Specialties: Experienced technical department manager and seasoned reservoir engineer with wide experience during a 44 year career in oil & gas field development planning for water flood, miscible, chemical and thermal recovery processes. Also experienced in large technical computer application and database architectures, design, construction, deployment and support. While working for Shell in Houston, London, The Hague and Muscat I have managed technology development departments of over 100 staff, managed field surveillance & redevelopment teams at the asset level, and am experienced in finding practical applications for recent and novel technology innovations. Have delivered development plans for oil and gas fields in the USA mid-continent area, Gulf of Mexico, North Sea and southern Oman. Have a wide range of experience with data analytics and algorithmic design, and have managed design and development of a half dozen major, globally deployed technical subsurface applications for both Exploration and Production user communities in Shell. I then moved to Petroleum Experts in Houston and worked for a year on Integrated Production System modeling using the Petex tool suite..