Experience

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  Moscow institute of oil and gas, (gubkin)

  Jan 1982 - Jun 1984

  Part time research technician

  Part-time research technician in the geophysical lab. Programming (Fortran) for seismic modeling and processing.

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  Moscow institute of oil and gas (gubkin) & state academy of oil and gas (gang)

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1992

  Research associate and ph.d. study

  • Designed high-resolution Vibroseis field acquisition and processing techniques and Lateral Anisotropy acquisition surveys. • Developed software (Fortran, C++) for Static Corrections, Vibroseis data acquisition and processing, and Anisotropy analysis. Deployed this software in processing centers in Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan. • Performed surface seismic and VSP processing and forward modeling. Operated various seismic recorders and vibrators.• Teaching assistant for seismic, magnetic and gravity field acquisition methods at Gubkin University.• Ph.D. degree in November 1989. "Development of enhanced Vibroseis techniques"• 17 open publications and 4 patents. Show less

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  Schlumberger

  May 1992 - Feb 2017

  Provided leadership to the multi-disciplinary multi-functional team generating multimillion-dollar revenue from IS services, geoscience consulting and data services.• Responsibilities: Consulting and Data Services in Geology, Geophysics, Petrophysics, Data Management; Petrotechnical software services; Technical sales; Microseismic monitoring of hydraulic fracturing; VSP processing; Well placement and geo-steering; multi-client and multidisciplinary case-studies; Schlumberger well log data center.• Provided Schlumberger segments (WesternGeco, Wireline and Drilling and Measurements) with G&G interpretation and data services.• Initiated and implemented cross-training program that allowed to increase team efficiency.• Acted as project manager, change manager and stakeholder for up to 40 concurrent projects withmulti-million dollar revenues and budgets.• Streamlined IT infrastructure and applications for Data Center and Services.• Standardized pricing for Data Services operations.• Negotiated and finalized contract terms with customers and third-party vendors.• Supervised outsourcing of the data services jobs (training, distribution, terms negotiation).• Co-authored the concept of the global petrotechnical help-desk, developed business case, andfunctional implementation and pilot.• Added new services types, i.e. Petrel Geo-Modeling for Heavy Oil mining operations and dataroom services. Show less Managing support helpdesk, consulting and training services delivery in Geology, Geophysics, ReservoirEngineering and Petrophysics. Maintained software applications: Petrel, GeoFrame, Techlog, ECLIPSE, INTERSECT, Studio,PetroMod, GeoX.• Led company effort to introduce the innovative Petrel and Studio software platforms to the Canadianoil patch. In charge of multi-million projects to deploy these platforms. All delivered within or underbudget and on time. Examples are AER, Cenovus/Husky, CNSOPB, Encana, ExxonMobil, CNOC/Nexen,Statoil/Equinor, Suncor, Talisman/Repsol and dozens of other satisfied companies.• Supported the growth of the customer base by 50%.• Championed new business systems for the service desk, resource and project management, andcontract management.• Implemented standard procedures for services operations that included certifications, multitasking, and new business systems.• Introduced new service types such as SaaS (LiveQuest software offering), geo-modeling, smartwell completions, reservoir engineering studies and Studio connectivity to Data Analytics platforms.• Coordinated project delivery with third parties (IBM, HP, Sierra)• Deployed business systems: resource management - Changepoint, CRM - C4C, helpdesk - Footprints, and others.• A key contributor to sales and contract management. Designed, wrote and negotiated all majorservices contracts. Optimized Petrel platform license grids for several customers that maximizedtheir returns on investment.• Recruited dozens of new hires and supported the career development of the team. Reduced time to autonomy to five months for the new hires. Introduced flexible work schedule that increased teammotivation and reduced attrition.• Continued personal development. Certified for operational efficiencies (Lean level 1and 2, similar to Six-Sigma), change management (Prosci/ADKAR). Proactively took courses inleadership, financials, and management (UofC, Schlumberger, Navigational Coaching). Show less Progressed to the technical role to boost my expertise in Geology and Geophysics and advanced software technology. Broadened it with geo-modeling and complete workflow of G&G interpretation.• Worked on-site with the geoscience asset teams assisting them with the integrated reservoir characterization in GeoFrame and Petrel. Performed all stages of integrated G&G interpretation and reservoir modeling – from data loading to petrophysical properties analysis and classification, including multi-variate neural networks and 3D stochastic modeling. Examples: Foothills, Athabasca Oil Sands, Montney and Duvernay (Alberta, Canada), Weyburn and Chauvin (SK, Canada), Llanos (Peru), North Slope (Alaska), projects in Kurdistan, North Algiers, Vietnam, etc. • Developed and implemented integrated G&G workflows and training programs. Taught multiple technical classes on Data Loading, Seismic Interpretation, and Reservoir Characterization.• Administered projects, Solaris&Linux OS'es and Oracle DB's. Introduced automated utilities for projects backups. Scripted in awk, csh, Perl and SQL. Show less In charge of installations, maintenance and training for Geoscience, Reservoir Engineering and Data Management software applications. • Designed and implemented technology transfer programs for the major Oil and Gas companies in Russia, Belorussia and Kazakhstan: CGE, BelorusNeft, KCS, KNOC, NoyabrskNG, OrenburgGasProm, PechoraGF, SamaraNG, SurgutNG, etc. • Performed data integration and geophysical interpretation for field studies such as "Povkh" field (3300 wells, 9 years of production history) for KogalymNG (now Lukoil) and Kashagan super-giant field (velocity modeling, depth modeling, reserves estimation) for KCS consortia (BG, DP, KNOC, Mobil, Shell, Statoil). Show less Among the first two GeoQuest employees in Russian Commonwealth, I played the key role in business start-up and development.• Pioneered the leading-edge computerized techniques of geophysical interpretation (Charisma) and reservoir modeling (RM) to the E&P industry. I.e. large project with IBM to deploy seismic processing centers and workstations for integrated G&G interpretation at Central Geophysical Expedition and all major production companies across Russia.• Performed software and hardware installations, assisted clients in data management and interpretation. • Shared responsibility for marketing strategy. Performed all major marketing activities as well as pre- and post-sales support. • Developed training programs, organized and trained groups of customers in Germany, UK, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Poland. Show less

  • Solutions Delivery Manager

    Apr 2016 - Feb 2017

  • Services Manager

    Apr 2009 - Apr 2016

  • Technical Manager

    Jun 2007 - Apr 2009

  • Principle Geophysicist, Senior Analyst

    May 2004 - Jun 2007

  • Geoscience and Engineering Software Support and Consulting

    Sept 1998 - May 2004

  • Geoscience Support Engineer

    Aug 1997 - Sept 1998

  • Technical Manager

    Feb 1994 - Aug 1997

  • Geoscience and marketing engineer

    May 1992 - Feb 1994
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  Cognital consulting inc.

  Mar 2017 - now

  Founder

  • Assisted EnergyIQ to integrate IQexchange data platform with Petrel and Studio DB.• Performed technical evaluations for petrotechnical software and assisted with marketing plans for IP-Seismic - geostatistical 3D modeling, and Geosteering Office - real time well drilling monitoring and steering.• Participated in the user group meetings of SAS, Deloitte, and OSIsoft.• Beta-tested new release of Petrel 2018.1 at Schlumberger SIS.

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  Repsol

  Jul 2018 - now

  Information technology and services professional

  • Full-time contract with Repsol to manage software platforms and related data platforms and IT infrastructure, and to deploy them in Citrix and Azure cloud environments.• Optimizing IT infrastructure by consolidation, removing redundancies and migration to Azure cloud.• Collaborating with business stakeholders and vendors to find optimal software solutions and roadmaps.• Liaison between business and vendors in resolving technical issues and delivering enhancements. • Transforming legacy applications to MS Power Apps and Power Automate. Personally programmed business process management application for pads and wells pre-drill activities.• Sample list of managed software applications: subsurface characterization and reservoir modeling (Petrel, Studio, ECLIPSE, EPOS/Geolog, Decision Space, HampsonRussell, Geographix), drilling and production (HarmonyEnterprise, WellSight, PC-Pump, Maxi-Trak), data management and integration (Studio, OpenWorks, AccuMap), pipelines modeling (PipeSim), forensic data gathering (EnCase OpenText) and few others. Show less

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  Alberta energy regulator (aer)

  Jul 2023 - now

  Manager, application support • information management & technology

  Our team supports systems and tools listed at https://www.aer.ca/systems-and-tools