Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bellevue, Washington, United States · On-site

• CEO and founder of Data Squared. Our teams’ mission is we exist to find a better way by creating, deploying, and scaling end-to-end enterprise AI solutions and products into US Government and Industrial private sectors. Data Squared is a leading Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing Advanced Analytics, Data Science, and Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI) solutions to gov agencies and private sector firms.
• The Data² solution platform enables the integration of various data sources. It enriches these sources using a proprietary ingestion process and then utilizes Large Language Models (LLMs) functionality along with AI reasoning to enhance customer organization processing ability. This process is carried out while maintaining a comprehensive logic trail, enabling full AI traceability and explainability for any system generated recommendations. Our unique question science techniques combine AI-Agent generated insights with both human and machine generated answers. This approach leads to a profound capability to deploy artificial reasoning tools at scale, all the while providing a verified chain of cognition.
• Our capabilities include predictive modeling, natural language processing, machine learning, data strategy, professional services and artificial intelligence product development. We work closely with our government clients to understand their specific needs and objectives and develop tailored solutions that enable them to make informed decisions and achieve their mission goals. Our expertise in data strategy and professional services allows us to provide end-to-end support to our clients, from data management and governance to implementation and optimization.

May 2022 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Our teams’ mission is to create, deploy, and scale end-to-end enterprise AI solutions and products. Quantium is a globally recognised leader in the development of data strategy, data-driven insights and artificial intelligence. We have enabled many of Australasia’s largest organisations to realise the full value of data for their businesses by leveraging Quantium’s analytical skills, software development capabilities and industry specialists. Our offerings include:
• ▪ The development of analysis and insights from client datasets, often linked to external datasets and our own proprietary datasets, and the development and deployment of industrial grade software to replicate and automate such analyses.
• ▪ Building data and analytics strategies: We help organisations develop analytical strategies, operating models and implementation plans, with deep client engagement being a feature of our approach throughout implementation.
• ▪ Training organisations to use data and analytics: We up-skill client organisations to use data and analytics in their day-to-day activities, through ongoing training and support.
• ▪ Commercialised data assets: We have worked with clients to help them generate revenue from their deidentified data assets. This has been done by developing robust usage and governance arrangements, cleansing and curating the data to make it immediately usable, and building tools that allow easy and secure access for other parties to the insights it can generate.
• ▪ Provide core technology: We provide core technology to support analytics including a personalisation system and data enrichment and curation systems on Quantium's big data platform as it provides the processing power and utilises our state-of-the-art analytics toolkit.

Sep 2020 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Advise and develop strategy frameworks for business leaders.
• Partner with 230 leaders across organization to ensure project teams look at opportunities from the perspective of the whole business and build plans to optimize returns across the business unit.
• Build centralized communication tools/models that ensure local goals and functional success measures contribute directly to higher organizational goals and meet enterprise strategy.
• Consults with leaders on how best to leverage Leading Performance principles and use of leadership and business skills when implementing changes to optimize performance.
• Analyzes data and feedback to identify performance gaps and develop closure plans, as well as aggregating performance successes and reinforcement plans.

May 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Program Management and Digital Transformation. Drive value into MCBU with the application of strategic remote operation project development & execution activities through the Remote Operations Center (ROC.)
• MCBU ROC to actively mine real-time information, transform that data into usable knowledge and generate actionable tools/workflows that holistically improve well construction outcomes.
• The ROC manages a fully remote directional drilling service scalable to every rig and every hole section.
• Manage all digital tools and technology pilots for MCBU.
• Ensure all digital initiatives align with the strategic asset development objectives for MCBU.
• Create Globally Scalable Tools and Processes.
• Digital Transformation Automation Subject Matter Expert (SME) for unconventional resource assets.
• Business unit champion of the Bold Goals initiative (2019-2022) for Upstream business transformation through technology investment and digital initiatives deployment (IIoT, deep analytics and machine learning/AI)

Aug 2016 – May 2019 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Project Manager for Exploration & Development Fields across Southern Africa Strategic Business Unit (SASBU)
• o Project Manager: Future Major Capital Projects
• o Project Manager: Full Field Casing & Wellhead Optimization Project
• o Functional Liaison for Finance, SCM, & Contracting activities.
• o Global Process Standards Champion responsible for Drilling process standardization across Well Construction-CPDEP (BOD, WellSafe, WC-MOC, and RUMS)

Jul 2013 – Aug 2016 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• SME for IT related initiatives concerning predictive analytics and case-based reasoning.
• Lead Management Consultant for Well Factory Manufacturing Project which covered full cycle of upstream business activities across the Gulf of Thailand and enabled cost reductions from both personnel reductions and engineering design standardization.
• o PM for Track 1 of the Well Factory Streamlining Project. In one year, we revised all cross-functional project development standards & created several more, 39 new processes created in total.
• Project Manager for Project Planner software redesign/development program & all D&C Performance Analytics initiatives.
• o Generated $66.52MM total project cost savings across all fields in Asia drilling new wells in existing assets, asset recovery, and full field decommissioning.
• Project Manager Operations Engineer (PDE) for all fields across Asia South Business Unit (ASBU) focused asset recovery strategy, including executing new wells from existing assets, slot recovery, planning and execution of infield abandonment campaigns. Liaison Facilities & Planning Departments. Led 5 MCP (>$120MM) level projects..
• o HPHT exploration well
• o Infill project - Complex P&A requirements.
• o Twin platform of KPWA presented a high degree of directional complexity.
• o Global Process Standards Champion responsible for Drilling process standardization across WC-CPDEP (BOD, WellSafe, WC-MOC, and RUMS)
• o SME for proNova benchmarking and KPI service
• o ASBU D&C DSC Champion
• o SME for RigView

Jan 2011 – Jul 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Implementing value creation initiatives as directed by Global Leadership Team of Chevron Drilling and Completions.
• o Team Leader: Drilling Engineering Reliability & Efficiency Community of Practice
• o Performance Optimization SME for Wells Performance Optimization Tool development
• o Project Manager: Multi-Well Construction Phase 2 of D&C Decision Support Center (Originally RDOC)
• o Project Manager: Global Drilling and Completions Knowledge Applications (DCKA) Platform.
• o D&C Team Leader: Logistics Decision Support Solution - Global Upstream Project to design & deliver global system solution.
• o Project Manager: IT governance program
• o Drilling process standardization Advisor
• o Risk & Uncertainty Management Standard: RUMS Course instructor
• o Clear Leader Magazine Technical Editor
• o DSM / WSM / FDE Training Program Development Advisor
• o Chairman: 2013 D&C Conference (New Orleans)

Feb 2009 – Jan 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos

• My daily operations responsibility included managing drill site personnel, procurement and QAQC for all well construction materials, the supervision of well construction activities, and management of execution budgets.

Jan 2018 – Oct 2023 · 5 yrs 9 mos · Hong Kong / Paris / London / Dubai · Remote

• A first to market AI powered luxury goods trading platform for customers
• An diverse team with a deep understanding of luxury goods with decades of combined commercial experience.
• Consumer empowerment where it matters the most - before and during the transaction. Connecting buyers to the watch you want, anywhere in the world.

Oct 2006 – Jan 2009 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Tuscaloosa-LA, Wamsutter-WY, and Anadarko-Texas panhandle

• My daily operations responsibility included managing drill site personnel, procurement and QAQC for all well construction materials, the supervision of well construction activities, and management of execution budgets.

Jul 2006 – Aug 2009 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Houston, Texas Area

• Served as a Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants Specialist (Reserves)

Jul 2004 – Jul 2006 · 2 yrs · Aviano, Italy & Suffolk, England

• Served as a Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants specialist (Active Duty)

Mar 2003 – Jan 2004 · 10 mos · Tucson, Arizona Area

• Served as an ceremonial Honor Guardsman (Active Duty) & Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants Journeyman