Meet the Upstream Energy Training Instructors

North America

Adedapo Ajibade, Principal – Customer Solutions

Adedapo Ajibade is a software trainer who focuses on Kingdom software applications. He also teaches Harmony (DeclinePlus) applications and has prior experience teaching Petra. He has been in Customer Solutions since he joined the company 2008 and provides mentoring and technical support to IHS Markit clients. Adedapo earned a Master of Science in geology at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, United States, and a Bachelor of Science in geology at Federal University of Science and Technology, Nigeria.

Ethan Cervo, Principal – Customer Care Advisor

Ethan Cervo leads the CDN content and delivery team, which provides IHS Markit customers with application support and development to provide world-class mapping, data management and analysis software. His work integrates his expertise and knowledge in geology and GIS, utilizing AccuSuite, Meridian, DataManager and ArcGIS for companies operating in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. Prior to joining the company in 2014, Ethan was the vice president of Mount Royal University Geological Society (Joli Fou) and a summer student at Enright Management. He earned a Bachelor of Science in geology, with a minor in geography/GIS from Mount Royal University, Canada.

Dennis R. Earl, Associate Director – Customer Care Advisors & Client Services

Dennis Earl provides training and Tier 3 support to IHS Markit clients in the Americas (and, as needed supports EMEA & APAC). With more than 32 years of industry experience, he offers valued after-sale service for customers and can readily address day-to-day issues, including onsite support when required. Previously, he was a system analyst at Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. for 13 years, where he supported various geoscience and engineering applications. Dennis gained 18 years of operator experience when he was with ConVest Energy Corp, Templeton Energy, and North American Royalties Corp., as well as Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. He earned a Bachelor of Science in geology at Morehead State University, United States.

Shady Elkadri, Principal – Customer Care Advisor

Shady Elkadri presents training and Tier 3 pre-sales and post-sales customer support and training for Kingdom and GeoSyn, as well as customized classes. To resolve any client issues, he provides Tier 3 onsite and remote access support and mentoring for clients and internal staff. He assists with pre-sales software trials and supports customers who are transitioning to Kingdom from other geoscience interpretation applications. Prior to joining IHS Markit in 2014, Shady worked in support and training at Divestco Inc. for two years. He earned a double Bachelor of Science in geophysics and physics at the University of Calgary, Canada.

Stacy Hendrickson, Senior Client Services Specialist

Stacy Hendrickson teaches Petra and Enerdeq classes in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, also providing onsite assistance when needed. In addition to being a contributing writer for the Petra manual, she works with Petra developers on client issues, testing, research, bugs and enhancements. Previously, she answered client software questions via phone and email – as part of the Petra support team, creating workflow help materials for clients, and bug testing for development. Prior to joining IHS Markit in 2009, she worked in the housing industry doing builder education, event management and coordination, advertising, written communications, and served as a community relations and governmental affairs liaison. Stacy earned a Bachelor of Science from Oklahoma State University, United States.

Meghan Howard, Associate Director – Customer Solutions and Training

Meghan Howard provides client training and mentoring for Petra, Kingdom and Enerdeq. Often, she assists clients to transition from Petra to Kingdom Geology, and she is involved with the Tops (GDS) team at IHS Markit focusing on correlating and interpreting the Wolfcamp and Niobrara unconventional plays. Prior to joining IHS Markit in 2014, Meghan gained operations experience as an intern doing log correlation and mapping at EPL Oil & Gas Inc. She graduated from the University of Missouri, United States, in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in geological sciences.

Prakash Mandalia, Principal Geoscience Advisor

Prakash Mandalia provides Training and Tier 2 and Tier 3 support for Petra, including phone, email support, field support and onsite training for customers. He has in-depth knowledge of Petra, AccuMap, and AccuLogs. Prakash also created and teaches the Kingdom Getting Started-Geology class, specifically designed for geologists using Kingdom. He has more than 11 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining the company in 2007, Prakash worked as a as a technical support analyst at Shaw Cable Systems in Calgary, Canada. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in computer science and is ITIL-certified.

Karen Morgan, Senior Customer Care Advisor

Karen Morgan is an AccuSuite and Enerdeq product specialist with more than 15 years of industry experience. Prior to joining the company in 2012, Karen worked as a geophysical tech at CNRL. Karen received Bachelor of Science degrees in both environmental geology and geophysics from the University of Calgary. Karen’s focus at IHS Markit is client education and product demonstrations.

Rick Neeley, Principal Geoscience Advisor

Rick Neeley presents Petra and Kingdom training and customer support in the Denver area, delivering external and internal training classes for customers and IHS Markit colleagues. He conducts onsite customer visits and phone support to provide training and to solve customer Petra and Kingdom issues. Rick joined the company in 2011 after working as a product manager, and a post-sales and pre-sales consultant for Halliburton/Landmark Graphics. He earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in geology from the University of Texas, United States.

Dr. Jenga Ngalawa, Associate Director – Customer Solutions

Jenga Ngalawa, Ph.D., provides training and Tier 3 support to IHS Markit customers in the Americas, focusing on Kingdom and Petra. As an experienced geologist and geophysicist, he is able to address day-to-day issues and give onsite and offsite support, as well as mentoring. Prior to joining the company in 2010, Dr. Ngalawa was a senior geoscientist working on the new generation 3-D geological interpretation software development and workflows solutions team at Austin GeoModeling (2007-2010); a geoscientist in the exploration technology and Gulf of Mexico deep-water-development groups at Kerr-McGee/Anadarko Petroleum (2003-2007); a geoscientist in the reservoir software (GeoFrame) commercialization group at Schlumberger (2000-2003). Dr. Ngalawa attained a Master of Science and Ph.D. in geology from the Free University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium, and a Bachelor of Science in geology awarded by University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Glen Penfield, Principal – Customer Solutions

Glen Penfield provides training and Tier 3 support to US customers, focusing on the Kingdom suite, as well as Petra and Vantage. He writes the manuals for classes and mentors clients 1-1, in addition to teaching public and private classes. With more than four years of industry experience, he addresses client day-to-day issues and gives onsite support when required. Prior to joining the company in January 2014, Glen gained field experience at Fugro GeoConsulting Ltd., where he assisted with seismic data interpretation. He collected sediment samples and rhizome testing for geochemical analysis and assisted with core descriptions. He previously was with Chicxulub Geosciences, a consultancy group that offers strategic planning for international O&G companies in Latin America and Africa. Glen earned a Bachelor of Science in geology at Sam Houston State University, US. Through a joint program of Michigan Technical University and the University of Cape Town, he completed Field Camp in the Cape Fold Belt, South Africa.

Anthony Santos, Customer Care Advisor Specialist

Anthony is an AccuSuite product specialist on the Canadian Content and Delivery team at IHS Markit. His work includes delivering Tier 3 support for users, educating and presenting engineering, geology, and land AccuMap modules/workflows, assisting sales team with demos for new or existing customers, and providing support with land data. Anthony received his education in Calgary, Canada and earned a Bachelor of Science with a major in geology. Anthony is also pursuing his North American Land Administration Mineral Certificate from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology while working full time at IHS Markit. Prior to IHS Markit, he was heavily involved in his studies and was president of the Joli Fou Geological Society at Mount Royal University, Canada.

Troy Winn, Customer Care Specialist

Troy Winn is a member of the Customer Care Canadian Content team, supporting AccuSuite and Harmony in Calgary, Canada, for IHS Markit. He has five years of industry experience. Prior to joining the company in 2013, he was an EMR software trainer and specialist at Practice Solutions and an assistant supervisor of technical support at Shaw Cablesystems.

John Wolff, Associate Director – Geoscience Solutions and Training

John Wolff provides training and Tier 3 support to IHS Markit clients in North America, focusing on Petra, Kingdom and Enerdeq. He brings more than 25 years of industry experience to assisting multiple teams with difficult troubleshooting efforts. In addition to mentoring colleagues with geological workflows, technology and troubleshooting, he delivers public and private training classes and client consulting. He collaborates with IHS Markit product development, sales and product management teams with which he has worked since 2008. Previously John worked for MASERA Corporation, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and Monarch Petroleum. He completed his Bachelor of Arts at Northeastern Oklahoma State University and has since completed training in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and a Certificate of Arts in Computer Programming at Tulsa Community College, United States.

Latin America

Tabata Funke da Costa, Principal – Customer Solutions Advisor

Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tabata Funke provides Tier 3 support and training for existing clients in Latin America on Kingdom Geoscience products, including onsite support as needed. She has expert product knowledge to provide demonstrations and is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and English. Prior to joining IHS, now IHS Markit, in 2012, Tabata provided gamaspectometry, magnetometry and gravimetry for Micro survey, surveying and mapping technology. She studied geophysics at Sao Paulo University, Brazil.

Tanya Badillo Corona, Senior Analyst – Customer Care Advisor

Based in Mexico City, Mexico, Tanya Badillo provides Tier 3 support to regional clients in Mexico and northern Latin America. She addresses day-to-day issues for Kingdom users and gives onsite support when required. She participates in pre-sales presentations and regional conferences and provides after-sale support to customers. She is fluent in Spanish and English, and proficient in intermediate Portuguese. Prior to joining IHS Markit in 2017, Tanya was part of IRT consultancy group, representing international O&G companies in Mexico. She provided project management, evaluating the risks and opportunities for new and old E&P companies to open businesses, and promoted the use of specialized technologies in Mexico’s mature fields. Tanya earned a Master of Science in petroleum exploration geoscience at the University of Manchester, UK, and she has a Bachelor of Science in geophysical engineering from Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico. She also participated in an exchange program in the geology-physics program at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Emea

Ahmed Nabawy, Associate Director – Customer Solutions

Based in Dubai, Ahmed Nabawy provides Tier 3 support to IHS Markit customers in the Middle East and Africa. In addition to pre-sales presentations, he offers after-sales support to Kingdom customers, including onsite support when required. He helps to address day-to-day issues and smooth the process of data migration from competitive platforms to Kingdom. Prior to joining the company in 2010, Ahmed was a senior software support specialist at SMT’s channel partner in Egypt (2005-2010). He earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in geology from Menoufia University and a diploma in petroleum geology from the University of Ain Shams in Egypt. He is pursuing a graduate certificate in petroleum data management at Robert Gordon University via distance learning.

Olusegun Kolawole, Principal – Customer Solutions Advisor

Based in the UK, Olusegun (“Segun”) Kolawole, is an astute geoscientist with excellent experience and up-to-date knowledge of the oil and gas life cycle, from exploration through appraisal and development. His 11 years of industry experience cuts across oil and gas geosciences, geotechnical engineering, near-surface geophysics, and academics R & D. He joined the company in 2012. Segun’s in-depth knowledge of geology and geophysics has helped immensely in delivering technical training and mentoring of geoscientist and engineers. Some of his areas of expertise includes 2D/3D seismic interpretation, geological interpretations, well synthetic modeling, seismic attributes generations, AVO, velocity modeling and basic petrophysical analysis.

Segun enjoys providing high level post-sales technical support for Kingdom software applications to clients within Europe, Africa and occasionally the US and Asia. He also contributes exceptional ideas and outlined functionality workflows, aimed at improving Kingdom Geoscience as a viable energy analytical tool for the oil/gas and renewable energy programs. Coupled with excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills, he has delivered pre-sales demos and C-level presentations to top management of various organizations. He also benefits from a good network within the energy sector. Segun earned his Master of Science in petroleum geoscience at Heriot Watt University, University of Edinburgh and University of Newcastle, both in the United Kingdom. He attained another Master of Science in geophysics and a Bachelor of Science in geology (Honors) at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He was a PTDF and Aret Adams Scholars, respectively.

Pavel Ershov, Principal – Customer Solutions Advisor

Based in Moscow, Pavel Ershov provides Kingdom software training and Tier 3 support to IHS Markit customers in Russia and CIS. He assists with pre-sales presentations, training classes and after-sales customer support to help address their day-to-day issues. Prior to joining the company in 2008, Pavel worked on all stages of seismic exploration gaining more than 20 years of experience: First, as a geoscientist at VNII Geophysical research center, and then working on crews doing seismic 2D/3D seismic surveys, and later working in the seismic data processing center in PetroAliance Company. He led the processing department in Fugro Jason Company and gained three years of experience in seismic interpretation, velocity modeling and inversion on projects. He helped establish the SMT Kingdom office in Moscow (2008). He earned his Master of Science in geophysics at the Geological Exploration Institute of Moscow, Russia

Mohamed Khiar, Principal – Customer Solutions Advisor

Mohamed Khiar provides training and Tier 3 support to IHS Markit customers in Mexico and northern Latin America. He helps with pre-sales presentations for Kingdom and EDIN and after-sales support to customers to address their day-to-day issues. He also provides onsite support when required. Mohamed joined the company in 2013 with two decades of industry experience from working as a geologist for SONATRACH and Sterling Energy. At African Petroleum, he engaged in 2d/3d seismic interpretation, generation of Paleo geographic maps, creation of geological models, prospect generation, sedimentological studies and volumetrics, etc. He completed his master’s degree in sedimentology at the University of Algiers, Algeria.

Apac

Iin Fransisca, Senior Customer Solutions Advisor

Iin Fransisca provides Kingdom training and Tier 3 support for IHS Markit customers in Australia, New Zealand and APAC. Utilizing 13 years of industry experience, she aids pre-sales demos and customer support before and after the sale to address their day-to-day issues, as well as give onsite support when required. Prior to joining IHS Markit in September 2016, Iin worked at Chevron Australia for three years as an operational geophysicist/well planning geoscientist working on subsurface drilling hazard assessment of exploration wells and assisting VSP work. Earlier, she held various roles, including technical support as well as geological and geophysical consulting onsite at Landmark-Halliburton for eight years, following a year in Indonesia at PT Elnusa Geoscience Processing. Iin earned a Master of Science in reservoir geophysics at the University of Indonesia and a Bachelor of Science in geological engineering at Trisakti University, Indonesia.

Joseph Gnapragasan, Principal – Customer Solutions Advisor

Joseph Gnapragasan is a petroleum geologist with 10 years of experience in the geoscience software industry, having worked for Kingdom for eight years in support and training. He has provided online support, especially training and mentoring in advance workflows, to clients in the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar and Australia. He holds a master’s degree in petroleum geology and is experienced in all aspects of the geoscience workflow cycle, from exploration through to production. Based in the Singapore, he supports all local offices either onsite or via WebEx if outside Singapore.

Souvik De, Principal – Customer Solutions Advisor

Souvik De delivers training and Tier 3 support for Kingdom software to IHS Markit customers in the Indian Subcontinent. He excels in generating workflows for interpretation, presentations on product functionalities and troubleshooting of issues. With more than a decade of industry experience, Souvik assists with post-sales customer support and addresses day-to-day issues, as well as gives onsite support when required. Prior to joining the company in 2012, Souvik was on a G&G team at Essar Exploration & Production for five years, where he was responsible for interpretation of geological and geophysical data. He holds an M. Tech in petroleum exploration from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad), and a Master of Science in geological sciences from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

Global Services

Jon Sartell, Associate Director – Geoscience Client Services

Jon Sartell leads the Geoscience Client Services team that delivers commercial and non-commercial software, systems and data management services for Petra and Kingdom customers globally. Mr. Sartell joined IHS during the 2011 acquisition of Seismic Micro Technology, now part of IHS Markit. Previously, Jon worked as a geophysicist with Conoco and as an instructor with Schlumberger. His industry experience covers both exploration and operation – encompassing seismic acquisition; field crew work; geophysical exploration in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore Gulf Coast; field operations work, systems and software support, data management deployment and software instruction, customer service and project delivery. He earned a Bachelor of Science in geology from Wheaton College, Illinois and a Master of Science in geophysics from Pennsylvania State University, both United States.

David Pfleger, Principal Customer Solutions Advisor – Geoscience Client Services

As a member of Global Geoscience Client Services team, David Pfleger provides Kingdom and Petra workflow, data management and database implementation assistance to IHS Markit customers in the Americas. Prior to joining the company in 2011, David gained 10 years of industry experience working at Schlumberger, ExxonMobil, Kerr-McGee, Amerada Hess, and Shell. Educated in the UK, he earned his Bachelor of Science in geology with oceanography at the University of Southampton. He attained a Master of Science in petroleum geology at Imperial College – London, United Kingdom.

John Love, Principal Advisor – Geoscience Client Services

John Love provides Tier 3 support for US customers using Kingdom, Petra or LOGarc. He has served in technical support and client services as a software support specialist, trainer and mentor for more than 16 years. He supports software installation engagements for customers either onsite or remotely. John has more than 40 years of industry experience, spent with Chevron, ARCO Oil and Gas, ARCO International and FINA Oil and Chemical and others, serving as an analytical, development or exploration geologist. He led teams that evaluated and appraised large regional portions of onshore/offshore GOM and multiple international concessions that resulted in significant natural gas discoveries, also serving as an adjunct geology instructor for a local community college. John attained his Master of Science in geology at the Pennsylvania State University and Bachelor of Science in geology at Florida State University, United States.

Ken Moore, Associate Director – Geoscience Client Services

Ken Moore specializes in installation and deployment of Kingdom, Petra and LOGarc geoscience applications in the Americas. He instructs clients and leads training classes in the basic functionality of the software packages. Prior to joining IHS, now IHS Markit, in 2003, he gained more than 20 years of industry experience working with Reservoir Characterization Research and Consulting, Inc., in Denver, Colorado, as a network administrator and as a sales engineer in Midland and as a field engineer in Victoria, Texas, on Schlumberger assignments, as well as with Wireline Recruiter Americas in Houston, Texas. Ken earned his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Marquette University, United States. He completed his Professional Management Professional (PMP) Certification in 2015.

Ralph McNeil, Director – Engineering Customer Solutions

Ralph McNeil is a senior technical expert supporting sales and customer solutions for both internal and external clients in North America. He provides ad hoc reservoir engineering support for our software development team for Harmony, Piper, VirtuWell (legacy), Evolution and Perform. An experienced petroleum engineer, Mr. McNeil has been involved in operations and consulting for more than 35 years. In past roles, he led the engineering development of the Piper, F.A.S.T. MBA and Harmony software applications. Mr. McNeil has published six technical papers and two technical videos on topics ranging from gathering system analysis to reserves determination and production forecasting. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geosciences of Alberta (APEGA) and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). Ralph holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Marty Santo, Director – Engineering Customer Solutions

Marty Santo has been teaching hands-on courses in well test analysis for more than two decades. In addition to analyzing and conducting thousands of well tests in conventional reservoirs throughout the world, Mr. Santo coordinated the development of F.A.S.T. WellTest™ software. He is a senior technical advisor with a focus on advancing our understanding of unconventional resources by integrating DFIT, production and well test analysis. Mr. Santo is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and was actively involved in the special interest group “Reservoir Evaluation and Production Optimization” from 1993 – 2009. He has served on committees that established guidelines in the Alberta Energy Resources initiative for the electronic capture of well test data and important guidelines. He has co-authored technical papers, and he continues to research and develop new methods for well testing and analysis.

Simon Davies, Associate Director – Engineering Customer Solutions

Simon Davies provides training and advanced support to clients worldwide. He delivers and creates technical demonstrations for both pre- and post-sales opportunities. He is a primary creator of basic and advanced training material for IHS Markit software products, including Piper, Harmony RTA and VirtuWell. Before joining IHS Markit in 2011, he worked in high-tech manufacturing performing Sun Solaris (UNIX) scripting and quality assurance testing on interactive voice response (IVR) systems. He had joined Fekete Associates in the middle of an oil boom and subsequently got involved with testing and developing coal bed methane and nodal analysis software. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Dalhousie University, Canada, and a bachelor’s degree in petroleum technology from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada.

Silvia Rey Gomez, Associate Director – Engineering Customer Solutions

Covering Europe, Middle East and Africa, Silvia Rey Gomez provides pre-sales and post-sales support for IHS Markit reservoir engineering software. Silvia is a certified trainer for DeclinePlus and RTA and has general expertise in VirtuWell, WellTest and Evolution. Silva joined IHS Markit in 2014. Previously, she worked for Halliburton as a drilling consultant covering projects in Hungary and Nigeria and supported the Landmark drilling software. Silvia holds a Master of Science in international business management from Kingston University, UK, and a Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering from Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia, including an exchange student program in petroleum engineering at University of Oklahoma, United States. Silvia is fluent in Spanish and English and understands French and Portuguese.

James Ewert, Associate Director – Engineering Customer Solutions

James Ewert is a technical expert and instructor of Rate Transient Analysis for IHS Markit. He has led numerous courses in both Canada and the United States for a range of clients, from major producers to consulting firms. James has become most well-known for his research and workflow development in analyzing high water cut Permian wells using multiphase methods. He joined the company as part of the 2013 acquisition of Fekete Associates. Previously he served as an oil and gas operations officer for the Yukon Territorial Government, ensuring fulfillment of facility and reservoir engineering functions mandated by the Yukon Oil and Gas Act. James earned his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Carleton University, Canada, and his master’s degree in engineering from the Harold Vance department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M, United States.

James MacDonald, Associate Director – Engineering Customer Solutions

James MacDonald began his career with Fekete (now part of IHS Markit) in Calgary in 2008 where he was a member of the development team for Harmony. He moved to Houston in 2012 to meet a growing demand for production data analysis training. His courses have become a cornerstone at several companies where he is regularly requested to return. Teaching and working with so many petroleum engineers creates an obligation to seek new or improved interpretation techniques and reservoir modeling strategies for today’s complex fluid/rock properties and completion strategies. James’ primary focus on “Unconventional” assets has led to him deliver over 100 tailored and play specific private courses. Previously, James worked at Schlumberger Canada (Wireline) for 6 years, including roles in Special Services and 3 winters conducting remote projects in the high Canadian Arctic. James has taught complimentary courses to graduating classes, is an SPE member and has repeatedly been a guest speaker.

Ali Awada, Senior Customer Solutions Advisor – Engineering Customer Solutions

Ali Awada provides technical support for IHS Markit customers around the world, including in-depth workflow-to-analysis support in unconventional rate transient analysis (RTA), pressure transient analysis (PTA) including drawdown/build-up, injection/falloff and minifrac. He develops training material, demonstration examples and supplemental support documentation for both Harmony and WellTest software and delivers training in Canada. His primary focus is Harmony training (RTA and DeclinePlus), with secondary focus on WellTest, Harmony (VirtuWell and CBM) and Perform. His engineering work experience of more than six years encompasses petroleum software support and training, working as a technical sales engineer in the hydraulic fracturing industry, and serving as a market and supply analyst forecasting gas supply, pool discoveries and economics for the TransCanada pipeline network. Ali Awada holds a Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering from the University of Calgary, Canada. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA).

Jose Inciarte, Senior Customer Solutions Advisor – Engineering Customer Solutions

As a technical advisor, Jose Inciarte provides worldwide support for IHS Markit petroleum engineering software packages, including VirtuWell, PERFORM, Piper, Harmony, RTA, CBM, and DeclinePlus. He delivers training courses to new and potential users for Harmony and Piper. Jose is a certified DeclinePlus and Piper instructor with more than ten years of engineering work experience, including five years of experience in petroleum software testing, training and support. He holds bachelor’s degrees in petroleum engineering from Instituto Universitario Politécnico Santiago Mariño, Venezuela.

Ahmed Bajaber, Senior Customer Solutions Advisor – Engineering Customer Solutions

Ahmed Bajaber provides worldwide technical support, offering one-on-one webinars and getting started courses, responding to customers’ technical queries, and writing blogs and technical articles. His primary focus is WellTest, Harmony, RTA, and DeclinePlus, with a secondary focus on CBM, VirtuWell and Perform. He has researched specific unconventional shale reservoirs on a project basis, covering topics such as the extent of effective hydraulic fractures. He has more than four years of petroleum engineering experience with a focus on Rate Transient Analysis (RTA) and Pressure Transient Analysis (PTA). Ahmed Bajaber holds a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering with a petroleum engineering minor from the University of Calgary, Canada. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA).

Ehsan Motamed, Principal Analyst/Researcher – Engineering Customer Solutions

As a technical advisor, Ehsan Motamed supports worldwide customers in optimizing IHS Markit petroleum engineering software. He addresses technical questions and challenges. His primary focus is RTA, Harmony and Welltest, with secondary focus on PERFORM and DeclinePlus. Ehsan has more than fifteen years of in-depth experience in conventional and unconventional reservoir characterization using numerical and analytical models. Ehasan holds a master’s degree in reservoir engineering from the Petroleum University of Technology, Iran. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA).