Derek Tinker

Derek Tinker

IT Management/Systems Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Founder at Agnostic Data Group

  • Education

    • Westwood High School

      2006 - 2010
    • Trinity University

      2010 - 2014
      Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Engineering Science / Physics
    • The University of Texas at Austin

      2014 - 2016
      Master's degree Petroleum Engineering

      Thesis Focus: PetrophysicsThesis Topic: Pore-Scale Permeability Prediction using Critical Path Analysis

  • Experience

    • Statoil

      May 2012 - May 2013
      IT Management/Systems Engineer

      • Reorganized the physical wiring of the company network• Created articles for the company informational wiki• Helped create a comparative analysis of drilling speed throughout the Bakken region using exported data

    • Repsol

      May 2013 - May 2014
      Facilities & Production Engineer

      • Developed and integrated set of input conditions to optimize the size of a transport pipeline• Supported conceptualization decisions on the North Slope including Advanced Recovery Methods, Single Phase vs. Multiphase Piping, and Risk Assessment

    • Statoil

      May 2014 - Aug 2016

      • Compiled and edited a field safety and standard operations manual for workover rig supervisors in the Bakken. • Helped organize cost reduction meeting and followed up on ideas with cost analysis. • Gained field experience through three-week trip to North Dakota to research and interview onsite managers • Designed program to optimize all gas lift production wells in the Bakken. The program is utilized to quality control well data. • Designed a program to gather, organize, and actively monitor water production values for groups of wells. • Helped conceptualize a new process for allocating natural gas in specific fields. • Gained mastery in Virtual Basic programming within excel and linking database values to spreadsheets

      • Intervention/Maintenance Engineer

        May 2015 - Aug 2016
      • Operations & Production Engineer

        May 2014 - May 2015
    • Switch Energy Alliance

      Aug 2016 - Feb 2020
      Director Of Technology
    • Agnostic Data Group

      Feb 2020 - now
      Founder
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Derek Andrews Tinker

      Neo4j
      Aug 2019
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Derek Tinker
      Schlumberger Fellow Schlumberger Sep 2016 Schlumberger has supported my work at SEA for three years by appointing me as a fellow each year. Along with my work at SEA, I have spoken about my work and helped asses an educational initiative in Ecuador supported by SLB.
    • Awarded to Derek Tinker
      Statoil Fellow Statoil Aug 2015
    • Awarded to Derek Tinker
      Semmes Technical Full-Tuition Scholarship The Semmes Family Aug 2010 One of five students selected for this full-tuition four-year scholarship at Trinity University. Recipients were expected to complete a BS in Science, Math, or Engineering and maintain a GPA standard.