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Ontario, Canada

Ontario, Canada

Ontario, Canada

Houston, Tx

Houston, Tx

Managed overtime tracking pilot project and North American rollout of software enhancements for 3500+ employees.• Engaged business stakeholders to target areas of excess overtime and to implement new practices to reduce unscheduled overtime. Promoted a major cultural change that resulted in employees and managers taking ownership of scheduling, reporting and approval of time worked.• Oversaw system enhancements and built customized reports to enable managers to analyze overtime trends and make timely business decisions regarding overtime.• Helped reduce unscheduled overtime events by more than 50% in the first quarter post-launch.

Houston, Texas Area

Fundraising co-chair for Dads Cub Swim Team. • Implemented and provided customer support for on-line donation system for 400+ users• Engaged families to solicit donations through the email and website campaign. • Helped raise over 100K for the 501(3)c non-profit organization, a 40% increase from the previous year.

Sugar Land, Tx

Oversaw administrative team that setup recruiting career fair events, second interviews, pre-employment background check, drug testing and onboarding of college new hires. Managed the OFS Training Center• Doubled the number of processed recruits (2500+) with a flat budget• Saved an estimated $1M over 2 years by streamlining the onboarding process and converting the new-hire paperwork to electronic signature• Managed schedule, content and delivery of the new-hire orientation and health & safety classes. Oversaw schedule and delivery of leadership, finance and HR classes with 90%+ satisfaction rate.

Sugar Land, Tx

Responsible for talent development and HR services for the reservoir & conveyance engineering, manufacturing and sustaining centers in Sugar Land, TX and Abbeville France. • Reduced delay in training progression by 30% through 3 year fixed-step development program.• Increased engagement in the technical career ladder and increased the number of successful technical promotions by 20%• Obtained 90% engagement in the competency management program, including execution of individual development plans for the post fixed-step technical employees• Led motivation and retention efforts through repeated surveys and workgroups, to reduce attrition to lowest level in 5 years.

Lagos, Nigeria

Oversaw Talent Development and HR services for Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Chad• Doubled drilling-related staffing through recruiting and international transfers• Worked with regional support center and local HR to implement payroll system in Equatorial Guinea• Implemented new health care insurer in Nigeria• Co-conducted salary surveys in Ghana market for complete compensation overhaul • Co-developed first employment handbook for employees in Ghana

Houston, Texas Area

Oversaw career development and HR services for the software division of Schlumberger for North America.• Coordinated staffing for US & Canada operations• Ensured development of key technical and managerial competencies through training & development and targeted job placement. • Provided employee and manager support for all HR services, including compensation, payroll, career orientation reviews

Houston, Texas Area

Recruited petro-technical experts with 10+ years industry experience for the Data & Consulting services and Integrated Project Management divisions, in a highly competitive environment.

Houston, Texas Area

Responsible for employee competency development, through a 3 year fixed-step program • Co-designed curriculum for geoscience, engineering and data management software with consultation of business stakeholders and customers• Implemented program in Learning Management System (LMS)• Oversaw creation and delivery of classroom­-based and on­line training.• Implemented soft-skills and project management competencies into the program• Measured training effectiveness through benchmarking, pre and post skill and behavior employee and manager surveys, in-class testing and post-class projects.

Houston, Texas Area

Supervised software testing for all the commercially sold geological and petrophysical software. Devised and oversaw test plans, prioritized software modification requests.

Houston, Texas Area

Globally promoted geological, petrophysical and data management software products at tradeshows and customer offices• Researched competitive offerings in the marketplace.• Assisted with targeted sales efforts, technical replies for requests for information and bids.• Co-developed marketing roll-out strategies, marketing material. • Participated in product development teams for geological and petrophysical software applications.

Almaty, Kazakhstan

­Responsible for setting up software and data services organization in a new location. • Marketed geoscience software to local and international clients in the Caspian Sea area.• Coordinated geological, geophysical and petrophyisical software customer support and services.

Hannover Area, Germany

Provided training and customer support for the geological and reservoir modeling software for customers in Germany, Austria, Eastern Europe and Russia.

London, United Kingdom

Provided computer processing and geologic interpretation of borehole mircro-resistivity and acoustic images to customers in the UK and Ireland.

Msc, Petroleum Geology

Bsc (Hons), Geology