Michael Back Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Canada Area

• Applied technical, economics and business skills as a Principal Consultant and Product Champion for Merak Planning and Economics and DELFI Planning cloud-based SaaS solutions. Promoted to Principal Consultant in.
• Led the technology road map, business vision and go-to-market plan definition for a new cloud-based planning and reserves solution.
• Led sales demonstrations, course delivery, proposal development and presentation delivery to key executives for consulting engagements and software deployments.
• Managed product analyst resources.
• Provided consulting expertise to Chevron, KOC, PVEP and Ecopetrol on economic evaluation, production forecasting, reserves management and portfolio management topics

Calgary, Canada Area

• Applied technical, economics and business skills as a Product Champion for Merak Planning and Economics software. Delivered new Merak Enterprise Planning on schedule and budget and generated $6M revenue at Petronas..
• Led the development and completion of business justification, marketing strategy, competitive analysis, requirements specifications and sales demonstrations for Merak Planning and Economics software.
• Provided consulting expertise and business work flow assessment to Petronas, Pemex, Plains Exploration, Petrobras, KOC, BG, Chevron, Devon, Nexen and Oxy on enterprise planning and portfolio management issues
• Managed a team of product analysts

• Applied technical, economics and business skills as a Product Analyst for Merak Portfolio Management agile software development. Delivered new Petroleum Financials solution to Shell E&P global on schedule and budget.
• Led the development and completion of the business requirements specifications and associated use cases for Merak Planning and Economics software
• Led the beta test planning, application deployment, training documentation and course delivery.
• Provided consulting expertise to Anadarko, Kerr-McGee and EcoPetrol on portfolio management methods
• Provided consulting expertise to Lukoil and Comshare on business process and system integration methods

• Applied economics and business skills as a business leader for Portfolio Management software development.
• Led the development and completion of business case, requirements specifications, sales demonstrations, deployment planning, training documentation and course delivery
• Led the project management of software development and quality initiatives with clients
• Managed product analyst, quality assurance and developer resources
• Provided consulting expertise to Shell E&P, Encana and Nexen on portfolio management issues

• Applied technical, economics and business skills as a Consulting and Quality Assurance Analyst for Merak Capital Planning and Merak Value product suite.
• Led the consulting and application support, sales demonstrations, training documentation and course delivery
• Led the quality assurance and support initiatives between clients and development staff
• Developed and delivered application test plans

• Combined technical engineering and business skills as an Engineering Analyst for Imperial Oil
• Led the Human Machine Interface (HMI) graphical standard development for Pipeline Operations
• Led the instrumentation upgrade assessment and project management for the Y2K project
• Led the development and implementation of business process re-engineering initiatives including best practice operational procedures and a hydrocarbon measurement standard
• Led the market research, vendor assessment, business case, detailed design, budget estimate and project management of several Distribution Terminal instrumentation upgrades including a SCADA system and an automated.
• Led the development and quarterly stewardship of Key Performance Indicators and application of Continuous Improvement methodology for Joint Venture operations

Master'S Degree In Engineering/Business Administration, Advanced Technology Management, 3.2

B. Eng, Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering