Experience

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  Texas General Land Office

  • Sr. Director of IT Operations

    • Jul 2023 - Present

    I am excited to share that I have joined the State of Texas General Land Office (GLO)! https://www.linkedin.com/company/texas-general-land-office/ The GLO manages state lands (~8% of all the acreage in Texas), has everything to do with the Alamo, helps people recover from disasters, manages the Texas coast, helps fund Texas public education, and provides benefits to Texas Veterans. We are about 800 people, and a little over 60 in IT. Our IT transition involves people with lots of experience in state government, as well as new folks from Google, AWS, and Meta!

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  Lone Star College

  • Houston, Texas, United States

  • Advisory Board / Adjunct Professor

    • Jul 2022 - Aug 2023
    • Houston, Texas, United States

    With 95,000 students, Lone Star College is the largest college in the region and one of fastest growing in the United States. I am a selected member of their Advisory Board for Computer Science curriculum – providing insights on greater Houston I/T industry talent needs, and helping keep the Lone Star curriculum relevant. Occasional teaching of computer science classes as an adjunct professor.

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  American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

  • United States
  • Maritime Transportation
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Vice President Information Technology

    • Apr 2021 - Jun 2022

    Expanded responsibilities to include corporate, engineering, and field applications. Greatly increased span of leadership and strategy development in ABS. Contributing on additional steering committees.

  • VP of IMS Infrastructure

    • Sep 2015 - Apr 2021

    Leading corporate infrastructure and operations at the global scale. Key areas include networking, database, server, and end-user support. Expertise in balancing Opex and Capex with an overall strategy for cost efficiency. Focus on cross departmental communication and teamwork. Current skills in Cyber and Cloud roles at the corporate level.

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  Swift Energy Company

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Director of Information Technology

    • Oct 2007 - Aug 2015
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Managing all aspects of IT for a US regional oil company. This included ERP, reporting, infrastructure, GIS, corporate systems, security, and technical computing. Led key initiatives around cost control, ERP upgrades, business analytics, and geoscience mapping. Continually monitored for operational efficiency. Frequent interaction with executive management on IT contribution to strategy and execution.

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  Kerr McGee Oil & Gas Corp

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Manager

    • 1997 - 2007
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Managed several teams and functions at this Fortune 500 oil and gas company; Oracle eBusiness suite support team, technical oil & gas applications, geographic information systems, and relational databases. Built experience with energy industry mergers and acquisitions. Spent 1.5 years managing the North Sea regional office from Aberdeen, Scotland.

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  Kerr-McGee Corporation

  • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

  • Developer

    • 1988 - 1997
    • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

    Technical applications expert for oil & gas. Expertise in supporting reservoir simulation, decline curve analysis, GIS, drilling systems, Focus software development, SQL programming, and relational database administration.