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Houston, Texas Area

an engineering company serving investors, operators and suppliers of oil and gas equipment and systems. We deploy 20+ year experienced principle subject matter engineering experts in teams to red team review and adjust operators' specs and suppliers' designs to new lower cost applications and readapting solutions to match market changes. We support clients offshore and onshore on wellheads, pipelines, facilities, subsea and floating production systems including LNG. Services cover early conceptual, pre-FEED, FEED, Field Development planning and project management.

Houston, Texas

Senior executive in the upstream oil and gas industry on the engineering and EPC contractor side with broad experience and understanding of operational, project management, and business unit leadership from manufacturing to marketing and sales. My experience includes executive leadership, P&L management, manufacturing and supply chain operations, strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, business restructuring, engineering and customer focus. I've always had a results focused servant leadership style with proven ability to create vision and translate into coherent action plans, to make sound decisions in uncertain environments, to manage performance that results in achievement beyond expectations, and to unite people with diverse agendas.

Houston, Texas Area

Significantly improved coordination and performance of technical sales and business development teams, marketing and communication in North America, including US, Mexico and Canada. Increased market shares in declining offshore market and secured all new order intake up to $800mm per annum ( $1.5 billion backlog) across all product lines. Intervened at highest levels leveraging relationships to secure major awards when at an impasse.Coordinated all Houston-based client interface with our corporate and regional counterparts worldwide.Management of over 30 major industry conferences and marketing events each year.

Houston, Texas Area

O&GS was a JV with Samsung Heavy Industries providing Front End engineering of low cost full field offshore oil and gas development solutions from concepts, pre-FEED and FEEDs including fixed and floating oil and gas production platforms, FPSOs, and floating LNG. Won several Floating LNG FEED projects, one for the Gulf of Mexico.

Responsible for international operations including strategy, backlog, and project execution. In Jan '11 additional responsibilities were added including all Upstream Sales and Marketing worldwide responsible for backlog and company's relationships with client executives.

Joined Executive Leadership Team reporting to CEO and Chairman of the Board. Responsible for global Strategy and Marketing, tendering, order intake, and getting company into the deepwater market including assisting in construction oversight/delivery of two new deepwater pipelay vessels. Also managed Public Relations and Communications.

Responsible for business unit operational and financial performance in region (representing 40% of company's revenue), all operations, vessels, bases, project management and execution, business development, and government relationships. Immediate upon joining/arriving in Dubai, led the extensive effort to develop/implement a recovery plan for largest project in company history which led to cost stabilization and better results than the revised forecasts.

Led sales teams for engineering, floating products and SURF market segments, introduced account management, maintained and assisted exec team with key client relationships worldwide, and managed capture process for targeted deepwater projects, as well as onshore/downstream prospects for LNG, GTL and refineries expansions . Was designated capture manager for two SPAR projects which were won and executed in the GoM and SEA regions respectively and responsible for customer satisfaction.

Houston, Texas Area

Corporate Business Development in Halliburton KBR managing key strategic client accounts in upstream oil and gas companies across Halliburton , Landmark Graphics and KBR Offshore business units. Enhanced key client relationships, developed capture plans, acquired new engineering, EPC, and fabrication business and sponsored projects throughout execution. Won ExxonMobil FEED contracts for Kizomba A and B FPSO, developed and awarded two unique client-contractor alliance programs, one for entire Amoco-Trinidad Upstream LNG Project and one for Chevron Deepwater Program for the Gulf of Mexico having multiple projects. Won Exxon Diana Topsides Fabrication contract for Brown & Root's Greens Bayou Fabrication ( the largest in their history) and assisted with winning two Pemex complexes, EPC-1 and EPC-22. Prepared Halliburton Chairmen, DC and later DL, for client executive meetings and attended many top level relationship building client outings with them.

Houston

Restarted and successfully managed Western Hemisphere Fabrication Business Unit for offshore jackets/decks, subsea multi-well manifolds, and upstream/downstream modules with 100 staff and 1500 personnel. First projects were BP MC 109 ( aka AmberJack), and Amoco-Trinidad Immortel and Flambouyant Platforms, etc. 1991- Started first subsea product line business in Gulf of Mexico with first projects being Exxon ZINC, BP Pompano, Mobil Yukon, Shell MENSA, BP Troika et al. 1993/94-Tengizchevroil Demercaptanization Project, EPC, 28 process modules shipped to Khazakstan. 1994- started non-traditional product lines for the largest FPSO turrets for SOFEC, and in 1995 - Chevron Marietta Polystyrene Modules, SWATH vessels and even Disney's Tree of Life ( Animal Kingdom). Exceeded corporate revenue/profit forecasts, achieved best safety performance against industry peers reducing TRIR by 90%, grew value of business and assets over 850% and always achieved complete customer satisfaction. Prior to 1990, managed large projects, including EPCI projects, in deepwater US, Angola, Korea, and Japan including fab and install of Exxon LENA Guyed Tower( MC 280A) completed 1983. In 1984, developed deepwater strategy for top management, then managed a major project, IRENE, for Union Oil , offshore California. In 1985-86 managed project for US Navy ( NAVFAC) called CTACTS, aka Charleston Tactical Air Combat Training System (Range) with 8 platforms located 60 miles offshore Georgia. In 1987, managed multiple platform/pipeline projects including major brownfield modifications in Angola on Chevron Numbi and Takula fields during the peak of the civil war. Started at the Greens Bayou Fabrication Yard in 1978, and in 1979 became youngest named Pipe Mill Manager, the most critical process in the 3000-person fab yard, which included the robotics brace pipe manufacturing plant, during peak of offshore construction in 1980-81 with over 15 large jackets and 15 decks being assembled at one time.

Bs, Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon-President 1977, ASCE, IFC, SGA, Intramural Sports ( football, water polo, volleyball.

Education record

Rice University -Jesse Jones School of Business, Executive Management, Completion 1995 JMW - Effective Communication Strategy Course.