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Tammy Gates

Tammy Gates

Chestermere,AB

Summary

International and innovative project manager eager to leverage the depth my experience to contribute to the success of your company. Culturally diverse professional with extensive business acumen and oil & gas engineering background, as well as teaching and mentoring experience. Passionate about connecting with people to provide actionable solutions to their problems.

Unite a diverse team to execute an amazing project big/small and be able to say; “I was apart of that”. Goal-driven strategic leader and decisive business professional brings track record of success in start-up companies. Outstanding background managing multiple products from ideation to market launch and profitable monetization. Strong entrepreneurial spirit, open mind and willingness to take on new challenges that require patience and perseverance. Productive Founder with [Number] years of comprehensive experience generating investor funding, developing customer bases and handling diverse leadership functions. Growth-oriented leader dedicated to developing companies from within. Committed to achieving both short and long-term business objectives in complex and evolving environments. Talented [Job Title] with [Number] years of experience and successful career in planning, developing and executing events and initiatives to achieve maximum potential. Creative and highly strategic with excellent leadership and client relations abilities. Professional and outgoing with success in building relationships and attracting new clients. Entrepreneurial [Job Title] offering progressive experience in operations leadership. Skilled at identifying and implementing process improvements to drive efficiency and productivity. Motivating leader with proven success managing cross-functional teams. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Hardworking employee with customer service, multitasking and time management abilities. Devoted to giving every customer a positive and memorable experience. Motivated professional offering [Degree] in [Area of study]. Adds value to any organization in need of great collaboration, interpersonal and multitasking abilities. Meets tight deadlines.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Founder and Consultant

Professional Abandonment Solutions
04.2015 - Current
  • Collaborated with various oilfield supply companies for investing and establishing sales in Brazil, Canada, US, Portugal, Morocco, Peru, Canada, and the US
  • Directed client relationship management (CRM) by understanding clients’ needs
  • Conducted discovery and collaborated with clients to close contracts averaging $ 5M.

Adjunct Instructor

SAIT, Calgary, AB
Calgary, AB
01.2020 - 04.2020
  • Valued instructor to 100 students (80% international) and provided international content to an Alberta-based program
  • Performed comprehensive simulated drilling operations in a lab setting to 25 students.

Senior Project Engineer

BG Group PLC, Brazil
, Brazil
11.2013 - 03.2015
  • Established the project needs for the Barreirinhas project (remote offshore the northern coast of Brazil)
  • Implemented new logistics base to aid in developing the remote 8 well project efficiently
  • Conducted contract evaluation to assess supply of equipment for the project
  • Constructed preliminary well programs to established project AFEs (Authorization for Expenditure).

Performance Excellence Group Lead

Halliburton, Houston, TX
Houston, TX
06.2013 - 11.2013
  • Managed and monitored worldwide performance metrics on projects (Brazil, Mexico, USA, and the middle east)
  • Identified key technologies for implementation on projects to improve performance
  • Developed the plug and abandonment project for Petrobras over 70 wells resulting in about $15M cost savings and awarded the contract of over $50M.

Founder & Chairperson

Society of Professional Engineers (SPE)
06.2012 - 07.2013
  • Actively recruited +50 professionals to establish the local Portugal Chapter
  • Organized and coordinated a Global Geneva SPE conference (“Empowering Women in Engineering”, STEM).

Project Manager

Galp Energia, Portugal
, Portugal
07.2011 - 04.2013
  • Empowered and mentored a team of young professionals in all non-operated projects
  • Effectively established cost-tracking system, saving the company over $100k of non-operated assets
  • Acted as the advisor to the CEO, CFO, and COO provided comprehensive cost estimates and budgeted daily spending.

Project Manager

Firstdrill Ltd, England, UK
, UK
08.2009 - 07.2010
  • Managed ongoing projects, collaborated with remote teams to establish the best direction for developing clients projects (Caspian Sea, Iran, onshore UK, Russia)
  • Managed the review of projects prior to execution and ensured a sound and competent team was established to execute the projects on time and on budget
  • Revenue +$150k

Senior Project Manager

Senergy Ltd, Aberdeen, Scotland
Aberdeen, Scotland
11.2007 - 09.2009
  • Collaborated with a diverse team to design and plan cost effective solutions with the use of new/existing technologies for a brown field campaign in the North Sea and East Irish Sea
  • By developing a list of potential workover options for several unique wells for Taqa (An international oil and gas company with assets in the North Sea).

Senior Drilling Engineer

Hess Corporation
Houston, TX
07.2006 - 01.2009
  • Developed the drilling program for execution on the offshore Deepwater Pony project, and executed the project within 10% of AFE
  • Zero LTI’s during the project execution phase
  • Major operational issues were encountered especially during crew rotation, eventually the project was executed successfully after integrated expert meetings and close monitoring of problem zone.

Junior Project Engineer

Schlumberger IPM
09.1998 - 01.2005
  • Conquered many firsts in the petroleum industry; First female engineer to be granted a visa to work on rigs in Oman
  • First female engineer to work as a night supervisor on Hibernia during Y2K
  • First female engineer to stay overnight on the Bima vessel offshore Indonesia
  • First highest gas flow rate well completed offshore Trinidad and Tobago
  • First success multi-million dollar permanent sales role inside of the clients team and out performed the region
  • First longest reach extended well planned and successfully executed at 7600mMD.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Petroleum Engineering

University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
04.1998

MBA - Advanced Business Administration

Kellogg Schulich School of Business
Toronto, ON

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Mentoring
  • Leadership
  • Public Speaking
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • CRM
  • Cost Control
  • Budgeting
  • Problem Solving
  • Agile
  • Waterfall
  • Scrum
  • Time Management
  • Risk Management
  • Collaborator
  • Results Oriented
  • Strategic Planning
  • Staff Management
  • Revenue Development
  • Contract Management
  • Business Administration
  • Consulting
  • Policies and Procedures Development
  • Process Improvements
  • Goal Setting
  • Client Engagement
  • Team Leadership
  • Team Engagement
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Business Development
  • Negotiation
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Start-Up Operations
  • Talent Acquisition

Volunteer Experience

  • English
  • Portuguese
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Arabic
  • ASL
  • Bahasa Indonesia

Accomplishments

  • Honorable Recognition for the Geneva SPE Conference for European Women in Science and Engineering Published in the JPT magazine 2013.
  • Performance Excellence in Safety with 1 yr. zero LTI’s Amerada Hess, 2008.
  • Performance Excellence award for safety and 1 yr. zero LTI’s Schlumberger, 2001.
  • First female engineer to be granted a visa to work on the rigs with the rig crews in Oman, 2000.
  • First female engineer to sit as a night supervisor on the Hibernia platform for Y2K.

Work Availability

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Quote

There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.
Tony Robbins

Timeline

Adjunct Instructor

SAIT, Calgary, AB
01.2020 - 04.2020

Founder and Consultant

Professional Abandonment Solutions
04.2015 - Current

Senior Project Engineer

BG Group PLC, Brazil
11.2013 - 03.2015

Performance Excellence Group Lead

Halliburton, Houston, TX
06.2013 - 11.2013

Founder & Chairperson

Society of Professional Engineers (SPE)
06.2012 - 07.2013

Project Manager

Galp Energia, Portugal
07.2011 - 04.2013

Project Manager

Firstdrill Ltd, England, UK
08.2009 - 07.2010

Senior Project Manager

Senergy Ltd, Aberdeen, Scotland
11.2007 - 09.2009

Senior Drilling Engineer

Hess Corporation
07.2006 - 01.2009

Junior Project Engineer

Schlumberger IPM
09.1998 - 01.2005

Bachelor of Science - Petroleum Engineering

University of Alberta

MBA - Advanced Business Administration

Kellogg Schulich School of Business
Tammy Gates