Brian is a graduate of Michigan Technological University in Applied Geophysics and has worked in the oil field service industry for the past 39 years, having spent 25 years with Schlumberger in various positions and product lines.  He is currently a Welltec Fellow, acting as a senior technical advisor.  Brian has 36 years as an active SPE member, 22 published SPE papers and trade journal articles, was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2012-2013, spent 13 years on the international board of ICoTA (Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association), an ex-chairman and serves on an API committee and on the SPE Energy Information Committee.  In September he received the SPE’s 2016 Production and Operations Award at the ATCE in Dubai.