I worked 38 years for Chevron in California, Texas, Nigeria, and Vietnam as a Petroleum Engineer. As part of that career, I worked as a supervisor and manager. My technical specialty was in facilitating, mentoring, and conducting project risk and decision analysis. I worked directly on business unit strategic planning and capital allocation for twelve years. During my time as a manager, I contributed to business continuity planning. CMC refers to this same process as continuation of operations planning. Additionally, I experienced the development of a world-class safety philosophy at Chevron, that zero incidents was achievable and necessary for a successful and admired company.
Working at Chevron greatly influenced my attitudes on diversity. Firstly, I was fortunate to live and work four years in Lagos, Nigeria and three years in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. While overseas, I learned to adapt to widely different cultures and to function where I don’t speak the local language. Later, I was the Houston management sponsor of the Pride Employee Network, giving me a deeper understanding of LGBTQ perspectives and issues. Just prior to retiring, I completed Catalyst’s MARC, Men Advocating Real Change, program which is a year-long program where small groups meet to have open and frank discussions about our biases and impact on other employees.
My long-time hobby has been family history research. With retirement, I had the time to enhance my skills in genealogy. To share my passion and to build a community in the discipline, I now teach non-credit genealogy classes at CMC.
I am married. I have a daughter and son-in-law. We also have one very spoiled dog.