Experience

TEVERRA

• United States
• Services for Renewable Energy
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

  • May 2018 - Present

  Greater Atlanta Area Our goal at TEVERRA is to make geothermal and carbon storage profitable. We create and sell value to our clients and the industry. Our mission is to lead transitioning of the oil and gas industry to the clean energy space. We support commercialization of CCS, convert oil and gas wells to geothermal resources and optimize subsurface operations safer and more profitable. As founder and CEO, my responsibilities include leadership, strategic planning, performance analysis, project… Show more Our goal at TEVERRA is to make geothermal and carbon storage profitable. We create and sell value to our clients and the industry. Our mission is to lead transitioning of the oil and gas industry to the clean energy space. We support commercialization of CCS, convert oil and gas wells to geothermal resources and optimize subsurface operations safer and more profitable. As founder and CEO, my responsibilities include leadership, strategic planning, performance analysis, project financing, client relationship, and team development. TEVERRA LLC provides high quality research, consulting and training services in subsurface engineering and geosciences, focuses on technology development and knowledge transfer while addressing clients' subsurface challenges with innovative solutions. We have developed several unique technologies with applications in carbon storage and geothermal energy in addition to the oil and gas industry. Show less



DONG Energy

• Denmark
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Geomechanics Engineer & Team Lead

  • Aug 2015 - Jul 2018

  Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark Responsibilities include: - Develop and lead the geomechanics team - Provide geomechanics support and training to asset teams - Improve geomechanics capability for HPHT operations - Design guidelines and best practices for geomechanics studies - Manage ongoing operational and research projects - Mentor and supervise new staff



Shell

• United Kingdom
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Geomechanics/Rock Physics Advisor

  • Jan 2013 - Aug 2015

  Houston, Texas Responsibilities include: - Conduct and supervise high-end experimental researches in rock mechanics, rock physics, and hydraulic fracturing - Design and supervise rock mechanics testing programs including advanced triaxial tests, compaction testing of very unconsolidated sandstone, acoustic anisotropy measurement of gas and liquid rich shale, and temperature elevated rock testing using cutting edge equipment and methodologies. - Provide technical support to the asset… Show more Responsibilities include: - Conduct and supervise high-end experimental researches in rock mechanics, rock physics, and hydraulic fracturing - Design and supervise rock mechanics testing programs including advanced triaxial tests, compaction testing of very unconsolidated sandstone, acoustic anisotropy measurement of gas and liquid rich shale, and temperature elevated rock testing using cutting edge equipment and methodologies. - Provide technical support to the asset teams in GOM, North and South Americas, and South East Asia. Show less



Weatherford

• Ireland
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Geomechanics Advisor & Team Lead

  • Feb 2010 - Jan 2013

  Dubai, UAE Responsibilities include: - Providing product lines and external clients with technical support and training for geomechanics and petroleum engineering applications. - Project management and coordination. - Geomechanics development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). - Manage R&D and develop relationship with academia and professional associations.



Vysus Group

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Geomechanics Specialist

  • Jul 2009 - Feb 2010

  Edinburgh, UK Responsibilities include: - Sand production prediction and management for several North Sea fields and generating predictive and preventing models analytically and numerically. - Design and supervise rock mechanics testing.

• Senior Geomechanics Specialist

  • Aug 2008 - Jul 2009

  Perth, Australia Responsibilities include: - Develop geomechanics capabilities and team in Australia and Asia Pacific regions. - Design and supervise rock mechanics testing. - Hands on geomechanical modelling, pore pressure prediction, wellbore stability analysis, sand production prediction and management, compaction and subsidence studies.



GeoMechanics International

• Geomechanics Specialist

  • Jan 2007 - Aug 2008

  Perth, Australia Responsibilities include: - Conducting and managing geomechanics related projects in Asia Pacific and Oceania including, drilling incidents prognosis, stress modeling, pore pressure prediction, rock property modeling, wellbore stability, casing design, well trajectory optimization, sand production prediction, naturally fractured reservoirs, hydraulic fracturing, production enhancement, compaction and subsidence. - Provide technical support to the software development team.



CSIRO

• Australia
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Rock Mechanics Scientist

  • Jun 2005 - Jan 2007

  Perth, Australia Responsibilities include: - Supervise and analyse rock mechanics and rock physics testing - Conduct research projects on formation strengthening, sand production prediction, formation anisotropy, dynamic-static rock properties, wellbore stability. - Numerical modelling of fractured formations in drilling and production applications.



Amirkabir University of Technology - Tehran Polytechnic

• Iran
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Apr 2002 - Jun 2005

  Tehran, Iran Responsibilities include: - Teach Rock Mechanics, Geotechnics, Soil Mechanics, Petroleum Geomechanics, and Rock Mechanics Lab. - Project lead for establishing the Petroleum Engineering Department. - Design course program for bachelor of Petroleum Engineering. - Liaise with industry to secure financial and technical support, - Coordinate equipping the required laboratories, - Supervise BSc students in petroleum, mining and civil engineering.



TSML

• Iran
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Geotechnics Engineer and Rock Mechanics Lab Head

  • Aug 1997 - Apr 2002

  Tehran Province, Iran Responsibilities included: - Conduct soil and rock mechanics tests including uniaxial, triaxial, ultrasonic, consolidation, compaction, swelling, convergence, sieve analysis, hydrometry, and aggregates tests, Supervise and report more than 500 soil and rock laboratory projects. - Involve in more than 30 geotechnical projects including, site investigation, feasibility studies, tunneling, drilling, slope stability, etc. - Conduct and report 12 dam foundation designing and five tunnel… Show more Responsibilities included: - Conduct soil and rock mechanics tests including uniaxial, triaxial, ultrasonic, consolidation, compaction, swelling, convergence, sieve analysis, hydrometry, and aggregates tests, Supervise and report more than 500 soil and rock laboratory projects. - Involve in more than 30 geotechnical projects including, site investigation, feasibility studies, tunneling, drilling, slope stability, etc. - Conduct and report 12 dam foundation designing and five tunnel stability analysis projects. - Lead geotechnical teams in both operating and consulting projects. - Design and conduct rock mechanics in-situ tests. - Manage and equip rock mechanics laboratory. - Design and implement several rock mechanics testing equipment including a true triaxial cell, Brazilian test apparatus, ultrasonic equipment, etc. Show less