• P&L Responsibility for Western Hemisphere; set performance and financial goals; assess and attain them through team direction and management• Budget preparation and allocation• Directing Western Hemisphere Operations and Sales teams• Finding new business opportunities: ideation and commercialization of new technologies, inventions, growth opportunities, pricing strategies, and IP in line with Silverwell’s strategic initiatives• Managing Silverwell’s Intellectual Property portfolio including domestic and international patent fillings and maintenance• Participating in industry associations, communities, and training to Guide industry standards, understand and relay market needs and trends, and expand Silverwell’s market influence• Developing Silverwell’s product strategy and vision and expressing it with tools such as roadmaps• Product Life Cycle: Rationalizing and guiding products through their Product Life Cycles to maximize profit by reducing cost and lead time while increasing reliability and throughput

Operated a custom automobile engine shop specializing in improving the performance of late-model automobiles. Managed a staff of 8: mechanics, tuning specialists, and a Sales Person / Shop Manager.Consulted with customers to help them select the best technology to meet their needs. Customers ranged from high-performance drag racing enthusiasts to weekend track racers who wanted a street-usable car. Led the organization to a 40% increase in sales and improved customer satisfaction levels.

Worked with engineering, sales, manufacturing, marketing, and customers to determine product design, stage product improvements, and select the optimal technological approach to maintain product leadership in the market. Provided technical support to customers to ensure success with their upcoming completion projects.• Worked closely with the Engineering Department to select projects that would offer the margins to meet expected rates of return. • Conducted Product Line Rationalization to ensure Baker Hughes’ product line met market demands, offered pricing that satisfied a wide range of customer needs, and allowed for product innovations to grow market share. • Conducted market research to understand customer needs, as well as the products being offered by competitors. Trained / educated the sales team in Baker Hughes’ product differentiators to give them a competitive edge in the market. • Managed Intellectual Property Portfolio to retain a technological lead in the marketplace.

Reported to the Product Line Director for Intelligent Well Systems and worked with the Engineering and Sales Departments to ensure product designs and performance parameters met customers’ needs. Projects were focused on Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage and control technologies. • Helped lead development and commercialization of an Electro-Hydraulic control system to optimize production in multi-zone well completions. The approach reduced costs, improved reliability, and improved well production. • Led prototype development; conducted performance testing and system integration tests to ensure success of newly developed solutions. The tests improved customer confidence and broadened the commercial viability of developing technologies.• Participated in industry societies, such as SPE and industry forums, and published papers to help maintain WellDyamics’ position as a technology leader in the Oil Industry.

Led the design, development, and testing of equipment related to Intelligent Completions, including integration of electronics; mechanical design and analysis; programming; and hydraulic systems. Modeling included CFD Analyses, FEAs, and verification with mathematical models and experimental data.• Designed and tested downhole chokes using tungsten carbide materials and metal-metal seals, for use in highly erosive environments.• Developed and tested a low-cost downhole pressure gauge.• Designed an automatic pressure balancing downhole choke.

Member of a design team focused on developing and testing wireline tools including Logging Tools, Casing Exit Tools, Fishing Tools, and Tubing Cutters.• Set up and managed a test lab for high pressure tubing cutters. Developed test parameters for the equipment to meet customer specifications. • Designed and tested other tools and equipment such as Thru-tubing Mills, Hammers, Downhole Motors, Fishing Tools, and Locators.• Wrote software in Visual Basic/SolidWorks to integrate the design, drafting, and manufacture of Progressive Cavity Motors.

Research Engineer (1997 - 2000):Joined a “skunk-works”-type operation exploring the oil and gas equipment uses for carbon fiber and fiberglass materials.• Designed and patented fittings to enable Composite Coiled Tubing to be integrated into current systems, such as risers and WAG floods.• Provided field training to customers. Mechanical Engineer, Blow Out Preventers (1997):Worked with the sales department, manufacturing department, customers, and third parties to ensure that the designs conformed to API, NACE, and customer requirements.