PMP Project Manangement Professional
Houston, Texas 77081
PROGRAM / PROJECT MANAGER/CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS
Oil & Gas, Alternative Energy, Information Technology
Project Management / Business Operations / GTL Engineering / IT / SCADA Integrations / Mergers & Acquisitions / Key Accounts / Business Development
A unique combination of domestic and international experience in engineering, energy, IT, telecommunications, biotechnology, mining and agricultural industries. Proven ability to communicate difficult concepts at all levels of the organization from field operators to major shareholders. Experience in large companies, entrepreneurial ventures and consulting environments in geographically diverse environments.
KEY COMPETENCIES
- 15+ yrs. in Program/International Project Management and leadership
- Understands successful projects take advantage of opportunity or solve business problems, therefore must be approached\assessed from a 360 degree business perspective, translated to technology requirements, prototyped and successfully implemented
- Project experience in GTL Engineering, IT, Energy (Upstream\Downstream & Alternative), Infrastructure, MIS Applications, data management, custom application development (SDLC), integrated data warehousing (SCADA data for production accounting, production engineering, reserves modelling), production volume reporting
- Proven ability in managing multiple projects concurrently and delivering on time and within budget
- Led project initiatives to develop brown and green field industrial projects
- Project development, scoping, risk mitigation, implementation and operational support; focus on mission critical requirements
- Major strength in business acumen, all commercial aspects of a project, contracts, troubleshooting and problem solving, process improvement, systems and gap analysis
- Able to proactively identify problems and adjust resources or strategy
- Risk identification & mitigation and communications management; conflict & issue resolution, manage expectations
- Rescue missions, i.e. taking over faltering projects and rebuilding client relationships
- Driving projects from ideas and opportunities into viable business propositions
- Project marketing - presentations, summaries, business plans, extensive financial modeling experience and aptitude
- Leading start-up, developing and mature companies through integrations, evolution, and change
- Strong experience in contracts and managing and facilitating vendor relationships for services and IP exchange, preparation of RFPs
- Research and evaluation of technologies
- Evaluate potential mergers and acquisitions and the ability to retain the value (IP, Financial, Technical) of the proposed transaction
- Team hiring, leadership and development; managed multi-disciplinary teams of 7 professionals.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROGRAM MANAGER – INFRA Technology – August 2014 to present, Houston, TX\Moscow RU – Recruited as employee #1 of INFRA’s US Scale-up Engineering initiative to construct a 100bpd Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) project in the Houston Area.
• Tasked to take INFRA’s proprietary catalyst development and alternate Fischer Tropsch architecture, developed over 6 years, from lab and pilot scale to commercial demonstration in this $30 million project.
• Evaluated current project, developed plans and relationships with various counterparties including mid-tier specialized boutique process engineering, detailed engineering, fabrication, and catalyst companies to reduce time to commissioning while mitigating core technical risks.
• Understood the vison of the major shareholders, early in the process terminated an existing engineering relationship that was not going to yield the desired results.
• Led the project turnaround Activity; hired an Engineering Manager, Process & Mechanical Engineers. Focused on a value engineering endeavor which yielded:
Lower skid count
Less heat exchangers
Lower electricity load
Reduced water requirements by 400%
Much less internal utility requirements
Reduced estimated capex
• Brought engineering, procurement and fabrication management in-house with a unique contract strategy to control costs, quality, and project timeline. Reduced projected capex by 50%.
• Acknowledged for my accomplishments by assuming a more commercial role in the project.
PROGRAM MANAGER – Scorpion Energy, Houston, TX – 2008 to June 2014.
Startup Energy company. Developed Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) projects, analyzed and assessed alternative site, feedstock, offtake, logistics, and technologies to capitalize on the maximum spread between the price of natural gas and refined products.
• Evaluated various Fischer Tropsch and alternate GTL technology solutions using syngas derived from natural gas, biomass and coal. Developed relationships for technology transfer and supply with top tier international oil and gas, engineering, process engineering, and catalyst companies.
• Marketed projects for funding with lenders and investors, and coordinated due diligence activities. Created project presentations, summaries, business plans, extensive financial modeling and private placement memorandums.
• Identified project risks, issues, dependencies and mitigation strategies.
• Led financing, engineering, technological, permitting and site selection initiatives. Projects ranged in size from $75-500 million.
• Developed coal and petroleum coke gasification projects, gasifiers, catalysts, reforming technologies, and reactor designs. Explored use of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
• Evaluated various syngas opportunities, new and used plants and equipment for asset development strategies (primarily methanol, mixed alcohol, hydrogen and ammonia plants for modification or relocation).
• Used Stage Gate (Waterfall) project management process extensively. Developed RFP’s, relied heavily on Front End Development.
• Directly recruited and managed high-level peer groups consisting of industry specialists, consultants, SMEs, and created international relationships with engineering firms and technology vendors.
PROGRAM/PROJECT MANAGER - Anders & Associates, Calgary, AB – 2000 to 2008.
Founded a business consulting firm providing IT services, mergers & acquisition integration, and the marketing of start-up and emerging growth companies to secure initial and subsequent funding.
• Successful interaction and communication of mission critical issues with C-Level executives in a consulting environment.
• For the Government of Nunavut, project management (multidisciplinary team of 4) and thin client prototyping & application testing in a WAN (Frame Relay, VSAT, Fiber) environment, load balancing, implementation planning of a Citrix server for delivery of vital statistics, welfare, unemployment, and various registries applications that were developed in conjunction with CGI (SDLC).
• For the government of Nunavut, prototyped video conferencing over satell...
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