Michael Kuligowski, M.S., Mba Email & Phone Number

My specialty is saving Fortune 500 Oil, Gas and Mining companies millions in operational costs by solving drilling challenges using expertise in geology, automation and data analysis tools.As a Senior Geologist with 15+ years’ experience within an operator environment, I am known as the “go-to” Technical Team Lead for using New Plays and Shale Technology to fully describe, value and identify best practices for developing unconventional resource plays.As a Technology Strategy, Digital Process & Solutions Geologist with Pioneer Natural resources, I used SQL, VB and Python data analytics tools to optimize exploration drilling operations and well planning for horizontal wells. Recognized with an Inventor Award for building a proprietary completions analytics tool that saved an operator millions by accurately predicting future well stage placement, I excel at combining my expertise in both Geology and process automation to produce high business returns for clients and companies.Regularly called on to deliver technical and commercial recommendations to internal management (VP of Global Geology) with regard to valuation and data room analysis for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) targets.Areas of operations and development planning expertise include:► International: Local to basin-wide earth modeling in Australia, Mongolia, China, Indonesia and Mozambique► Domestic: Multiple US Basins (Midland, Eagleford and Barnett)Some of my career impacts to date include:► Traveling to Australia, China and Mongolia offices to mentor and train Geologists on creating earth models for Peabody Energy, a Mining & Metals industry Fortune 500 company serving power and steel customers in 25+ countries on 6 continents.► Securing 3 promotions over a 6-year tenure with Pioneer Natural Resources due to subject matter expertise in Well Planning & Operations Geology Optimization and Technology Strategy & Digital Process Solutions.► Creating numerous cutting-edge dashboards for geoscience and drilling teams that combined multi-disciplinary data to provide rapid, real-time information on well activity and alert drilling personnel in crisis situations.I am proficient in the following software:Vulcan • Kingdom • Transform • Spotfire • StarSteer • SQL • VBA • VB.net • Python • Microsoft OS / Excel Feel free to reach out to me at mtk311@gmail.com.