Ken Currie Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Houston, Texas Area

• Collaborated with regional and global drilling services product line management to maximize regional asset and inventory utilization. Monitored, communicated, and reported performance metrics and used the results to.
• Ensured there was a process supporting the use of existing available assets and inventory as part of the inventory replenishment request process and capital/asset request processes.
• Ensured the region’s asset base was sufficient to maximize revenue, maintain the highest service level, and generated the best return on investment.
• Participated in the execution and reconciliation of complete annual physical fixed asset counts and monthly inventory cycle counts.
• Worked with country and region product lines to address excess and slow moving inventory. Executed replenishment strategy and min/max, safety stock rules.
• Optimized inventory replenishment by following inventory processes, forecast activity and targeted DSI turns.

Houston, Texas Area

• Developed and implemented asset management strategy with regions and the Global Asset Management group. Worked with regional product lines to maximize gross margin and streamline business processes to improve.
• Communicated and implemented the overall asset management process to ensure regions and countries had the asset base necessary to maximize revenue and return on investment while maintaining the highest level of service.
• Planned, managed and reported on $35M yearly capital spend based on regional, global product lines and operations forecasts.
• Monitored and reported on the global MWD AFE spend, forecast deliveries and monthly KPI’s based on country, regional and product line asset utilization, asset turns and ROA.
• Coordinated with repair & maintenance on asset repair scheduling based on cost, timing and demand.
• Worked with the product line management and research & development group on new product introduction, product phase out, and product rationalization.

Beijing, China

• Responsible for managing field activities of up to 20 field engineers and a local coordinator in the operation and maintenance of oilfield surveying downhole equipment. Oversaw hiring and training of new employees.
• Compiled weekly, monthly and yearly revenue, personnel utilization, equipment utilization, asset maintenance/repair, inventory orders and levels, tool/job performance and training reports.
• Supported the first CBM horizontal well for Sinopec in China.
• Supervised and pushed through the logistic and importation of $3.5M LWD assets and inventory into China within a 4 month period to start WFT first offshore contract in China. Company awarded a second offshore rig based.

Calgary, Canada Area

Instructed new employees, upgrade skills of current employees in MWD equipment, procedures and services. Curriculum development. Conducted client seminars.

Canada, China, France, Egypt, SE Asia

MWD/Survey Manager, United GeoCom (JV with Geoservices & Computalog 1997-2000)Monthly activity and financial analysis, budget development and review, hiring and firing. Equipment resource and personnel forecasting, planning and allocation. Client calls and sales. Oversaw activity of over 100 MWD field staff and 8 support staff in a cyclical up-swing.