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Houston, Texas Area

• Economic models and tools focal point for Shell Economics. Responsible for maintaining and modifying Shell economic cashflow model templates. Created a new template that reduced the complexity of models when connecting.
• Performs duties as an internal consultant to help decision analysis in Shell. Responsible for opportunity framing, determination of key deliverables and intended audience, decision quality assessment and economic.
• Created game theory tree for multi-billion-dollar midstream pipeline project to help create negotiation strategy for the formation of a joint venture for the pipeline and other midstream facilities.
• Mentored economists during model rebuild for two regions within Shell. Framed model design, provided insights to improve operational performance of the model and the economists, and trained the economists on the new.
• Participated on two separate project teams looking at divestment options for large scale integrated gas projects. Helped design and lead framing sessions to identify key potential buyers, targeted dilution target, and.
• Provided decision analysis support to new energy projects at Shell, including renewable gas, offshore wind, and sustainable aviation fuel. Support included opportunity/decision framing, targeted decision analysis, and.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Responsible for creating, leading, and promoting strategic studies that showed the impacts of various market, economic and social scenarios and corresponding impact on ConocoPhillips.
• Led study to determine how the company should structure its exploration business which provided rationale for Exploration group to create 2014 and beyond exploration budget for the company.
• Developed robust model to assess the amount of exploration spend, exploration target (deep water, unconventional, etc.), and timing of project development providing supporting analysis for the company’s exploration.
• Participated in study that determined company’s position on U.S. exports in potential supply/demand scenarios impacting North American assets and identified necessary adjustments to company’s portfolio structure and.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Responsible for ConocoPhillips internal natural gas supply, demand, and price forecasts and presenting results to Senior Management to set company strategy.
• Created and maintained North American natural gas supply/demand model based on macroeconomic impacts that was adopted for creating price forecasts throughout the company.
• Led cross functional team to develop strategic positions on natural gas opportunities resulting in a list of target assets in North America and Asia for natural gas or LNG development.
• Evaluated natural gas supply/demand impacts of government policies (i.e Clean Air rules for power generation) on US and Worldwide markets that were instrumental in creating effective pricing forecast.
• Analyzed unexpected market events, such as the March 2011 Japanese earthquake on natural gas markets and presented expected market impacts to Senior Management for incorporation into company’s LNG strategy.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Responsible for providing financial analysis and support for offshore Gulf of Mexico project developments.
• Provided economic modelling and assisted in development of 3rd party contract negotiations to utilize ConocoPhillips assets leading to significant increase in value of contract ($10 MM to potentially $25 MM).
• Performed monthly analysis of production, revenue, cash costs (operating expenses), and non-cash costs (depreciation, etc.) vs. plan. Provided Investment analysis for new opportunities for GOM assets.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Member of the business development team responsible for economic modeling (NPV, IRR, cash flow analysis) of Upstream projects assisting in negotiations with potential project partners.
• Developed and maintained decision economic model that showed how value was transferred from each point of the value chain from initial production through final sale.
• Provided decision analysis support for with Senior Negotiators utilizing economic analysis with probabilistic evaluations to determine strategy in discussions with Qatar government which resulted in successful.

• Responsible for computer system implementation for clients.
• Worked with clients to gather client requirements, timeline, and deliverables.

Mba, Finance

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering