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Agile Software Development
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Product Development
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Jira
Azure DevOps
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OpenCV
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Experience
Pine Ventures Solutions
Management Consulting
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
6/2011 - Present
Pine Ventures Solutions is a technology, consulting, and coaching business based in Houston, Texas
• Performed strategic and technology consulting for 3+ software and engineering projects for small businesses in exercise equipment servicing, electronics recycling and disposal, and architecture design industries
• Coached first-time and experienced engineering managers
• Created custom Android app and React website for students to track grades, downloaded by over 20,000 users
• Maintained and developed local artist's HTML website showcasing new artworks and exhibits
• Performed strategic and technology consulting for 3+ software and engineering projects for small businesses in exercise equipment servicing, electronics recycling and disposal, and architecture design industries
• Coached first-time and experienced engineering managers
• Created custom Android app and React website for students to track grades, downloaded by over 20,000 users
• Maintained and developed local artist's HTML website showcasing new artworks and exhibits
Schlumberger
Engineering
Director of Software Engineering
8/2021 - 5/2024
Ran center of over 140 managers and technical contributors located in Houston, London, Mumbai, and Milan to deliver scalable HPC web services pertaining to seismic processing (Omega) with a budget of around $30M.
• Partnered with Microsoft to port technology from Google Cloud to Azure which delivered a 12% increase in cloud cost savings, yielding annual savings valued at over $10M company-wide
• Coordinated Delfi Full Waveform Inversion using AI/ML to automate, accelerate, and simplify the UX by reducing parameterization by over 80% and cutting the process time from months to weeks
• Supervised transition of 3D rendering technology from Open Inventor to Unity which saved the company $1M annually in license fees and reduced customer service requests by 20%
• Oversaw quality assurance and engineering standards for over 500 staff in the US region
• Partnered with Microsoft to port technology from Google Cloud to Azure which delivered a 12% increase in cloud cost savings, yielding annual savings valued at over $10M company-wide
• Coordinated Delfi Full Waveform Inversion using AI/ML to automate, accelerate, and simplify the UX by reducing parameterization by over 80% and cutting the process time from months to weeks
• Supervised transition of 3D rendering technology from Open Inventor to Unity which saved the company $1M annually in license fees and reduced customer service requests by 20%
• Oversaw quality assurance and engineering standards for over 500 staff in the US region
Schlumberger
Engineering
Director of Engineering and Operations
8/2019 - 8/2021
Led center of over 130 managers and individual contributors in the delivery of subsurface workflows in Wellbore Interpretation (Techlog), Structural Modeling (Petrel), and Drilling with a budget of about $20M.
• Increased technology center's portfolio to include New Energy activities with emerging startups Celsius Energy and Genvia (hydrogen) leading to new business requirements in sustainable energy
• Commercialized customer-facing Techlog software application on time each year, growing the company's 2nd highest software revenue over $150M annually with reliability, quality, and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Helped protect center from closure during COVID-19 pandemic. Drove site security compliance, and built the model for onsite presence vs. telework balance for other digital software technology centers to return to work safely
• Increased technology center's portfolio to include New Energy activities with emerging startups Celsius Energy and Genvia (hydrogen) leading to new business requirements in sustainable energy
• Commercialized customer-facing Techlog software application on time each year, growing the company's 2nd highest software revenue over $150M annually with reliability, quality, and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Helped protect center from closure during COVID-19 pandemic. Drove site security compliance, and built the model for onsite presence vs. telework balance for other digital software technology centers to return to work safely
Schlumberger
Engineering
Software Engineering Manager
4/2015 - 8/2019
Guided team of 3 to 15 software developers and UX designers in the digital transformation of the seismic processing platform. Coached team on Agile Scrum, microservices architecture, and design of SaaS products in Google Cloud.
• Improved production workflows to perform 2-4X faster by releasing 4 cloud infrastructure web applications using Angular, Node.js, MongoDB, Go.js, Python, TypeScript, C++, and REST APIs
• Oversaw delivery of scientific algorithms code within budget which resulted in 30% less errors in model building
• Grew team size 5X to 15 full-stack web developers and UX professionals by actively recruiting employees and contractors which led to the accelerated delivery of new service revenue
• Improved production workflows to perform 2-4X faster by releasing 4 cloud infrastructure web applications using Angular, Node.js, MongoDB, Go.js, Python, TypeScript, C++, and REST APIs
• Oversaw delivery of scientific algorithms code within budget which resulted in 30% less errors in model building
• Grew team size 5X to 15 full-stack web developers and UX professionals by actively recruiting employees and contractors which led to the accelerated delivery of new service revenue
Schlumberger
Engineering
Software Project Architect
1/2013 - 4/2015
Designed and developed architecture and UX improvements for depth imaging users in Petrel.
• Elected to lead the company-wide Human Interface Special Interest Group (over 1000 people) for 2 consecutive years providing quarterly webinars and weekly industry trend reports
• Created interactive property comparison tool that saved over 80% of clicks benefitting over 500 internal Petrel users
• Built automated application to PowerPoint presentation feature that reduced user reporting time by more than 20%
• Elected to lead the company-wide Human Interface Special Interest Group (over 1000 people) for 2 consecutive years providing quarterly webinars and weekly industry trend reports
• Created interactive property comparison tool that saved over 80% of clicks benefitting over 500 internal Petrel users
• Built automated application to PowerPoint presentation feature that reduced user reporting time by more than 20%