Raj M. Damodaran, P.G., Mba Email & Phone Number

United States

- Merger and Integration- G&G Application Lifecycle- RE Application Lifecycle- Future Subsurface Strategy- High Performance Compute Cluster

Houston, Texas, United States

Managed all operational aspects for the Subsurface Computing team during the separation of BHP Petroleum from BHP, as part of the merger with Woodside Energy.Lead the Petroleum Subsurface Technology team with focus on the utilization, governance, and continuous improvement of subsurface application portfolio/operations data/databases/systems throughout its lifecycle at BHP.Empowered teams to Pursue Operating Perfection, Continuous Improvement, and Serve our Internal and External stakeholders by bringing solutions with velocity and better user felt experience.

Houston, Texas Area

Lead the successful completion of One-Seismic project at BHP to return $3M+/year in savings on seismic workflows. 18 month project was accelerated and completed in 11 months due to deadlines imposed by merger. Other skills and projects include ...- Innovation at BHP- Project Management (SPMF)- Lean Six Sigma Certified Green Belt- Digital Oilfield Solutions (SME, Advisor)- CI (Continuous Improvement) IT projects- Subsurface Applications & Infrastructure (IT)- 3D Geomodeling & Reservoir Simulation Workflows - GLOW (Geoscience Lean Operational Workflows)- Petroleum, Mining and Mineral Applications- Vendor Relations for Petroleum Subsurface- Linux & Windows Subsurface Applications- High Performance Computing- Application Rationalization

Houston, Texas

Advisor for Strategy, Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Product Development and Marketing.- Global geological adviser for conventional and unconventional reservoir workflows.- Directed quality assurance and delivery of Integrated Seismic to Simulation Projects.- NPD Gatekeeper for Software Usability and Functionality.- Advised Go-to-Market team at Emerson (Roxar).Key Project:- Scoping, mentoring and QC of Roxar’s first Big Loop project in the North Sea.Publish:- Paper on Best Practice Reservoir Models.

Houston, Texas

Managed Roxar’s product support, training and consultancy in the Americas region. - P&L responsibility of 2M USD in software consultancy. - Authored and presented Unconventional and the Big Loop workflows at industry events. Key Projects:- 3D Geomodeling of Gulf of Mexico Reservoirs for BP ( Great White, Nakika, Atlantis).- Structural Model of Gulf of Mexico Reservoir for Petrobras (Hadrian).- Unconventional 3D Geomodels for BP (San Juan - Coal Bed Methane, Cotton Valley - Tight Gas).- World Area Project - 3D Geomodeling for Petronas-Shell ( Baram).

Houston, Texas Area

Streamlined product portfolio, set short-term and long-term product and services strategy for Roxar Software Solutions’ North American operations. - Successfully negotiated corporate contracts, cementing favorable billing rates for our consultants.- Lowered costs by 30%, increasing team efficiency, and yielding on-time delivery of projects.- P&L responsibility of 8M USD in software sales and consultancy. - Inked the Roxar-BP global services agreement.

Restored a declining Middle East region.- Launched Roxar’s office in Abu Dhabi, UAE. - Doubled consultancy revenues by end of fiscal year. - P&L responsibility of 6M USD in software sales and consultancy. - Negotiated and Inked the Roxar-ADNOC agreement. - Delivered highest billing rates/consultant in the company on service/consultancy projects.- Mentored a multidisciplinary team to deliver integrated reservoir projects in Middle East.Key Projects:- 3D Geomodeling of reservoirs for ADNOC, ADCO, ADMA, Dubai Petroleum, Aramco, KOC & QP.Publish: - Co-authored a paper in fracture modeling (SPE 125514).

Reservoir Characterization and Simulation projects in the Americas region. Managed the Americas Technical Roadmap for Irap RMS (Geomodelling) and Tempest (Simulation) suite of products. Innovated the Big Loop Idea with my colleagues. Key Projects:- 3D Geomodelling of Carrito, Furrial & Lagunillas reservoirs (PDVSA, Venezuela)- 3D Geomodelling of Hibiscus Field (BG, Trinidad& Tobago)- Reservoir evaluation of Shenzi (Hydro, USA)

Supervised technical support and training for the Petroleum WorkBenchTM software suite. - SME for Petroleum WorkBench Software Suite• RD - Log Analysis, Reservoir Description & Characterization• SimBest II - Full, multi-phase Black Oil Simulator• Comp5 - Compositional Simulator• PDA - Production Decline Analysis• Interpret 2001 - Pressure Transient Analysis• OMEGAPLUS - Gas-Water Simulator• OMNET - Network facilities Simulator. - RCI (Reservoir Characterization Instrument) GUI development / testing. - Deployed SSI technology at companies worldwide and within key divisions of Baker Hughes.- Taught Petroleum WorkBench schools in India, Mexico, Peru, Surinam, Canada and U.S. - Coordinated design and testing of WorkBench software modules.

Various reservoir characterization consultancy projects, with DOE (Department of Energy), GRI (Gas Research Institute), BEG (Bureau of Economic Geology), ARCO (Alaska), PEMEX (Mexico), Maraven (Venezuela), Staatsolie (Suriname), SOCAL (Southern California Gas), YPFB (Bolivia), YPF (Argentina), and Pluspetrol (Peru).

- Maintenance and testing of the OMEGA family of Gas-Gas-Water Reservoir simulators (OMEGAPLUS and OMNET). - Oversaw successful consulting projects, including testing and completion of HBJ pipeline project for GAIL in India.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Organizational Leadership

Bsc, Geology, Minor In Geophysics

Bsc, Geology, Botany, Zoology