Chris Garcia received his BS in Petroleum Engineering from University of Texas at Austin 1984. His first three years were spent working with Zapata Offshore, a Deepwater Drilling contractor; his next 28 were spent leading the typical Schlumberger oilfield life, working in 11 different countries, 18 moves, on mostly offshore and deepwater projects.  Chris’s prior assignments include Deepwater Theme Manager for GOM USA, Deepwater Business Development Manager in Mexico, Deepwater Latin America Adviser and his present position as the Mexico International Account Director and Deepwater Adviser. His present responsibilities consist of working primarily with IOC clients that are arriving to Mexico. As a deepwater adviser he has multiple deepwater theme initiatives that include internal training and competency development, peer review advisor, and R&E advisor.  Industry participation includes former DOT (Deepwater Offshore Technology) committee member, SPE Committee Chairman and presenter at multiple Latin America conferences and   organizer/ coordinator for Schlumberger deepwater technical papers.