Kent Baggett

Experience

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  Conoco

  Jul 1998 - Jul 2000

  IM Director Business Development/New Ventures

  Accountable for all IT services required by Business Development (including Global Power and Energy Ventures); Exploration Production Americas Headquarters; Africa, Asia, and Middle East Headquarters; and Finance and Performance Analysis. Supervised a group of 10-12 senior IT professionals and 3 contract employees, and managed a $5MM annual budget. Managed the team providing IT support to new ventures in Vietnam, Syria, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Saudi Arabia, Trinidad, Taiwan and Turkey. Projects included new office setups as well as the communications package on the Deepwater Frontier drill ship. Show less

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  Petrozuata

  Aug 2000 - Dec 2004

  IM Manager

  Accountable for all IT services in Petrozuata, a joint venture between ConocoPhillips and Petroleos de Venezuela. Worked in tandem with Petrozuata leadership to update and refine the overall, across-the-business integrated IT strategy. Provided IT support for the production of extra-heavy crude oil, transportation, the upgrading of the heavy crude into synthetic crude, and headquarters activities. Managed a workforce that included 24 employees (national and expatriate) and 70–80 contractors. Accountable for an IT budget of $19MM (including projects).Transitioned IT support at Petrozuata from project-based, decentralized groups, to an integrated, enterprise-wide support organization. Developed and implemented a sourcing strategy. Implemented an IM Steering Committee, and a Project Management Office. Provided management oversight of successful projects including the IT requirements for the Upgrader startup, SAP migration to an Enterprise edition, implementation of the IT infrastructure for a new corporate headquarters (325+ employees at the HQ), migration to a common operating environment (XP, W2003 Server, Exchange Server 2003) and numerous other projects.After Conoco and Phillips merged, led the Petrozuata IM organization's synergy initiative, transitioning IT into a Shared Services organization (providing IT services to both Petrozuata and Ameriven).Served as a Director and Treasurer for Colegio Internacional de Puerto La Cruz (an American school in Puerto La Cruz). Show less

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  ConocoPhillips

  Jan 2005 - Oct 2015

  IT Business Partner for the Functional groups in the Lower 48 (i.e., Commercial Activities, Operations Services - Drilling & Completions, Land, L48 Exploration, Human Resources, Health Safety & Environment, Finance, Stakeholder Relations & Communication, Projects, Supply Chain & Engineering L48). Managed a team of over 30 employees and over 50 contractors, with a direct expense budget of $28MM and oversight of a $21MM capital budget.Accountable for Lower 48 IT Project Portfolio Management and AFE (Authority for Expenditure) process. Implemented tactical and strategic programs by defining, developing, and delivering solutions. Provided IT management oversight for successful Lower 48 projects including Windows 7 migration, a business policy and procedure management system, business project reporting system, and greenhouse gas reporting. Managed teams that initiated multi-year programs to replace existing reserve management and well workflow systems.Coordinated L48 IT budget and financial reporting, IT Strategy, and Application Portfolio Management. Show less Project Manager for the Lower 48 Operations Reporting project and the L48 Telemetry Convergence project. The Lower 48 Operations Reporting project was part of the Burlington Resources IT Integration program into ConocoPhillips. Led the $2.8MM project that designed and developed an Operational Data Store, the computations for estimated daily volumes, and the reporting capability. Approximately 50 individuals worked on the project in some capacity. A new support model was designed and the support team was implemented in the Field Data Management organization. After the successful implementation, the business units confirmed benefits of $69MM. Led the L48 Telemetry project that defined the conceptual design for near-term and future wireless connectivity to the COP network for field locations in the Lower 48. Show less Accountable for providing leadership in defining and implementing Production/Facilities/Project Engineering, Production Operations, Finance, Procurement and Human Resources IT Solutions across the US Lower 48, Upstream Technology, Exploration & Business Development, Global Gas and Upstream Headquarters. Managed a group of 10 employees and 5 contractors, with a direct expense budget of $5MM. Received ConocoPhillips Archimedes Leader Award for role as a key contributor to the Business Information Services Network of Excellence. Show less

  • Lower 48 Regional IT Director

    May 2015 - Oct 2015

  • Lower 48 Functional IT Director

    Mar 2013 - Apr 2015

  • Director, Lower 48 IS Business Analysts

    Jan 2008 - Feb 2013

  • Project Manager

    Apr 2006 - Apr 2008

  • Director Business Information Services (BIS) for Upstream Headquarters and the Lower 48

    Jan 2005 - Mar 2006
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  Retired

  Nov 2015 - now

  IT Director / IT Manager

  I am enjoying my retirement and I'm not actively seeking employment.