Experience

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  Conocophillips

  Jan 1982 - Jan 1989

  Process/production/operations engineer

  Progressed from Trainee Engineer, through Process, Production and Operations Engineering roles in a variety of positions within Conoco.

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  Matthew hall

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1990

  Senior process engineer

  Provided process design for Shell Brent brownfield projects.

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  Hamilton oil

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1997

  Consultant process engineer

  Process Technical Authority for all North Sea activities. Project Engineer with responsibility for a wide range of brown field projects including compressor rebundling, pipeline ESDV repairs and frac well clean up systems.

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  Pgs atlantic power (atlantic protech)

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2000

  General manager / technical manager

  Built a 50 strong multi-discipline engineering and project management capability from scratch within 12 months. Technical Manager for Galley floating production facility.

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  Pgs production

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Strategic technology director

  PGS Production Board member. Responsible for all technical activity and technology developments.

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  Atpl / optima powerware

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2006

  Director

  Established and ran a technology consultancy and the UK offshoot of an advanced process control company.

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  Andrew palmer & associates (part of penspen)

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  General manager

  Managed Penspen's Aberdeen based business.

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  Penspen

  Jan 2008 - Aug 2012

  Responsible for Penspen's £50 m/yr Engineering & Project Management business comprising over 600 staff based in 8 countries. Main Board Director of Penspen Ltd. P&L responsibility for Penspen's offshore pipelines and subsea business stream worldwide, including Andrew Palmer & Associates.

  • Managing Director - Engineering & Project Management

    Jan 2011 - Aug 2012

  • Director Offshore

    Jan 2008 - May 2012
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  Sbm offshore

  Nov 2012 - Feb 2015

  Business director - technology

  Provided business and commercialisation direction to $40m/yr R&D programme.

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  Ogic - the oil & gas innovation centre

  Feb 2015 - Mar 2020

  Chief operating officer

  Senior member of the Scottish Government’s Oil & Gas Innovation Centre which stimulated innovation by connecting companies with Scottish university researchers and part-funding projects to develop new technology-based products and services. Public sector-based organisation hosted by Heriot-Watt University investing over £6 million into over 100 collaborative projects.

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  Hyperdap ltd

  Oct 2020 - Oct 2021

  Business development

  Mentoring and Business Development support to HyperDAP, a flexible young business which enables its clients to access deep insight from their data, extracting more valuable, more reliable and more precise information by deploying all of today’s leading-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to deliver advanced solutions that drive competitiveness and profitability.

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  North sea transition authority

  Oct 2021 - now

  NSTA’s Technology Manager involved in decarbonisation of oil & gas production and reduction of GHG emissions on offshore installations, including consideration of renewable energy solutions to reduce scope 1 & 2 emissions. Engaged in CCS, hydrogen and offshore wind activities being progressed as part of the energy transition for the industry and country. Connecting with Operators, academic and research organisations and the UK supply chain to provide industry insight to future technology needs. Actively promoting existing technology to accelerate wider deployment across UK Operators to meet net zero and MER goals. Show less

  • Technology Manager

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Senior Technology Advisor

    Oct 2021 - Jul 2023
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  Technology leadership board

  Oct 2021 - now

  • Board Member

    Jul 2024 - now

  • Secretariat Support

    Oct 2021 - Jul 2024