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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
US Citizen, Petroleum E&P Advisor/Team Lead, Principal/Managing Consultant, Program/Project Manager with cutting edge technology skills and extensive experience in Integrated Reservoir Geophysics/Geosciences; Quantitative Geophysical/Geological Interpretation, 3D & 4D Reservoir Modeling, & Reservoir Engineering integration for Petroleum Exploration, Development/Appraisal & Production using Information Technology / Information Management software applications. Possesses Vendor-Certified Technical Support & Trainer Proficiency in Multi-Vendor Software & Multiple Applications. Experienced in Petro-Computing User Support /Applications Management, Technology-Transfer/Training Analysis and Mentoring, Risk Analysis/Risk Management (E&P, IT, Business Operations), Management of IT infrastructure & Information Systems. Utilizes high-level Technical Workflows, Team-building, Team-Leadership skills.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1. AFRAM-TECH INTERNATIONAL, INC., Houston, Texas April 1995 - Present
Managing Principal Consultant/ Operations Manager, Applications Support Project Manager - Reservoir/Exploration Geophysics & Integrated Reservoir Characterization/Modeling
Provided Reservoir Geophysics, Seismo-Petrophysical, Seismo-Geological Interpretation/ and managed projects in Petroleum E&P (Prospect Generation/Exploration Geosciences & Field Development/Production Geosciences). Provided and managed Application Software Support, Training & Mentoring, Project Consulting, Project Management in Petroleum E&P. Responsible for Strategic & Operational leadership, Profit & Loss, Development of Training, Mentoring, Project and Support Consulting Assignments, Project Management & Execution of Operational/Strategic and Business Development Plans.
Major/Long-Term Petro-Technical Clients:
(A). SHELL PETROLEUM DEV. CO, (SHELL OIL CO. Global Service Center -Africa) Port Harcourt, Nigeria), / Landmark Graphics - Filled role of Onsite Team Lead (Support Manager), Principal G&G Consultant
(B). BP EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION CO., Houston, Texas - Filled role of Applications Support Project Manager
(C). EXXONMOBIL EXPL. CO. - Upstream Technical Computing, Houston, Texas - Filled role of Computing Support Coordinator /Technical Account Manager
(D). PEMEX, Mexico City, Mexico, - (Reynosa, Cd. del Carmen, Tampico, Veracruz Operations) - Sr. Geophy., Expl. & Integrated Reservoir Applications Consultant
(E. LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION, Houston, Texas - Senior Technical Consultant - Geophysical / Exploration Applications
Subsidiary Clients: Landmark Graphics Technical Assistance Center (North America); Agip Petroleum/Landmark-EAME (Africa); Amoco Production - USA; BP Exploration - USA; Western Atlas Exploration & Production - USA
2. HUGHES APPLIED INFORMATION SYSTEMS, OF HUGHES INFO TECH CO. Landover, MD
Senior Scientist - (Science-Community Product Manager) May 1994 - April 1995
Performed role of Client Interface Manager, Product Manager/Product Marketing Executive for NASA's $2.56 billion EOSDIS (EOS Data and Information System) Core System project. Developed Performance metrication tools, schedules and milestones for support and requirements development. Provided Scientific Workflow consulting; tested various prototypes; communicated technical information and served as editor of technical newsletter.
3. AFRAM-TECH INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCES, Houston, Texas
Managing Geophysicist/Project Manager - Expl. and Workstation Consulting June 1987 - May 1994
Responsible for Strategic & Operational leadership, Profit & Loss, Development of Training, Mentoring Projects in Exploration & Production (Prospect Generation/Exploration Geosciences & Field Development/ Reservoir Geophysics)
Primary Clients: Chevron Overseas Petroleum, Elf Aquitane, Du Pont/Conoco.
Joint Venture Partners: Seismic Micro Technology, Jason Geosystems, LCT, Inc.
4. U. OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, SC (& TRILOGY RESOURCES & BP EXPL. CO.)
Sr. Expl. / Development /Research Geophysicist Aug. 1988 - Dec. 1990 (Part-Time)
Trilogy Research Fellow/Consultant (1/90-2/90), Sr. Dev. Geophy. (4/90-8/90), Grad. Teaching Asst. (8/88-12/89)
5. GEOS-EX CONSULTANTS, Austin, Texas and Houston, Texas;
Managing Exploration/Research Geophysicist Sept. 1984 - May. 1987 (Part-Time)
VP Geophysical Expl. & Research, Joint-Venture with PETROPROS INT'L, INC., Houston, TX 3/86 - 8/88
6. U. OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN, Austin, TX (BUR. OF ECON. GEOL.; INST. FOR GEOPHY.)
Exploration Geophysicist/Geoscientist (Research Scientist Asst.) Sept. 1982 - May 1984 (Part-Time)
Project Geophysicist-Geoscientist, Research Scientist Asst. III, Graduate Research Asst. II:
7. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NIGERIA, Kaduna, Nigeria Aug. 1976 - Aug. 1981
Exploration Geophysicist, Project Lead Geophysicist, Research Geophysicist
GEO-TECHNICAL COMPUTING SKILLS:
Halliburton/Landmark Graphics Applications
Geoscience Integration/Geophysical Inversion: SynTool, Well Seismic Fusion, DepthTeam/TDQ, PostStack/PAL.
Reservoir Modeling: ZMap Plus, Contouring Assistant, Stratamodel, RAVE/DV, SigmaView.
GeoVolume Interpretation/Visualization: GeoProbe, SpecDecomp
Wellbore Planner (within Seismic and GeoVolume Interpretation applications)
Seismic Interpretation: SeisWorks 3D/2D, Advanced SeisWorks, Seismic Data Management and Desktop Utilities.
Datacube Interpretation/Visualization: EarthCube (and SeisCube, SurfCube, VoxCube), OpenVision.
Log Geology and Petrophysics: StratWorks, PetroWorks/Log Edit, Wellbore Manager.
OpenWorks Data Management/System Management Applications & Utilities: OpenWorks Project Management, OpenWorks Geodata Management with SQL, OpenExplorer /Geo-dataWorks with SQL.
Immersive Visualization /Virtual Reality: Multi-application setup and operation for Team collaboration, Real Time Drilling Operations/Geosteering, Reservoir Engineering and Production Management.
Reservoir Simulation & Pre-simulation: GRIDGENR, GeoLink, VIP.
Schlumberger/GeoQuest Applications:
Seismic Interpretation: GeoFrame IESX
Datacube Interpretation/Visualization: GeoViz
Other Vendor Applications:
Specialty Vendors:
Reservoir Modeling: AVO, STRATA (Hampson-Russell), Tigress, Integrate, DSite (Jason Geosystems)
GeoVolume Interpretation/Visualization: VoxelGeo (Paradigm Geophysical); Petrel (Technoguide)
Seismic Interpretation: Kingdom II, 3dPak (Seismic MicroTech.), Geographix (Landmark)
Miscellaneous Vendors:
Geological/Basin Modeling: LogM, GRITS, STRUCT (GMA Plus/Landmark Graphics), TerraStation (TerraSciences), PetroSystems, Dynamic Graphics, BasinMod (Platte River Associates)
Digital Image Processing & Analysis: ERDAS Imagine (ERDAS)
Geographic Information Systems: Arc/Info, ArcView (ESRI)
EDUCATION:
* Ph.D. Geological Sciences (Geophysical Engineering) -1990, Univ. of South Carolina - (GPA: 3.82/4.0).
* M.B.A. - Information Systems Concentration - 2003, Univ. of Houston, Houston, Texas - (GPA: 3.62/4.0).
* Master's in Geological Sciences (Geophysical Engineering) - 1984, Univ. of Texas at Austin - (GPA: 3.23/4.0).
* B.S. Applied Geophysics (2nd Major: Geology) - 1976, Univ. of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria - (GPA: 3.74/4.0 Equiv).
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (Selective List)
Project Management Institute; Sigma Xi Scientific Society; Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Society of Petroleum Engineers; National Society of Black Engineers; Black Data Processing Association; American Association of Petroleum Geologists; Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists, Nigerian Mining & Geosciences Society, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts.
MAJOR PROFESSIONAL HONORS & AWARDS:
* 2005 "NMGS/Shell Award" - Recipient of the highest award of the Nigerian Mining & Geosciences Society (NMGS) - in recognition of "significant contributions to the field of Earth Sciences on the African Continent through excellence in research".
* 1991 Sigma Xi Election - Elected to Full Membership by Sigma Xi (the American National Honor Society for Scientific Research since 1886) in recognition of a research record judged to be "noteworthy achievement as an original investigator".
* Research Grants - Won more than 10 Research Grants from US institutions and organizations - 1981 to 1990
* Fellowships/Scholarships - Won 4 major Fellowships/Scholarships -1980 (Geosciences), 1981(Geosciences), 1989 (Geosciences), 1997 (Business Administration)
* Research Assistantships - Awarded University Research
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