Experience

Tulsa Geological Society

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Facilitator

  • Apr 2020 - Nov 2023

  Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States



Source Rocks International

• Independent Petroleum Geologist and Applied Geochemist

  • Nov 2019 - Apr 2022

  Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States A Tulsa-based petroleum geologist, applied geochemist and source rock expert with interests in: High-confidence thermal maturity determination Worldwide petroleum systems analysis Exploration and field geology Paleontology and biostratigraphy Developer and presenter of the online course "QGIS for Geoscience Professionals"



SM Energy Company

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

• Geologist - Technical Expert

  • Jan 2015 - Nov 2019

  Denver Served as the SM Energy company geochemist 2014-2019 with a focus on Permian Basin petroleum systems and applied geochemistry course development and support.

• Geologist - Technical Expert

  • Nov 2014 - Dec 2014

  Tulsa, Oklahoma Area Petroleum systems analysis Source rock geochemistry Current focus: Permian Basin Global new ventures Field geology Paleontology Mentoring, technical training and collaboration

• Senior Geologist

  • Nov 2011 - Oct 2014

  Tulsa, Oklahoma Corporate exploration team North America new ventures - resource exploration



Chesapeake Energy

• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Geologist

  • Oct 2007 - Nov 2011

  New Ventures Powder River Basin Niobrara and Frontier formations, western North America new ventures and international



EOG Resources

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

• Senior Geologist

  • 2005 - 2007

  Exploration and development, Kansas Hugoton Embayment deep rights



Illinois State Geological Survey

• United States
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Geologic Mapping Facilitator

  • 2002 - 2005

  Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area Geologic mapping, map production and website development



Computer Applications Geoscience

• Consulting Geologist

  • 1999 - 2002

  E&P Consulting



Oryx Energy

• Computer Applications Geologist

  • 1997 - 1999

  International Exploration



Mobil Oil

• Geologist (employee, consultant and contractor)

  • 1994 - 1997

  International E&P



University Texas at Dallas

• Doctoral Student, Geology

  • 1993 - 1994

  Educational hiatus for Geology PhD. coursework (no degree)



Idaho Department of Water Resources

• Hydrogeologist

  • 1989 - 1993

  Scientist for Class V Injection Well program



Self Employed

• Consulting Geologist

  • 1986 - 1989

  Field Geologist



Ladd Petroleum

• Senior Geologist

  • 1985 - 1986

  Exploration Geologist, Williston Basin



Mobil Oil

• Saudi Arabia
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Geologist

  • 1979 - 1985

  Carbonate Sedimentologist, Exploration Geologist (Anadarko and Williston Basins; Production Geologist, San Joachin Basin, CA)