• Supervised a team of 4 Plant Support Engineers and a Co-op Engineer• Drove engineering and maintenance efforts in the Western US region for Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions, Inc. (A&E)• Managed communications with A&E Operations Management to ensure alignment of team efforts with the needs of the business unit

• Developed and executed capital projects at A&E facilities • Functioned as first-call maintenance support at assigned A&E facilities • Managed communications with A&E operations to stay aligned with shifting priorities • Enabled A&E operations to make quick, informed decisions

• Managed full rebranding initiative • Supervised the development and commercial roll-out of two new service lines • Performed the primary Sales and Marketing functions for the organization (periodic communications with new content, developing strategies for developing new business, further penetrating core customers) • Identified opportunities for new products and services to be added • Managed technical communications between operations, data processing, and product delivery

• Designed experiments using fiber data to optimize completion design for hydraulic fracturing of horizontal oil and gas wells.• Informed wellbore intervention and mitigation efforts, as well as future well placement, by identifying water zones and other production disparities along the lateral using dip-in fiber data.• Identified well candidates that will maximize client return on investment in fiber data.• Incorporated disruptive fiber deployment technology to deliver economic real-time fracture monitoring.• Developed new and existing business in Midland, DFW, and Houston areas.• Generated targeted content for digital and print marketing materials.

• Served as the primary point of contact for all vendors regarding the manufacturing, installation, and operation of a two-stage light gas gun (2SLGG), a miniature split-Hopkinson pressure bar, and an ultra-high speed camera to be used in the newly formed high-rate materials testing lab at TAMU.• Oversaw undergraduate design team efforts to design and manufacture an improved target fixture for the 2SLGG.• Explored methods of characterizing the dynamic behavior of materials at high strain rates, such as those resulting from blast effects and hypervelocity impact.

• Directed the design, specification, and acquisition of a 2SLGG and an ultra-high speed camera for the newly founded Hypervelocity Impact Lab at Mississippi State University.• Designed and built an articulating target fixture for the 2SLGG allowing for oblique impacts and target face plates that force axisymmetric boundary conditions on the impact event.• Served as the primary interface with the program sponsor (U. S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center) regarding research updates and alignment. • Performed over 150 hypervelocity impact tests to targets composed of geomaterials, polymers, and metals• Developed experimental metrics for comparison of targets subjected to perforation at hypervelocity, including analysis of high-speed images taken during perforation as well as post-shot evaluation of the targets.• Investigated the effects of polymeric material microstructure on damage morphology due to hypervelocity impact.• Explored the effects of crack tunneling in metallic fracture specimens on transition from plane strain to plane stress conditions.

• Drove the sales strategy for the Mid-Con Basin (OK, KS, TX Panhandle) including account planning and development, managing price erosion under worsening market conditions, and developing innovative applications for our entire technology portfolio in conjunction with our technical data support group.• Developed my team of 4 direct reports through mentoring and implementing individual training programs to address apparent competency gaps.• Ensured alignment of the sales, operations, and technical data support teams with a unified strategy to high grade customers, find solutions that resonated with product end users, and support final data delivery.

• Managed the integration of Geosciences (Petrophysics, Geomechanics, and Borehole Geology) with Operations to provide solutions for proper well placement and optimal completion design.• Advocated the adoption and evolution of completion optimization in horizontal wells using data by traveling to and supporting local sales hubs in US Land with technical support and presentation delivery.• Developed a procedure for evaluating horizontal wells that leverages the right combination of conveyance systems (ThruBit, TLC [Drill pipe Conveyed Logging], and Open-Hole/Cased-Hole tractor) to balance data quality and completeness with risk of loss and NPT footprint.• Coordinated the multidisciplinary workflow incorporating Petrophysics and Geomechanics into a seamless completion design within the accelerated timeline demanded by large-scale development operations.

• Supervised rigging up/down operations to ensure compliance with safety policies and job efficiency metrics.• Acquired client requested data at the wellsite and prepared deliverables on location.• Utilized communication between sales and geoscience to make sure any advanced deliverables were completed accurately and distributed in a timely manner.• Developed competencies in advanced formation evaluation services including borehole imaging, magnetic resonance, and elemental spectroscopy through classroom and on-the-job training.

• Expanded technical competencies in general open-hole and cased-hole formation evaluation through on-the-job and self-initiated training.• Worked directly with customers to help them identify their well evaluation needs and recommend a tailored open-hole and/or cased-hole evaluation suite.

• Acquired basic oil field knowledge and safety awareness through classroom and on-the-job training.

• Developed material and geometric nonlinear finite element models of sandwich composite structures with woven fabric facesheets and Nomex Honeycomb core.• Predicted drop weight normal impact damage in sandwich composites using LS-DYNA.• Predicted compression-after-impact residual strength in sandwich composites using ABAQUS.

• Developed 3-D finite element model of semi-monocoque tapered box beam using PATRAN and Unigraphics.• Generated reference fundamental frequency and tip deflection data for tapered box beam with varying skin thicknesses using PATRAN/NASTRAN modal and static analysis.• Validated scaling-factor approximations of tip deflection and fundamental frequency using reference data.