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Houston, Texas, US

Leading the delivery of products in the Oilfield Services & Equipment Data Office, leading a highly effective international team of architects, data engineers, QA, and DevOps.

Houston, Texas, US

Leading the delivery of data products in the OFSE Data Transformation office.

Houston, Texas, US

Leading multiple product delivery teams for geoscience processing and interpretation software.- Directing a diverse team of product owners, technical product owners, and senior software development professionals- Managing the group's budget and reporting on its progress- Mentoring talent in the wider software development organization, especially on the.

Houston, Texas, US

Product owner for large multi-year program of geoscience software projects.

Houston, Texas, US

Part of the Data Operations team in OFS Digital.- Establishing tooling for Data Governance.- Leading vendor selection for Data Management tools.- Working with portfolio architects to integrate Data Management tools into the organization's systems.- Reviewing data dictionaries submitted by application development teams to drive alignment and integration.

Recent projects have included:- Requirements gathering, Architecture, and Project Management for an auto insurance system in Northern California (remote). C#, WPF, SQL Server.- Power Supply Control desktop software for a Houston-based oilfield services company. C#, SCPI over serial and TCP.- Code generator for T-SQL and ASP.Net Core 3.1, written in.

New Iberia, LA, US

Working on various software projects.- Program management of a long-term initiative covering desktop software and web applications.- Requirements gathering.- Developing tool calibration software (C++14 with Qt).- Documenting the mathematics of a multi-phase calibration process (LaTeX)

Houston, Texas, US

• Came in to turn around the technology group after a long gap between directors when consultants had led the group. Responsible for all software development and IT activities, reporting to the CFO.
• Built a team which developed and deployed a replacement for the business’s core system, after the failure of an outsourced project. Tech stack: Azure, SQL Server, C#, TypeScript, Angular 8.
• Nurtured a team spirit and boosted morale.
• Improved cohesion between the IT department and the operational side of the business.
• Defined the technology roadmap to match the business strategy.
• Administration of the company’s cloud computing resources hosted in Microsoft Azure.

New Iberia, LA, US

• Promoted to lead the entire engineering group which had struggled to be productive.Responsible for all internally-developed R&D projects in various disciplines: mechanical, electronics, embedded firmware and software..
• Initiation, planning and execution of all engineering projects.
• Developed the engineering team to widen the skill set and increase performance.
• Interacted with executive-level management to determine long- and short-term objectives.
• Worked with VP of Technology and other management to craft LEAM’s technology roadmap.
• Met regularly with operations management to elicit and define their needs and goals.

New Iberia, LA, US

• Responsible for all desktop software and web development for various internally developed MWD oilfield tools.
• Grew a software group from scratch, covering desktop and cloud-based software.
• Hired software engineers for C++ and full-stack web projects.
• Mentored software developers, especially in the areas of C++ and OOP.
• Architected a new green-field system for predictive maintenance.
• Developed processes for code quality and fulfilling stakeholder expectations.

Dublin, IE

• Promoted to lead all software projects in the Geoscience software group after restructuring during the oilfield downturn.
• Provided leadership and coaching to project managers and development teams.
• Planned and managed skills development and training.
• Managed annual budgets and regular forecasting.
• Led continuous improvement of project management and software development processes.
• Coordinated international multidisciplinary efforts across internal and external R&D groups.

Dublin, IE

• Moved to Houston in order to improve the effectiveness of project management in the Geoscience software group.
• Managed international projects in Canada, the US, the UK and Australia, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery of internal software solutions.
• Responsible for streamlining a Scrum development methodology.
• Implemented improvements to a Stage Gate process for project management.
• Led requirements elicitation processes for interpretation and business information systems.
• Inception, costing, risk assessment and planning for projects.

Dublin, IE

• Came in to lead improvement in a project which had languished behind schedule for over a year. Delivered that project and then further modules built upon it.Responsible for managing the development and sustaining of.
• Managed software departments in Calgary and Perth, Australia.
• Annual budgets and regular forecasting.
• Hiring and firing of development and testing staff, both employees and contract.
• Specified and organized training of development and testing staff.
• Personnel management.

Dublin, IE

• Promoted to reverse the negative trajectory of a project which was faltering after deployment.Responsible for the management of all development, deployment, sustaining and support of a mission-critical customer-facing.
• Liaison with various other software and IT groups around the world.
• Full life-cycle software development in C++, C++/CLI and C#.
• Database development using SQL Server.
• Agile software development.
• Management of software projects, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery of solutions.

Dublin, IE

- Developed critical technologies for real-time data delivery in C++ and C#.- Developed data access API (C++, C++/CLI) for use by other groups within Weatherford. Trained and supported other developers using this API.- Led collaboration on international projects.- Architect for distributed data delivery systems.- Mentored development staff.

- Elicitation of customer requirements.- Designed, developed and maintained systems in the areas of accounting, job costing, manufacturing and payroll - Retrieve 4GL (third party language), C, C++, C#.- Supported systems both new and legacy.- Installed systems on customer sites.- Provided on-site training and trouble-shooting.