Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Energy professional with more than a decade of experience working in the Middle East, Europe and Africa across multiple business functions, accountable for technology enabled service delivery, business unit management and human resources in both internal and external facing roles. Strong track record operating in high paced, multistakeholder environments, managing enterprise level programs, and aligning technical, commercial, and operational teams. Experienced in executive reporting, governance, and delivering strategic priorities across global organisations. I am motivated by continuous development, working creatively with a team to offer an analytical based approach to problem solving and solutions implementation My strengths lie in strategy execution, financial & performance management, and risk management
Leading the delivery of high impact strategic initiatives for the Renewable & Sustainable Energy Research Center, ensuring alignment between innovation strategy and execution. •Partner with senior leadership across the ATRC ecosystem encompassing business development, research & technology and commercialization to execute R&D programs to meet the organizations & client’s needs. •Drive end to end delivery of a portfolio of R&D projects, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities, timelines, and budgets. •Lead cross functional coordination across technical, procurement, legal, finance and business development teams to ensure seamless execution. •Develop executive level reporting and presentations to track performance, risks, and strategic progress. •Lead the design, build and commissioning of RSERC’s research facilities under a constrained budget and timeline •Create Proof of Concept frameworks & governance of key projects to include stakeholder alignment, risk mitigation, and KPO’s & decision tracking. • Support external partnerships and collaboration agreements to ensure commercialisation and value realisation of innovation outputs. • Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of the center’s portfolios of innovation projects, ensuring they meet objectives on time, within budget, and to required quality standards. •Control budgets, forecasts, and financial tracking to ensure disciplined execution and resource allocation.
Owned strategic client accounts and drove commercial growth through structured execution of account strategies within Australasia. •Managed a $25M+ portfolio, aligning client strategy with internal delivery teams across Australia, NZ & Papua New Guinea. •Developed and executed strategic account plans, delivering 23% growth through disciplined pipeline and execution management. •Drove adoption and scaling of new technologies within digital offerings increasing regional revenue 5x within 12 months. •Acted as a key interface between product, engineering, and commercial teams to align priorities and accelerate delivery. •Led tender processes, contract negotiations, and executive level stakeholder engagement. •Acted as a central coordination point across global teams (US, Europe, UK), connecting product development, data expertise & commercial stakeholders to enable aligned decision making and seamless global first new technology rollout in Australia.
Responsible for directing the learning, development, and engagement of personnel from university graduates to experienced field personnel. •Responsible and accountable for the delivery of a portfolio of advanced service specific training to field direct personnel to achieve a high level of Customer satisfaction downstream. •Tailoring training to meet the personnel development requirements for operations. •Partnered with UAE Universities and internal stakeholders to design and launch a new external engagement platform (‘Inspire the Future’ webinar series), strengthening outreach and positioning the organisation with early career talent. •Designed and executed global programs to align workforce capabilities with strategic business priorities. •Developed scalable systems and processes to improve organisational effectiveness and knowledge transfer. •Delivered executive facing initiatives linking technical capability development to commercial outcomes. •Coordinated global stakeholders across regions, functions, and leadership levels. Achievements: •UAE University Webinar Series – Inspire the future: To inspire the next generation of engineers, stimulating curiosity and building awareness of the broad array of career opportunities available •Reservoir Data Quality & Interpretation training: Delivered projects to create traning content to improve data acquisition competency •Artificial Intelligence Video analytics pilot to evaluate the efficiency & effectiveness of Service Delivery activities: Assess an individual’s competency in with high-risk domains such as radiation •Development of Remote Operation/Performance Live Technical Training for Engineers: Enable Remote Operations within Schlumberger •WeLead | Mentors and Mentees community Mentor & Ambassador
• Analyze customer objectives and current pain points to design service delivery programs to gather the required subsurface data to unlock high quality answer products. • Delivered monthly revenue forecast & executed cost of service delivery plans to ensure bottom line growth. • Effectively managed & engaged up to 30 engineers & service delivery personnel driving employee progression through competency development and performance appraisal. • Evaluated client reservoir challenges to generate value creation, technology driven strategies to unlock value insights in how best to exploit hydrocarbon bearing reservoirs. • Investigate & analyze service quality incidents to deduce root causes, define corrective actions and implement plans to avoid reoccurrence • Directing ‘Remote Operations Engineers’ in UAE, Jakarta & Romania for remote service delivery • Review and approve technical job programs. • Responsible for QHSE and directing field employees in safe, reliable and efficient service delivery Achievements: • Developed UAE’s ‘Remote Operations’ capability, growing its application to cover in excess 60% of operations to reduce HSE risk and operational cost. • No recordable injuries or Automotive Accidents in 12 months. • Thrubit logging introduced to UAE for the first time achieving a world record for Schlumberger of navigating a dog-leg of 39deg/100ft to get to TD and delivering high quality data that was otherwise unobtainable with LWD due to well bore orientation. • 20% Reduction in PSD related Non Productive Time.
Sheffield PFI - Project Management abiding by the DMAIC principles to implement a new Haulage Coordination on the Sheffield PFI. The implemented real-time tracking and coordination system has increased utilization of Haulage Resources to support on site operations, increasing productivity.
Lead Engineer assigned to the Anadarko Ultra Deepwater Exploration in West Africa Running the latest High Tension Cable- Tuffline and NT-1 services such as Saturn 9 & Lithoscanner - Lead Engineer for Anadarko Petroleum Company West Africa 2014 Exploration Campaign. - Managing the workflow & project plan to ensure objectives and deadlines met. - Researching & recommending the optimal combination of technology required specific to the project. - Client Relationship Management - ensuring client satisfaction. - Managing conflicts as and when they arise - Leading and motivating a multidisciplinary, multicultural and multi-location team to achieve project objectives. - Actively taking the initiative to identify improvements that can be applied to our standard procedures in order to save the client (& Schlumberger) time and money. - Drive to exceed client expectations as demonstrated by ‘Customer Satisfaction Reports’ at the end of each phase of the project. - Investigate and identify root causes of service quality failures and put remedial actions in place to ensure no re-occurrences. - Responsibility for the most high-tech tools developed by Schlumberger, the industry’s leading technology Innovation Company. - Successful Re-deployment of new Schlumberger technology to alter the client’s viewpoint and increase Schlumberger revenue worldwide. - Mentor & share knowledge with juniors & trainees.
Currently assigned Shell Sail & Drill in West Africa, a first of its kind exploration campaign on the Noble Globetrotter II.
Responsible for the wellsite delivery of sub surface evaluation services in the Deep Water Environment working on projects such as Shell Sail and Drill in West Africa, Hess Ghana Exploration Ltd. I have successfully logged a Schlumberger NT-1 (New Technology), the Dielectric Scanner in OBM in a deep water exploration well off Sierra Leone. Responsibilities in my current role; - Acquire high resolution geophysical data performing wireline logging operations in exploration wells. - Project management and execution of exploration operations for high profile deep water environments while reporting to the client and managing a team of technicians involved in the project. - Ensuring strict & zero-tolerance adherence to Schlumberger & industry health & safety standards, especially in the areas of radiation & explosives. - Liaising with clients to ensure satisfaction with quality & safety of service provided. - Maintenance tracking & service quality related failure minimization. - Supervision & responsibility for assigned crews in project preparation & for logging operations. - Troubleshooting & quickly resolving failures related to logging hardware & software in a safe manner. - High Tension Advanced CAPSTAN qualified.