Leigh Thorne

Leigh Thorne

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Operations Manager & Technical Specialist

  • Education

    • Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

      2001 - 2002
      Process Operations Technologist & Fourth Class Power Engineering Refinery & Plant Operations

      A comprehensive course including gas and chemical processing, plant, field operations, panel operations and instrumentation with a strong focus on safety. Operation and of multiple class steam generation equipment.

  • Experience

    • Baker Hughes

      Aug 2006 - Oct 2015

      Supervised department of 11, dispatching and coordinating multiple simultaneous field jobs while supervising shop staff for tool redress and repair; trained staff on tools and procedures.Field commissioning and operation of tools, Canada and China.Championed Optiport product line launch internationally, U.S.A, China, Russia. Member of OHS management committee. Field operations and commissioning of annular/coil/straddle/abrasive perforation and frac tools.Installation of cased hole completions, Trained shop and field staff in tool operation and maintenance, and set up inventory for 2 locations. Under balanced Coil Directional Drilling and Conventional down-hole tools field operations, repair and maintenance.Field trials and commissioning of well service and completion tools: abrasive perf systems, Micro Vac, Easy Tag CCL, OptiPort Frac valves, Sure Set packer, hydraulic Roto-Jet, Lateral Entry Guidance System, Tornado motor heads and more.Under balanced Coil Drilling projects included, all Western Canada and Australia.

      • Field Service Coordinator II, OptiPort and Wellbore Interventions

        Jan 2012 - Oct 2015
      • Senior Field Specialist, OptiPort Department.

        Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
      • Tool Technician Supervisor

        Aug 2006 - Apr 2011
    • Steelhaus Technologies Inc

      Sept 2016 - May 2022
      Technical Field Ops Manager
    • Global Dynamics Inc

      Dec 2022 - Jun 2023
      Technical Specialist
    • Pane Mgmt Services Inc.

      Jun 2023 - now
      Part Owner
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • 4th Class Power Engineer

      ABSA, the pressure equipment safety authority