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Greater Denver Area

Developing a hybrid unconventional, fluvial environment at the Jonah field with horizontal well planning and geosteering.* Oversaw multi-rig drilling program in Green River Basin dry gas at Jonah Field* Planned and geosteered horizontal wells in fluvial setting. Permitted, and executed multi-rig program for new acreage development with over 50 wells and Added 100+ wells to future development inventory* Provided studies, analysis and continual support to engineering for staging and completions and scaling of development in the Mesa Verde* Studied undeveloped acreage and developed preliminary design for vertical and horizontal test wells* Proved new inventory with successful infill tests within previously developed acreage and added 200+ new wells to future infill inventory

Greater Denver Area

* Soils, concrete and asphalt testing certified (OSHA10, CFOI and Nuclear gauge)* Conducted tests to evaluate soil properties in lab setting (1 year)* Inspected utility projects ranging from tens of feet to tens of miles for fiber optic and other lines placed on state right of way areas* Inspected excavation, traffic, safety and construction (metalwork, asphalt and concrete placement) of roadways in CDOT right of way for projects* Designed traffic models and computer simulations for detour and fiscal impacts of their configurations* Designed roadway signage and placement for new construction and roadway improvement projects

Greater Denver Area

Wattenberg Long Term Planning (Unconventional, Horizontal Well Planning) - Denver Julesburg Basin (2014-2016)* Managed projects in Denver area to plan well pad sites, permitting and preliminary wellbore locations and orientations.* Led multidisciplinary teams of geological research, surface land, mineral land, regulatory, drilling, facilities, pipeline, public relations and operations to plan 15+ square miles of acreage.* Planned initial geometries, targets and surface locations with Halliburton's Decision Space Desktop (Collaborative Well Planner).* Prepared approximately 150 well plans and surface locations for future developments.* Interfaced with external stakeholders (homeowners and state parks) to build working relationships.* Supported engineering, surface and mineral landmen by developing surface and subsurface maps by integrating areal photography, well plans and seismic volumes.

Denver Colorado

Enhanced Oil Recovery (Tertiary / EOR) Projects in the Rocky Mountains - Salt Creek Oilfield (2011-2014): *Supervised drilling and petrophysical data acquisition for 200+ vertical well program in sandstone reservoir for EOR (CO2 flood) injection-production wells.*Led gyro analysis of new development areas for anti-collision and existing well utilization.*Processed and interpreted log data with IHS Petra, developed structure, porosity, fluid and OOIP maps for economic analysis and future operations planning.*Developed whole field cross sections, petrophysical maps, and standard normalization for petrophysical modeling.*Assisted in flow modeling analysis of CO2 and water for future development areas.*Supported reservoir engineering with single well and whole field studies.

Provo, Utah Area

Research assistant for Brigham Young University Department of Geological Sciences (2007 - 2010) *Operated GPR for shallow ground water studies, carbonate deposits and archaeological sites.*Conducted shallow reflection seismic surveys with hammer sources and NZ recording computer*Collected sources and data for publications and presentations*Am named contributor and author on 2 publications (see Publications section)*Helped in logistics, planning and execution of other courses field trips and operational demonstrations of equipment.*Led class, exam and lab sessions for 10-30 students in 100 level courses.*Organized grading and documentation of student's coursework.

Provo, Utah Area

Software testing of language learning/teaching software (2006-2010)*Worked in small teams to evaluate 30 language learning software.*Helped design and propose suggestions for software's aesthetics.*Documented user experiences and proposed revisions and other improvement reports.*Evaluated network stresses and connectivity with many users operating software.

The Woodlands, Texas

Western gulf of Mexico post-drilling evaluation (2010)*Studied timing and migration of minibasin with full field seismic volume.*Developed comprehensive seismic interpretation, and newly mapped horizons.*Provided basis for basin model, pore pressure evalution and hydrocarbon generation in sub-salt environment.

Reno, Nevada Area

Field operations technician for claimstaking and repapering (2004-2007)*Assisted in claim staking of minerals in western Nevada and western Montana. *Provided logistical planning support, equipment maintenance and extensive GPS (Trimble) use to establish and renew physical claims.*Operated trucks and ATVs safely to move materials and personal to different sites and locations

Broomfield, Utah

Field geologist involved in major housing development study on Traverse Mountain (2007) *Operated and ran vibroseis vehicle, set up recording computer, cables and coordinated operation with local university. *Interpreted several miles of open trenches, 10+ boreholes and LiDAR data to evaluate potential for landslides. *Presented and published findings of the area's faults and other potential landslide geomorphology (see Publications).

Master Of Science (Ms) (3.54), Geology

Activities and Societies: GSA speaker, BYU Geology Club Service Coordinator, AAPG

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Geology

Activities and Societies: Department Geology Club Service CoordinatorUndergraduate studies at Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah, USA)

General Education, General Education