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Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas

• Spearheaded all drilling and completion activities both domestically and internationally, including well design and execution, procurement, budget management, AFE, and team optimization).
• Promoted and led implementation of company policies and procedures, including safety, health, environment, process, people, planning, and execution.
• Identified and developed opportunities to engineer safety hazards out of all operations.
• Defined strategic direction and vision for operational excellence and ensured goals supported company’s initiatives.
• Led performance improvements in safety, costs, and efficiency that continued to set records at company.
• Executed employment decisions consistent with all company policies and ensured team was optimized for all operations.

Dallas, Texas

• Oversaw all drilling activities, including well design and execution, procurement, budget management, AFE, and team optimization).
• Served as a trusted go-to person for international questions and promoted to Vice President to include these as a core responsibility together with completions.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

• Coached, mentored, and trained engineers and wellsite foreman. Developed processes, milestones, and deliverables to assist new engineers to succeed in fast-paced drilling environment.
• Performed duties of drilling engineer while leading training while supervising six drilling rigs. Wrote, reviewed, and / or approved operational best practices.
• Led risk and peer review assessment sessions and incorporated mitigation action plans into procedures and best practices.
• Revamped well designs to utilize OBM in intermediate hole section in Meramec wells, driving increased footage per day with savings of $85K per well.
• Implemented 7-5/8” liner for problem wells instead of 7” to run larger production string, increasing production.
• Worked with consortium of other oil companies and rig contractors in convincing BLM to use 5K annular and not 10K annular when MASP was greater than 5000 psi, optimizing productivity and efficiency.

Irving, Texas

• Supervised and led drilling activities for horizontal and vertical rigs drilling in Permian Basin. Provided safety leadership in field and office. Controlled and administered expenditure for drilling activity within.
• Ensured technical integrity of well operation programs. Supervised day-to-day engineering and drilling operation to ensure that all activities were carried out safely and efficiently.
• Launched horizontal drilling program in Permian and transitioned department from vertical drilling organization into horizontal. Increased drilling engineer organization by 75%, while increasing number of horizontal.
• Reduced costs by over 50% breaking sub $2MM drilling cost wells barrier for over 10,000 ft laterals.
• Led contractor management process for services and rigs and number of wells drilled increased to over 180 per year.
• Drove results of wells by delivering performance improvement of 70% while increasing lateral length by over 30% using KPI’s.

Houston, Texas

• Performed quality assurance and subsurface technical reviews globally for projects greater than $50 million in capital spend. Led drilling and completion planning assists for major capital projects.
• Managed multi-functional teams in evaluation of value-based well objectives. Taught Subsurface Asset Development training course for engineers, geoscientists, and managers.
• Participated in cost, schedule, and quality assurance reviews for complex projects with budget greater than $50 million to ensure reserves, production rates, and well cost estimates were properly risked.

Malongo, Angola

• Led all activities for three jack-up rigs working offshore Angola. Oversaw daily rigs operations, safety, reliability, efficiency, and financial aspects, including budget, cost control, and contract management.
• Controlled and handled operational costs, actively pursuing cost savings and innovative solutions. Served as Lean Six Sigma Champion for 13 well project that delivered over $30 million in savings with no LTI incidents.

Bangkok, Thailand

• Led team of six engineers and three technologists responsible for drilling and workovers of +90 offshore wells per year. Supervised operations programs.
• Utilized post well analysis, best practices, new technology, data, critical thinking, and operating procedures that drove continuous performance.
• Reviewed and approved +$100 million per year in third-party invoices from contracts held within team.

Stavanger, Norway

• Led project team to develop strategies for subsea interventions in Norway. Built economic model and presented business plan for developing subsea intervention group.
• Established alliance with vessel owner and negotiated contract to do intervention work. Administered $12 million budget to build subsea intervention equipment to meet all governmental and industry standards.

Balikpapan, Indonesia

• Managed rig personnel of Sedco 601 semi-submersible drilling rig. Customized rig designed for 1,200 feet of water to drill in over 6,700 feet of water by utilizing new technologies and innovative engineering solutions.
• Increased profits on revenue of $4 million per month by 25% by adhering to strict budget and preventative maintenance program. Established new mooring procedures to moor vessel in water depths greater than 5000 feet.

USA, Mexico, Scotland, & Indondesa

• Held various engineering and field service manager jobs with increased responsibilities.
• Performed Reservoir Engineering with emphasis in Pressure Transit Analysis. Open and cased hole wireline interpretations along with open and cased hole well testing operations.