volunteer organization that provides technical & commercial guidance to early-stage startups for the energy industry to help turn their ideas into successful businesses. The focus for GEM mentoring is to prepare early-stage start-up companies to successfully pitch to Angel or Series A investors.

Provide business development and sales support for their expansion into the US energy market.

Provide business development support for expansion into the North America market

Conduct all aspects of technology management. Accountable for overall program management of the identification, introduction and adoption of technology for all business units and all regions within BP. Also operates in the business development role, working with new companies to modify their products and sometimes even their business model to better server BP’s needs. Ensure that emerging technology is aligned with IT strategy. Since joining the Chief Technology Office in, I have spearheaded a wide range of innovative projects including: •Transferring the Location Intelligence "Game Changer" into the various business segments including the Alaska Pipeline Renewal Compliance tool. • Award-winning Wireless Measurements systems using “motes” resulting in reducing industrial instrumentation cost an order of magnitude. • Numerous integrity management systems including leak detection and corrosion measurements• Predictive Analytics for both equipment health and supply chain optimization • Physical security projects to enhance the safety of various sites.• Handheld projects including Operator Rounds Mobility with embedded work rules

Provided project management, business development and technology consulting to a wide range of clients. Well versed in project management methodology and managing projects in a heavily outsource environment. Specialized in determining business needs and then matching the technology solutions that best address those needs.

Managed a group responsible for the installation and support of all Exploration related applications with a staff of 10 and annual budget of US$10mm. Transformed ARCO Alaska Exploration from mainframe to UNIX workstations resulting in doubling the amount of prospects generated.

Developed and supported a computer based log analysis system that became the most run technical program at ARCO. Developed SWAP – an analysis system for full waveform sonic and numerous real time data acquisition systems.

Provided programming support using both FORTRAN and SAS