Chung Lee
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Andrew Leonard
Training young oil & gas college fresh outs is no easy task. Chung Lee met this challenge with an unbridled focus to truly overhaul the Smith International training and development program and I attribute much of my Smith Bits and Smith Services early development to his mentorship. It was a pleasure several years later to work under his organization in the Product Engineering group where he led much needed development and standardization of the process of failure reporting and field testing. He is a truly valuable technical resource to DT&R!
Andrew Leonard
Training young oil & gas college fresh outs is no easy task. Chung Lee met this challenge with an unbridled focus to truly overhaul the Smith International training and development program and I attribute much of my Smith Bits and Smith Services early development to his mentorship. It was a pleasure several years later to work under his organization in the Product Engineering group where he led much needed development and standardization of the process of failure reporting and field testing. He is a truly valuable technical resource to DT&R!
Andrew Leonard
Training young oil & gas college fresh outs is no easy task. Chung Lee met this challenge with an unbridled focus to truly overhaul the Smith International training and development program and I attribute much of my Smith Bits and Smith Services early development to his mentorship. It was a pleasure several years later to work under his organization in the Product Engineering group where he led much needed development and standardization of the process of failure reporting and field testing. He is a truly valuable technical resource to DT&R!
Andrew Leonard
Training young oil & gas college fresh outs is no easy task. Chung Lee met this challenge with an unbridled focus to truly overhaul the Smith International training and development program and I attribute much of my Smith Bits and Smith Services early development to his mentorship. It was a pleasure several years later to work under his organization in the Product Engineering group where he led much needed development and standardization of the process of failure reporting and field testing. He is a truly valuable technical resource to DT&R!
Credentials
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Professional Engineer (PE)
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
Experience
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Yellowjacket Oilfield Services, LLC
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Engineer
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Oct 2019 - Present
Senior Engineer supporting all drilling, fishing and remedial product lines. Senior Engineer supporting all drilling, fishing and remedial product lines.
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Schlumberger
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Technical Engineering Expert
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Jul 2017 - Jul 2019
Reduced non-productive time (NPT) by troubleshooting problems and providing technical support to sales, operations and field personnel on the operations of drilling and remedial products.•Solved problems relating to drilling, remedial and fishing operations by serving as the primary subject matter expert (SME) for North America, saving customers and the company over $100M annually.•Introduced new Whipstock and Underreaming systems to market by leading the product development and field testing phases of the project.•Trained over 100 rig crews and drilling engineers in two years on drilling technologies, remedial operations and oilfield tubular care and maintenance.•Insured success of drilling and remedial operations by executing simulations on Schlumberger’s proprietary software to optimize jar placement, improve hydraulics, and plan sidetracking jobs.•Interacted with customers to provide optimal solutions to drilling issues that reduced costs and recovered lost wellbores. Show less
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Training Manager, Bits and Drilling Tools
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Jan 2013 - Jun 2017
Developed and led training programs for new engineers, sales team members and maintenance personnel on drill bits, drilling tools and services.•Coached and supervised senior instructors on teaching drilling technology, engineering theory, shop work and rig practical.•Reduced operating cost by $2M by efficient coordination and utilization of resources for the rig practical training (booking rig, sourcing and shipping of drilling tools, coordinating rig personnel) while allowing students to experience real-life situations.•Mentored, monitored, evaluated, and developed over 500 new engineers to become junior managers.•Facilitated Advanced Drilling Technologies, Drilling Tool, and Hydraulics courses to employees and customers. Show less
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Technical Support Manager
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May 2011 - Dec 2012
Created and managed a global team of senior technical and operational support engineers to provide rapid technical support and respond to customer queries on tool capabilities, limitations, and troubleshooting.•Enabled the engineers to focus on urgent technical requests by supporting them with data management, reporting and analysis to resolve all urgent requests within 24 hours.•Participated in all new product development as the lead engineering and technical consultant.•Maintained engineering knowledge databases actively researching and verifying the latest best practices, lessons learned, case studies and operations procedures. Show less
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Field Engineering Manager, North America
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Sep 2009 - Apr 2011
Managed and mentored a team of 20 field engineers throughout the U.S. and Canada to provide technical support and recommended solutions to operations in each local district.•Fostered a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging engineers to schedule regular internal quality audits of drilling products to meet and exceed required specifications.•Oversaw and delegated tool failure investigations and field tests for new products.•Determined gaps in product lines by collaborating with sales and operations teams and initiating product development for Smith Services Drilling Tools. Show less
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Technical Engineering Advisor
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Feb 2008 - Aug 2009
Provided technical support and troubleshooting to field engineers and operation personnel for underreamers, jars, and remedial tools.•Reduced potential problems and NPT by 50% by performing failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) on high profile or difficult operations.•Conducted reliability analyses on existing tools and proposed design upgrades.•Designed new drilling and remedial tools, conducted field testing, wrote tool documentation, and led product development and commercialization initiatives. Show less
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Smith Technologies
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United States
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1 - 100 Employee
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Training Manager, Drill Bits
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Sep 2006 - Apr 2008
Updated and managed the training program for entry level engineers on Drill Bit technologies by developing a new training curriculum and mentoring the engineers throughout the 6 months training process.•Designed, developed and implemented training course materials on Drill Bits and advanced drilling technology and techniques. •Instructed engineers on drilling technology and drilling software•Provided the latest and leading technical knowledge by sourcing and coordinating experts in the industry as guest instructors. Show less
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Advanced Services Engineer
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Feb 2005 - Aug 2006
Contributed as an in-house consultant at Encana (Canada) to help optimize drilling programs, reduce costs and improve drilling days. Performed analyses on past drilling practices and recommended changes for future improvements.•Analyzed difficult drilling environments and recommended bits to maximize performance and reduce cost.•Monitored real time drilling data and refined drilling parameters to optimize drilling performance.•Performed continuous improvements in BHA design and recommended new products to reduce drilling time. Show less
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Technical Service Engineer
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Mar 2003 - Jan 2005
Executed product development of the Drill Bit product lines to maintain 40% market share in the Canadian oilfield market•Designed new drill bits to meet customer’s requirements.•Conducted regular field studies to determine new bit development initiatives and field test possibilities.•Trained office and field personnel and customers on new bit and drilling technologies•Assisted with inventory management and PDC field operations.
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Application Development Engineer
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Apr 2000 - Feb 2003
Facilitated the development and world-wide implementation of drilling software and database as the Project Manager and Product Champion.•Acted as the critical link between software developers, engineers and end-users to insure that all requirements were achieved.•Trained over 400 employee across 30 countries worldwide as the exclusive trainer for all of Smith’s proprietary drilling applications.•Assisted in maintaining and debugging drilling records database.•Provided technical consultation and solutions to database users worldwide. Show less
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Education
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University of Alberta
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Chemical Engineering -
University of Alberta
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Cell Biotechnology
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