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SUMMARY:
Over twenty-eight years of managerial positions in the Oil and Gas industry. Primarily in Business Development, contract negotiations and administration. Covering both onshore and offshore, national and international upstream/exploration/production operations.
CSS Inc Petrophysics Equipment Manufacturer 1999 - 2004
Director.
Strategic planning for company regarding operations, products. Developing new business and new product areas. Responsible for all Contracts (International and Canadian/US). Recent business ventures into United States, South America, Columbia, Venezuela, and Argentina. Middle East, Oman, UAE, Libya, Algeria, Angola, Egypt, West Africa, Europe, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Russia and China. Responsible for all contract negotiations and administration. LCs, Bonds, Insurance coverage and claims.
Nevis Drilling Systems Calgary Directional Drilling Company 1997 - 1999
Vice President Engineering. Company Officer.
One of founding officers of the company. Assisted in preparation of Offering Memorandum for private placement. Purchasing of capital equipment, i.e. Mud motors, MWD, Gamma Ray logging, Well Planning Software, hiring and training of personnel. Developing new business areas. Meeting with Operating Company personnel.
GO International Inc. Calgary Canada. 1994 - 1997
Business Development
Principal areas of expertise are energy-related sectors worldwide. Onshore/Offshore equipment products and services.
Assist companies both internationally and nationally with joint ventures and strategic alliances, in Europe (UK and Germany), India, Argentina, Venezuela, Iran, United States, China, Egypt, and Libya.
Prepare and negotiate; Proposals, Tenders, Contracts, Bid Bonds, and Letters of Credit, Insurance.
Coordinate with international companies to facilitate matching of technology, products and services.
Market intelligence gathering and analysis. Literature searches and analysis.
Source technology and facilitate a company’s access to technical expertise
Alberta Research Council, Calgary Canada 1986 - 1994
Manager of Industrial Technology Advisory Group Consisting of several professional engineers and scientists, technical and clerical support staffs.
Provide; financial, technical and scientific assistance to manufacturing companies in order to enhance their performance, products and services.
Principle areas of expertise; Oil and Gas related equipment, technology, products and services.
Advised on all oil and gas related projects regarding research and development
Gained trust of client companies with a personable manner, provide impartial advice and preservation of confidentiality. Assist companies in business development and strategic planning with regard to alliances or joint ventures.
Analyzed the financial health of companies; assessed the need and viability of proposed improvements and the ability of the companies to initiate change.
Recommended innovations in production methods, materials handling, automation, marketing and product development.
Facilitate access to government, university and private research laboratories, both nationally and internationally, Trade Commissioners (Europe, UK, Japan, Israel and the US.)
Provide partial financing for innovative company projects, enabling them to afford to underwrite the balance of project costs. (Western Economic Development/Industry Canada)
Technical presentations on behalf of companies to various government agencies for funding.
Negotiated contracts and subcontracts for projects
Served as intermediary between companies considering joint ventures or strategic alliances.
Gearhart International. Fort Worth, Texas US. 1978 - 1986
International Petro-physical exploration service company. Designed and manufactured specialized exploration and production equipment for the energy industry.
International Manager in various worldwide locations;
Malaysia Offshore - Kuala Lumpur;
Responsible for East and West Coast Malaysia offshore operations and activities.
Represented the company concerning financial, legal and technical matters.
Coordinated offshore platform exploration and production activities on the East/West coast of Malaysia and Brunei.
Resolved technical problems with Reservoir, Production and Drilling departments.
Logistics of personnel and equipment from Malaysia, Indonesia, Europe and the US.
Europe Offshore - Aberdeen;
Initiated company expansion into the North Sea and Europe.
Negotiated contracts and joint venture projects throughout Europe
Resolved technical problems with Reservoir, Production and Drilling departments.
Managed and directed engineers, technicians, operators and salespersons.
Canada – Onshore / Offshore
Operations Manager, directed sixty staff including engineers, technicians and support
Commissioned offshore and land-based new ventures.
Contract negotiations. Trained engineers.
South America - Venezuela
Introduced new equipment, trained engineers on the use of equipment and in computer log analysis / reservoir analysis. Land based and Offshore (Lake Maracaibo)
BPB Instruments, Leicestershire, England. 1974 - 1978
International Exploration Company designs and manufacture of geophysical equipment.
Senior Engineer in various locations worldwide.
Britain - Canada - Australia
Supervised the operation of drilling rigs
Mineral deposit evaluation, both open cast and underground
EDUCATION
University of Leicester, England 1971 - 1974
Bachelor of Science in Engineering
Majors: Electrical/Electronics; Computer Science.
Industrial Technology Management Training courses; 1986 - 1994
New Product Development: Laser Technology: CAD/CAM: Technology Management:
Robotics/Automation: Software Develop: GPS/GIS: Financial Analysis:
Oil & Gas technologies: Electronics/VLSI: Plastics: Biotechnology:
Project management: Value engineering: Environment: Marketing
Advanced materials:
SKILLS:
Computer literate PC and Macs, Microsoft Office Pro, Relational databases
Affiliations: Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta.
Passports: UK/European Community Passport, Canadian Passport, US Social Security Number.
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