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Dave Bergt

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

jeff-dicker

  • 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)
 
Peter Foster

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

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

Susan-Helgesen

  • 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

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)
 
Gordon Mowat

Gordon-Mowat

  • 31 years in oil and gas at Schlumberger, including operations management, general management, marketing, sales, R&D, geotechnical IT, risk analysis and petroleum economics
  • 10 years in entrepreneurial investment and startup in oil and gas as well as in global recreational boating and wholesale financial software industries
  • 5 years in consulting in both petrotechnical as well as strategy and marketing roles
  • Live-in experience on 4 continents, 10 countries; fluent in three languages and an effective multicultural personal communications success record
  • Glasgow University, BSc Honors (Physics)
 
Craig Narum

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

larry-offenbacher

  • 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

joe-quoyeser

  • 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)
 
Mike Robson

mike-robson

  • 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

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

B-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

angus-warren

  • 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)