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Houston, Texas, United States

• Providing leadership across the project life-cycle of Deepwater projects to drive value, deliver competitive advantage, and achieve strategic growth objectives
• Leading multi-disciplinary team to develop a program approach to execute future FPSO projects in Guyana that maximizes portfolio value
• Overseeing development of optimum Execution Strategies for Deepwater portfolio which enable and support the value objectives of the projects
• Building CEP technical depth and job family capability to deploy systems, tools, and best practices that create efficient and effective solutions for Stage 3 and 4 work activities
• Integrating execution strategy development and planning with other Central Project Management functions
• Allocating CEP resources and providing required input to Stage 2 teams and activities

Lagos, Nigeria

• Provided leadership to all Upstream Nigeria (UN) projects, including brownfield and greenfield projects, ensuring technical excellence in all functions (SSHE, Quality, Design Engineering, Construction, Installation.
• Effectively led NPO’s ~130 employees and ~275 staff contractors, progressed 12 pre-Gate 3 projects, and provided functional support to 25 projects in execution
• Established the Integrated Planning & Execution Team to empower a multi discipline team to work with Operations, NPO, Surface Technical, Subsurface Technical and Drilling to develop and maintain plans based on the.
• Set vision and expectations for NPO during quarterly town halls, and emphasized importance of safety by sharing personal stories at monthly safety meetings, annual Contractor Safety Forum, site management.
• Implemented disciplined approach to manage NPO staffing/resourcing ramp up (+100 in 7 months) in collaboration with HR, ExxonMobil Contracting Services and UN Planning
• Supported NAPIMS (National Petroleum Investment Management Services) performance reviews, including securing 100% cost recovery of Facilities and Gas items in first half of 2018

Singapore

• Provided management support for transition activities associated with InterOil acquisition
• Coordinated and issued the InterOil Transition Weekly Report which provided status updates from multi-disciplinary teams based in Houston, Melbourne, PNG, and Singapore
• Oversaw ExxonMobil’s HR and Controller representatives in Singapore, and interfaced regularly with InterOil’s HR VP and staff to address personnel and benefits issues

Houston, Texas, United States

• Provided career development and deployment to ~30 employees primarily project managers, technical managers, and 2 supervisors
• Provided functional support to project portfolio in Operated by Others, Middle East/Australia, Deepwater, and Asia Pacific/Established Areas
• Identified and highlighted to project leadership the risks associated with lack of definition and limited funding/resources allocated to logistics at the Liza Phase 1 Gate 2 Cold Eyes Review
• Led a cross-functional team of 5 to evaluate and select the winners of the 2015 EMDC President's SSHE Award, resulting in formal recommendations to EMDC senior management

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

• Led Pre-FEED (Front End Engineering Design) effort with Arctic solutions
• Led ExxonMobil and Arctic Solutions (~50 people) team in Aliso Viejo, California to prioritize and streamline pre-FEED deliverables by leveraging work previously done by the Point Thomson IPS (Initial Production.
• Inspired Alaskan contractors, including AFC, Doyon and PRL, to improve safety performance through constant engagement with senior leadership and first line supervision
• Developed strong working relationships and led workshops with Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (AOGCC), resulting on path forward for obtaining gas offtake rate approval by year end 2015 without requiring.
• Led workshops with DNR and Working Interest Owners (BP and ConocoPhillips) to establish collaborative approach for providing technical data needed for Best Interest Finding efforts
• Hosted legislators and media at Central Pad in July 2014 to showcase IPS progress, resulting in positive commentary in local TV news affiliate and Alex DeMarban’s ADN article

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

• Delivered all of project’s Infrastructure ($300M), Pipeline ($283M) and Logistics ($764M) commitments including construction/installation of service pier, permanent telecom facilities, camps, diesel storage tanks.
• Provided project management oversight and leadership for all activities on North Slope sites (~750 personnel at Central Pad, Deadhorse & Badami) and in Anchorage office (~100 personnel)
• Successfully completed early works activities and met all performance expectations in safety, quality, cost, schedule, and operability
• Awarded 2011 EMDC President’s SSH&E Award due to significant contributions in all aspects of SSH&E, including pilot testing and establishing ground surveillance radar detection and visual camera tracking of polar bears
• Established strong SSH&E culture by passionately promoting project’s top priority that nobody gets hurt at 30+ Point Thomson Academy leadership sessions, monthly Contractor SSH&E Steering team meetings, quarterly town.
• Improved company's reputation in Alaska by establishing relationships with key community leaders, showcasing progress accomplished at site to a dozen legislators/senators and media, and by providing project updates to.

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

• Managed stewardship transfer of project from ExxonMobil Production Company to EMDC, and defined roles and responsibilities for each of 34 work areas which were transferred to EMDC
• Oversaw development and maintenance of Interface Management System for the coordination of internal and external interfaces, and provided monthly status updates to project leadership
• Provided technical and execution support on settlement discussions with State of Alaska to resolve status of Point Thomson leases and unit
• Managed external interfaces primarily with 50+ contractors/subcontractors and Working Interest Owners (WIO), and represented project at external/public affairs engagements
• Responsible for major internal interfaces with Drilling, Operations, Subsurface, Reservoir and Law; led team with all stakeholders to reach alignment on location and timing of final 3 IPS wells in accordance with.
• Led development of deliverables for Advanced Commitment #2, and secured corporate and WIO funding to demobilize drill rig, camp and associated equipment, as well as secure funds to cover engineering and execution.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Provided leadership oversight to 20+ ExxonMobil employees and contractors
• Provided functional support to PNG LNG Project (e.g., coordinated functional review of Design Philosophies, Project Design Basis, and Field Development Plan)
• Led Engineering SSH&E Advocacy Team to develop an advocacy plan used to promote behaviors leading to positive results in all aspects of SSH&E in the Engineering organization

Houston, Texas, United States

• Supported the continuous improvement of EMCAPS (ExxonMobil Capital Projects System) work processes, including leading the Tool Consolidation initiative adding ECRI to standardized funding and gate review packages, and.
• Led task group to develop and execute a strategy to maximize cost recoverability of Kizomba A&B foreign exchange adjustments, resulting in Sonangol’s approval of $115M cost recovery

Houston, Texas, United States

• As primary interface with co-venturers and Sonangol, coordinated multiple reviews and workshops that led to the contractor group and government approvals of the two Kizomba C FPSOs (Mondo and Saxi/Batuque)
• Managed development of the Estimate Confidence Packages & Full Funding Packages for Mondo and Saxi/Batuque
• Provided cost and schedule stewardship and reporting by implementing project control systems to track progress and monitor trends
• Led project accounting activities, management of key issues, development of organization plan, information management, application and capture of lessons learned, and management of change during execution of project

Houston, Texas, United States

• Led the successful execution of the $130M ZPUP offshore project to save $1M/month operational costs by installing 1300 ton crude oil pumping module on the Zafiro Producer
• Project was completed $27M under budget and started up one month ahead of full funding estimate
• Developed recovery plan to restructure the project organization and execution when original engineering contractor failed to deliver the detailed design
• Managed development of cost and schedule estimates and other deliverables resulting in project sanction
• Held leadership role in contractor negotiations/claims, and oversaw the close-out of the project
• Led several activities to ensure project was executed in accordance with EMCAPS including Key Issues Workshop, Special Cost and Schedule Allowance (SCSA) Workshop, Gate 3 Project Readiness Review, Development of.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Completed the Yoho FPSO Falcon Project Management Close-out Report
• Coordinated two Gate 5 Independent Project Reviews (IPR) for Serpentina and Xikomba FPSOs, including preparation of the charters, selection of team members and organization of in-country logistics

Houston, Texas, United States

• Responsible for all aspects relating to short/medium-term planning and coordination of supply and demand, including product movements in/out of region
• Provided overall work direction for replenishment specialist, export replenishment specialist, and production scheduler
• Led Global Demand Supply Team to resolve supply issues within the different regions

Baytown, Texas, United States

• Created and maintained detailed run plan consistent with overall supply plan
• Coordinated implementation of the monthly production schedule with the manufacturing site
• Issued daily manufacturing orders in accordance to run plan
• Provided export order supply confirmation for Baytown manufacturing site

Baytown, Texas, United States

• Developed and coordinated efforts to emphasize the ‘No Oil to the Sewer Policy’ to meet RCRA-TC benzene compliance, which resulted in benzene reductions of 73% and 66% at two of the main surface impoundments
• Provided technical support to wastewater system resulting in no permit violations by: - Monitoring treatment operations - Determining off-spec water disposition - Revising procedures, log sheets and sampling schedules.
• Worked on project team to evaluate failures of Archimedes screw pumps and implemented operating changes and contingency plan to improve operations
• Discontinued sampling and analysis of 7 benzene accountability points, and reduced sampling frequency of several wastewater parameters, resulting in lab savings of $160K/year

Deer Park, Texas, United States

• Provided process engineering support in the Chlorine Area of OxyChem’s LaPorte and Deer Park facilities

Castle Hayne, North Carolina, United States

• Provided process engineering support to the Evaporation Area of OxyChem’s chrome facility
• Collaborated with environmental consultants to complete the Title V application
• Prepared the 1993 & 1994 Air Emissions Inventory for the NC DEM