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Dear CAPA members:
Building upon last year’s success, Chinese American Petroleum Association (CAPA) and BP Asian Network in Houston (BPANH) cordially invite you to participate in the 2009 Career Development panel discussion.
2009 has brought tremendous challenges to everyone across our industry. The global financial crisis and the enormous volatility in commodity prices have led to project terminations, hiring freezes, and department downsizing across the energy industry. As such, this recession could have a profound impact on everyone’s short-term and long-term career plans. How can we thrive in this type of adverse economic environment? How have our peers navigated the waters to maintain their career success? This Forum will provide a great opportunity for everyone to discuss these questions and many more with the panelists. We are grateful that four seasoned energy professionals are committed to sharing their insights on these topics based on their own experiences and observations.
When: 9:00am to 12:00pm on Saturday, August 8th, 2009
8:30am to 9:00am Free Continental Breakfast
Where: WL1 Cafeteria, BP Westlake 1 Building, 501 Westlake Park Blvd., Houston, TX 77079
Registration Fee: Free for students and BP employees (can register as student + BP foot note)
$5 for active CAPA members
$20 for non-CAPA members or inactive members
Parking: Parking is free. APA and let security open the bar via intercom speaker. After parking, follow signs to Simply follow “Visitors’ Parking” sign at the parking garage next to Westlake 1 Building, identify you as C enter the building and get a visitor badge at the front desk. The Westlake 1 Cafeteria is just 50 ft away from the front desk. Please note Westlake 1 is the main building on the North side of Memorial Dr.
Forum Format: Each panelist will deliver a 15-minute presentation, focusing on one or two of the selected topics. We will have a 2 hr free format discussion revolving around these topics.
Besides the discussion, this is also a great opportunity for you to meet other CAPA members and energy professionals. For registration, please send an email to registration@capaus.org with your name and the number of guests you'll bring with you. For any questions, contact the event hosts Lisa Li via yuli2008@comcast.net, or phone: (281) 814-6849; or Tony Liao via tony.liao@bp.com, or phone (281) 504-6571; or Liying Zhang via liying.zhang@bp.com, or phone (281)-366-2321. Deadline for registration is Thursday. Aug. 6 for head count purposes. Please help invite your colleagues and friends to the forum.
Kind Reminder: Please renew your CAPA annual membership either online at www.capaus.org or on-site.
Dr. Xingong Li, CAPA 2009 President
Program Chairmen / Panel Discussion Facilitators: Yu Li, Tony Liao
Committee: Xin-Gong Li, Liying Zhang, Roy Chan, Yihao Xie, Eva Chu, James Wang and Tracy Pan
Appendix: Biography of Panelists
Panelist 1: Dr. SK Chang, CAPA Executive Committee Member, Former VP of Schlumberger Technologies (Beijing)
Dr. Chang received his B.S. in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley. He then joined Schlumberger in 1979, and for 15 years conducted research in borehole acoustic and electromagnetic logging at Schlumberger-Doll Research in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He became the director of geoacoustic research in 1990. He moved to Sugar Land, Texas, in 1994 to manage the logging while drilling (LWD) product line. In 1997, he became manager of groups in directional drilling software and logging interpretation. He moved to Beijing, China, as vice president and general manager to build the Schlumberger Beijing Geoscience Center in 2000. In 2005, he moved to Japan as the oil field services global acoustic métier manager. He moved to Houston in July 2007 as an advisor for merger and acquisitions. Steve has 19 US patents and more than 80 journal and conference papers in acoustics and electromagnetics. Steve was the 2007 SEG Regional Lecturer for South and East Asia. He also served Northern Westchester Chinese School (New York State) as Vice Principal, Principal, Chairman of the Board and Board Director during 1989-1994. He had a three-week lecture tour in China at Jianhan Oil Field, Xian and Beijing in 1988.
Panelist 2: Mr. Bill Barkhouse, President of the SEG Society in 1999-2000
William N. (“Bill”) Barkhouse is President of ABC-GEO, Inc., providing consulting and geoscience training in multi-disciplinary integrated subsurface interpretation and quantification of reservoir properties. Previously, he worked for ExxonMobil in oil and gas for 30 years in various technical and management executive positions in Exploration and Producing in most Geoscience and Engineering phases of the worldwide upstream petroleum industry. He is well known for a proven record in creative application of new technology applied to challenging subsurface problems while reducing uncertainty and risk in drilling for exploration and producing wells. His research experience has includes complex imaging of the subsurface using supercomputing. He is currently Vice Chairman of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists Foundation and Chair of the SEG’s Major Gifts Campaign achieving the recent $17 million dollar achievement in their most recent major gifts campaign. He served as President of the SEG Society in 1999-2000. Bill received a Bachelor of Science degree in applied geophysics awarded by Michigan Technological University in 1975. He was inducted into the Academy of Geological and Mining Engineering and Geology, Geological Sciences and Geophysics in 1995. He has authored and co-authored papers in the SEG and SPE, and is a frequent chairperson for the annual Society of Petroleum Engineers SPE Offshore Technology Conference technical sessions. He serves on several Boards and is currently Secretary of the American Geological Institute and a member of the SEG, EAGE, SPE, AGI, AGW and EEGS.
Panelist 3: Dr. John C. Nguyen, Ph.D., PCC, Shell, Founder and Principle Partner of Lighthouse Leadership.
Dr. Nguyen has over 17 years of experience in the Energy Sector. As a successful entrepreneur, public speaker, author and a professional coach, Dr. Nguyen brings his diverse experience and insight in leadership development together with his academic research and professional certified coaching to inform audiences through keynotes, workshops, and consulting. This unique combination of “experiencing the hardship” and leaving a legacy makes Dr. Nguyen qualified to help others discover, define and deliver their dreams.
In his latest accomplishment John was selected from a nationwide search to be featured in Discover Your Inner Strength, a highly successful book series from Tennessee based Insight Publishing. The book features best-selling authors Stephen R. Covey (Seven Habits of Highly Effective People), Brian Tracy (Million Dollar Habits), and Ken Blanchard (One Minute Manager). John Nguyen, Blanchard, Covey and Tracy, are joined by other well-known authors and speakers, each offering time-tested strategies for success in frank and intimate interviews.
While keeping his passion in balance, John also works for Royal Dutch Shell. In his previous role John was one of the designers and global coaches for the Applied Leadership Program (ALP). The ALP is a global coaching program launched in 2005 aimed to help middle management use group coaching skills to learn, transfer experience and develop pragmatic leadership and management skills from the “trenches”.
Dr. Nguyen is a speaker on the topics of Leadership Development, Emotional Intelligence, and Life Skills. His credo is “If you can SEE it, you can HAVE it.” Dr. Nguyen’s inner strength and joy in life comes from his blessed relationship with his wife Kirsten, son Hunter and daughter Kirby.
Panelist 4: Kate Hadley Baker, BP, 2004 SPE President, and Director of Geological Well Planning and Operations Geology.
Board Member Society of Petroleum Engineers
Manager of the Technical Services Group, BP
Technology Unit Coordinator of Reservoir Performance, BP
Research Geologist, Research Supervisor, Senior Supervisory Geologist,
Exxon Production Research Company
Kate Baker is tasked with organizational capability development and the dissemination and application of know-how to deliver distinctive competitive performance by reducing subsurface-related NPT in new drill wells. She holds a BS in Geology and a PhD in Geophysics both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
During her 30-year career in the oil and gas industry, Baker has helped run geoscience and engineering technology units in BP, Amoco and Exxon and held US exploration and production assignments on and offshore. She was chair of the US National Committee for Rock Mechanics, a member of the National Academy of Sciences Board on Earth Sciences, and served as SPE’s 2004 President. A lifelong advocate for the application of technology to deliver business value, she was an early champion within Exxon for horizontal wells, MWD and computerized formation evaluation. Even Exxon now considers these “routine”.
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