Experience

Savage

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics and Storage
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • May 2019 - Present

  Responsible for project management of new rail car terminal and loading facility at the ExxonMobil / Sabic Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV) petrochemical facility outside of Corpus Christi, TX in Gregory, TX. This 3rd party rail yard is vital to the success of GCGV, and Savage will retain the long term operations of the polyethylene pellet loading facility and rail car logistics terminal. Responsible for project management of new rail car terminal and loading facility at the ExxonMobil / Sabic Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV) petrochemical facility outside of Corpus Christi, TX in Gregory, TX. This 3rd party rail yard is vital to the success of GCGV, and Savage will retain the long term operations of the polyethylene pellet loading facility and rail car logistics terminal.



ExxonMobil

• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Management / Execution Advisor

  • Apr 2013 - Feb 2018

  Retired after a long and distinguished career focusing on project management of capital projects for Mobil and then ExxonMobil at the ExxonMobil Development Company. Primary focus in this role was project execution strategy, planning and implementation. Projects included North Caspian Sea PSA (Kashagan, Kalamkas, etc.), Gorgon Expansion, PNG LNG Expansion, Longford GCP, China LNG Ships, and Blue Whale in Vietnam. Was ExxonMobil Upstream subject matter expert - SME for the following: OBO Management Framework - guiding document / process used to manage OBO Projects, Independent Project Reviews - used to assess readiness for project to proceed at defined project stages, Lessons Learned - knowledge capture and sharing, and Commitments - process by which obligations whether financial or otherwise are stewarded internally or externally.

• OBO Asset Manager - Europe

  • Dec 2006 - Mar 2013

  Performed project development and management activities (aka Project Manager) on numerous oil and gas assets in Europe in support of ExxonMobil's Operated by Others - OBO portfolio (other operators call this Non Operated Ventures - NOV) within the ExxonMobil Development Company. Worked with other operators such as Total, BP, Statoil, and Shell. Was responsible for the technical and financial performance of the project from concept selection to start-up. Worked as the Project Manager, Business Manager and Technical Manager. Interfaced and coordinated efforts with the ExxonMobil Prodcution Company. Representative projects include: Ormen Lange, Langeled, Skarv, Tempa Rossa, and Fram.

• Technical Manager - East Area Projects Nigeria

  • Mar 2005 - Nov 2006

  Started as Interface Manager and then elevated to Technical & Quality Manager. The multi-billion dollar East Area Projects (Advanced Oil Recovery and Natural Gas Liquids II) included six subprojects managed worldwide. Responsible for interface management for all subprojects, developed project submission for corporate planning and budgeting cycle, worked interface with Operations, provided monthly updates for corporate project status reporting and prepared material for co-venturer dissemination.

• Project Management Advisor

  • Jul 2004 - Feb 2005

  Provided consulting for emerging upstream projects, e.g., East Area Project – NGL II, Nigeria JV LNG Project, and Upper Zakum, and was SME for Lessons Learned, Interface Management and Reporting. Supported project management training activities.

• Business Manager - Erha FPSO

  • Jun 2002 - Jun 2004

  Erha was a world-scale new build Floating Production Storage and Offloading facility to exploit oil in the deepwater off Nigeria. This spread-moored facility was designed to produce 160,000 BPD and store 2.1 M barrels of oil. Production was to be via multiple subsea well completions and offloading via a tethered floating loading buoy.• Managed six people performing cost, progress and schedule control, contracting and purchasing, document control, change management, reporting, and office administration.• Led change order documentation development and negotiation with contractor.• Expatriate in Paris at Saipem’s office during engineering, procurement and fabrication.

• Project Controls Manager

  • Aug 2001 - Jun 2002

  Managed development and dissemination of project control practices for all upstream projects; upgraded Project Controls Manual; and coordinated Project Controls training. Oversaw 22 cost & schedule professionals on 8 projects. Initiated 3rd party cost control software adoption with link to SAP and developed controls web page. Upgraded databases for tracking contract personnel. Department lead for new campus hire recruiting and active in hosting and interviewing candidates.

• Project Management Advisor

  • Jan 2000 - Jul 2001

  Worked within the ExxonMobil Development Company supporting major emerging oil and gas projects. Maintained and updated the EM Capital Project Management System. Worked on interface management, lessons learned, contract staff hiring, PM training, recruiting, manpower planning and independent project reviews. Traveled to Nigeria, Canada and Indonesia for numerous projects.

• Cost, Schedule & Contracts Engineer and Gas Development Analyst

  • Jun 1990 - Dec 1999

  Performed cost estimating, scheduling, contract administration, project management, business development and economic evaluation for numerous refinery, oil, gas, LNG and chemical projects in the USA and around the world for the Mobil Research and Development Company, Mobil Technology Company and Mobil Global Gas and Power Marketing Company.