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Aberdeen, United Kingdom

$1.6B Drilling contractor with fleet of 26 operating units operating in USA (HQ), Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, and Norway providing drilling services to oil & gas companies.Full oversite of project with team consisting of subcontractor and suppliers. $10-16M project budget. • Led quick turnover projects with limited resources, strict deadlines and tight budgets; organized and established project plans and budgets with support of external contractors for multiple jackups in North Sea with strong focus on delivering quality.• Supported engineering contractor in upgrading accommodations with additional bedrooms and became operational at earlier than scheduled departure with no carry over work. • Established report from SAP system to ensure accurate tracking of budget, control of spending, and work progress to effectively to manage and monitor project.

Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-Do, Korea

$1.7B Ultra-deep-water drilling contractor with fleet of 10 operating units operating in Greece (HQ), Angola, Brazil, Congo, Falkland Islands, and Norway selling drilling services to Oil and Gas companies.Managed entire Korea Unit of 110 in execution of engineering, construction, commissioning, and operation readiness of drillships. $4.2B budget with $700M construction spend per vessel.• Engineered, built, commissioned, and delivered 6 Samsung Heavy Industry (SHI) drillships; rebuilt cohesive team and re-established good relationship with shipyard.• Led detail engineering of new TIGER drillship design that achieved best vessel launch in company history. Increased capacities and capabilities (water depth to 4,000, increased functionalities, hook load, deck space and variable deck load). • Reduced startup time and delivered vessel on contract, generating full revenue 57 days, earlier than budgeted. Cut vessel construction delay times in half for first delivery; managed on-time delivery (19 days within contract grace period) for second vessel. Industry “standard” is ~6 months delay. • Significantly reduced minor incidents by 27% and achieved no loss time accidents through strong attention to safety.

Houston, Texas

$769M Ultra-deep-water drilling contractor with fleet of 7 drillships operating in US (Headquarters), Brazil, and Nigeria.Led startup of new company (from blank sheet in 2008) to operating company with complete authority of Engineering, Construction, Maintenance, and Technical support consisting of team of 60 worldwide (South Korea, Singapore, USA, Nigeria, and Brazil). $5M budget and $3.6B construction total budget for 5 drillships.• Built worldwide technical team for new drilling contractor company, e.g. developing company vision, defining processes & procedures, building maintenance system, audit processes and implemented fully operational SAP maintenance system.• Supported marketing effort to secure contract for new fleet; liaised with suppliers.• Improved vessel capabilities and established unit as most advanced unit on market. Developed innovative 7th Generation Drillship design, Dual Gradient capabilities, dedicated completion system and real-time monitoring system on drillship Pacific Santa Ana in collaboration with Kongsberg. Significantly improved SHI design while reducing price of unit. • Saved ~$50M per vessel by developing and detailing drillship contractual specifications with improved vessel layout. Achieved cost reduction of spare part amounts of $10M per unit and $35K operating cost per day, per unit.

Singapore

$75M Mid-water contractor providing drilling services to Oil & Gas companies with 2nd/3rd-generation units in Cyprus (HQ), Australia, Norway, Libya, Ghana, and Singapore. Acquired by Transocean.Directed team of 15 in worldwide support; operations in Australia, Norway, Libya and Ghana. Supported Operation and Marketing teams to secure contracts. $2.3M budget with maintenance spend having direct impact on profit of each unit.• Managed worldwide implementation of technical support for fleet. Developed technical support team and ensured proper maintenance of units and system to ensure drilling units have maximum possible up-time.• Turned around maintenance system to deliver consistent up-time of drilling units, including operationalizing software, identifying weaknesses, and designing corrective actions. Established central warehouse and fleet spares. Redeveloped software (NS5, ABS nautical system) and employed in-house specialist team to ensure operation and entire fleet data availability to bases and headquarters (6-hour max delay).• Streamlined maintenance tasks and improved vessel up-time. Reduced non-productive system time by 15%. Updated maintenance manual in line with company objectives; established/implemented training and audit systems.

Singapore & Balikpapan

$105M Indonesian drilling contractor with operations in Indonesia and UAE, e.g. 3 swamp barges, 3 jackups, 8 land rigs, and 1 FPSO providing services to oil & gas companies.Recruited, trained, managed team of 95 staff in construction/operation of jackup. $145M construction budget. $43.8M profit center.• Led new design/construction/commissioning of Soehanah fully integrated jackup rig with automation. • Participated in marketing and securing long-term contract (5 year) with major oil & gas company (TOTAL) as first Indonesian contract partner against major international competition. Full accountability of contract.• Headed startup with high up-time (>93%) and safe operation.

Paris Area, France

Project engineer for Tender project pipeline

Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Rig Manager Trident 6 Cameroon and Nigeria

Houston, Texas Area

Define and develop the Maintenance System for the company after the merger between Sedco Forex and Transocean.

Singapore

Sedco Forex: Follow-up of repair and construction of drilling units (semisubmersible, Tender and jackup).

Montrouge, Invergordon, Rotterdam, Singapore

Sedco Forex:Marine and Structure analysisConstruction and repair projects

Master'S Degree

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