Caturus Energy, LLC (Laredo Energy, KTG)

Director of HSE

Houston, TX · 2023 – Dec 2025

• Led creation and implementation of Kimmeridge Energy's corporate Safety Manual and company-wide HSE standards; achieved over 1.8 million manhours (employee and contractor) without an OSHA recordable incident in 2023–2024.
• Established emission reduction and LDAR programs, reducing CO2 and CH4 emissions intensity by converting drilling and completions fleets from diesel to natural gas/hybrid generators, with more frequent leak detection and repair tracking and pneumatic replacement/capture.
• Responsible for company Greenhouse Gas Reporting, OOOOa/b submissions, and SPCC management.

Caturus Energy, LLC (Laredo Energy, KTG)

Drilling Manager / Sr. Drilling Advisor

Houston, TX · Mar 2019 – 2023

• Oversaw all aspects of drilling engineering and operations on HPHT and extended-reach horizontal wells in the deep, high-pressure gas window of the Eagle Ford Shale and Austin Chalk, achieving immediate and substantial improvements to drilling cost, performance, and lateral placement.
• Developed a comprehensive Field Operating Manual consolidating best-practice SOPs for all critical operational steps, from pre-spud planning through rig release.
• Developed incident management and reporting requirements for all operations; tracked and trended incidents and spills and developed corporate policies, procedures, and training to improve safety performance.

BHP

Sr. Drilling Superintendent / Drilling Manager

Houston, TX · Mar 2012 – Mar 2019

• Managed the Delaware Basin Wolfcamp drilling program from exploration to pad development, achieving top-quartile cost and time performance (Rushmore data) in both the Permian (top 10% Delaware Wolfcamp) and Haynesville Shale plays.
• Coordinated HSE Field Leadership initiatives and led significant incident investigations.
• Worked with rig contractors to modify prototype Pace X and Flex 5 drilling rigs for improved drilling performance, hole monitoring, managed pressure drilling/tripping, and reduced rig move time.
• Led an integrated Wells and HSE team that simplified, condensed, and aligned all BHP D&C HSE policies with global HSE policies; authored the D&C Safety Handbook and oversaw rollout, implementation, and verification.
• Coordinated the 2016 and 2018 Technical Group Risk Assurance and Assessment Audits and managed all corrective actions to closure. Guest Safety Auditor on a 15-day Group Risk Audit of the BMA Coal asset in Brisbane, AU and an internal HSE audit on the Deepwater Invictus in Trinidad.

Petrohawk Energy, LLC

Drilling Operations Manager; Drilling Engineer / Operations Excellence Team Lead

Tulsa, OK · May 2009 – Mar 2012

• Defined roles and responsibilities, managed resourcing, and assessed competency for Drilling Supervisors, Ops Engineers, and Rig Clerks in the Permian Basin and Haynesville Shale; approved all out-of-scope drilling procedures such as fishing, well control management, and equipment changes.
• Provided well design, drilling program, cost estimate, cost reconciliation, and performance tracking for 1–3 rigs drilling early Haynesville Shale wells in North Louisiana.
• Developed KPIs to determine contractor performance and best practices from each rig and implemented them throughout the fleet, improving costs and times across all rigs and reducing the gap between top and bottom performing rigs.
• Implemented improved hole cleaning, managed pressure tripping, and casing running procedures, eliminating $4,000/day in hole consultants and improving casing-on-bottom success rates and running times.

ConocoPhillips

Sr. Drilling Engineer

Houston, TX · Apr 2008 – Apr 2009

• Prepared AFEs, well designs, and drilling programs, and was responsible for operational implementation of HPHT (350°F, 18 ppg MW) Bossier wells in Robertson County.
• Provided all engineering for ConocoPhillips' first two multi-lateral (Buda/Georgetown) horizontal wells in Savell Field.

BP America

Drilling Engineer

Houston, TX · Jan 2006 – Mar 2008

• Drilling engineer for Red Oak, Spiro, and Bromide horizontal and vertical wells in the Red Oak field.
• Improved spud-to-rig-release time by 35% on vertical air-drilled wells.
• Reduced lateral drilling time 40% by running the first turbine and diamond impreg bit through the Red Oak sand.

Scientific Drilling International

Survey Engineer

Bakersfield, CA · Apr 2004 – Dec 2005

• Ran high-angle, high-accuracy gyroscopic directional surveys, gyro tool orientations, production logs, and mud pulse MWD systems.

Aera Energy, LLC

Drilling Engineer / Wellsite Supervisor

Bakersfield, CA · May 2001 – Mar 2004

• Provided cost estimates, well design, cost tracking, technical research, and execution strategy on over 1,500 development wells.
• Created and implemented changes in well design and drilling practices that led to over $2MM/year in cost reductions; reduced “Spud to Production” times by applying Lean/Six Sigma manufacturing techniques to the development process.
• Engineering summer internship (1998/2000): developed cementing practices that increased cement-to-surface percentages and reduced remedial cementing expense on Diatomite wells in South Belridge; optimized energy consumption on artificial lift equipment.