Christopher Barton is currently the Director of Business Acquisition for FloaTEC, LLC, the JV between J. Ray McDermott and Keppel FELS, responsible for delivering deepwater floating production systems. Chris graduated from Texas A&M University in 1980 with a BS in Civil Engineering.  He has over 29 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, working for McDermott, ABB, PennWell, and Technip.  Chris spent 18 years overseas working in Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, China, and Egypt.  Areas of expertise include executive management, marketing and sales, bidding and estimating, business development, project management, construction site supervision, offshore operations, and field development.  His experience also covers business-to-business publishing and the development and management of industry conferences and events.

 

Werner Bornstein is currently the Director of Operations for FloaTEC, LLC.  Werner, a Norwegian national, graduated from South Dakota School of Mines and Technologies in 1983 with a BS and MSc in Mechanical Engineering and received an MBA in Finance from the University of South Dakota. He has over 27 years’ experience in the upstream oil and gas industry working for Aker Kvaerner, ABB, and Fluor. Werner spent the first 8 years working in Norway, followed by 3 years in Malaysia before coming to Houston in 1996. Areas of expertise include executive management and company operations, project management & engineering, strategic development of pursuits, bidding and estimating, business development.