IT Director and Program Manager with experience working with major global firms such as BP, Chevron and EOG Resources. I have a solid foundation in the IT industry with expertise in GIS and business intelligence systems, data warehousing, engineering applications, strategic planning and organizational leadership. I have led multiple concurrent projects with multi-million dollar budgets and touching thousands of users. I have developed entire departments from the ground up and designed systems architecture, databases and applications.
Principal Consultant @ From 2015 to Present (less than a year) Houston, Texas AreaDirector of Information Systems @ • Analyze business requirements and translate into functional specs for end-state technical architectures and legacy software migration roadmaps, reporting directly to the CIO at this multi billion oil and gas exploration company
• Completely rebuilt department -Hire, train/mentor and direct a team of multiple employees and contractors
• Manage vendor contracts and service agreements worth several million of dollars per year
• Collaborate extensively with senior management to successfully support multi-site operations, exploration, engineering and land teams
• Key accomplishments:
o Created and implemented an Enterprise GIS Strategy, encompassing multiple databases and customized web/mobile applications, allowing the organization to share data and make better, more efficient decisions across multiple divisions
o Improved user experience by building a third-party, web-based application into existing architecture
o Launched new data replication technology that increased performance optimization as well as adding consistency to data quality, reduced database update time by 50% and allowed users to access real-time data
o Negotiated several Enterprise Agreement Contracts with multiple major third-party vendors, leveraging existing license and data contracts while adding additional value without increasing costs From 2010 to 2015 (5 years) Houston, Texas AreaProject Manager and Lead Data Architect (contract) @ • Created best practices and benchmarking by defining GIS standards, data-model development and interfaces for this multi billion oil company
• Influenced and guided strategic dialogues on system architecture, governance and technology
• Contributed to design, testing and troubleshooting, as well as crafting project technical deliverables and documentation
• Key accomplishments:
o Defined data issues that caused fragmentation and reduced data quality, and restored reliability with the implementation of standardized ESRI products that represented the organization’s first-ever GIS structure, which remains in place today From 2009 to 2010 (1 year) Houston, Texas AreaSenior Project Manager @ • Managed sophisticated geotechnical projects for major oil and gas clients in Europe and the US
• Developed account relationships, coordinated development and produced deliverables for projects worth several millions of dollars
• Key engagements and outcomes:
o Chevron: served as onsite project lead for a multimillion dollar architectural infrastructure development and data standardization effort; managed multiple teams to create overall GIS strategy for all global business sites; defined global GIS standards and services; created application solutions; designed new architecture for global spatial data warehouse (SDE)
o ENI Petroleum: Created applications development procedures for a high-level enterprise GIS solution; coordinated data utilization and rolled out a solution that prioritized data use; created a customized user interface; integrated new Oracle spatial database From 2007 to 2009 (2 years) Houston, Texas AreaSenior Advisor @ • Managed large-scale software implementations and upgrades at this $45 billion oil and natural gas exploration company (which was acquired by Anadarko Petroleum in 2006)
• Qualified new development application processes in partnership with multiple vendors
• Key accomplishments:
o Upgraded all ArcGIS applications, projects and Spatial databases across the entire organization, spanning 500+ users in in multiple sites across the US and UK
o Spearheaded creation and maintenance of corporate spatial data warehouse, leading to greater efficiency and easier development of new user applications From 2000 to 2006 (6 years) Houston, Texas AreaGIS Consultant @ • Consulted on high-profile accounts such as Huntsman for a full-service systems integration firm From 1999 to 2000 (1 year) Houston, Texas AreaProject Implementation Consultant @ • Designed and executed solutions for integrated exploration, reservoir management, drilling, production, business-decision analysis and data management, including internal database system architecture, configuration and maintenance From 1997 to 1999 (2 years) Houston, Texas Area
Bachelor’s Degree, Psychology @ Texas Tech University Scott Allgood is skilled in: ESRI, Data Management, ArcSDE, ArcGIS, ArcGIS Server, Gas, Team Leadership, Strategic Planning, IT Strategy, Business Intelligence, Database Design
Websites:
http://www.eogresources.com