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Carlos G. Hernandez Borgo

Carlos G. Hernandez Borgo

Conroe,USA

Summary

Strategic leader in Oil & Gas with a track record of enhancing operational performance and achieving substantial cost savings. Delivered a 33% reduction in non-productive time, translating to $25 million in cost savings, while managing multimillion-dollar projects. Proven ability to align resources with customer needs for sustainable growth.

Overview

34
34
years of professional experience

Work History

Assurance and Inspection Project Manager

LRQA
Houston, USA
07.2025 - Current
  • Responsible for all aspects of project performance, strategy, delivery and safety for increasingly complex projects.
  • Manage the interface with the client’s project organization to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of a project in line with the commercial, contractual and financial requirements of the contract.
  • Provide expert guidance and direction by leading, managing and controlling assigned technical personnel including Project Teams.
  • Manage the creation and monitoring of project schedules, financial tracking, risks and issues plus associated project documentation and supports compliance with all legal, statutory and regulatory requirements.
  • Assists in the development of reference and resource materials for project management.
  • Management of the bid and tender development processes for individual contracts.
  • Managing Commercial Risk

Wireline Global Service Delivery Director

Baker Hughes
Houston, USA
05.2019 - 04.2023
  • Lead Wireline strategy over operational performance, flawless execution and technical support through managing the processes and procedures.
  • Develop, implement and follow KPI and leading indicators to improve operational performance.
  • Implement organizational design focused on efficiency and operational excellence.
  • Drive productivity and consistency through readiness assessment to align resources and business with customer expectations and business plan.
  • Own continuous improvement process from reactive to proactive.
  • Responsible for remote operations strategy and automation process.
  • Driving digital transformation into the operation.
  • Reduction on Non-Productive time of 33% achieving a cost savings of 25MM USD during the period.
  • Improved people utilization through remote operations of 22% getting annualized savings of 18MM USD.
  • Design and implement proper strategy for projects start-ups.
  • $1.3 bn revenue with 35% EBIDTA

Operations Support Director

Baker Hughes
Houston, USA
07.2015 - 05.2019
  • Lead + 300 personnel for Supply Chain and back office on 1.5 B$ business for Latin America.
  • Develop, plan and executes initiatives across different countries in Latin America to improve the capital employed in the operation.
  • Lead the implementation of processes and procedures to improve lapse days and Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) through continuous review on the billing cycle time.
  • Implement mechanism to assure the proper order management of the inventory, forecasting the Slob slow moving and keeping control of DSI.
  • Executes control of the assets through evaluating the capital efficiency and proper assets turns.
  • Managing procurement process, vendor rationalization, payments terms and cost savings through different initiatives aligned with corporate directives.
  • Define strategies for different modes of transportation between countries from the port of shipment to the destination.
  • Warehousing process and procedures control through annual/weekly cycle counting.
  • Increment cash flow by reducing DSO's by 12 days.
  • Annualized cost savings through vendor consolidations of 8 MMUSD

Product Line Director

Baker Hughes
Houston, USA
01.2013 - 07.2015
  • Responsible for the Wireline Services product line financial performance across the region including profit and losses, balance sheet and the implementation of cost improvement opportunities.
  • Set regional strategies based on market conditions, product offering and customers' activities, directing actions in strategy execution, resource allocation, talent development and technology needs.
  • Develop new business opportunities for different products and services through strategic and tactical planning.
  • Direct connections between the region and the product center.
  • Set targets for new product introduction.
  • Successfully introduction of 2 new technology with National Oil Company in Brazil.
  • Increase revenue by 12% to get over 250 MMUSD.
  • Responsible for the Pre-tender strategy, tender, pricing negotiation and contract execution for a project offshore Nicaragua 1 drilled by IOC in Q2/Q3 2013 Rev 13 MMUSD, Profit 5.5 MMUSD

Director of Business Development

Baker Hughes
Houston, USA
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Spear-head new business opportunities for different products and services through strategic and tactical planning for the entire region, conformed by 5 distinct business units or geo-markets.
  • This includes but is not limited to new product introduction, customer interface, tender management, pricing strategies.
  • Lead multi-disciplinary team strategy, services management and local business unit that resulted in a $120 MMUSD multiannual contract for Wireline services with National Oil Company in Brazil.
  • New technology introduction for a National Oil Company in Ecuador, opening a new market.

Product Line Manager

Baker Hughes
Shenzhen, China
04.2009 - 01.2012
  • Responsible for the Wireline Services product line financial performance for China, Japan and Korea including profit and losses, balance sheet and the implementation of cost improvement opportunities.
  • Set local strategies based on market conditions, product offering and customers' activities, directing actions in strategy execution, resource allocation, talent development and technology needs.
  • Manage the operations and financial performance of the JV formed by Baker Hughes and large Chinese Oil Company.
  • Re-introduction of Direct Sales for a diversity of customer in China, generating 20MMUSD per year.
  • Successfully opened operations in the east coast of China, generating 18MM USD per year.
  • Planning and execution of the first Deep Water well in South China Sea.

Technical and Operations Manager-Wireline Services

Baker Hughes
Macae, Brazil
01.2005 - 04.2009
  • Developed and exceeded over an operations business plan by forging and directing a dynamic sales and operations team two consecutive years.
  • Executed persistently on quarterly goals for revenue and cost control initiatives, leveraging on sales and engineering local teams resulting in high customer satisfaction.
  • Instilled high confidence, teamwork and a safety culture in the work force and their family members.
  • Handling the shelf and Deep Water operations for a large National Oil Company.
  • Responsible for the reliability of the equipment, new technology introduction, creation of value proposition for the different customer's challenges.
  • Plan and execute annual Capex according to the business strategy.
  • Foster a non- excuse culture over operations people, active participation in service quality meeting with customer.
  • Ad Hoc responsible at region level, the management of the Reservoir Characterization tools, handling resources, give presentations to customer, product profitability.
  • Awarded the 2008 best operational efficiency of the year by a National Oil Company.
  • Successfully renegotiated a 150 M$ contract with a National Oil Company.
  • Focal point between Baker Hughes and National Oil Company for the design of large rotary coring tool.
  • Creation of an effective system for inventory management.
  • Successfully introduction of several new technologies.

Field Engineer and Field Service Coordinator

Baker Hughes
03.1992 - 01.2005
  • Plan, execute and finalized different field activities according to the operation's needs.
  • Responsible for a safe and high-quality data acquisition during the job execution.
  • Responsible for pre and post job meeting with customer.
  • First line of sales activities at different levels of the customer.
  • September 00 – January 05, General Field engineer, EIC in Macae, Brazil. Successfully introduction of the reservoir characterization tool, optical analyzer and dual packer. Specialist for cased hole sampling.
  • January 00 – September 00, Senior Field engineer, in Lafayette, US. Specialist of the reservoir characterization tool, optical analyzer, single phase sampling.
  • Successfully performed jobs in the Asia Pacific area.
  • December 98 – January 00, Senior Field engineer, in Ciudad del Carmen Mexico. Technical tender preparations. Pricing strategy.
  • Start up Offshore operations for a National Oil Company.
  • March 92 – December 98, Field engineer, in Las Morochas, Venezuela. Support operations in the lake. Support operations in Colombia, Ecuador and Argentina.

Education

BSc - Aeronautical Engineer

IUPFAN

Languages

Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Portuguese
Full Professional

References

  • Benjamin Laura, SVP and CIO, Oceaneering, Benjamin.m.laura@gmail.com, +1-281 9794509
  • Alejandro Hernandez, VP Drilling Services, Baker Hughes, alejandro.hernandez@bakerhughes.com, +49 15206772860
  • Roger Martello, VP Wireline Services, Baker Hughes, roger.martello@bakerhughes.com, +1 713 6706400

Timeline

Assurance and Inspection Project Manager

LRQA
07.2025 - Current

Wireline Global Service Delivery Director

Baker Hughes
05.2019 - 04.2023

Operations Support Director

Baker Hughes
07.2015 - 05.2019

Product Line Director

Baker Hughes
01.2013 - 07.2015

Director of Business Development

Baker Hughes
01.2012 - 01.2013

Product Line Manager

Baker Hughes
04.2009 - 01.2012

Technical and Operations Manager-Wireline Services

Baker Hughes
01.2005 - 04.2009

Field Engineer and Field Service Coordinator

Baker Hughes
03.1992 - 01.2005

BSc - Aeronautical Engineer

IUPFAN
Carlos G. Hernandez Borgo