Victoria Pons
Director of Research & Strategic Development at WellWorx Energy- Claim this Profile
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Steven Freeman
I have worked with Dr. Victoria Pons the last three years on Artificial Lift R&D Council-ALRDC where Victoria is currently the vice president. Victoria has demonstrated effective leadership skills over the last few years as she led the transformation of ALRDC. She has proven herself effective at navigating and managing difficult situations while never loosing focus of the task at hand or the vision that is ALRDC. She takes pride and ownership in her work and is a pleasure to work with.
Wendy Brooks
Victoria has a great track record of successfully executing on high-visibility projects and delivering excellent business value to her stakeholders. She is extremely adept at both the business as well as the technical aspects of her engagements and this helps her become a trusted partner to her customers and a leader and mentor to her team. She performs well under pressure and has demonstrated her ability to bring troubled projects and teams back on track, on multiple occasions. Victoria is an excellent communicator and this helps her effectively manage the expectations of both her stakeholders as well as her team. She has demonstrated her capacity to be at ease with strategic thinking as well as tactical execution, depending on what the situation demands. I enjoyed working with Victoria and I truly believe she will be an outstanding asset to any organization that is looking for an innovative and trustworthy leader, who can build and lead high-performing teams to deliver maximum value to customers.
Steven Freeman
I have worked with Dr. Victoria Pons the last three years on Artificial Lift R&D Council-ALRDC where Victoria is currently the vice president. Victoria has demonstrated effective leadership skills over the last few years as she led the transformation of ALRDC. She has proven herself effective at navigating and managing difficult situations while never loosing focus of the task at hand or the vision that is ALRDC. She takes pride and ownership in her work and is a pleasure to work with.
Wendy Brooks
Victoria has a great track record of successfully executing on high-visibility projects and delivering excellent business value to her stakeholders. She is extremely adept at both the business as well as the technical aspects of her engagements and this helps her become a trusted partner to her customers and a leader and mentor to her team. She performs well under pressure and has demonstrated her ability to bring troubled projects and teams back on track, on multiple occasions. Victoria is an excellent communicator and this helps her effectively manage the expectations of both her stakeholders as well as her team. She has demonstrated her capacity to be at ease with strategic thinking as well as tactical execution, depending on what the situation demands. I enjoyed working with Victoria and I truly believe she will be an outstanding asset to any organization that is looking for an innovative and trustworthy leader, who can build and lead high-performing teams to deliver maximum value to customers.
Steven Freeman
I have worked with Dr. Victoria Pons the last three years on Artificial Lift R&D Council-ALRDC where Victoria is currently the vice president. Victoria has demonstrated effective leadership skills over the last few years as she led the transformation of ALRDC. She has proven herself effective at navigating and managing difficult situations while never loosing focus of the task at hand or the vision that is ALRDC. She takes pride and ownership in her work and is a pleasure to work with.
Wendy Brooks
Victoria has a great track record of successfully executing on high-visibility projects and delivering excellent business value to her stakeholders. She is extremely adept at both the business as well as the technical aspects of her engagements and this helps her become a trusted partner to her customers and a leader and mentor to her team. She performs well under pressure and has demonstrated her ability to bring troubled projects and teams back on track, on multiple occasions. Victoria is an excellent communicator and this helps her effectively manage the expectations of both her stakeholders as well as her team. She has demonstrated her capacity to be at ease with strategic thinking as well as tactical execution, depending on what the situation demands. I enjoyed working with Victoria and I truly believe she will be an outstanding asset to any organization that is looking for an innovative and trustworthy leader, who can build and lead high-performing teams to deliver maximum value to customers.
Steven Freeman
I have worked with Dr. Victoria Pons the last three years on Artificial Lift R&D Council-ALRDC where Victoria is currently the vice president. Victoria has demonstrated effective leadership skills over the last few years as she led the transformation of ALRDC. She has proven herself effective at navigating and managing difficult situations while never loosing focus of the task at hand or the vision that is ALRDC. She takes pride and ownership in her work and is a pleasure to work with.
Wendy Brooks
Victoria has a great track record of successfully executing on high-visibility projects and delivering excellent business value to her stakeholders. She is extremely adept at both the business as well as the technical aspects of her engagements and this helps her become a trusted partner to her customers and a leader and mentor to her team. She performs well under pressure and has demonstrated her ability to bring troubled projects and teams back on track, on multiple occasions. Victoria is an excellent communicator and this helps her effectively manage the expectations of both her stakeholders as well as her team. She has demonstrated her capacity to be at ease with strategic thinking as well as tactical execution, depending on what the situation demands. I enjoyed working with Victoria and I truly believe she will be an outstanding asset to any organization that is looking for an innovative and trustworthy leader, who can build and lead high-performing teams to deliver maximum value to customers.
Experience
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WellWorx Energy
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Research & Strategic Development
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Mar 2021 - Present
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PONS ENERGY ANALYTICS LLC.
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Oil and Gas
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Chief Executive Officer
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Jul 2020 - Present
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Senior Artificial Lift Advisor
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Oct 2020 - Feb 2021
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Baker Hughes, a GE company
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Australia
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Machinery
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Chief Scientist
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Aug 2018 - May 2020
Senior Chief Scientist Created state of the art methods to improve current product offerings and led teams to further optimize product strategies. Orchestrated strategic & technical planning, product development and customer service through interactions with customers and industry experts. Assessed organizational challenges and partnered with leadership to drive improvements in processes throughout organization. • Downhole Dynamometer Testing: directed teams as the technical leader to validate downhole dynamometer tools as well as design and test next generation tools for deviated well • IRIS: invented state of the art method to extract key rod lift control parameters from downhole data using polar coordinate analytics that rectified several POC shortcomings; patent application # 62/795,371 • Predictive and Diagnostic Downhole Model: Created customer focused new functionalities and enhanced calculation capabilities by directly engaging industry experts and customers • Technical Talent Review / Control Title Holder Process: Revised and improved current technical talent review process selection, promotion, and succession planning • Competitive Advantage Team: Ameliorated product strategy and planning by organizing product reviews with industry experts and customers • Data Leader: recruited industry participation in creating and collecting data library for algorithm testing and improvements that successfully furthered machine learning and data analytics applications Show less
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Weatherford
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Ireland
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Chief Scientist
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Jun 2008 - Aug 2018
Invented and developed an entire suite of solutions for Artificial Lift Optimization as well as pioneered news methods that revolutionized industry in downhole data control. - Senior Chief Scientist 2016 - 2018 • Developed advanced control method for reciprocating rod lift that enhanced counterbalancing options for rod lift customers, cf. patent US 10546159 & US 10113544 • Researched and developed a state-of-the-art innovative pattern recognition method for downhole cards using data analytics and statistical analysis of downhole data, cf. patent US 10472948 • Developed a diagnostic model for adapting the wave equation to deviated wells using Coulombs friction pioneering new technologies for lateral and horizontal wells; cf. patent US 10450851 - Senior Staff Scientist 2012 - 2016 • Developed a diagnostic model for deviated wells by solving a system of coupled 4th order non-linear partial differential equations that enabled customers to control horizontal wells; cf. patent US 9,897,083 • Led new functionalities research and improvements in downhole computation using iteration on viscous damping and augmented accurate production forecast for customers; cf. patent US 9,810,214 , US 9,810,213 , US 9,810,212 & US 10018032 - Software Developer II 2008 - 2012 • Developed a diagnostic model for solving the wave equation that enabled market take over • Invented a groundbreaking method for downhole pump fillage calculation that accurately computed production for beam pumping systems; cf. patent US 8,328,527 & US 8,322,995 Show less
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University of Houston
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant
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Dec 2006 - Dec 2008
• Conducted research for Dr. Roland Glowinski in interface reconstruction using Finite Elements, Augmented Lagrangian and other state of the art optimization techniques in Fortran 90. • Made considerable progress in an area fairly unexplored as of today (L1 minimization over a restricted norm). • Proved new theorem on the minimization of the L1 norm over a restricted domain through research. • Conducted research for Dr. Roland Glowinski in interface reconstruction using Finite Elements, Augmented Lagrangian and other state of the art optimization techniques in Fortran 90. • Made considerable progress in an area fairly unexplored as of today (L1 minimization over a restricted norm). • Proved new theorem on the minimization of the L1 norm over a restricted domain through research.
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Schlumberger
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern
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Jun 2007 - Aug 2007
• Computed the reservoir volume based on Horizontal and Vertical Resistivity. • Developed an authentic tornado-chart type method for the comparison of the two computations using a Monte Carlo algorithm in C#. • Due to be marketed in 2008, available to all the clients of Schlumberger. • Estimated to 99% accuracy the volume of fluids in a reservoir. • Optimized the output of drilling tool measurement in the field. • Computed the reservoir volume based on Horizontal and Vertical Resistivity. • Developed an authentic tornado-chart type method for the comparison of the two computations using a Monte Carlo algorithm in C#. • Due to be marketed in 2008, available to all the clients of Schlumberger. • Estimated to 99% accuracy the volume of fluids in a reservoir. • Optimized the output of drilling tool measurement in the field.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
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United States
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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PHD Student
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Jun 2006 - Aug 2006
• Developed a Fortran 90 program to reconstruct a 3D interface. • Calculated the curvature of volume fraction using Finite Elements and Over-Relaxation optimization. • Improved the curvature results over LANL techniques. • Method proved to be better to 90% of all the test cases greatly improving the use of the overall LANL code. • Developed a Fortran 90 program to reconstruct a 3D interface. • Calculated the curvature of volume fraction using Finite Elements and Over-Relaxation optimization. • Improved the curvature results over LANL techniques. • Method proved to be better to 90% of all the test cases greatly improving the use of the overall LANL code.
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Intern
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Jun 2005 - Aug 2005
• Developed a program to complement a model for the PURE project. • Optimized fluid extraction during perforation. • Used Finite Differences in Fortran 90. • Due to be marketed in 2006-2007 for internal use at Schlumberger only. • Developed a program to complement a model for the PURE project. • Optimized fluid extraction during perforation. • Used Finite Differences in Fortran 90. • Due to be marketed in 2006-2007 for internal use at Schlumberger only.
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Education
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University of Houston
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Mathematics -
University of Houston
Master's degree, Computational and Applied Mathematics -
University of Houston
Bachelor's degree, Mathematics -
University of Houston
Bachelor's degree, Biology, General
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