Bharath Rajappais a Staff Completions Engineer in the Global Wells group with ConocoPhillips (COP). He has a MS in Petroleum Engineering from Colorado School of Mines and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, India. Prior to COP, he worked with BJS/Baker Hughes for 11 years in their pressure pumping division. He has extensive experience in hydraulic fracturing of tight sandstones and focuses on completion effectiveness/performance of hydraulically fractured wells.