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Ryan Thomas

Katy,TX
Ryan Thomas

Summary

Forward-thinking, multidisciplinary executive and business leader with 20+ years of experience spearheading operational and cultural transformations, maximizing bottom-line savings, and driving profitability. Leverages solid expertise in all facets of operations with demonstrated success developing and executing strategies to drive global alignment, standardization, and process improvements. Approachable, trustworthy, and charismatic leadership that excels in building and engaging high-performing leadership teams and synergistic cultures focused on inclusion, innovation, and market leadership.


Proficient background in the Petroleum Industry, with strong emphasis in upstream project management and business development applications. Consistently developed and maintained customer service expectations by maintaining sound functional solutions for both offshore and onshore drilling and completion operations. Extensive knowledge in subsea cased hole and open hole applications.



Overview

27
years of professional experience

Work History

Industrial Vacuum Transfer Services
Houston, Tx

COO
11.2022 - Current

Job overview

· Directed the development and implementation of systems, processes, and corporate/operational field teams, controlling and closely monitoring costs to scale the company and produce a positive cash flow in four months.

· Introduced strategic launch plans, processes, and training; , reduced operational costs 10% to 20% via strategic bidding.

· Increased quarterly profits by 55% by driving teams to identify new business areas.

· Reorganized sales teams to focus more on customer communication. Gained valuable input that led us to redesign our sales strategy, increasing ROI by 35%.

· Created a business analysis division that identified 5+ new potential service offerings related to our core strengths.

· Led product development teams to develop 3 new product lines that anticipated unmet customer needs.

· Slashed annual budget by 25% while simultaneously raising quality measures by 28% through implementing better hiring and quarterly review strategies.

· Renegotiated vendor service contracts to cut operating costs by $500K per year.

Weatherford
Houston, Tx

Project Manager XOM ENL Sakhalin
07.2018 - 11.2022

Job overview

· Serving as an in-house Completions Project Manager. Weatherford realized value of $40MM-$60MM per/year across all product line offerings combined. Managing all aspects of the project, in terms personnel (i.e 22-man roster dedicated to XOM ENL), pricing, invoicing, contract rollovers and P&L duties, supply chain/logistics project management and technical attributes so as to deliver a flawless service/product to the customer.

· Serving as SME for applications consisting of liner systems, lower sand face completions (OH & CH), gravel pack and stand alone screen applications, gas lift, SCSSV, chemical injection, subsea and dry-tree DHPT well monitoring, thru-tubing, big hole fishing and TRS

· My position, although project focused, is leveraged to be a dual role that is positioned similarly to a Business development Manager. This objective is maintained by lunch/learns and ad-hoc meetings with the afore mentioned companies global SME's and D&C engineers. Main objective is to grow our market share for completion operations. I was able to generate this success by leveraging colleagues from different product lines within WFT, developing a pursuit plan and attacking problem areas by providing functional solutions.

Weatherford

Project Manager Integrated Projects – Sand Control
03.2016 - 07.2018

Job overview

· Integrated Completions Project Manager for Hess and Noble deep water offshore international projects. Serving as SME for applications consisting of liner systems, wellbore clean out, lower sand face completions (OH & CH), gas lift, SCSSV, chemical injection, subsea and dry-tree DHPT well monitoring, intelligent well systems, thru-tubing, big hole fishing, cut & pull, P&A/T&A and pressure pumping

· My position, although project focused, is leveraged to be a dual role that is positioned similarly to a Global Business development Manager. This objective is maintained by lunch/learns and ad-hoc meetings with the afore-mentioned companies global SME's and D&C engineers.

Baker Hughes
Houston, Tx

Integrated Completions Project Manager
11.2014 - 03.2016

Job overview

· Serving as an in-house completions deep water project manager for a $90MM-$125MM per/year project servicing Hess Corporation in West Africa with operations entailing all aspects of BHI C&P deep water product line offerings. Managed all aspects of the project in terms people (i.e 40-man roster dedicated to Hess), pricing, invoicing, PLAN maintenance, contract rollovers and P&L duties, supply chain/logistics project management and technical attributes so as to deliver a flawless service/product to the customer. Project entailed subsea operations applications that included equipment such as - IWS/IPS, subsea and dry tree DHPT, chemical injection, gas lift, SCSSV, R&S applications, conventional and expandable liner systems, TCP/DST, well bore cleanup, big hole fishing/thru-tubing fishing, gravel pack and stacked cased hole frac packs applications.

Schlumberger

Business Development Manager – NAL
04.2014 - 11.2014

Job overview

· NAL Business Development Manager/Account Manager - Managed 12 High profile Houston based accounts for completion operations including - multi- stage stimulation completions, utilizing plug and perf and sleeve completion designs. Focal point SME for all Houston based accounts for liner hanger applications. Also, supporting standalone screen applications for pump protection and ICD applications.

· Houston based account/business development manager sole function was to generate/maintain new/existing business for Houston based oil and gas companies. My main objective was to grow our market for unconventional completion operations. I was highly successful in growing their plug, sleeve and liner hanger products for the accounts that I acquired and maintained. I was able to generate this success by leveraging colleagues from different product lines within SLB, developing a pursuit plan and attacking problem areas by providing functional solutions.

Baker Hughes

Completion Project Engineer - West Africa
06.2012 - 04.2014

Job overview

Served as an in-house deep-water completions project engineer for a $90MM-$125MM per/year project servicing Hess Corporation in West Africa with operations entailing all aspects of BHI C&P deep water product line offerings. Supported all aspects of the project in terms people (i.e 40-man roster dedicated to Hess), pricing, invoicing, PLAN maintenance, contract rollovers and P&L duties, supply chain/logistics project management and technical attributes so as to deliver a flawless service/product to the customer. Project entailed subsea operations applications that included equipment such as - IWS/IPS, subsea and dry tree DHPT, chemical injection, gas lift, SCSSV, R&S applications, conventional and expandable liner systems, TCP/DST, well bore cleanup, big hole fishing/thru-tubing fishing, gravel pack and stacked cased hole frac packs applications.

Baker Hughes

Completions Engineer - Deep Water West Africa
08.2011 - 06.2012

Job overview

Served as a deep-water completions project engineer overseas in Equatorial Guinea for Hess Corporation as project focal point for Baker Hughes multi-product line completion contract. Supported and maintained the commercial, supply chain and technical aspects of the project. Supported and managed commercially and technically all operations including IWS/IPS, subsea and dry tree DHPT, chemical injection, gas lift, SCSSV, R&S applications, conventional and expandable liner systems, TCP/DST, well bore cleanup, big hole fishing/thru-tubing fishing, gravel pack and stacked cased hole frac packs applications.

Baker Hughes

Completion Engineer
03.2008 - 08.2011

Job overview

· Served as an in-house deep-water completions project engineer for Hess Corporation to manage operations entailing single and multi-zone cased hole frac packs & open hole gravel packs. Supported commercially and technically all operations including R&S, liner hangers, TCP/DST, well bore cleanup open hole, fishing/TTF, gravel pack and cased hole Frac packs applications for the project.

· Assisted in developing/designing deep water offshore completions for ExxonMobil West Africa project as project focal point for Baker Hughes, including simulation modeling of torque and drag and tool movement for high rate fraq jobs. Supported commercially and technically all operations including R&S, liner packer hanger, TCP/DST and well bore cleanup applications for the project.

· Assisted in developing financial models for numerous major international tenders in the Houston Strategic Marketing group guided by Paul Yerby

Developed knowledge of systematic and complex down-hole completion assemblies (i.e. intelligent producers and injectors, gravel packs and cased hole fraq packs)

Frontier Drilling

Tool Pusher/ Logistics Coordinator/Marketing
12.2005 - 03.2008

Job overview

· Assisted in marketing the West region of Texas for Frontier Drilling

· Managed daily field operations for the shallow drilling division.

· Managed our added value daily cost analyst for the operators AFE, resulting in customer satisfaction and extended contracts.

· Assisted in managing our strategic safety program, which produced 0% work related lost time accidents for 2006 and 2007

· Managed daily procurement logistics and rig moves for three 1500h.p. inland drilling rigs

· Coordinated and responded to complex customer inquires, resulting in extended contracts and customer satisfaction.

· Assisted in developing a marketing campaign that captured an estimated 60% of market share in the Midland & Odessa sector for pre-set surface contracts.

· Assisted in developing a conjoining relationship with a subsidiary of China’s (Sinopec) that provided quality contractual drilling services.

Frontier Drilling

Internship Student
05.2000 - 12.2005

Job overview

· Balanced and achieved a degree while increasing my knowledge in upstream operations.

· Maintained oil production for an independent oil company

· Developed valuable knowledge as a roughneck (6 months), motorman (2 yrs), derrickman (2 yrs), and driller ( 6 months)

· Developed and maintained drilling location pads and roads

· Served as a 24 hour on call employee to implement positive customer service

Thomas Oil & Gas

Production Operator
05.1998 - 05.2000

Job overview

· Assisted in pumping and gauging shallow production in the salt flat and darst creek fields

Worked as a roustabout on a work over rig

Education

Texas Lutheran University
Seguin, TX

BBA from Marketing
12.2005

University Overview

  • 3.2 GPA
  • Extracurricular Activities: Collegiate Baseball
  • Extracurricular Activities: Collegiate Football

Skills

  • Budget Administration
  • Personnel Development
  • People and Culture
  • Operational Oversight
  • Proficient in SAP
  • Proficient in Advantage Torque and Drag
  • Proficient in Tubemove
  • Proficient in Payzone Pro
  • Proficient in Microsoft suite
  • Proficient in Wellcat
  • Proficient in Autocad

Affiliations

Knights of Columbus

Future Farmers of America

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

COO

Industrial Vacuum Transfer Services
11.2022 - Current

Project Manager XOM ENL Sakhalin

Weatherford
07.2018 - 11.2022

Project Manager Integrated Projects – Sand Control

Weatherford
03.2016 - 07.2018

Integrated Completions Project Manager

Baker Hughes
11.2014 - 03.2016

Business Development Manager – NAL

Schlumberger
04.2014 - 11.2014

Completion Project Engineer - West Africa

Baker Hughes
06.2012 - 04.2014

Completions Engineer - Deep Water West Africa

Baker Hughes
08.2011 - 06.2012

Completion Engineer

Baker Hughes
03.2008 - 08.2011

Tool Pusher/ Logistics Coordinator/Marketing

Frontier Drilling
12.2005 - 03.2008

Internship Student

Frontier Drilling
05.2000 - 12.2005

Production Operator

Thomas Oil & Gas
05.1998 - 05.2000

Texas Lutheran University

BBA from Marketing
Ryan Thomas