• Led large organization focused on conventional exploration in the deep water• Delivered contingent resources from three significant discoveries • Added key prospective resources through lease sales and acquisitions• Steered achievement of several complex commercial deals • Board member of NOIA (National Ocean Industries Association)

• Responsible for venture prosecution of core plays and frontier areas in the GOM and N Atlantic• Coordinated GOM lease sales exceeding acreage addition targets• Focused on technical rigor and enhancing understanding of the core areas along with ranking of the frontier plays

• Held both Exploration Manager jobs for 1 year responsible for all aspects of exploration including play and prospect identification and maturation, acreage access, drilling operations and appraisal • Decision Executive for appraisal milestones • Exceeded volume delivery targets with discoveries at West Boreas, Vito, Cardamom Deep, South Deimos and N Ursa• Led group through preparation to return to drilling post moratorium• Delivered several complex commercial deals • Significant acreage additions from lease sales

• Guided the team to apply high technical understanding resulting in a complete updating of the portfolio description and change in the lease sale focus

• Implemented play based strategy • Directed maturation and commercial efforts for Caesar discovery• Identified and commercially executed acquisition of prospect Friesian discovery• Managed several commercial deals along with drilling operations with numerous partners• Focused on staff needs as we all dealt with Hurricane Katrina impact

• Recognized importance and championed the subsalt plays • Identified numerous prospects and contributed to several commercial deals• Effective data room evaluator of competitor acreage

• Generated large number of lease sale prospects that were pursued• Drilling team leader for numerous prospects• Performed regional evaluation of several under explored areas of GOM

• Worked in the Pecten International (Shell Oil Company) Far East Group immediately becoming responsible for drill site recommendations in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, Offshore China• Key interpreter for the East China Sea Lease Sale evaluating 3.5 million acres in short time frame. Identified over 30 large prospects and their key risks• Produced detailed regional evaluation of Yellow Sea Basin

• Responsible for activities of all onshore processing groups• Coordinated transition from Unisys to Cray processing

• Responsible for activities of 5 onshore seismic crews• Increased focus on 3D acquisition

• Led onshore seismic crew of 60 staff responsible for delivering acquisition & processing

• Designed processing and acquisition for onshore exploration