Dave Bergt

• 37 years operations and marketing experience in oilfield services
• Marketing communications campaigns, new business development, market research, brand positioning and corporate identity development
• Technical expertise in the disciplines of wireline, mud logging, directional drilling, measurements and logging while drilling, and geosteering
• University of Missouri at Rolla, BS (Electrical Engineering)

Peter Foster

• 24 years technical and commercial experience in petroleum exploration and production, marketing and business development
• Experience in sales management, marketing communications, product marketing and information management at BP, Halliburton, Shell
• Oxford University, BA; City University, MBA

Dick Ghiselin

• 35 years in oilfield operations, marketing, publishing and information services
• Strategy and product development senior executive at leading information services firm
• Marketing communications campaigns, new business development, market research, brand repositioning, corporate identity and crisis communications
• Work experience at Schlumberger, Hart Publications and OneOffshore
• Texas A&M, Columbia Business School (Marketing Management)
• Registered petroleum engineer in Texas and Certified Business Communicator

Susan Helgeson

• 18 years marketing, communications and research experience
• In-depth interviewer and focus group moderator, customer value-oriented focus with satisfaction and mindshare measurement expertise
• Development of position and strategy statements based on situation research analysis
• University of Louisville, PhD (English, Rhetoric, Composition)

Bob Humes

• 18 years global oilfield services management, marketing and sales experience at Schlumberger
• 12 years independent market research conducting oilfield and information technology customer satisfaction and technology studies
• Northrup Institute of Technology, BS (Aerospace Engineering); University of Houston, MBA

Tom Hunter

• Strategy consulting for OEM, software and telecommunications ranging from start-ups to multinationals
• Roles in marketing, sales and business development
• Pricing strategy, marketing communications, marketing strategy, business development, intellectual property and due diligence
• Harvard University, BA

Tore Karlsson

• 25 years exploration and production operations and oilfield services P&L, research and marketing experience
• Product portfolio analysis for investment optimization for R&D/marketing
• Market research, value pricing and communications
• Work experience at Saga Petroleum, Geco-Prakla and Schlumberger
• BS (Mathematics/Physics/Chemistry); MS (Geophysics)

Meredith Kimbell

• Assists executives in designing and implementing high-impact organizational change
• Expertise includes change planning and implementation, leadership and management development, team performance improvement, interpersonal communications and experiential learning
• Serves as group process facilitator, consultant and coach
• Extensive consulting experience with start-ups, mid-tier and Fortune 500 companies, nationally and internationally
• Psychologist, Master-VT

Craig Narum

• 18 years of industrial and high-tech work and consulting experience
• Strategy development, market analysis, portfolio management, change management and business modeling
• University of Oklahoma, BS (Chemical Engineering)

George Palmer

• 23 years in oil and gas information technology management
• Successfully founded, developed and divested two software companies
• Global marketing strategies, market research and product development

Shawn Patterson

• 12 years financial and strategic advisory work
• Completed more than 18 acquisitions as a principal with focus on due diligence, strategic fit analysis and acquisition integration
• Experience in corporate identity development, strategic marketing, business development, growth strategies and financial modeling
• Vanderbilt University, BS; University of Texas at Austin, MBA

Peter Smith

• 40 years of international business development, operations, personnel management, sales and market research experience
• Substantive knowledge of oilfield technology, including established well services and startup technologies
• P&L, marketing and sales work experience for Schlumberger in 10 countries
• University of Glasgow, BS (Physics Honors)

Marty Stetzer

• Senior consulting executive to a wide variety of global oil and gas clients; has led numerous projects
• International upstream and downstream P&L experience with Superior Oil, Mobil in the U.S., and Esso in Southeast Asia
• Capital project planning, portfolio planning, reserves management, supply and trading, refining and marketing
• Business strategy, cross-functional problem-solving, and applying leading information, supply chain and e-commerce technologies
• MS (Industrial Administration), MBA, BS (Mechanical Engineering)

David Siktberg

• 30 years of consulting experience in IT strategy and high-tech business strategy
• COO, web-based training firm
• Harvard, BS (Computer Science); Harvard, MBA

Bill Thomas

• 25 years of experience in human resources, training and organizational development; extensive strategic consulting experience; national and global management responsibilities at Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Dell Computers
• Skills in all aspects of HR strategy and practices, process improvement, culture and change management, and internal communications
• Strong focus on customer-centric organizational strategies including voice-of-the-customer processes and metrics; substantial reorganization and M&A experience
• Management coaching and consulting in energy at Baker Hughes, CenterPoint Energy, CPS Energy and Maverick Tube; in other industries at organizations such as American Public Power Association, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Dell Computers, Deloitte & Touche, Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Marriott International, Mylab Labs, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Baylor University, Duquesne University, University of Pittsburgh and University of Texas.
• St. Francis, MA (HR & Labor Relations); Ohio Northern, BA (Business); SPHR certification; adjunct instructor, University of Pittsburgh
• Published in CEO Magazine, Human Resource Executive, Quality Progress, Executive Excellence and others