Clifer Fernandez
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Patrice Vignes
I had the pleasure to work with Clifer at Weatherford on West Africa. During that time, he’s been reviving a whole business model and business line, winning contracts, bringing his business to positive financial territory, and demonstrating strong commercial acumen. He is both results driven and has a strong EQ, making him a true managerial asset for any company. He’s been also very instrumental when it came to helping the others around him to understand the specifics of his products and business. I could not recommend enough Clifer and would definitely trust him doing the right thing should we work together again...
Gbenga Akinyosoye
Clifer was detailed to assist me in developing a very young market and operation for the company. This meant, in no mean terms, having to do everything (from driver, to sales & technical expert, etc). I found Clifer to be a very dependable, swift, smart, helpful, witty and talented person. We could not have managed to run the operation without individuals of such caliber. I would relish the opportunity to work with him again, sometime in the future, maybe in another context (not a startup, but a well-organized operation) because I would like to see his productivity in the midst of plenty support - I bet that would be a feat....
Patrice Vignes
I had the pleasure to work with Clifer at Weatherford on West Africa. During that time, he’s been reviving a whole business model and business line, winning contracts, bringing his business to positive financial territory, and demonstrating strong commercial acumen. He is both results driven and has a strong EQ, making him a true managerial asset for any company. He’s been also very instrumental when it came to helping the others around him to understand the specifics of his products and business. I could not recommend enough Clifer and would definitely trust him doing the right thing should we work together again...
Gbenga Akinyosoye
Clifer was detailed to assist me in developing a very young market and operation for the company. This meant, in no mean terms, having to do everything (from driver, to sales & technical expert, etc). I found Clifer to be a very dependable, swift, smart, helpful, witty and talented person. We could not have managed to run the operation without individuals of such caliber. I would relish the opportunity to work with him again, sometime in the future, maybe in another context (not a startup, but a well-organized operation) because I would like to see his productivity in the midst of plenty support - I bet that would be a feat....
Patrice Vignes
I had the pleasure to work with Clifer at Weatherford on West Africa. During that time, he’s been reviving a whole business model and business line, winning contracts, bringing his business to positive financial territory, and demonstrating strong commercial acumen. He is both results driven and has a strong EQ, making him a true managerial asset for any company. He’s been also very instrumental when it came to helping the others around him to understand the specifics of his products and business. I could not recommend enough Clifer and would definitely trust him doing the right thing should we work together again...
Gbenga Akinyosoye
Clifer was detailed to assist me in developing a very young market and operation for the company. This meant, in no mean terms, having to do everything (from driver, to sales & technical expert, etc). I found Clifer to be a very dependable, swift, smart, helpful, witty and talented person. We could not have managed to run the operation without individuals of such caliber. I would relish the opportunity to work with him again, sometime in the future, maybe in another context (not a startup, but a well-organized operation) because I would like to see his productivity in the midst of plenty support - I bet that would be a feat....
Patrice Vignes
I had the pleasure to work with Clifer at Weatherford on West Africa. During that time, he’s been reviving a whole business model and business line, winning contracts, bringing his business to positive financial territory, and demonstrating strong commercial acumen. He is both results driven and has a strong EQ, making him a true managerial asset for any company. He’s been also very instrumental when it came to helping the others around him to understand the specifics of his products and business. I could not recommend enough Clifer and would definitely trust him doing the right thing should we work together again...
Gbenga Akinyosoye
Clifer was detailed to assist me in developing a very young market and operation for the company. This meant, in no mean terms, having to do everything (from driver, to sales & technical expert, etc). I found Clifer to be a very dependable, swift, smart, helpful, witty and talented person. We could not have managed to run the operation without individuals of such caliber. I would relish the opportunity to work with him again, sometime in the future, maybe in another context (not a startup, but a well-organized operation) because I would like to see his productivity in the midst of plenty support - I bet that would be a feat....
Credentials
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Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I)
Scrum.orgJun, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Associate Installer
Control4Jun, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)
SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body for Scrum and Agile;May, 2019- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Caliche - an inventions' company
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India
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sales and Technology Deployment
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Sep 2021 - Present
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Freelance
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Aug 2016 - Aug 2021
- Certificate in Data Science and AI- Achieved certification as a Professional Scrum Master(PSM1) from Scrum.org - Freelance programmer for Control4 Home Automation products- Caregiver for a family member - Certificate in Data Science and AI- Achieved certification as a Professional Scrum Master(PSM1) from Scrum.org - Freelance programmer for Control4 Home Automation products- Caregiver for a family member
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Weatherford
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Ireland
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Product Line Manager - Drilling Rental Tools - Central West Africa Region
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Jun 2015 - Jul 2016
Successfully managed business by developing solutions in a financially restrained market environment. Managed individual teams based in the respective countries of the Central West Africa Region (Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Chad)- Maintained revenue and reduced operations costs during entire assignment- Achieved first rental contracts in country for equipment, displaced third party products with our own- Continued technical training for direct reports to support career progression and succession planning
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Sales and Technical Manager - Drilling Rental Tools - Sub Sahara Africa
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Sep 2014 - Jun 2015
Delivered technical workshops for internal and external customers, and provided pre and post-sales support to clients in the Sub-Saharan Africa Region.- Identified and followed up opportunities to upsell and introduce next generation technologies of ‘Smart Tools’, leading to revenue gain- Involved with testing of simulation software for tools- Actively involved in tool development and testing, compiling lessons learned to distribute to global development team- Contributed in AFE creation, CAPEX and budget planning
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NOV
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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 Sales Manager
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Aug 2012 - Jul 2014
Successfully managed four International Oil Company accounts for sales and engineering support- Member of core team that designed and built custom equipment with successful deployment for client- Gathered, cleaned, analysed and correlated historical data from geological area of interest, and framed criteria for equipment and technology selection and optimisation for Deepwater drilling campaigns in Angola- Continued involvement in field testing of various software upgrades as part of the design cycle
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Technical Sales Manager
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Aug 2008 - Jul 2012
Successfully managed nine International Oil Company accounts for sales and engineering support.- Supported peers through delivery of project optimisation solutions and presentations for their customers- Optimized product selection and gained Record breaking performance for major client, directly translating to 100% market share for that application- Successfully deployed ultra-specialized drilling tools in exploration and appraisal campaign for client- Active involvement in beta testing of various proprietary in-house software
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Training Instructor
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Oct 2006 - Jul 2008
Arranged and organised professional technical training sessions and programmes for new-hire Engineers and Sales teams. - Supported Training Manager in building advanced training modules to reflect updates in technology. - Conducted 7 batches of Orientation and Intermediate courses, each of 2 weeks durations with average 15 participants. - Analysed various technical documents, procedures and user experiences to compile a comprehensive usage guideline for specialised drilling bits.
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Evaluation Engineer
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Jan 2006 - Sep 2006
Technical evaluation of drill bit performance and recommendations on the use of the various types and designs of drill bits, based on the application. - Provided technical guidelines by analysing product performance, offset data and drilling mechanics data.
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SLB
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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700 & Above Employee
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Mud Logging Data Engineer
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Jan 2001 - Dec 2005
Field engineer with Geoservices S.A (acquired by Schlumberger) Managed crew and directed mud logging operations.- Trained and mentored Mud Loggers and Junior Engineers to improve their work proficiencies- Worked with Tech support to optimise UIs and UX, onsite data extraction tools and data transmission to remote centres Field engineer with Geoservices S.A (acquired by Schlumberger) Managed crew and directed mud logging operations.- Trained and mentored Mud Loggers and Junior Engineers to improve their work proficiencies- Worked with Tech support to optimise UIs and UX, onsite data extraction tools and data transmission to remote centres
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Education
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2020 - 2021
INSAID
GCDAI, Data Science -
1998 - 2000
University of Mumbai
MSc, Geology -
1994 - 1998
St. Xavier's College - University of Mumbai
BSc, Geology
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