Mark Bright Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, Us

Houston, Texas, Us

** Oversee a planning organization that consists of a corporate team and region teams imbedded in regional offices ** Transitioned company from a short-term focused plan to a long-term integrated planning model** Centralized annual capital allocation process to optimize investment returns across portfolio** Implemented a new suite of planning tools to support our new integrated planning model ** Drove a complete overhaul of the investment performance system** Aligned long-term plan with strategic direction set by Office of the CEO** Provided much more transparency into the long-term plan on capital investment options** Built the planning process around both deterministic and probabilistic planning models** Introduced full field development plans around core assets in our portfolio** Implemented a stage gate approval process for our Exploration program** Responsible for asset portfolio modeling efforts** Prepare and present updates to Board of Directors for each scheduled meeting** Provide monthly executive updates on actual performance to plan for current year

Houston, Texas, Us

**Executed full responsibility for annual sales of $12 billion and 90 staff handling 1.5 BCFD, 200 MBOPD & 62 Mbblsd of NGLs **Redefined Apache’s marketing and midstream strategy in North America**Implemented creative solutions to infrastructure constraints impacting our upstream production**Restructured numerous contracts to increase our sales margins and extend asset reserve life**Introduced financing structures to construct and monetize infrastructure assets**Served as Chairman of Apache’s Executive Management Council**Expanded Apache's market opportunities to downstream customers**Executive sponsor of 2013 G&A cost restructuring initiative successfully reducing costs by $80 million

Houston, Texas, Us

**Responsible for North America accounting group; 350 employees**Extensive M&A experience supporting over $25 billion in acquisitions **Built disciplined accounting controls and initial SOX control documents**Implemented several sophisticated finance systems and SAP ERP rollouts across the company**Responsible for SEC reporting **Instrumental in planning and driving new financial initiatives

Houston, Texas, Us

**Provided leadership to an accounting organization that had lost credibility with senior management, board of directors and external customers **Successfully restructured the U.S. revenue accounting organization by stabilizing the operating system, prioritizing organization goals and getting the right people in the right positions **Implemented a gas marketing system for new marketing business segment**Successfully integrated our upstream and downstream businesses**Responsible for half of the North America accounting group; about 150 employees**Restructured the Canada accounting organization introducing a new management team and reporting structure

**Successfully integrated the upstream marketing processes streamlining the flow of data and reducing overhead costs**Led the Sonat integration team in the merger with El Paso **Integrated $1 billion of acquisitions without increasing department G&A expenses**Coordinated the effort to centralize accounting back into Houston**Gained valuable experience in driving business process improvements

**Established an accounting organization in the new region office**Actively involved in merger and acquisition activity defining the region**Led the implementation of a new field data capturing system that eliminated duplication of work and provided real time access to data

**Full responsibility for all accoutning and administrative activites in the California district office**Prepared business plan and monitored all revenues, costs and expenditures related thereto**Recommended changes to the depreciable lives of fixed assets decreasing expenses by $6 MM a year **Responsible for procurement, inventory control and management oversight for $24.3 million in oil and gas equipment