WEBINAR
Adapting to Survive in an Age of Disruption in Oil & Gas.
In this on-demand webinar Ron Lee (Voovio’s Director of Operations) joined McKinsey & Company, Dow Chemical Company, Apache Corporation & Blockchain for Energy to discuss technological disruptions in the industry.
Director of Operations at Voovio
Name:
Ron Lee
Job Title:
Director of Operations at Voovio
Speaker Bio:
Ron Lee is Vice President of Operations in North America at Voovio. Before he spent more than 30 years in the industry working for DuPont: He was in different roles such as in Plant Management, Corporate Director – PSM/MIQA/Reliability and Maintenance and Operations Unit Manager. His educational background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Mechnical Engineering.
President and Executive Director at Blockchain for Energy
Name:
Rebecca Hofmann
Job Title:
President and Executive Director at Blockchain for Energy
Speaker Bio:
Rebecca is an accomplished finance and compliance leader with over 19 years of energy industry experience. She recently worked for Equinor’s Operations Technology group and was responsible for ensuring the development and improvement of processes over governance, requirements and compliance to support domestic onshore and offshore operations. She also led the Blockchain digitalization strategy for Equinor and is the founder and visionary behind the US Oil & Gas Blockchain Forum, the OOC Oil & Gas Blockchain Consortium, now rebranded to Blockchain for Energy, where she has served as Chairman of the Board the last two years. Rebecca joined Equinor in 2011 as Head of Finance for the Appalachian basin. Prior to Equinor, she worked for Occidental Petroleum and Merit Energy as Manager of Financial Compliance and Manager Internal Audit Operations North America. In 2018, Rebecca received the GRIT award for her creativity and innovation within the industry.
Associate Partner – Implementation at McKinsey & Company
Name:
Dan Najjar
Job Title:
Associate Partner – Implementation at McKinsey & Company
Speaker Bio:
Dan is Associate Partner for Implementation at McKinsey & Company since 2014. Prior he worked for 5 years at Sunoco Inc as Senior Process Engineer, Associate Senior Process Engineer and Process Engineer. His educational background is a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering at Villanova University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Yale School of Management.
Global Improvement Leader at Dow Chemical Company
Name:
Julie Thyne
Job Title:
Global Improvement Leader at Dow Chemical Company
Speaker Bio:
Julie Thyne has worked for Dow for the last 22 years in a variety of manufacturing and engineering positions. She is currently a Global Improvement Leader. Julie is the recipient of the 2014 STEP Ahead award from the Manufacturing Institute. Outside of work, Julie promotes STEM education for elementary and middle school students.
Global Operations Excellence Manager at Apache Corporation
Name:
Phaneendra Bollavaram
Job Title:
Global Operations Excellence Manager at Apache Corporation
Speaker Bio:
Phaneendra is Operations and Engineering executive with expertise in providing competitive advantage by identifying, developing, and executing transformative business strategies. Since 2018 he is Head of Digital & Operations Excellence at Apache Corporations. Prior he worked for 20 years in different positions at BP. He was in the role of Modernization & Transformation Leader, Planning and Performance Director, offshore Operations Manager, Onshore Site Manager and Strategy Advisor.
Managing Director at AMG World
Name:
Mark Giles
Job Title:
Managing Director at AMG World
Speaker Bio:
Mark joined AMG World in April 2019 as Managing Director and joint owner. Working closely with the founder on a consulting basis, he was impressed by the passion, commitment and innovative approach to connecting businesses. He has over a decade’s experience in the events industry and has been fortunate enough to manage global teams and multi-million-dollar conferences across 4 continents. His meticulous approach to defining new event concepts, products and formats fuels his passion for understanding business challenges and problem solving. He is currently focused on expanding the conference portfolio into new sectors and building a world-class team of event specialists.
In this on-demand panel discussion Voovio’s Director of Operations Ron Lee joined McKinsey & Company, Dow Chemical Company, Apache Corporation & Blockchain for Energy to discuss technological disruptions in the industry.
Key takeaways of the webinar:
- Ron Lee looked at how to solve manufacturing challenges, such as retirements, unplanned downtime/ OEE losses/ incidents, cost competitiviness, efficiencies, pandemic.
- He gave insights how to increase operator competency, increase access to collective knowledge.
To see the whole webinar for yourself, you can watch the video below:
