Meet the Speakers

Short Biography: Abhijeet Narvekar is the founder and CEO of The FerVID Group. He has over 25 years of experience within the Data Management field. He worked with companies like SLB and Petris before starting his own company. FerVID does a lot of work for Oxy, SHell, BHP/Woodside, SLB, HAL in the Data Management, Geoscience consulting and Recruiting space. Abhi has been a speaker for many events and has been featured in publications such as SHRM, Forbes, Houston Business Journal, PPDM, etc.

Abhijeet Narvekar

Chief Executive Officer
The FerVID Group

Short Biography: Abraham is a seasoned Data and Infrastructure Expert at Ghana's NOC. With over 14 years of experience in the energy sector. Abraham leads initiatives to implement innovative data-driven solutions, leading to significant improvements in operational efficiency and decision-making. His expertise includes implementing data management strategies, developing and deploying these solutions, and leading digital transformation He has a M.Sc. in Computer Systems Engineering & BSc in Computer Science.

Abraham Obeng

Snr Infrastructure Analyst
Ghana National Petroleum Corporation

Short Biography: Alexis Pappas is the Chief Innovation Officer of Canadian digital technology firm GuildOne and an ecosystem leader in the Canadian blockchain community. She is a founding Director and Sustainability Committee Chair at the Canadian Blockchain Consortium, a frequent writer and speaker on sustainability and technology topics, and a post-secondary lecturer on industrial applications for blockchain technology.

Alexis Pappas

Chief Innovation Officer
GuildOne Inc.

Short Biography: Amii has made a career in managing data for the Upstream Energy Industry for the last 22+ years. She has an undergrad in Business from Lamar University, a Master of Science in Database Administration and Design from Denver University, and is currently working on another Post-Graduate Certification in Artificial Intelligence for Business through The University of Texas. With her degrees, she has spent most of her career with upstream operators working as a liaison between IT and the business engaging with and advising on quality data management practices and workflows. Currently, she is the Managing Partner for Código Data Experts where she works with various operating companies as a solutions architect and subject matter expert guiding clients on how to integrate, manage, and master siloed data (structured and unstructured) within their internal ecosystem in an automated way using both classic ways of data integration as well as AI. She has a passion for quality data for the energy industry and helps clients focus on data governance and user adoption along the data management journey. Alongside her professional career in data management, Amii devotes her free time to improve data management standards and the community of data professionals in the energy industry by serving on the Board of Directors for the PPDM Association. She has also been published several times on different data management works, most recently in March 2025 in the PPDM Foundations Editorial.

Amii Rozell

Managing Partner | Head of Data
Codigo Data Experts

Short Biography: Ankit Goyal is a Principal Consultant (Upstream Oil & Gas SME) at HCLTech in Houston, TX, with over 15 years of industry experience. Holding MBA degrees specializing in Upstream Oil and Gas, he consults on Upstream Data Management, Data Governance, and Application consulting for Subsurface, Wells, and Reservoir domains. Ankit has contributed to the PPDM Association and OSDU forum, emphasizing the importance of data quality and governance for effective decision-making and process optimization.

Ankit Goyal

Principal Consultant
HCL Tech

Short Biography: Carl Melland is the Director of Product at AI Driller, bringing over 16 years of experience in Drilling Engineering. He has a rich background working with industry leaders such as ConocoPhillips, Concho, and H&P. Carl is dedicated to leveraging data to uncover insights, optimize workflows, and explore innovative automation opportunities, driving the future of the industry.

Carl Melland

Director of Product
AI Driller

Short Biography: Connor Burt is a geoscientist and technical sales engineer with Petrosys, bringing over a decade of experience in geoscience software, subsurface analysis, and data optimization. His expertise lies at the intersection of geoscience and business strategy where he has successfully driven innovation by implementing data-driven solutions for E&P companies.

Connor Burt

Geoscientist
Petrosys USA, Inc.

Short Biography: Dale Blue is a seasoned expert in the oil and gas data management industry, with over 35 years of experience. He currently serves as a Principal Consultant at Katalyst DM, specializing in National Data Repository (NDR) and Corporate Data Management solutions as well as providing data strategy and data governance consulting services. Dale has worked with major industry standards such as PPDM, and OSDU, as well as most major vendor E&P data management solutions.

Dale Blue

Principal Consultant
Katalyst Data Management

Short Biography: I bring 7 years of product and application development experience from Smart Home devices, non-profit web applications, and O&G data automation. I’ve spent the last 3.5 years in shaping and advancing the Cold Bore’s data automation initiatives. At Cold Bore, they focus on enhancing data insights within the completions sector, driving innovation and efficiency through improved automation. I hold a Masters in Engineering Management from Tsinghua University and Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from University of Victoria.

Derek Mathewson

Director of Product
Cold Bore Technology

Short Biography: I've worked in oil and gas or oil and gas consulting for over 40 years. With expertise in data visualizations, marketing, accounting, production accounting, and reporting. I have helped teams maximize oil revenues and led oil stock reduction projects that increased Q4 sales to meet revenue goals positively impacting Wall Street forecasts and bonuses.

Elisa Mount

Principal Consultant
Novus Consulting

Short Biography: Emile is the Senior Digital Advisor, Engineering at Chevron. His 40-year career covered 4 continents in the energy, mining and manufacturing sectors. He is comfortable as a technician, executive and consultant. His skills are in Asset Management, Engineering Data and Digital Transformation. He holds degrees in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and has contributed to ISO, CPGCE, PPDM, IOGP and WEF. He lives in Houston with his family and a motorcycle; their relative priorities are unclear.

Emile Coetzer

Snr Digital Advisor, Engineering
Chevron

Short Biography: Geoscience data consultant with 18+ years of experience, having Ph.D in Petroleum Geoscience with a specialization in Petroleum Exploration, Remote Sensing, and GIS, as well as a certified in AWS cloud practitioner. Proficient in many of the leading petro-techhnical solutions (Petrel, Studio, OpenWorks, DSG, TechLog). Expertise in managing the enterprise level projects like Subsurface data management, OSDU Implementation, Delfi Petrotechnical suite migration, Carbon Capture reporting, Energy.

Jagadish Chandra Maddiboyina

Data Manager SME

Short Biography: Jasmine Tran brings more than 12 years’ experience in strategic marketing, public relations and partnership outreach. She uses her international experience to raise industry awareness, influence client satisfaction, and elevate Ovation’s thought leadership in software technology and data management solutions. Prior to joining Ovation, Jasmine held various positions within leading service companyies. A key member on the Global Strategic Marketing team, she pioneered marketing implementation plans and successfully transitioned the company’s value proposition and messaging from a scientific-centric perspective to a business value perspective. Initially providing marketing support for North and South America from Houston, she later managed marketing strategy and operations for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East from The Netherlands. Jasmine holds a Master of Arts in International Relations.

Jasmine Tran

Head of Strategic Partnerships and Global Key Accounts
Ovation Data

Short Biography: I have a background in digital data management spanning four decades and multiple certifications in both geosciences and project management. This workshop is based on two major publications, one of which I co-authored, addressing embedded data workflow methodologies and the complexities of institutional governance on open-source data platforms. The techniques discussed have been field validated with multiple operators across the energy and resource sector.

Jess B. Kozman

Senior Principal Consultant
Katalyst Data Management

Short Biography: Petroleum engineerinn; Master of engineering in computer science; Master of science in safety engineering (student); specialist in systems auditing; 50+ technical certifications (100% based on technical standards) including information security, cybersecurity, privacy and safety as well as artificial inteligence and machine learning. 30+ years of global experience including consultancy/advisory, technical training, auditing/inspection, analytics, and software.

Juan C. Angarita C.

Chief Executive Officer
IMS Global

Short Biography: Linda Bragg brings over 20 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas industry, with a background in drilling & completion operations, rig scheduling & logistics planning, pipeline abandonments including regulatory reporting, She has held various roles at major operating companies such as CNRL, where she worked in various departments, Asset Integrity and Drilling & Completions. Linda was featured in an article, The Pipeline & Gas Journal in 2017 recognizing her collaboration with SMEs in pipeline abandonments and together designed an internal pipeline cutter. Linda got her start in Oil and Gas at Akita Drilling as Intermediate Accountant responsible for budget for construction of 3 Arctic Drilling rigs. Prior to that, she held roles in accounting at Bow Valley University and the Construction Industry. Linda holds a BA Diploma Majoring in Management from SAIT in Calgary. In addition to her O & G experience, she is Director and co-owner of a successful concrete cutting business in Calgary, which she operates alongside her husband.

Linda Bragg

Senior Project Manager
PPDM Association - The Global Energy Data Professionals

Short Biography: Nancy House has worked as a geophysicist for multinational corporations and small independent oil companies primarily as an interpreter on and offshore the US, South America and Africa (West and East), and other areas. She is a second-generation geoscientist, who grew up in South America and Singapore. She has a BA in Geology/Geophysics from the University of Wyoming, (1976), and an MSc in Geophysics from Colorado School Mines with additional graduate work in 2000-2003.

Nancy House

Owner-Principal Scientist
Integrated Geophysical interpretation Inc., LLC

Short Biography: Patrick Meroney has worked in and around Information Management in Exploration and Production for over 30 years and has written and presented on various topics over the years including GIS, Information Architecture and Delivery, Data Governance and Organizational Readiness. Pat has held various positions in the E&P business and within IT and IM organizations at ConocoPhillips and Repsol. He ran Katalyst Operations for North America for seven years and his currently Vice President Consulting and Global Services for Katalyst. He currently resides in Colorado.

Patrick Meroney

Vice President Consulting
Katalyst Data Management

Short Biography: Paul Gabriel is a Product Portfolio Manager looking after data products and services at Cegal. He manages a team of data managers, data scientist & software engineers. Prior to Cegal Paul worked at an E&P company supporting technical data and applications. He lives in London and enjoys making music in his spare time.

Paul Gabriel

Geoscience Data Portfolio Manager
Cegal

Short Biography: Philip Heggelund is a software engineer and data scientist with over a decade of experience driving food traceability solutions and standards development around the world. As Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of PandoScape, he now applies his expertise to revolutionize data management and innovation in the upstream oil and gas industry.

Philip L. Heggelund

Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
PandoScape

Short Biography: Philippe Flichy, a digital transformation strategist, is a seasoned executive with experience in Fortune 500 companies and the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics Intranet. He strategically aligned digital technologies with business objectives at Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, and Weatherford. An MIS graduate from Boston University, a board member of Infragard Houston Chapter, Philippe has received numerous awards for leading various thought-leadership initiatives in data management and security in O&G.

Philippe Flichy

Principal
Cykur

Short Biography: Vearl, Jordan, & Scottie each have ~15 years of experience in the O&G sector, covering a wide range of areas such as operations, corporate finance, drilling, supply chain, data, and IT. Their collective professional journeys have highlighted the fundamental significance of timely and accurate info. in making informed decisions. With deep-rooted passion & expert knowledge, they are dedicated to driving continuous improv. initiatives that enhance the effectiveness of O&G extraction

Scott J. Bryan

Senior Manager
Novus Consulting

Short Biography: I currently work in the Oil and Gas Division for the State of Oklahoma but worked on onshore oil rigs for 6 1/2 years as a Wellsite Geologist and Geosteerer. I have a Bachelors Degree in Geology with a minor in Geospatial Sciences from Missouri State University. I received my Masters Degree in Petroleum Data Management from Texas A&M.

Shana Swirin-Miles

Oil and Gas Specialist III
Oklahoma Corporation Commission

Sunil Garg

Chief Executive Officer
DATAVEDIK

Short Biography: Tina Fischer, a Data Management Specialist with 40+ years in upstream oil & gas, excels in managing well data. Using her knowledge and tenacity she has led several projects in merging data from multiple sources, resolving problematic data quality issues, and high-grading data in corporate and project databases. On the Data Governance Team, she partners with other teams to establish data quality rules and implement integrations that deliver consistent and reliable data to build trust in the data.

Tina Fischer

Data Governance Advisor
Ovintiv

Short Biography: Trudy Curtis is the Chief Executive Officer of the PPDM Association, the global Not-For-Profit society focused on building a global community of data professionals, developing best practices and standards for energy data, and on professional development and certification for data professionals. Based in Canada, Curtis has over four decades of years of industry experience and is known around the world for her outspoken advocacy of data standards, data as a strategic asset, and data management.

Trudy Curtis

Chief Executive Officer
PPDM Association - The Global Energy Data Professionals

Short Biography: A Data enthusiast and digital transformation expert with over fifteen years of experience in delivering innovative solutions in the Energy industry - Oil & Gas, Chemicals and EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction). Been a key contributor to strategic digitalization initiatives such as adapting to Cloud, AI/ML to deliver smart products with an eye for scalability. MBA specialized in Analytics - University of Houston MS in CS - University of North Texas.

Venkata Nagarjun Devarapalli

Lead, Sustainable Technology Solutions
KBR Inc

Short Biography: Xiaoniu Zhang, CPDA certified, has worked in petroleum data management, data integration and migration, machine learning in oil and gas industry for over 20 years. As data management expert, data engineer and domain data scientist, he has worked with many oil and gas companies to improve data integration and data management workflows to increase business efficiency and productivity.