Experience

THERMO-TEMP, INCORPORATED

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

• IT Project Coordinator

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  - Developed, tested, and implemented core business applications. - Developed and tested automation work processes within the apps; utilizing Workflow Automation software. - Integrated and implemented work processes that streamlined customer communications and project tracking. Resulting in an overall reduction of invoicing time from months to days. - Coordinated the design, testing, and implementation of a custom SaaS instrument calibration software application. The web-based app is utilized daily by field technicians to calibrate and certify customer equipment and instruments. Resulting in an increase in product deliverability helping further reduce invoicing time, and increase customer satisfaction. - Provided metrics and status reporting, on a weekly basis, of ongoing projects and active work orders. - Coordinated with management to interpret the metrics and status report results, presenting them in an ‘easy to understand’ format that enabled management to make appropriate business decisions and remain profitable throughout an unparalleled worldwide pandemic and economic slump.



North Water District Lab Svc

• United States
• Environmental Services

• Lab Analyst | Technical Advisor

  • Nov 2016 - Oct 2017

  ● The Lab Analysts responsibilities include: finding and resolving QA/QC issues, implementing new or improved SOPs, and completing technical analysis and reporting of laboratory samples. ● Trained and supervised new employees on wet chemistry techniques for the detection of contaminants in waste water and drinking water. ● Led critical projects including the identification of 2 QA issues developing remedial actions to resolve would-be service failures. ● Increased productivity by 25% in two key areas of laboratory operations (wet chemistry, and trace metals lab) by implementing a daily work/report routine for technicians. ● Critical contributor in the revision of 3 SOPs (standard operating procedures); resulting in more efficient testing, less down time and higher sample through-put. ● Assistant operator of sensitive Atomic-Emissions-Spectrometer anticipating proper sample dilution amounts resulting in fewer sample re-runs and higher instrument up-time.



Core Laboratories

• Netherlands
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Advisor

  • Oct 2014 - Jun 2015

  ● Coordinated with project management and technicians on the proper and most efficient execution techniques of difficult special-core analysis tests; including high-temperature and high-pressure core analysis, resulting in better data and fewer client complaints. ● Led weekly management trainings on lab and data quality assurance issues, laboratory safety, and regular equipment maintenance. ● Supervised 7 employees in the laboratory; trouble-shooting, maintaining, calibrating and repairing equipment as needed to keep quality control standards and time constraints. ● Coordinated with project management on interpretation of data from core analysis flow tests.



Weatherford

• Ireland
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Core/Data Evaluation Specialist III

  • Mar 2014 - Oct 2014

  ● Efficiently executed core analysis tests and trained new employees on execution and reporting of technical flow tests. ● Diagnosed, repaired, calibrated and maintained laboratory equipment, to keep ISO 9000 standards as well as internal QHSE standards. ● Consistently reported projects on time or before the due date. ● Efficiently executed core analysis tests and trained new employees on execution and reporting of technical flow tests. ● Diagnosed, repaired, calibrated and maintained laboratory equipment, to keep ISO 9000 standards as well as internal QHSE standards. ● Consistently reported projects on time or before the due date.



Schlumberger

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

• Senior Rock Analyst

  • Dec 2011 - Mar 2014

  ● Coordinated receipt, set-up, installation, and calibration of all equipment at a new laboratory. Becoming a functional Core Lab within a few months. ● Key contributor to a fixed-step personal progress guide to career advancement within a new segment. Helped new analysts envision the path to their career goals. ● Created lab sheets for the recording of data, as well as, spreadsheets for the reporting of said data. These lab sheets were back-up to computer recorded data and assisted in quality assurance. ● Assisted in restoration of live oil samples brought to the laboratory from field locations around the world. Experience with all types of oil (heavy, lite, viscous etc.) from all over the world. ● Conducted PVT analyses on recombination live oil including: GOR (Gas-Oil-Ratio), and Bubble-Point checks. ● Traveled to the sister laboratory in Brazil to train employees, set-up, install, and calibrate new equipment. ● Assisted in resolving equipment failure at the Brazil laboratory, allowing work to continue at the lab instead of being out-sourced. ● Managed and conducted relative permeability, and formation damage core analysis tests. ● Primary Computed Tomography (CT) operator for the Houston location. Scanned and digitized rock plug and core samples. Including 3-D rendering. ● Guided the design, development and functionality of brand new, state-of-the-art, enhanced oil recovery (EOR), and steady-state relative permeability core analysis systems; allowing Schlumberger to become a true competitor within the core analysis services industry.



Intertek Westport Technology Center

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

• Senior SCAL Analyst | Techncial Expert

  • Mar 2010 - Dec 2011

  ● Performed steady-state and un-steady state relative permeability tests; monitored core saturation profile using the XRSC-198, x-ray scanner, by Coretest™. ● Operated and maintained the XRSC-198, including software. ● Managed data collected from the steady-state tests into Excel spreadsheets and prepared them for reporting to the client. ● Designed, managed, and conducted technical formation damage core analysis tests. ● Performed Flow-thru solvent cleaning on core plugs, before and after testing, to ensure plug integrity and data accuracy. ● Utilized LabVIEW and Dasylab data collection systems and their programing. ● Chief Analyst in successful completion of difficult high-temperature, high-pressure core analysis tests.



PTS Laboratories, Inc.

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

• Senior Special Core Analysis Technician

  • Feb 2007 - Mar 2010

  ● Conducted steady-state and unsteady-state relative permeability tests on conventional and unconventional core plugs. Tests included gas-oil, gas-water, water-oil and oil-water. ● Operated CT scanner in association with steady state tests. ● Learned how to prepare recombination live oil for use in steady state and unsteady state relative permeability tests. Checked GOR (Gas-Oil-Ratio) and Bubble Point to ensure accuracy. ● Prepared plug samples from a variety of different rock types (drilled plugs, trimmed ends, encased in nickel sleeves). Slabbed core. Ran Dean Stark analysis on core plugs when needed. Executed routine core analysis testing (Boyles Law porosities, steady-state and pressure decay permeability) on dried and cleaned core plugs. ● Operated and repaired core analysis equipment. Completed regular maintenance on core analysis equipment. Responsible for keeping equipment running properly. ● Chief analyst for mercury injection capillary pressure testing. Maintained and repaired mercury injection equipment as needed. ● Conducted epoxy impregnations at overburden stress prior to preparation of thin sections. ● Created white light and UV core photography using 10X digital photography system. ● Spent 2 months with a PTS subsidiary performing core analysis in their Angola Laboratory. ● Supervised local Angolan workers to ensure that work was performed properly and in a timely manner.



GeoSystems LLP

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

• Laboratory Technician

  • Nov 2004 - Feb 2007

  ● Prepared and ran bulk and clay XRD samples. Maintained sample preparation equipment and kept the lab clean and in good order. ● Prepared and mounted samples for Scanning Electron Microscopy. ● Used binocular microscope to examine and pick drill cuttings samples for thin section preparation, SEM, and XRD analyses. ● Responsible for shipping and receiving of core and cuttings samples. ● Prepared and ran bulk and clay XRD samples. Maintained sample preparation equipment and kept the lab clean and in good order. ● Prepared and mounted samples for Scanning Electron Microscopy. ● Used binocular microscope to examine and pick drill cuttings samples for thin section preparation, SEM, and XRD analyses. ● Responsible for shipping and receiving of core and cuttings samples.