• August 2013 – January 2014
  IT Manager (Digital Division) – Eastern Holdings Ltd
• August 2013 – January 2014
  IT Manager – Doctor Doors Gallery
• August 2013 – January 2014
  Project Executive – A1 Renozone
• February 2014 – April 2014 (3 months)
  Senior Manager – MillionaireAsia
• November 2012 – July 2013
  Development Technologist – Nanyang Polytechnic
• June 2011 – July 2012
  Sales Executive – Lake View Credit / Used Car Trading
• February 2011 – 2012
  Account Executive – Essential Werkz Pte Ltd
• September 2007 – June 2010
  Assistant Manager (Business Development) – Pixel Inc Marketing Pte Ltd
• November 2007 – February 2008
  LG Mobile Promoter (Part-Time) – Essential Werkz Pte Ltd
• November 2007 – February 2008
  Intern (Solution Delivery Center) – ILOG(S) Pte Ltd

Professional Experience

U.S. Department of the Interior, Denver, CO — 2016–Present
Mineral Rights Appraiser – Oil and Gas

• In charge of all oil and gas upstream asset valuations for the United States Federal Government, including Tribal Lands associated with Native American reservations.
• Economic modelling, oil and gas production forecasting, subsurface geologic interpretation, big data analysis, commodity market studies, and regulatory/lease agreements.
• Generate subsurface geologic maps characterizing structural and stratigraphic features, reservoir quality, and rock/fluid maturity.
• Generate oil and gas production forecasts using decline curve analysis.
• Generate discounted cash flows to arrive at NPV and IRR values.
• Conduct market research to analyse comparable sales and lease agreements.
• Quantify surface and subsurface risk of upstream oil and gas assets.
• Evaluated over 100 separate oil and gas assets for acquisitions and divestitures, primarily in Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Utah.
• Present results as written reports.

Petroleum Evaluations Group, Golden, CO — 2017–Present
Founder and Business Development Manager

• Private consultant conducting oil and gas asset valuations for landowners.
• Work includes client acquisition and sales, subsurface geologic interpretation, production forecasting, economic modelling, commodity market studies, lease agreements, and revenue statements.
• Wrote an SQL script to automatically create production forecasts for wells through decline curve analysis.
• Completed over 100 consulting jobs, primarily in Oklahoma and the Permian Basin.
• Oil and gas asset values ranged from $100,000 to $30 million.
• Brokered dozens of working-interest deals in the Anadarko and Permian basins.
• Generate risked discounted cash flows to arrive at NPV and IRR values.
• Prepared and taught a workshop on Oil and Gas Property Valuation through the Colorado School of Mines.

Devon Energy, Oklahoma City, OK — 2014–2016
Petroleum Geologist

• Geologic modeler for the Eagle Ford/Austin Chalk business unit.
• Created well-log cross sections, interpreted geologic facies in core, and interpreted 3D seismic data.
• Integrated interpretations into 3D geologic models using Petrel.
• Collaborated with engineers on model upscaling and fluid-flow simulations.
• Used models to forecast production, reduce uncertainty and risk, high-grade oil and gas portfolios, and guide well placement.
• Generated original hydrocarbon-in-place estimates for the Eagle Ford/Austin Chalk petroleum systems.
• Created the company’s first 3D geocellular models for East Texas assets.
• Identified drilling units with the highest to lowest investment potential to guide drilling schedules and geosteering.

PDC Energy, Denver, CO — Summer 2013
Development Geologist

• Evaluated oil and gas acreage in the Denver Basin using petrophysical well data.
• Created structure/isopach maps in Kingdom.
• Geo-steered six lateral wells and made recommendations for future drill locations.

Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO — 2013–2014
Graduate Researcher

• Researched the nucleation, development, and current structure of the polygonal fault system of the Niobrara Formation in the Denver-Julesburg Basin.
• Interpreted and integrated 3D seismic volumes, well logs, cores, and outcrop data.
• Generated maps and models in Petrel and managed large quantities of geologic data.

ExxonMobil Corporation, Houston, TX — 2010–2013
Geoscientist

• Supported creation of Petrel-based geologic models and play assessments across international basins.
• Worked with hydrocarbon systems, play risking, and interpretation of well logs, seismic, and rock core.
• Supported play assessments in the Andean Foreland Basin, South China Sea, North Sea, Canada, and Central Sudan.
• Received extensive training in 3D geocellular modelling using Petrel.
• Supported 3D geologic modelling of the Kashagan Oil Field in Kazakhstan.
• Collaborated with reservoir engineers to upscale models and create dynamic models.
• Completed ExxonMobil’s two-year Early Career Training Program.

Hamilton College, Clinton, NY — 2009–2010
Undergraduate Geology Researcher

• Researched the structural style of post-Eocene rifting in the Western Desert of Egypt.
• Used ArcGIS to map faults, fractures, and folds from high-resolution satellite imagery.
• Results contributed to a technical presentation at the 2010 Geological Society of America Convention.