Diego A.
Profile Summary
I am a Mechanical Engineer and Project Manager, originally from Colombia, with 20 years of experience in the energy industry with emphasis on the oil and gas sector. I have played various roles in Canada, the United States, Libya, Qatar, Scotland and India. Although some of my specific experience relates to the Oil & Gas industry, such as the maintenance of production facilities and well testing services at the exploration and production environment, also have several cross-functional skills in the management of product portfolios and commercial services, project management, coordination of field operations, the management of human resources, quality of products and services, risk management and industrial safety.
Expertise
Project Manager
> 5 Year Experience5/5
Mechanical Engineering
> 5 Year Experience5/5
Product Manager
> 5 Year Experience5/5
Employment History
Independent Consultant
Providing consulting services to PYMES in the industrial and energy sectors in areas such as the coordination of operations, project management, implementation of methods and practices of continuous improvement, risk prevention and change management.
Providing auditing services on ISO-19011, ISO-9001, ISO-29001, ISO-45001 (OHSAS 18001), ISO-31000, ISO-50001 and ISO-14064.
Projects Manager
I was the Project Manager responsible for the creation, development and management of the technical (multi-disciplinary) support team in Pune, providing remote engineering services to manufacturing centers of Well Testing products and services located in Houston, Paris, Aberdeen and Singapore.
Project Manager
Responsible for the creation, development and management of a multidisciplinary team of engineers and technologists to provide technical support within a manufacturing center that developed oil reservoir sampling products and laboratory equipment for the characterization of oil reservoir fluids.
Supervision of product modification projects, the management of operational risk projects of 15 business units around the world, and the lifecycle performance of a portfolio of 41 products and services.
Field Service Manager Unit
I was the manager responsible for the technical and financial performance of an oil services unit for the capture and characterization of reservoir fluids. Responsible for initiating, planning, coordinating, supervising and controlling the provision of services in the country, the performance and development of the work force, the technical and safety performance of projects and the commercial relationship with clients, such as Shell, Qatar Petroleum, Rasgas, Dolphin Energy, and many others.
Field Service Technical Leader
Responsible for the technical and HSE performance of an oil services unit for the capture and characterization of reservoir fluids. In charge of the planning, coordinating and supervision of field services in the country, as well as the technical development of personnel.
Several field operational roles
Responsible for the provision of field services for well testing, sampling and characterization of reservoir fluids both in offshore exploration platforms, as well as in fields and production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico and the southern USA.
Maintenance Engineer
As part of the maintenance team, I was responsible for performing corrective and predictive maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment to allow the continuous production of oil and natural gas from 14 production facilities located in Casanare, Colombia. Experienced in the maintenance of centrifugal pumps, positive displacement pumps, natural gas compressors, diesel and gas electric generators, and other auxiliary equipment.
Education
Project Manager
Project Management.
Project Management For Professionals
Product Lifecycle Project Management. (Engineering, Manufacturing and Sustaining).
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering.
Languages
English
Full Professional Proficiency
Spanish
Native or Bilingual Proficiency
Looking For
Preferred work-style
Interests & Hobbies
Accomplishments
Business Rescue of a fluid characterization services unit located in Libya.
As a technical leader, I had the challenge of selecting, forming and developing a new local work force; this was caused by unfair competition practices in times of great expansion and business opportunities in the country. In a period of 16 months, I managed to maintain the leading position in the market, maintain historical revenues, an impeccable record of customer satisfaction and zero HSE incidents. A successful expansion plan was achieved through the creation of an operational workshop and PVT laboratory located in a new operational base located on the outskirts of Tripoli (Tajoura Base).
See: http://wikimapia.org/1577174/Schlumberger-Office-LIG
Creation, development and management of the Well Testing product engineering department located in the UK.
As responsible for the technical performance of the portfolio of products and services of the Schlumberger fluid characterization line, I was in charge of the selection, training and continuous development of human resources. I formed a multidisciplinary team of engineers to provide technical support for all products manufactured in Scotland and for all services provided in different business units around the world (15 locations). Through the implementation of projects for the rationalization of assets, I achieved an annual reduction of 10% in manufacturing costs, and reduced the response time to customer requests by 50% through RFQs and ECRs. I reduced the response time by 90% to supplier requests through IFR processes. I implemented a new product life cycle management system (PLMS) in new and ongoing projects. I simplified the process for fault analysis, which reduced the response time by 90%.
See:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H13CBeudfXY&ab_channel=SchlumbergerCareers
Creation, development and management of a remote Well Testing engineering support department from Pune, India.
As the only responsible for the project, I was in charge of the selection, training and continuous development of human resources, as well as the operation, performance and continuous improvement of support operations. As a result, I created six multidisciplinary teams (42 Engineers) of technical support in a span of 2 years to provide engineering services remotely from India to tool manufacturing centers for the Schlumberger Well-Testing services segment located in Houston, Paris, Aberdeen and Singapore. I implemented training programs for each of the six support units, as well as a quality steering committee (QSC). I achieved the implementation of synergies between technical support units, which increased the use of resources by 90% and increased service efficiency by 85%. I expanded the portfolio of services to other divisions of the company, such as the supply chain and technical communications. This engineering support department still functions in Pune.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxxwlVszG1A&ab_channel=SchlumbergerCareers
References
Marc-André de Looz
I had the pleasure of working alongside Diego as a fellow Project Manager at Schlumberger Technology Services India (STS-I) from January 2014 to February 2016. Newly placed in a managerial role, I had a lot to learn and Diego was always eager to help. He was always happy to answer a question or give tips and best practices. Diego's calm and collected way of managing his team and his work, through active listening and true understanding; served as a role model to me. He is methodical, detail oriented and handles pressure extremely well. He executed complex projects with his highly motivated team and directed and completed strategic initiatives for the whole center while always keeping people first. Seeing his management style in action has greatly benefited my growth. And excellent Mechanical Engineer as well, he would always step in to coach and teach new and even experienced engineers with a proactive, supportive and approachable attitude. I thank him for his complete transparency and having created such a rich learning environment, both for those he managed and those working alongside.
