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Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

• Design, create and present eLearning and instructor-led technical training courses
• Certified Articulate Storyline Training - Omniplex (Approved partner)
• Developed curriculum for new company graduate onboarding program
• Customise courses through technical training needs analysis
• Played a pivotal role as facilitator in a strategic initiative focused on transitioning from traditional resource-intensive teaching techniques to efficient and budget-conscious eLearning and Virtual Instructor-Led.
• Developed and implemented a vendor assessment process for eLearning partners, leading cross-departmental collaboration in executing evaluations, resulting in the successful identification and selection of top-tier.

Covid-19 antibody/PCR test and data collection on behalf of Office for National Statistics to validate vaccine effectiveness and immune response

• Technical support service for diamond drill bits product line in fast-paced Sales team setting, to enhance sales and improve product performance for clients.
• Designed and supplied new digital data reporting service for drill bit performance monitoring and improvement during drilling, using aggregated real-time data from WellLink database
• Generated application engineering studies, drill bit design advice, optimised drilling parameter and vibration recommendations, performance analysis, knowledge capture and lessons learned
• Close collaboration with sales team and operators, and participation in design reviews with design engineers, with close focus on reliability, quality and cost related issues
• Utilized KANBAN project management to limit work-in-progress and maximize efficiency in supplying deliverables for ever-changing support requests and projects

• RTTC (Real Time Technology Centre)Remote 24/7 monitoring and support services for real-time drilling data
• Project managed the successful technical design and build of first regional RTTC to support central Houston operations in Europe
• Defined and developed remote operation services (inc. workflows, deliverables) for the European market, delivering documentation to help both internal and external stakeholders understand and market the products
• Technical guidance and sales presentations on real-time serviceData Course Curriculum
• Syllabus owner, principle instructor and examiner for over 7 years, delivering training programs to hundreds of engineers internationally
• Halved training course running cost by designing and implementing web-based modules

• ADS is a drilling optimization service, using downhole sensors' and drilling data and downhole dynamics interpretation, to identify and cure drill system vibration and dysfunctions.
• Progressed from data analyst to overseeing an engineering team that provided drilling data analysis and optimization projects worldwide
• Co-designed unique software that both managed and provided the necessary tools to execute and archive ADS projects (SPE-152934-MS)
• Oversaw the coordination and monitoring of multiple optimisation project schedules, resources, equipment and information, and managed daily progress reporting (DPR)
• Coordinate multiple optimisation projects,
• Root cause analysis of drilling vibration and NPT included time and depth-based studies, high-frequency spectral analysis (FFT), resonance modelling, and monitoring benchmarks/KPIs

• Designed tailored solutions to customer drilling requirements using prototype field testing and/or computer simulations
• Diamond drilling product design and support for Middle East region
• Designed tailored solution to customer requirements using prototype field testing and/or computer simulations
• Consultation/advice for customers, and interdepartmental technical support to ensure product success

• Ran all key field trials and data analysis for major research project on drill bit vibrational stability, and the commercial product validation of prototype downhole vibration sensor
• Developed customer base for the commercial launch of the product