Thanks the 2025 Speakers

2025 OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE ADVISORY BOARD

Julie Thyne
Global Improvement Director
Dow

Margarita Panzer
Senior Director, Digital Transformation
Marathon Petroleum

Jody Garcia
Operations Director
Oxy

Mark Bohn
Former Vice President, Transformation and Enterprise Portfolio Management
Western Midstream

2025 Expert Speakers

Vishal Gupta
President and General Manager, Permian EOR
Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Donna Birbiglia
Former Shales Technical Vice President and SIEP US Board Director
Shell Shales

Khalid Alnoaimi
Manager of Strategic Technology Analysis
Saudi Aramco

Paul Espenan
SVP ESG and HSE
Diversified Gas & Oil

Jacques McGregor
Vice President of Digital Transformation
Marathon Petroleum

Brent Ilott
Vice President Operations
California Resources Corporation

Margarita Panzer
Senior Director, Digital Transformation
Marathon Petroleum

Tanya Seymour
Vice President Commercial Operations Americas
Equinor

Daniel Paul
Operations Excellence Director
ConocoPhilllips

Matthew Bernstein
Vice President of North America Oil & Gas
Rystad Energy

Holly Frankenfield
Director - Land Administration
Vital Energy

Brent Railey
Chief Data and Analytics Officer
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

Jon R. Hamill
Director HSE Strategy & Systems - US Onshore Resources and Carbon Management
Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Srividhya Vaidyanathan
Global Supply Chain Strategy & Process Transformation
Shell

Yasmin Gutierrez
Director, Learning Excellence & Operations
Phillips 66

Eliecer Viamontes
President and CEO
Entergy Texas, Inc.

Laura Anderson
Director, Safety Strategy and Optimization
CenterPoint Energy

Derek Sumner
Director of Production, Facilities, Infrastructure & Construction - MSBU
Devon Energy

Mark Prosser
Industrial Mobility Product Manager
ExxonMobil

Michael Sales
Director of Maintenance & Reliability Logistics
PBF Energy

Justin Ceterski
Global Operational Excellence Lead
Shell

Willem Van der Ven
Chief Operating Officer
Leeward Renewable Energy, LLC

Blake Gilson
Industrial information Technology cyber security operations manager
ExxonMobil

Raquel Clement
Power the Core Senior Manager
Chevron

Michaela van Schalkwyk
Enterprise Change Management Lead
Phillips 66

Jenny Taylor
Digital Transformation and Innovation Lead of XR/VR
Duke Energy

Jody Garcia
Operations Director
Oxy

Vierah Hulley
Director, Sustainability
Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Janis Davis-Street
Manager, Workforce and Community Health
Chevron

Habeib Al-Hashimi
Senior Innovation and PMO Manager
Noble Corporation

Gee Lauder
Opportunity Manager - Deepwater Gulf of America
Shell

Ram Seetepalli
Ai, Digital Enablement Director, Data Analytics
Motiva Enterprises

Raj Rapaka
Digital Transformation / Technology Scouting & Ventures Advisor
ExxonMobil

Tibor Szlavy
Senior Manager, Blend Tech Coordination
Texon

Jonathan Alexander
Global Manufacturing AI & Advanced Analytics Manager
Albemarle

Stuart Johnson
Manager, Planning and Scheduling
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline

Perla Manlapaz
Occupational Health Programs Manager
Chevron

Jens Hedegaard
Low Carbon Solutions
Noble Corporation

Tavia Prouhet
Delivery Lead - Process Simplification
Chevron

Abdulla AlSudeer
Corporate Operational Excellence (OE) Lead
aramco

Jackie Behles
R&T Catalyst and Process Development Manager
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

Yue Hu
Asset Management Specialist
BP

Hugo Ashkar
Projects Risk Authority
bp

Jack Hu
Process Automation Director - Energy, MSP, EOB & Logistics
Dow Inc.

Cassidy Welch
Key Account Manager Engineering/ EPC Partnerships
BASF

Heith Robey
Turnaround Leader
Celanese

Cody Eslick
Field Systems Manager
Scout Energy

Samuel Parra
NA Manufacturing Integration Lead
BASF

Varun Anand
Enterprise Architect
PEMEX

Reynaldo Gonzalez
Principal Cybersecurity Architect
Cummins Inc.

Jennifer Rogers
Senior Director of Education and Executive Officer, Learning Technology Standard
AMPP (Association for Materials Protection and Performance) and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

Gary Fischer
Executive Director, Former Vice President, Project Resource, Chevron
Project Production Institute

Hayder Hilo
Former Global Supply Chain Specialist
Dow Inc.

Raymond Floyd
Author, "Liquid Lean" Former SVP
Suncor Energy

Mark Bohn
Former Vice President, Transformation and Enterprise Portfolio Management
Western Midstream

Alauddin Ahmed
Founder - Managing Consultant
ValueInfinity Inc

Joshua Moore
Continuous Improvement Consultant
MPI Solutions

Marlon Salinas
CX Senior Business Analyst
NOV

Carol Lee Andersen
Global Vice President Oil and Gas IBM Technology
IBM

Narendra Bhakthavatsalu
VP, Chief Expert and Strategic Solution Advisor, SAP Business Transformation
SAP

Rahul Verma
Director of Technology
SynMax

Andrew Christian
Senior Project Engineer
ATR

Eric Anderson
Chief Executive Officer
SynMax

Yorinde Lokin
Growth Manager Americas
Kongsberg Digital

Nick Bockwinkel
Lead Value Engineer
Celonis

Donna King
Chief Executive Officer
Energy Point Consulting

Britanni Rutledge
Chief Analytics Officer
Energy Point Consulting

Roman Trevino
Vice President Analytics and Innovation (AI)
Management Controls

Rajeev Kumar
Senior Vice President – Oil and Gas Business
HCLTech

Miguel Valdez
Vice President of Growth - Americas
Kongsberg Digital

Rachel Alldredge
Senior Solutions Consultant
MaintainX

Ian Achterkirch
Senior Director – Strategic Client Group
Wolters Kluwer Enablon

Neil Miller
Senior Director of Product Marketing
Kissflow

Rajeev Limaye
Director and Head of Advanced Operations Solutions
Linde Engineering Americas

Ben Peters
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Cogna

Daniel Neal
Consultant and Business Development Lead for Advanced Operations Solutions
Linde Engineering Americas

Samrat Bera
Vice President - AIoT and Physical AI
HCLTech

Justin Lake
CEO
Skyllful

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