Oklahoma City Data Management Workshop Speaker Biographies
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Titanium Events Sponsor OKLAHOMA CITY DATA MANAGEMENT Platinum Events Sponsor & WORKSHOP & FIELD TRIP Venue Sponsors 2014 Bronze Events Sponsor DEVON ENERGY 333 West Sheridan Ave Oklahoma City, OK 73102 United States JUNE 3, 2014 Social Sponsor SCHEDULE (Field Trip & Cocktail Reception) DATA MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP 8:15 AM – 11:30 AM Field Trip to Oklahoma City National History Museum: Bus: 12:45 PM – 16:15 PM ** The bus will leave from the entrance to Devon at Sheridon Avenue ** Happy Hour: 50th Floor Devon Tower Time: 16:30 PM – 18:30 PM Workshop Agenda – Tuesday, June 3, 2014 8:00am – 8:30am Registration & Continental Breakfast Welcome and Opening Remarks 8:30am – 8:45am Trudy Curtis, PPDM Association Importance of Operational Excellence in an Ever Fast Paced Data Environment 8:45am – 9:00am Thom Holmes, Devon Energy Connecting the Dots with Metadata 9:00am – 9:30am Michele Compton, American Energy Partners LP Business Driven Data Quality 9:30am – 10:00am Jim Soos, Noah Consulting & Kevin Brunel, Devon Energy 10:00am – 10:30am Break What is a Well – Well Level Types at Devon 10:30am – 11:00am Jason Garman, Devon Energy Well Integrity Management through Data Integration and Advanced Visualization – A 11:00am – 11:30am Point of View Prakash Dhake & Mahesh Venugopalan, Infosys 11:30am – 11:40am Sponsor Spotlight Infosys 11:40pm – 12:30pm Lunch Board the Bus for: Field Trip to Oklahoma History Center 12:45pm – 16:15pm ** The bus will leave from the entrance to Devon at Sheridon Avenue ** 16:30pm – 18:30pm Happy Hour: 50th Floor Devon Tower Please Note: Data Management Workshop & Field Trip Sessions are Subject to Change GET INVOLVED! – Sponsor Data Management Workshop & Field Trip Take advantage of this unique opportunity to participate in PPDM’s ‘Data Management Workshop & Field Trip’ sessions and connect with students, recent graduates and professionals who are looking for a new challenge. Data Management Workshop & Field Trip was created to bridge the gap between career seekers and young professionals and the industry, and to promote E&P Data Management as a career destination. These sessions are designed to provide information on the Industry, Data Management a career path, and hot topics. Contact us today at [email protected] to see how your support can make a difference! 2 2014 Oklahoma City Data Management Workshop Speaker Biographies Thom Holmes, Devon Energy Currently Manager of Production Engineering in the Strategic Services group, Thom has been with Devon Energy in Oklahoma City since 2000. He was the Operations Engineering Manager for the eastern Rocky Mountains through 2012. Holmes graduated cum laude from the University of Oklahoma in 1979 with a Bachelors in Petroleum Engineering. Prior to joining Devon, Thom worked with Tenneco Oil Company, Conoco, Union Pacific Resources and Pioneer Natural Resources working in most of the major U.S. basins including the Gulf of Mexico. He is the 1st Vice Chairman for the Oklahoma City Chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Michele Compton, American Energy Partners Michele Compton joined American Energy Partners, LP as the Director – Information Management in April, 2013. Prior to joining the company, she held a variety of roles with increasing responsibility at several energy companies, including Access Midstream, Chesapeake and Devon. Ms. Compton also spent several years as an independent consultant, and she started her career in public accounting. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Oklahoma City University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of Oklahoma. Jim Soos, Noah Consulting Jim is a Senior Principal for Noah Consulting in the E&P Data Management industry segment, based out of Houston, Texas. He has over 25 years of consulting experience in the Energy Industry, including project experience with a broad range of Oil and Gas companies. Jim’s experience spans across the upstream value chain ranging from Land administration, Geoscience, Production and Revenue Accounting, marketing, as well as pipeline transportation, and power generation. Jim’s primary focus is project management for large scale data management projects, Master Data Management, Application Portfolio Strategies, and SAP ERP solutions. Jim holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, and is a member of PPDM. Kevin Brunel, Devon Energy Kevin has been in technology field for nearly twenty years, primarily focused on data delivery and data driven applications. He has several years of leadership experience producing technology solutions for E&P companies and E&P information delivery organizations. Kevin is currently a Business Analyst within the E&P Data Management organization at Devon Energy. 3 Jason Garman, Devon Energy Jason Garman is a Data Management Professional in the Geoscience Data Management group at Devon Energy. He has been at Devon for six years and has been heavily involved in implementing a new Geoscience master database as well as supporting the enterprise master database. Prakash Dhake, Infosys Prakash serves as a Principal in the Energy Practice at Infosys. He has over 11 years of professional experience, which includes five years in natural gas industry and six years in consulting with Infosys. He assists clients from North America, UK, and Asia Pacific geographies in the energy & utilities space. His areas of expertise include upstream and pipeline data management, pipeline integrity management, IT project delivery, business process management and planning and design of natural gas distribution networks. He is a co-inventor in the US patent - ‘System and method for calculating a comprehensive pipeline integrity business risk score’ (Patent No. 8510147). Prakash holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and certifications in gas distribution and piping engineering Mahesh Venugopalan, Infosys Mahesh has over 18 years’ experience in Consulting, with over 10 years in the Oil and Gas industry. He has worked on and led several Process and Technology Transformation projects for Oil and Gas companies across US, Canada, North Africa, and India. He has a good knowledge of functional and data centric processes pertaining to Well Integrity Management, Well Handover, Delivery of New Wells, Well Intervention processes, Well Operations processes, Production efficiency, etc. He has been involved in strategizing, defining, and establishing Data and Information Management solutions spanning processes and systems, and ensuring their successful operations by leveraging global teams for data loading and ensuring data quality 4 SPOTLIGHT on our 2014 Titanium Events Sponsor geoLOGIC systems ltd.: Headquartered in Calgary, geoLOGIC systems has been creating and supplying data and integrated software solutions to the energy industry for three decades. Our market-leading decision support tool, geoSCOUT, is a fully-integrated, Windows-based exploration system that supports oil and gas professionals in their search for hydrocarbons by combining presentation-quality mapping and cross- section tools with data handling and analysis software. We also offer a range of data and data management solutions, including a robust data center (the gDC) which houses spatially enabled value-added government well and land data in an open Public Petroleum Data Model, as well as a proprietary data engine for all of your company’s data management needs. Our industry leading well and land data is also offered through a web-based interface, gDCweb, granting our clients access from almost anywhere. Designed, built and tested in-house by our team of experts, you can count on geoLOGIC's comprehensive suite of decision support tools and value-added data to help you do your job faster and with unparalleled accuracy. With decades of experience, strong government, regulatory and partner relationships, and proven systems and processes, we provide industry leading value-added data solutions for thousands of clients. From high level decision makers to end users, our solutions provide our customers with the tools they need to find answers, every step of the way. To learn more about geoLOGIC, visit www.geoLOGIC.com, or twitter.com/geoLOGICsystems. 5 SPOTLIGHT on our 2014 Platinum Events Sponsor Devon Energy: Devon Energy is experiencing strong oil growth and needs geoscience professionals to develop its assets. Devon operates onshore from the Gulf Coast of Texas to Alberta, Canada. Throughout North America, the company has leading positions in: The Eagle Ford oil play The Permian Basin The oil sands of Alberta The Mississippian-Woodford Oil Shale The Barnett Shale The Anadarko Basin Devon’s large and diverse portfolio is designed to provide flexible, environmentally responsible production and a platform for future growth. It has one of the strongest balance sheets in the industry. JOIN THE DEVON TEAM Headquartered in the new 50-story Devon Energy Center in downtown Oklahoma City, Devon is listed annually among the Fortune 500 and the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work For” in the U.S. In ranking Devon as a great workplace, Fortune noted its competitive compensation and employees’ access to senior management. The company places an emphasis on a work-life balance, safe operations and premier benefits. Through innovation — including the use of high-tech 3-D seismic tools — integrity and teamwork, employees discover new ways to produce oil and deliver shareholder value. Employees are energy focused and performance driven. For job opportunities, visit jobs.dvn.com. 6 Spotlight on our Bronze Sponsor: Noah Consulting Noah Consulting makes a significant difference in the lives of Business and Data Management professionals in the companies they serve through energy industry specific information management services that transform data into valuable assets. We believe your data should work for you – 24 hours, 7 days a week. Re-creating or re-purchasing data can be costly, error prone and time consuming. As such, excellent data management, optimal extraction and aggregation of data, and the proper analysis of that data are investments in a company's future. Noah Consulting strives to improve the wellness of the industry by helping clients navigate their information.