Engineer Manager

Valerie C. Walker

** ******** ****** ***** *****: 832-***-****

Conroe, Texas 77384 *******.******@**********.***

Summary

Strategic thinker and highly organized Director of Financial Planning and Budget with significant management experience in project development and operational program management. Successful track record of leading teams to create strategic business goals while motivating cross-functional teams of professionals to collaborate to meet and exceed them. Excellent analytical, commercial, decision making, and communication skills leveraged to develop effective internal and external relationships to solve problems.

Expertise in:

Business Acumen and Technical Design Strategic Planning and Forecasting

Project / Program Management Operational Excellence

Professional Experience

2017 – Current Radiant Strategies, LLC The Woodlands, TX

Founder and President www.radiantstrategiesllc.com

Consult with various industries to maximize profitability through operational improvement (healthcare, manufacturing, energy)

Identify, innovate, and implement beneficial opportunities by training expert teams to manage resources, introducing process efficiency, and being cost effective while enriching work environments

Create a cadence of continuous improvement and quality initiatives to achieve operational excellence

2018 – Current Rice University Houston, TX

Faculty Jones Graduate School of Business

Created curriculum and teach Project Management Elective to MBA students (emphasize link to corporate strategy, agile and traditional methods)

Teach Process Improvement and Quality Elective to MBA students (special focus on hospitals, change management, teach DMAIC)

Coach for International Energy Project Simulation

2019 – May 2020 Fieldwood Energy LLC Houston, TX

Asset Manager

Managed multidisciplinary team of ~25 persons (engineering and operations in various locations)

Responsible for P&L of over 100 platforms (quarter of company production and revenue)

Created vision and implement plans for strategic asset management life cycle (including asset integrity, capital investment, staffing, and growth strategy)

Accountable for field plan execution in collaboration with partners through capital approval process

Proactively evaluated and recommended planning software to internal stakeholders to manage budget, optimal cash flow, financial reporting and forecasts in a more transparent and simple process

Minimize costs by implementing Lean sourcing principles with transportation, supply and logistics teams

2010 – 2018 Anadarko Petroleum Corporation The Woodlands, TX

Commercial Advisor

Provided strategic direction for division

Commercial representative in joint partnership asset sale (marketing presentations, legal contract term negotiation and relationship management)

Conducted capitals market financial analyses and developed complex financial models for potential A&D

Evaluated long term capacity, understand risks and technical requirements for deal preparation

Evaluated competitive landscape/market intelligence and benchmarking

Reserves and Planning Manager (Business Advisor)

Managed financial planning cross-functional team of ~9 persons (financial analysts, accounting, engineering)

Managed planning software change from various excel spreadsheets to Enersight

Led strategic initiatives (Successful in Execution >$5B in Divestitures)

Responsible for coordination of asset performance reviews, and shared best practices

Supported annual portfolio analysis and economics with financial information

Conducted cost analysis, financial analysis and accounting process analysis

Managed annual budgeting cycle (financial forecasting $1.5 B capital, expense, and variance analysis)

Ensured regional alignment (developed financial key business performance measures, presented financial results including variances and operational performance at Quarterly Business Review)

Motivated and led division on cost savings initiatives ($134MM Savings)

Led technology and innovation programs

Aided in staff development and structure of organization (>300 personnel in region)

Prepared reliable earnings call presentation, 10K, financial reporting and ad-hoc financial analysis

Interface Management between Exploration, Development, Production and Midstream

Upstream Operations Supervisor

Mozambique LNG Project (APC Largest Natural Gas Discovery)

Created operating philosophies

Directed flow assurance philosophy, and chemicals design (Take or Pay Contracts)

Managed mechanical integrity, maintenance and repair, and supply planning philosophies

Designed real time production allocation and surveillance software system

Oversaw Onshore/Offshore Interface

Senior Production Engineer

Prevented >$300M in Well Repair (recognized as major corporate success)

Safely led production operations and well intervention projects

Responsible for flow assurance and platform operability on platform and pipeline

Ensured compliance to corporate policies and regulatory

Supported marketing on production impact, and scheduling

Conducted real time production analysis and identified process improvement opportunities

Designed real time production measurement software interface to allow operation engineers to be proactive

2005 – 2010 BHP Petroleum Houston, TX

Production Engineer

Designed and conducted pressure and fluid nodal analysis

Responsible for well integrity, maintenance, and reliability plans

Identified and designed work overs and operations of new wells

Reservoir Engineer

Created reservoir aquifer modeling and pressure transient analyses

Supported well economic calculations

Conducted research, evaluated and recommended new software and technical tools for operations

Facilities Engineer

Assisted in Hazard Safety Analysis and risk management activities

Supported Topsides Contractors Selection and process design

EPC Representative (Engineering Design, Procurement and Construction) for rotating equipment

Leadership

Society of Petroleum Engineers

Board of Directors - Director at Large & Communications Chair

Ambassador Lecturer at Rice, University of Houston, and Texas A&M Kingsville

2014 Student Summit Speaker

Young Professionals Board Emerging Engineers Conference Chair

Scholarship Committee

Project Construction and Facilities Steering Committee

Anadarko and BHP

Women’s Global Leadership in Energy Conference Advisory Board

Anadarko Petrotech Womens Resource Group – Steering Committee, Communications Chair

Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondland Petroleum Engineering Department Lecturer

Anadarko Leadership Academy (SMU School of Business)

Anadarko Management Consortium (OSU Spears School of Business)

Anadarko Technology Team council member

BHP Billiton Petroleum Division Reorganization Steering Committee

Founder of BHP Young Professionals Group

BHP Global Leadership Program (Cranfield University)

Awards

Texas A&M University 2016 “12 Under 12” Young Alumni Spotlight Award

Society of Petroleum Engineers 2013 Young Engineer of the Year; published in HBJ and Chronicle

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Innovator Award

SPE Gulf Coast Regional Young Member Outstanding Service Award

Rice University Faculty Nominated Citizenship Award

Community

Rice University Jones School Alumni Advisory Board Member

Woodlands Art Council Board of Directors

Founder of Texas A&M Kappa Delta Jackie Price Dunn Scholarship

United Way Young Leaders of Houston

Woodlands A&M Club Steering Committee

Junior Achievement - Conroe Advocate

Member of Houston Symphony Supporters

Education

2015-2017 Rice University Houston, TX

Jones School of Business

Executive Masters in Business Administration (Honors)

Emphasis: Strategic Innovation Management, Operations Strategy, Finance and Contract Law

Health Care Operations Project

Provided consulting services to Houston Methodist Hospital Cardiac Catherization Laboratory

Identified >$2.5M in potential profit from improving efficiencies through Epic statistical analysis and working with Methodist team

2000-2004 Texas A&M University College Station, TX

Look College of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering, B.S. (Honors)

Emphasis: Biomedical Engineering and Materials Engineering

Software

Certifications

MS Office, basic SAP and Epic, PEEP, Cygnet, PI Process Databook

Lean Sigma Green Belt (May 2018), EIT

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