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Areas of Expertise: Oil & Gas - Instrumentation & Control Engineering - Digital & Satellite Communications Shaping the future of product development by bridging the gap between operational needs and technical realities Equating higher-quality, cost-efficient products and services to business growth and global competitiveness Ensuring smooth deployment of new technologies Level-headed leader and big-picture thinker with broad technical expertise, proven PERSONAL DISTINCTION business sense, and entrepreneurial streak. Built reputation for finding the best, fastest solutions to the most difficult problems-for a wide range of subjects-and Long history of empowering technical and support staff from diverse global cultures across 27 getting it right the first time. Always looking to improve inefficient ways of doing things. countries to apply critical thinking and make their own decisions. Focused on capitalizing on diverse "Lance has been instrumental in the successes that we have seen ideas to benefit the team and company. and his input at all levels of the R&D process has been appreciated. He has acted as the eyes and ears to the global needs of our industry interacting with personnel from all regions of the world and providing the necessary high-level support required." -Product Line Engineering Manager, Drilling Services, Weatherford - SUBSTANTIVE EXPERTISE - * Operational Excellence * Project Management * Team Management / Training & Development * Startup Operations & Turnarounds * Service Strategy & Technical Support * Client Satisfaction & Relationship Building * Technology Development & Testing * Business Process Improvement * Business Development & Sales Support * Product Commercialization * Audits, Compliance & Quality Control * Post-Acquisition Integration CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Ø FINANCIAL RESULTS: Maximized top- and bottom-line impact: triggered $10s of millions in revenues through technology development and enhancements and saved $100s of thousands with process, service, and technology improvements. Ø INNOVATION & COMPETITIVE POSITIONING: Figured prominently in placing Weatherford International's $70M Surface Logging Systems (SLS) business to achieve and maintain #2 market share by joining R&D to shape the future of technology development. - Innovated high revenue-potential technology currently under consideration for 2017 World Oil Awards, which honor groundbreaking strides in the oil & gas (O&G) industry - Ø PEOPLE & OPERATIONS TRANSFORMATION: Turned daily technical emergencies and system failures into 99.5% operating efficiency (only 0.008 hours non-productive time / month and >53K hours mean time between system failure) by overhauling operations, processes, and 120-person organization-despite suffering massive disruptions due to turbulent O&G downturn.