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Houston, Texas, Us

Creating client value through Process, Products, and Performance. We deliver value at velocity with our clients through a lean, modernized, and execution-oriented solution delivery and consulting approach. In 3 years, we've worked with over 15 clients, delivered over 75 processes and products, and created over $15M in value.

Houston, Texas, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Us

Led product development and strategy for the next gen professional development and talent acquisition platform.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Led a team of 15 business and technology experts to design and execute the Petroleum Digital Transformation program and advised on a Major Capital Project to adopt an innovative field development plan, reduce costs, and adopt modern technology. Key Accomplishments include: • Crystalized the Petroleum business aspirations and strategy and developed a Digital Transformation strategy and roadmap• Lead Technology process improvements creating unprecedented performance leading to delivery of 50 products with over 15x ROI in the first 12 months• Adopted modern technology like Machine Learning, Internet of Things, and Robotic Process Automation to deliver high-impact business opportunities including real time drilling analytics improving capital efficiency, automating well prospect processes from lead to drill-ready, and accelerating prospective basin evaluation• Created innovative change management approach during COVID-19 accommodating remote work, shifting business priorities, and accelerating customer pull on product development and training. Upskilled workforce enabling staff to unlock value through data integration, analytics, low-code apps, and no-code Machine Learning while reducing demand on IT• Piloted modernized ways of working and leadership to deliver performance improvements and leveraged experience as a key input into new Technology and Petroleum ways of working.• Increased Major Capital Project’s NPV by over 20% in 9 months by leading cross-functional teams to identify and deliver over 10 high impact optimization opportunities including technical and economic assessments. Developed framework to de-risk innovative field development plan in 6 weeks and demonstrate value.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Divestment manager on a $10.5B asset divestment for Production Operations spanning valuation, data room, due diligence, and buyer engagement. Key accomplishments included project planning and execution of asset transfers to the buyers.

Melbourne, Victoria, Au

Senior Production Engineer in US Deepwater Offshore (Shenzi) and Onshore (Fayetteville Shale) assetsOnshore US - Managed over 200 wells focused on production and plunger optimization, cost optimization, and interventions and led key asset-level transformation activities including employing real time analytics increasing revenue by 10% and reducing cost by 8%.Offshore US - Operational Management & Optimization of $3B in assets and lead key asset-level transformation activities. Key accomplishments include:• Designed and executed digital platform delivering real time analytics and surveillance, improving people productivity by 10%, optimizing production by 1%, and quantifying key risks enabling performance monitoring and management• Identified and executed continuous improvement opportunities with a recurring $25M annual savings and production uplift• Led cross-disciplinary technical projects delivering an optimized reservoir management strategy and intervention opportunity adding several million barrels of resource

London, England, Gb

Production Engineer supporting Mad Dog and Atlantis. Responsible for the day-to-day production and well management activities including production and cost optimization, multi-million dollar maintenance jobs, integrity and risk management, and value optimization. Key accomplishments include:• Modified well operating strategy resulting in 20% production increase in field rate• Designed two $100M well interventions to return wells to production and capture critical subsurface data• Developed an innovative approach to manage hydrates, a critical flow assurance risk, to optimize facility start-ups and well management delivering a 3% production uplift

London, England, Gb

Lived and work in Cairo, Egypt as a Production engineer embedded in BP’s joint venture partnership with the Egyptian National Oil Company. My role was to rotate between Cairo and the Gulf of Suez field office supporting the technical and operations teams to optimize production and maximize value.• Developed and delivered a continuous improvement project through Lean Six Sigma to maximize the value and efficiency of the intervention program by 10%• Provided real-time support as an Incident Management Team member including onsite investigations and root cause failure analyses following offshore incident

London, England, Gb

Production Engineering supporting 3 assets over two years - Na Kika, Holstein, and Horn Mountain. Responsible for the day-to-day production and well management activities including production and cost optimization, integrity and risk management, and value optimization. These roles were in partnership with Operations teams including over 150 days spent offshore for execution of critical operational activities. Key accomplishments include:• Commissioned and optimized real-time controller technology using machine learning to reduce flow instability and increase production by 3%• Leveraged analytics to understand historical maintenance activities and operating parameters to identify and eliminate a well’s unstable performance increasing production by 5%• Developed risk management strategy to reduce the financial and integrity risk of flowing a hydrate-prone well enabling it to return to service and increase field rate by 5%

London, England, Gb

Incident Response Team member for the Deep Water Horizon industrial incident in two capacities, initially as an offshore first-responder as a triage team member receiving the Coast Guard’s rescues and caring for the injured, then as a production lead on the offshore containment vessels where I managed and optimized production through subsea containment preventing oil from leaking into the ocean.