Experience

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  Shell Global Solutions, US, Inc.

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Retired from Shell

    • Jul 2018 - Present
    • Houston, Texas Area

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  Queue.E.D. Information, LLC

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Principal

    • Dec 2017 - Present
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Queue.E.D. Information, LLC. is an information company that I founded in late 2017. So far, it has published two books, including one that I authored ("The Essential Songs of Cuba") and a second one authored by Edward Creamer ("A Dogface in Alaska: Surveying and Surviving"). Both books are available on Amazon Kindle at:

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  Shell Global Solutions US, Inc.

  • Manager: Consultancy, Contracts & Licenses Team (PT-DV-I&DS)

    • Jul 2014 - Jul 2018

    • Managed Global Library information sources and services portfolio in order to: (a) pursue/renew agreements to maximize savings; (b) integrate tools and services into Shell environment, (c) validate tools and services usage efficiency. • Saved US $6.2 million in 2014 and US $7.1 million in 2015 from open market cost by managing the information sources and services global contracts and licensing portfolio of the Shell Global Library. • Led several teams which support initiatives of the Global Library or the business unit, dealing with areas such as External Partnerships, Marketing, Communications, Global Information Researchers, Search Referral Service and Taxonomy Management.

  • Manager - Shell Technology Center Houston (STCH) Library

    • Feb 2007 - Jul 2014

    Other titles for this position:Shell - Projects & Technology - Delivery Vertical - Information Services Americas Site ManagerManager, Shell Technology Center - Houston LibraryManager, Shell Bellaire Technology Center Library (Shell International EP BV)Manager, Shell Westhollow Technology Center Library (Shell Global Solutions (US), Inc.• Made the case to the job search panel that the modernization of the still primarily paper-based libraries in the U.S. would be best led by an experienced technical PM than a library scientist as library manager. Hired as manager of the two U.S. research libraries (at the Westhollow Technology Center and Bellaire Technology Center). • Launched projects and change management plans to computerize manual processes, convert data from obsolete formats, scan significant portions of the 110+ year old, ~ 650,000 report collection and manage ~58,000 boxes of library collections in offsite storage. Merged physical assets, staff, and processes and relocated joint libraries to a new location.• Developed a global eLibrary strategy and globalized processes with the other major Shell libraries world-wide (following our example, they had meanwhile duplicated many of the U.S. developed manual process computerization efforts). • When globalization was completed in 2012, we had a single global library web portal; efficient, fully globalized processes (9 versus 39 originally), and research reports which could be accessed electronically via a single library management system by researchers world-wide (instead of requiring a two day delay per request to manually obtain from offsite storage). • Despite attrition, the joint library is able to operate at the same load today with 2/3 of the staff for an additional $600,000+ per year savings.

  • Project Manager Consultant

    • Oct 2005 - Feb 2007

    Managed infrastructure and telecommunications projects for the Royal Dutch Shell global IT organization. (1) Managed 19 projects as a single program involving the divestment of 19 complete or partial Shell country units in Latin America, therefore assuring consistency and re-use. Used local staff as focal points and regional staff as PMs. Part of Program Manager role involved directing each divestment (including the computer/communications cut-over from the Shell network to that of the new owner (often Petrobras) with a (typically 17-member) real-time virtual team involving staff from the country in question as well as Shell infrastructure staff in Malaysia, India, and the Netherlands. Each project was completed on time and at or under budget. (2) A second set of projects dealt with managing a virtual team with members located in the US, Brazil, 6 sites in Europe, Malaysia, India, Canary Islands and Egypt to design a telecommunications/computer control room, research and purchase equipment from different countries, transfer the equipment to Brazil, and manage the wiring, installation and deployment of mission-critical telecommunications and computer equipment rooms on two separate research drilling ships while they sailed to the drilling site in offshore Egypt. Strict schedules were enforced because each ship had a $1 million/day lease and would not sail if the control rooms had not achieved proper stage completion. Despite serious logistical problems in Europe and Brazil, every deadline was met and the project was completed under budget.

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  Shell Oil Company

  • Site Coordinator/Project Manager

    • Dec 2000 - Sep 2004

    • Site Coordinator/Project Manager – Fusion GID Migration Project Coordinated $3+ million effort to migrate one refinery and one research unit to Shell’s standard operating environment for Global Infrastructure Desktop (GID), which included network, servers and office tools. • Worked closely with stakeholders to rationalize application portfolio from 2500+ applications originally in use to less than 240, saving over $6 million in application scripting, yet managed to earn a client satisfaction score of over 90 percent.

  • Americas Region Project Manager

    • Mar 2002 - Sep 2002

    • Americas Region Project Manager for the SITI Business Continuity Plan Global Project. • Led a 25 member, cross-functional team in a $1.25 million effort in response to risks identified through the World Trade Center disaster of September 11, 2001 to develop the first ever comprehensive risk analysis and initial phase of the business continuity plan for the Shell Houston Information Center (IC). • The final report identified threats which were addressed. It was very well received, and I was invited to present the methodology and results to a Shell global business continuity conference in London in 2002.

  • Project Manager

    • Dec 2000 - Apr 2002

    • Project Manager – Shell Oil Firms GID Migration Management Services. Created an internal management-consulting firm for migrations (to leverage process similarities) and led the $4 million effort to manage the GID migration of 15 Shell Oil Operating Units (OUs), each of which faced unique risks and requirements. • Over 2,000 applications previously used by these units were rationalized (i.e., replaced by other applications and hence did not require expensive scripting) for a savings of over US $7 million.• A lot of sensitivity needed to be shown to the uniqueness of each Firm (in addition to leveraging the similarities). (For example, The CEO Office involved all of the CxO executives and required most interactions to be through their executive secretaries, who had busy schedules that changed rapidly. The Shell Aviation Firm in turn, managed the Shell fleet of company planes and required maximum availability and reliability, so they needed to be provided with appropriate backup systems.) Each Firm was migrated on time and on or under budget, and cumulative satisfaction at program end was over 90%.

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  Shell IT International

  • Pursuit Manager

    • Jan 1999 - Feb 2000

    • Pursuit Manager. Pursued international opportunities outside of Shell, in support of company’s initiative to become an external IT consulting company.• Used native Spanish language skills to engage in contract negotiations with non-Shell partners and government officials to develop a $70 million proposal for a financial administration system and with designing an outsourcing agreement with a third party company in Mexico to provide specialized JD Edwards support to Shell units in various countries in South America.

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  Shell Services International, Inc.

  • Application & System Development Project Manager

    • Apr 1986 - Dec 1998

    Application and Systems Development Project Manager in the Shell Westhollow Research Center (WRC, later renamed Shell Westhollow Technology Center, or WTC), leading hardware and software electron microscopy application development, web development, and engineering /scientific systems hardware and software integration projects. During this period, I:• Proposed and co-founded the WTC Image Analysis Lab.• Managed lab operations and expanded it to employ 9 full- and part-time professionals and technicians, six external university and national laboratory consultants plus managed over 100 vendors. • Managed imaging projects aimed at seeking solutions to product development plus plant and field technical support problems posed by Shell Chemicals, Shell Oil Products, Shell Exploration & Production plus Union Carbide researchers and refinery clients. Some developed solutions saved as much as $500,000 per incident, and were documented in over 40 Shell-wide and external research publications that I wrote.

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  Shell Oil Company

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Geophysical Signal Processing Analyst

    • Jan 1983 - Mar 1986
    • Houston, Texas Area

    • Geophysical Signal Processing Analyst (1983 – 1986). Performed algorithm enhancements for geophysical signal processing programs, including all of the geophysical digital filtering applications in the Shell Geophysics Software Library. • Authored a course on seismic amplitude adjustments and taught it in Shell locations in Houston, New Orleans, and Canada.

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  General Dynamics

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • Aeronautical Engineer

    • Mar 1981 - Jan 1983
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

    • Aeronautical Engineer. Lead software engineer (in charge of a 3 engineer team) and hardware engineer for the design and development of an advanced avionics computer for the F-16 fighter. Designed major sections of a set of national air defense systems. • Worked as General Dynamics Foreign Liaison, facilitating between General Dynamics senior managers and Latin American companies and government officials.