Customer Service Assistant

David O. Obiora

**** *** ****** • Los Angeles, CA 90043 • 213-***-**** • *********@*****.***

Results-focused leader eager to offer broad scope of professional experience, industry knowledge, and academic training toward maximizing your success within a key growth-oriented oil / gas role.

Profile of Qualifications

Production Engineering • Laboratory / Field Support • Alkyd Resin Production • Statistical Analysis / Planning

Soil Testing • Reactor Design • Process Control • Safety Committee Development • On-Site Communications

Offshore Oil / Gas • Process Engineering • Data Presentation • Geological Formations / Conditions • PFD / P&ID

Equipment Sizing / Specification • Team Training / Development • Gas Separation / Drying / Treating / Compression

Top performer who offers proven cross-functional experience in oil / gas, production engineering, process engineering, lab / field support, systems design / development, and training, and collaborates to initiate forward-thinking efforts to strategically meet and / or exceed project objectives while optimizing key company profitability.

Excellent communicator who seamlessly interfaces among industry leaders, peers, field teams, and customers.

Ambitious self-starter who plans, prioritizes, and manages multiple tasks within deadline-driven environments.

Professional Synopsis

Production Engineer, Niger Chemical Ltd., Nigeria, Africa 1996 – 2001

Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge toward directing forward-thinking production of industrial alkyd resin, including determining stock availability and product quality control; synthesizing alkyds and polymers for inks and paints; and formulating and evaluating developed alkyds and polymers in pigment dispersions, inks, and paints.

Conceptualized, drafted, and disseminated production procedures, specifications, TDS, and MSDS for products.

Developed and formulated pigment dispersions for paint applications to maximize overall production efforts.

Provided high-quality customer service for companywide paint pigment dispersion lines and polymers.

Lab / Field Assistant, Dowell Schlumberger, Warri, Nigeria 1993 – 1996

Led targeted oil well cementation and collection of soil / mud samples for testing to determine critical setting time.

Demonstrated knowledge of rocks, geologic formations, and properties concerning reservoirs of natural gas and oil by consulting with key geologists and petroleum engineers which was instrumental in driving operation success.

Expertly performed bottle testing on crude emulsions and produced water with range production chemicals; handled subsequent treatment of crude emulsions in process plants in petroleum oilfields; troubleshot and / or resolved emulsion problems in lease; oversaw sludge issues resolution; and treated sour systems with chemicals.

Drove efficiency via production operation and analysis of crude oil and effluent water in labs using ASTM methods.

Contributed sharp analytical abilities toward performing bacterial inoculation and treatment on-site in oilfields.

Lab / Field Assistant, Nigerian Sugar Company Ltd., Bacita, Kwara State, Nigeria 1991 – 1992

Played a vital role in research and sugar production while gaining experience in the field of agricultural / chemical and microbial analysis; participating in field activities; and performing chemical and biofertilizer application of sugarcane and chemical and microbial analysis of soil, plant, and additional field-based samples.

Supplemental Recent Experience

Special Education Teacher, Summit View School, Culver City, CA 2005 – Present

Special Education Assistant, Sycamore School, Altadena, CA 2001 – 2005

Plan and present dynamic science / math instruction by employing effective teaching methodologies designed to facilitate creative lesson plans and achieve significant increases in student performance on academic testing.

Expertly evaluate comprehensive student proficiencies to produce objective evaluations, along with conducting behavioral assessments, developing improvement plans, and completing evaluation summaries.

Education, Professional Development & Technical Summary

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering Enugu State University (Enugu, Nigeria)

Education Specialist (Graduate Degree Pending) California State University, Northridge

T.W.I.C. Card Los Angeles Refinery Safety Overview by OSCA

Microsoft Office • Math Blaster • Reader Rabbit • Broderbund Print Shop / Print Master • Internet Applications

Member, National Society of Chemical Engineers • Member, Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) – Nigeria Chapter

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