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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)
 
Jeff Dicker

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  • 31 years in industrial and commercial marketplaces with leadership responsibilities in account management, new business development, customer support, change management, and strategy formulation and deliverables
  • Innovative results in team building, new product introductions, cross-functional integration and generation of input for collateral marketing campaigns
  • Skilled in coaching/mentoring, training and delivering consultative value-based selling skills
  • University of Iowa, BBA (Administrative Management)
 
Dick Ghiselin

 

  • 45 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)
 
Peter Hite

Peter-Hite

  • 15 years experience in managing special marketing projects for corporations such as Schlumberger, National Oilwell Varco, Exxon Mobil Chemicals and Reliant Energy
  • Public relations strategy development for local and national media
  • Extensive research and textual/visual communications in organizational histories and lessons learned
  • University of Arizona, MFA
 
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
 
Joseph Johnson

Joseph-Johnson

  • 16 years international marketing and business development primarily in the oil and gas services sector in upstream and midstream operations
  • Participated in more than 10 acquisitions in various roles including due diligence, strategic fit analysis and acquisition integration
  • Pricing optimization and value pricing development for product line profitability
  • Market research process development to leverage knowledge into decisions that drive results
  • Experience in corporate identity development, strategic marketing, business development, growth strategies and business planning
  • Work experience at Baker Hughes, Willbros Engineers, Applied Process Solutions, Hanover (now Exterran), Petreco Process Systems (now Cameron)
  • Global experience and cultural awareness, fluent in Spanish and French
  • University of Tulsa, BA; Universidad de Salamanca

 

 
Tore Karlsson

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  • 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)
 
Gordon Mowat

Gordon-Mowat

  • 31 years in oilfield services at Schlumberger, including operations and general management, marketing & sales, research & development, geotechnical IT, risk analysis and petroleum economics
  • 11 years in entrepreneurial investment and startup in oil & gas as well as in global recreational boating and wholesale financial software industries
  • Six years in consulting in strategy and marketing roles as well as in petrotechnical roles
  • Live-in experience on four continents, 10 countries; fluent in English, French and Spanish with effective multicultural personal communications success
  • A talent for rapidly grasping complex new topics and for expressing them cogently to nonexpert audiences
  • Glasgow University, BSc Honors (Physics)

 

 
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)
 
Larry Offenbacher

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  • Extensive senior leadership, P&L, marketing and engineering experience in oilfield services technology
  • Many strategic planning, market research, emerging technology assessment, business development and due diligence projects for oilfield services and industrial clients
  • Ohio State University, BS (Metallurgical Engineering); Xavier, MBA
 
Donna Paparazzo
  • 28 years oilfield VP HR at several drilling and production product lines
  • Strong technical HR background with solid experience in high-performance team development, change management, organizational design, and incentive design and implementation
  • BA Business, MBA
  • Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)
  • Certified Compensation Professional (CCP)
 
Robert Purvis

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  • 29 years of operations management, sales and business development experience in oilfield services with Schlumberger
  • 4 years of business development and sales for a Schlumberger JV with a focus on satellite communications and remote connectivity for the international oil and gas industry
  • 5 years of business development, account management and sales of collaboration centers and real-time drilling software for Kongsberg
  • Gained a wide range of P&L, marketing and sales experience with Schlumberger assignments in 9 countries
  • University of Alabama, BS (Mechanical Engineering)
 
Paul Rao

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  • 23 years sales, operations, marketing and senior management positions with experience in upstream and downstream sectors
  • Experience in oilfield production, refinery process and water treatment specialty chemicals
  • Background in strategic planning, marketing communications campaigns, new business development, market research, brand positioning and strategic account management
  • Proven results in new market development, development of growth and profitability improvement strategies
  • Skilled in coaching/mentoring, training and consultative, value-added selling skills
  • Rice University, BA; Houston Baptist University, MBA

 

 
Mike Robson

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  • 35 years in oil and gas services industry with assignments in operations, manufacturing and engineering
  • Expertise includes process improvement and change management across various business units
  • Queen's University, Canada, BASc (Geological Engineering); PEng APEGGA
 
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)
 
Stephen Stein

Stephen-Stein

  • More than 30 years experience in business development and marketing of advanced technology applications in global markets
  • Responsible for establishing distributor networks, managing direct sales forces and promoting solutions for the oil & gas and chemical process industries
  • Experienced consultant in business planning and penetrating new overseas markets, with special focus in Asia Pacific and Middle East
  • Former VP of Lummus and ABB Simcon, specializing in marketing/implementing engineering models, training simulators, advanced control systems and other applications for downstream process industries
  • Guided setup and management of high-tech companies in the U.S., China, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand
  • College of New Jersey, BA Science (Physics and Chemistry); Indiana University (NSF program Geophysics)
 
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
  • Expertise in design and delivery of large-scale oil and gas training and change management projects using virtual classroom and interactive web technologies
  • MS (Industrial Administration), MBA, BS (Mechanical Engineering)
 
Bill Thomas

  • More than 30 years of experience in human resources, training and organizational development and effectiveness; 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 and performance improvement, employee engagement and internal branding, culture and change management, and employee-customer engagement measures and practices
  • Deep experience in customer-centric organizational strategies including customer experience management, voice-of-the-customer processes and metrics; substantial reorganization and M&A experience
  • Management consulting, training and coaching in energy at Baker Hughes, Bristow Group, CenterPoint Energy, Cameron, Champion Technologies, CPS Energy, GEODynamics, Hess, Peoples Gas, Petroleum Geo-Services, Range Resources and Tenaris; in other industries at organizations such as Baylor University, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Deloitte & Touche, Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Marriott International, Matthews International, Mylan Labs, State of Texas, University of Pittsburgh and University of Texas, among others.
  • Creator of Value Chain Labs© and the Customer Focus Maturity Model©
  • St. Francis, MA (HR & Labor Relations); Ohio Northern, BA (Business); SPHR certification
  • Published in CEO Magazine, Human Resource Executive, Quality Progress, Executive Excellence and others
 
Evan Turner

Evan-Turner

  • 35 years of operations and marketing experience in oilfield services and oil company E&P
  • Strong background in market research, strategic planning, product management, new business development and marketing communications
  • Technical expertise in drilling, steerable systems, coring and drill bits
  • Brigham Young University, BA, MA (Economics)
 
Angus Warren

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  • 21 years working in financial advisory, negotiations and legal activities in both upstream and downstream
  • High-level experience in mergers and acquisitions
  • Led, coached and directed teams of analysts, tax, legal and finance professionals
  • Recruited, interviewed and trained new personnel
  • University of Birmingham, U.K., Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering); University of Aberdeen, MS (Technology and Management in the Oil and Gas Industry); University of Texas McCombs School of Business, MBA
 
Al Winchester
  • 39 years in oil and gas operations in Schlumberger
  • P&L oilfield management, interpretation application development and training
  • Extensive overseas experience; fluent in two languages
  • Glasgow University, BSc Honors (Physics)
 


We hired Qittitut to help us develop and implement a Customer Excellence strategy designed to measure, improve and leverage the satisfaction and loyalty of our customers—and further differentiate us in the marketplace. Their expertise in this area and their ability to quickly understand our industry and culture were invaluable to our efforts. I would highly recommend them to any company seeking to take their customers’ experience to the next level.

Director of Customer Excellence, Gas Pipeline Company