Project Management Services

Restructured Canocean into profit centers in order to allow rapid diversification by product line and reduce overhead.
Led the Canocean from single line product into multi- line product and service organization via acquisitions in an eight month period.
Faced with serious slippages in the construction of a 55.0 million drill (Glomar 40) ship due to lack of "on-time" delivery of component parts, established the use of a PERT system with the construction contractor. Effected cost reductions of several hundred thousand dollars.
Due to a large decrease in Vetco Offshore sales in 1977, a detailed analysis of new market opportunities and a reevaluation of the sales-agent network was required. Collected data and compiled a report to the board with specific recommendations relative to sales strategies and market penetration.
Directed field management of Canocean - two field service offshore diving organizations that logged in of 50,000 hours of accident free diving time servicing sub-sea production equipment in Brazil.
In 1980 hired and directed the necessary talent (102) within Canocean to do the following:

Establish a project management group with necessary software and financial systems.
Reorganize into matrix structure by profit center.
Enter new markets; Mid-East, India, and Africa.
Develop and locate acquisition candidates.
Register a Libyan, Peruvian, and Brazilian company.
Secure engineering work in China (PRC).
Setup new rotary/recp maintenance group that secured work in first four weeks of operation.

Managed the bidding, contracting, construction or conversion of 13 FPSO's over thirty years of which the most notably was the Hyundai delivery of EXXON Kizomba A and B for Angola and CAMAC/NAE OYO for Nigeria. OYO set an industry record of 22 months from sanction to first oil.
Managed a team of 112 engineers, expeditors, inspectors and contract administrators that was responsible for 1 Billion USD expenditure to bring a 50 Mil barrel oil and gas field on production in 22 months involving 7 main contractors in 5 countries, 158 vendors, 63 subcontractors, 27 different manufacturing locations in 14 countries, 7 fabrication sites on 5 continents and close out of 1723 technical and contractual project interfaces.
Set up procurement and management processes and hired 112 talented people to manage and deliver a 40,000 BD FPSO Production Facility to a Nigerian oil field that resulted in 'First Oil' in a record 22 month.

OYO FPSO and SUB SEA in 22 Months, First Oil 5 DEC 2010