BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Tendenci - The Open Source AMS for Associations//Tendenci Codeba se MIMEDIR//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:--- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registration.\r\nEvent d etails subject to change. ---\r\nhttps://www.spegcs.org/events/3558/\r\n\r \nEvent Title: Entrepreneurship Cell: Oil & Gas Shark Tank !\r\nStart Date / Time: May 31, 2017 17:30 PM US/Central\r\nLocation: Station Houston\r\n Google\r\nhttp://maps.google.com/maps?q=1301+Fannin+St+#2440,Houston,TX,77 002\r\n\r\nForecast\nhttp://www.weather.com/weather/monthly/77002\r\n\r\n\ r\n \r\n \r\nJoin the SPE Entrepreneurship Cell for a fun event where star tups pitch to investors and industry experts and receive critical feedback .\r\n\r\nOnly limited walk-in spots available! \r\nPlease arrive at the ve nue at 5 pm to grab a walk-in spot!\r\n\r\n \r\nThe setup:\r\n5 startups p resent a 5 min pitch followed by a 10 min feedback from the panel (2.5 min s from each of the 4 panelists).\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\nOur Event Sponsor:\r\n\r\nStatoil Technology Invest (STI) : Commercializing technolo gies in oil and energy\r\nSTI provides project based or equity funding com bined with expert technical and financial guidance. STI has been establish ed to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with exciting new techno logies in oil and energy&mdash\;and in turn us achieve our goal to be the world&rsquo\;s most carbon-efficient oil and gas producer with a significa nt renewable business.\r\nBuilding on a proven venture track record, we wi ll provide expert technical and financial guidance as well as project-base d or venture capital funding. Statoil Technology Invest, STI, is looking f or technologies in upstream oil and gas as well as in new energy.\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nSharks:\r\n1. Andrew Poon\r\n\r\n\r\nAndrew currently helps small and medium sized businesses grow, by aligning the company&rsquo\;s streng ths, business plan, and customer needs taking into account the competitive landscape. He is a Chartered Engineer and professional member of the Soci ety of Petroleum Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Andrew has over thirty-five years of business experience rangin g from startups to large integrated corporations like Shell, ExxonMobil an d Schlumberger. His post graduation career began with teaching high school , selling encyclopedias, electronics instructor at community college, ente ring the oil and gas industry as a field engineer on drilling rigs. Andrew has had diverse assignments of progressive responsibility in engineering, sales, operations management, acquisitions and divestitures consulting, s trategic marketing and executive management. He has lived and worked in La tin America, North America, the Middle East and Europe.\r\nAndrew has led strategic marketing for a seismic company as that company grew from an equ ipment supplier to an integrated geophysical company, and helped a Europe based startup technology company successfully introduce the business in th e USA.\r\n \r\n2. Hossein Rokhsari\r\n\r\n\r\nHossein has been investing i n the O&\;G technology space since 2013, leading 20+ investments in col laboration with many E&\;P and OFS companies. His areas of diligence an d investment include subsurface characterization and imaging, data analyti cs, oilfield water management, downhole tools, automation and mobile oil f ield solutions.\r\nPrior to Darcy, Hossein spent 8 years at McKinsey &\ ; Company, in the Energy and Oil &\; Gas practice. As a Partner, Hossei n advised many CEOs and executives of Fortune 100 companies, private equit y investors and sovereign wealth funds in North America, Europe, Middle Ea st and Southeast Asia.\r\n \r\n3. Lance Robinson\r\n\r\n\r\nLance is an in ternationally experienced energy and environment sector leader with over 3 0 years of experience. He has extensive experience with startups, technolo gy project development, and business management, and has worked within lar ge and small organizations alike. With an engineering background and MBA t raining, Lance offers a unique set of skills and experiences for the devel opment of business and technology, helping them to overcome complex techni cal and commercial challenges to achieve results.\r\n4. Trent Jacobs\r\n\r \nTrent Jacobs is the Digital Editor for the Journal of Petroleum Technolo gy, the flagship publication of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the most circulated monthly magazine in the oil and gas industry. Trent holds more than a decade of experience in journalism and communications. His ca reer began as an international correspondent in Haiti and his subsequent w ork as a newspaper reporter in Texas earned multiple awards for outstandin g journalism. \r\nTrent has also served in a communications capacity for a leading subsea service company that played a critical role in the respons e to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout and invented the world&rsquo\;s fi rst deepwater well containment system. For the past 4-years, he has been c overing emerging technologies and producing in-depth reports on the upstre am industry&rsquo\;s biggest challenges from his hometown of Houston.\r\n \r\nAbout SPE Entrepreneurship Cell:\r\nThe Entrepreneurship Cell is a new ly formed committee within the SPE Gulf Coast Section. This initiative aim s to share success stories and learnings from existing oil and gas startup s with the SPE community and to become the one-stop knowledge transfer sho p for any oil and gas entrepreneur.\r\nThe group founders are young entrep reneur and intrapreneurs from Marathon Oil, Halliburton, National Oilwell Varco, and Biota Technology and set to hold monthly events such as panel d iscussions, shark tank style pitch and feedback sessions, startup CEO spee ches, and happy hours. For more info on the next events check out SPE Gulf Coast Section&rsquo\;s website at www.spegcs.org.\r\n--- This iCal file d oes *NOT* confirm registration.Event details subject to change. ---\r\n\r\ n--- By Tendenci - The Open Source AMS for Associations ---\r\n UID:uid3558@spegcs.org SUMMARY:Entrepreneurship Cell: Oil & Gas Shark Tank ! DTSTART:20170531T223000Z DTEND:20170601T003000Z CLASS:PUBLIC PRIORITY:5 DTSTAMP:20240328T090957Z TRANSP:OPAQUE SEQUENCE:0 LOCATION:Station Houston X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Statoil Technology Invest (S TI) : Commercializing technologies in oil and energy
STI p rovides project based or equity funding combined with expert technical and financial guidance. \;STI has been established to support small and m edium enterprises (SMEs) with exciting new technologies in oil and energy& mdash\;and in turn us achieve our goal to be the world&rsquo\;s most carbo n-efficient oil and gas producer with a significant renewable business.
Building on a proven venture track record, we will provide expert tec hnical and financial guidance as well as project-based or venture capital funding. Statoil Technology Invest, STI, is looking for technologies in up stream oil and gas as well as in new energy.
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Andrew currently helps small and m edium sized businesses grow, by aligning the company&rsquo\;s strengths, b usiness plan, and customer needs taking into account the competitive lands cape. He is a Chartered Engineer and professional member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engine ers. Andrew has over thirty-five years of business experience ranging from startups to large integrated corporations like Shell, ExxonMobil and Schl umberger. His post graduation career began with teaching high school, sell ing encyclopedias, electronics instructor at community college, entering t he oil and gas industry as a field engineer on drilling rigs. Andrew has h ad diverse assignments of progressive responsibility in engineering, sales , operations management, acquisitions and divestitures consulting, strateg ic marketing and executive management. He has lived and worked in Latin Am erica, North America, the Middle East and Europe.
Andrew has led strat egic marketing for a seismic company as that company grew from an equipmen t supplier to an integrated geophysical company, and helped a Europe based startup technology company successfully introduce the business in the USA .Hossein has been investing in the O&\;G technology space since 2013, leading 20+ investments in collaboration with many E&\;P and OFS companies. His areas of diligence and investment include subsurface chara cterization and imaging, data analytics, oilfield water management, downho le tools, automation and mobile oil field solutions.
Prior to Darcy, H ossein spent 8 years at McKinsey &\; Company, in the Energy and Oil &am p\; Gas practice. As a Partner, Hossein advised many CEOs and executives o f Fortune 100 companies, private equity investors and sovereign wealth fun ds in North America, Europe, Middle East and Southeast Asia.Lance is an internationally experienced energy and environment se ctor leader with over 30 years of experience. He has extensive experience with startups, technology project development, and business management, an d has worked within large and small organizations alike. With an engineeri ng background and MBA training, Lance offers a unique set of skills and ex periences for the development of business and technology, helping them to overcome complex technical and commercial challenges to achieve results. p>
Trent Jaco bs is the Digital Editor for the Journal of Petroleum Technology, the flag ship publication of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the most circul ated monthly magazine in the oil and gas industry. Trent holds more than a decade of experience in journalism and communications. His career began a s an international correspondent in Haiti and his subsequent work as a new spaper reporter in Texas earned multiple awards for outstanding journalism . \;
Trent has also served in a communications capacity for a l eading subsea service company that played a critical role in the response to the 2010 \;Deepwater Horizon \;blowout and invented th e world&rsquo\;s first deepwater well containment system. For the past 4-y ears, he has been covering emerging technologies and producing in-depth re ports on the upstream industry&rsquo\;s biggest challenges from his hometo wn of Houston.
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The Entrepreneurship Cell \;is a newly formed co mmittee within the SPE Gulf Coast Section. This \;initiative \;aim s to \;share success stories and learnings from existing oil and gas&n bsp\;startups with the SPE community and \;to become the one-stop know ledge transfer shop for any oil and gas entrepreneur.
The group fou nders are young entrepreneur and intrapreneurs from Marathon Oil, Hallibur ton, National Oilwell Varco, and Biota Technology and set to hold monthly events such as panel discussions, shark tank style pitch and feedback sess ions, startup CEO speeches, and happy hours. For more info on the next eve nts check out SPE Gulf Coast Section&rsquo\;s website at www.spegcs.org.