Ashley Jones
Richards
Summary
IT professional with proven track record in managing IT operations and leading technical teams. Known for strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, adaptable to changing needs. Skills include network administration, system maintenance, and effective communication, with reputation for reliability and efficiency.
Experienced IT Supervisor with top-notch implementation and project management abilities. Highly organized, methodical, and skilled at overseeing daily milestones across high-performance teams. Well-versed in acquisition and divestiture planning and deployment.
Successful at optimizing security standards, improving planning processes and managing systems implementation. Knowledgeable about disaster recovery planning, roadmapping and team development.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
IT Supervisor, Land
ConocoPhillips
03.2021 - Current
- Led vendor Management and complex contract negotiations, Ensuring favorable terms and strong partnerships
- Developed and executed a comprehensive 3-year Land IT Strategy, aligning IT Goals with business objectives
- Maintained and secured an enterprise SOX application, ensuring compliance and security
- ensured secure and reliable operations for land and property maintenance, maintaining high standards of operations integrity
- Directed nxtgenERP Land initiatives, overseeing a multi-disciplinary team seeing over 15 integration activities, business process changes, and application report modifications
- Successfully led the Land Workstream for major 3 acquisitions for Land- Concho, Marathon, and asset sale from Shell; ensuring the accuracy of system and data conversions and seamless integrations for over 15 systems and reports. Additionally, effectively managed successful divestitures for Land.
- Managed a budget exceeding $3MM+, optimizing resource allocation and financial oversight
- Supervised a team of 7-8, ensuring efficient workflow and team cohesion
- Developed and supported the Land Digital Strategy
L48 IT Business Analyst
ConocoPhillips
07.2017 - 02.2021
- Supported L48 Land IT, L48 Finance and Capital Projects, and Permian Integrated Operations
- Implement Quorum Land Acquisition process fo L48 Land , streamlining the payment and leading training efforts across L48 assets
- Evaluated the use of blockchain technology for the partner balloting process
- Acted at liaison between the business and IT to support .Net and Mendix applications and reporting
- Led custom application and reporting development projects to enhance business efficiencies, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams including Land, finance, and IT.
- Worked with Permian Delaware operations team to support daily production reporting and lead custom development projects to support business workflows such as the Pre-Startup Safety Review process.
- Mentored various disciplines on project management and business analysis workflows
- Managed IT discipline portfolios to identify cost efficiencies, annual maintenance, and provided vendor management in contract negotiations.
- Developed functional specifications and use cases to guide technical teams during system development.
- Facilitated user acceptance testing, ensuring solutions met business needs and quality standards.
IT Business Analyst, GGRE
ConocoPhillips
03.2014 - 06.2017
- Coordinated and implemented data rooms for Global deepwater divestiture activities, spanning from Gulf of Mexico to offshore Africa
- Successfully managed small projects for custom and vended GGRE applications including Landmark, Petrel, and Techlog
- Led the implementation and upgrade of the Corporate Reserves System, addressing business process changes and optimizing integrations
- conducted Vendor management and participated in negotiations for application renewals and service agreements
- Analyzed business requirements to identify technology solutions that enhance operational efficiency.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define project scope and objectives, ensuring alignment with business goals.
GGRE Data Analyst
ConocoPhillips
09.2011 - 02.2014
- Provided comprehensive data support for Geology, Geophysics, and Reservoir Engineering teams by managing and loading data for GWIS (Geochemistry Database), Petrel, and Landmark
- Successfully project managed the development of a custom mobile application to streamline the input of geochemistry header information during field sampling collection
- Created data visualizations and reports for end users using Spotfire and ArcGIS
Global User Provisioning Analyst and New Hire
ConocoPhillips
06.2010 - 09.2011
- Participated in IT New Hire training to learn about the Oil and Gas industry, ConocoPhillips, and IT support.
- Provisioned user access for employees and contractors by creating new network IDs, email accounts, SecurIDs for remote access, and network drives
- Deprovisioned, reinstated and moved various network access and created monthly metrics
- Utilized the Remedy ticket system to track, monitor, and report status updates
IT Intern, L48 Business Analyst
ConocoPhillips
05.2009 - 08.2009
- Internship for L48 Upstream Business unit to gather requirements and information for the L48 Upstream application portfolio.
- Reviewed 3000+ applications, partnered with business subject matter experts to understand application needs, and eliminated duplicates when necessary
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Angelo State University
San Angelo, TX12-2009
Skills
- Information security policies
- IT budgeting
- Application support
- Incident management
- Team development
- Business analysis
- Customer service
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Friendly, positive attitude
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Cross-functional team leadership
Accomplishments
Various ConocoPhillips awards globally recognizing the success of Acquisition integration projects, major integration projects during the ERP implementation, and IT Inclusion.
Timeline
IT Supervisor, Land
ConocoPhillips
03.2021 - Current
L48 IT Business Analyst
ConocoPhillips
07.2017 - 02.2021
IT Business Analyst, GGRE
ConocoPhillips
03.2014 - 06.2017
GGRE Data Analyst
ConocoPhillips
09.2011 - 02.2014
Global User Provisioning Analyst and New Hire
ConocoPhillips
06.2010 - 09.2011
IT Intern, L48 Business Analyst
ConocoPhillips
05.2009 - 08.2009
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Angelo State University
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