David is a seasoned professional with over 20 years of leadership, management experience, strategy, project management, and engineering expertise, he brings a unique perspective to the tech industry. His passion for digital technology and continuous improvement has driven him to identify $720MM in potential business value and deliver over $120MM through digital transformation initiatives. David has experience in:
David excels at aligning stakeholders and leading cross-functional teams to deliver sustainable solutions. With extensive experience in software development, the software development lifecycle, and requirements analysis, he has successfully managed complex projects, overseeing design, testing, and integration to meet business goals. His deep knowledge of cloud, big-data platforms, and machine learning, coupled with a focus on cybersecurity compliance and critical infrastructure, allows him to drive impactful results.
As energy operations grow more complex and data-rich, the next frontier lies not in isolated AI tools, but in how intelligence is structured, governed, and coordinated across domains. This session explores the architectural foundations and emerging practical applications of hierarchical multi-agent systems, a layered approach to AI in which specialized agents collaborate under orchestration and governance frameworks to support scalable automation.
Drawing from early-stage R&D and real-world system design in upstream operations, David examines how orchestration agents can dynamically route tasks to domain-specific sub-agents across drilling, subsurface, completions, and abandonment workflows. The session highlights how these patterns enable distributed, semi-autonomous decision support while maintaining human oversight, safety, and operational control.
Attendees will gain insight into how hierarchical agent architectures can evolve enterprise AI capabilities, from intelligent document retrieval across distributed vector databases to emerging prototypes for coordinated decision-making between drilling and subsurface systems, offering a practical, forward-looking view of how agentic AI can be responsibly scaled in energy operations.
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