Experience

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  Ellington Geological Services

  • Houston, Texas, United States

  • Manager - Administration & Operations

    • Jun 2019 - Present
    • Houston, Texas, United States

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  ALS Oil & Gas (Ellington & Associates)

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Manager - Administration & Operations

    • Dec 2007 - Jun 2019
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Worked closely with other managers to monitor and optimize workflow and relationships with clients, vendors, employees, and contractors. Responsible for pricing and negotiation of contracts and bids. Supervised financial operations and reporting. Oversaw quality control for lab analyses and reporting.

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  Independent Consulting

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Consultant

    • 2004 - 2007
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Analyzed the marketing plan for various Russian oil-producing properties and identified companies interested in acquiring such assets. Advised a small U.K.-based company on its proposed oil and gas investment plans in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Assisted in preparation of studies for: the construction of a new oil pipeline from Western Siberia to Murmansk, Russia and the construction of an export facility in Murmansk; the construction of a new pipeline that would carry refined oil products to port city of Primorsk; the construction of an ethylene plant in Kazan; and the construction of a gas processing plant near the Tomsk petrochemical plant. Aided in the preparation of a study for the construction of gas storage facilities near Tbilisi, Georgia in support of the Trans-Caspian and Baku-Erzurum gas pipeline projects. Assisted in bid preparation for a large work-contract for a Russian-Vietnamese oil and gas joint venture. Evaluated investment potential for investors for several drilling proposals in Kansas. Negotiated royalties on behalf of owners of mineral rights in Arkansas and West Texas.

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  Harrison Lovegrove

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Vice President

    • 2003 - 2004
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Boutique investment bank focused on mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures in international upstream oil and gas. Responsible for evaluating assets and portfolios, identifying buyers and sellers, managing the sales process, evaluating bids and proposals received, and participating in the sales negotiations.

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  GOFERZ

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • President

    • 2000 - 2002
    • Houston, Texas Area

    GOFERZ was a unique approach to internet marketing, focusing on active participation as an alternative to traditional passive, banner marketing at that time. After development, the company was sold to a group of private investors.

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  CIBC Capital Markets

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Executive Director, Global Energy and Investment Banking

    • 1997 - 2000
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Maintained client contacts and relationships within the E&P sector of the oil and gas industry. Responsible for advising clients on rationalizing portfolios, mergers and acquisitions, and capital needs. Actively participated in all aspects of the process, from obtaining the client mandate to closing the deal. Duties also included evaluating assets, identifying buyers and sellers, managing support staff, arranging and overseeing sales processes, participating in negotiations, evaluating bids and proposals, and developing “fairness opinions”.

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  El Paso Energy

  • Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil

  • Consultant

    • 1996 - 1997
    • Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil

    Advised top management on the economic, financial, and tax structuring of international power and pipeline projects in Latin America, and participated in project development, including the Bolivia-to-Brazil and Gasoducto del Pacifico pipelines, the first private trans-border pipeline between the U.S. and Mexico, and the first private power plant in Mexico (Samalayuca).

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  Transgas S.A. / Gas de Chile S.A.

  • Chile

  • Deputy General Director of Finance and Acting General Manager

    • 1994 - 1996
    • Chile

    Responsible for all accounting, finance, economic, tax, treasury, and, in addition, all management and administrative functions for two joint venture companies employing approximately 80 local and expatriate workers on the Argentina-to-Chile pipeline

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  Stanford RB International

  • Belarus

  • Country Manager and Director of Joint Venture

    • 1993 - 1994
    • Belarus

    Managed start-up and operations of Belarussian Joint Stock Company "Stanford Techno-Center RB" comprising over one million square feet of manufacturing and office floorspace and over 1,500 Belarussian employees. Developed the business plan, budgets, and long-term plan. Negotiated joint manufacturing and import-export agreements with a wide range of companies, from consumer goods to oilfield equipment.

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  Siberian American Oil Company

  • Russian Federation

  • Chief Financial Officer and Resident Manager

    • 1991 - 1993
    • Russian Federation

    Set up joint venture headquarters in Siberia. Hired and managed 20 Russian and American employees. Responsible for creating and maintaining GAAP and Plan Schetov accounting systems. Established and maintained banking, contractor, and service company relationships. Negotiated labor contracts, contracts for office space, warehouse, and living quarters. Successfully negotiated unique, exclusive overall joint venture exemption from the Value Added Tax.

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  ARCO International Oil & Gas Company

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • Senior Consultant

    • 1988 - 1991
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

    Created a strategy which generated annual tax savings of approximately $10m and for which I received the company's highest award. Oversaw all international upstream project evaluations. Developed a PC-based evaluation model for new ventures that eventually superseded existing systems. Designed a new tax methodology for foreign project valuation after identifying significant effects that earlier approaches had overlooked. Actively supported and participated in company negotiations in Europe and Africa. Recommended and analyzed acquisition and divestiture targets. Represented ARCO in a multi-company Soviet tax task force. Assessed and reported project and division performance to top management.

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  ARCO Alaska, Inc.

  • Anchorage, Alaska Area

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    • 1985 - 1988
    • Anchorage, Alaska Area

    Provided written testimony to Congress on the economics of oil and gas leasing. Established company's lease valuation and bidding procedures. Determined bidding strategies for State and Federal lease sales. Created an improved reservoir management system generating annual savings exceeding $0.5m. Represented ARCO in Washington, D.C. for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge land exchange. Coordinated and analyzed budgets for Prudhoe Bay and Lisburne fields. Led co-owner budget negotiations. Designed and implemented the Lisburne budget system and renovated the Prudhoe Bay system.

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  ARCO Oil and Gas Company, Inc.

  • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

  • Financial Analyst

    • 1984 - 1985
    • Dallas/Fort Worth Area

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  Stanford University

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Residence Manager (Escondido IV - Quillen Highrise)

    • 1983 - 1984
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Managed a 110-unit apartment complex on the Stanford University campus.

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  Stanford Graduate School of Business

  • San Francisco Bay Area

  • Teaching Assistant

    • 1983 - 1984
    • San Francisco Bay Area

    Tutored first-year GSB students in computer science and economic modeling for the Management Science Department of Graduate School of Business.

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  Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc.

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Energy Analyst

    • 1983 - 1983
    • Greater New York City Area

    Summer Employee

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  Keplinger & Associates, Inc.

  • Houston, Texas Area

  • Senior Geophysicist

    • 1981 - 1982
    • Houston, Texas Area

    Provided technical and economic consultation for the drilling funds and limited partnerships of several major investment banks. Assisted domestic and foreign clients in oil and gas investment. Originated company use of Monte Carlo simulation for prospect appraisals.

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  Tenneco Oil Company, Inc.

  • Geophysicist

    • 1980 - 1981

    Created 3-D seismic models. Mapped and generated drilling prospects. Also, summer employee in 1978 and 1979.