Robert has nearly 20 years of oil and gas experience. He obtained
his Honours B.B.A. (Bachelors of Business Administration) from Wilfrid Laurier
University in Waterloo, Ontario before starting with Shell Canada. After a
short stint in the Toronto office, Robert was transferred westward to Calgary,
a city he now happily calls home. Most recently Robert completed his
Certificate in Business Analysis from Mount Royal University in Calgary.

Robert has a wide background in Business Analysis and in the oil
and gas sector specifically. Some highlights of his career:

• Assisted with the implementation, roll out and
  extension of Intergraph’s Smart Plant Materials application at Nexen
  Energy. Smart Plant is being used for materials management for Nexen’s
  Long Lake oil sands project and Robert’s worked encompassed all aspects of
  Business Analysis from requirements gathering to process definition,
  testing and documentation.
• Implemented a new Capital Management System for
  Enerplus Resources, using esi.manage software from 3esi Corporation.
  Robert’s work focused on ensuring key business and data flows worked as
  expected and training new users on the new tool and processes.
• While working for Baytex Energy, Robert was their
  first formal BA and implemented a new structured process for projects and
  application upgrades.
• Successfully transferred the applications and
  processes of the AEGS pipeline system from BP Canada to their new owner,
  Fort Chicago Energy Partners.
• Documented and refined the key processes for the
  Cochin Pipeline at BP Canada. From this an RFP/RFQ process was initiated
  for a completely new volumes and tariffs system for the pipeline. Cochin
  was sold to Kinder-Morgan Canada soon afterwards, ending this project.
• Experience on both the customer side as well as
  vendor side of the software solution.
• Experience in the drilling and completions, midstream
  marketing, oil sands as well as conventional operations. Bridging the gap
  between your technical experts and the IT groups in a company, delivering
  tested and proven solutions to users.