Director

Petrolera Güiria (joint venture) · Gulf of Paria, Venezuela

• Serves on the board of the Petrolera Güiria joint venture in the Gulf of Paria.

Director

Petrolera Paria (joint venture) · Gulf of Paria, Venezuela

• Serves on the board of the Petrolera Paria joint venture in the Gulf of Paria.

Advisor — Petroleum Engineering & Oilfield Development

Inepetrol, S.A. & Inelectra, S.A. · Venezuela

• Advising in the areas of petroleum engineering and oilfield development.

Independent Consultant

Various oil companies

• Reservoir and oilfield-development consulting across a range of operators.

Associate Professor / Lecturer

Universidad Central de Venezuela — School of Petroleum Engineering · Caracas, Venezuela

• Taught petroleum engineering for nineteen years, four of them full time as Associate Professor.

Public Servant — Energy & Hydrocarbons

Ministry of Energy and Mines · Venezuela

• Served in the areas of energy and hydrocarbons.
• One year as Energy Planning Director and one year as Technical Director at OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization), Quito, Ecuador.

Petroleum / Reservoir Engineer

Shell Group · CVP · Maraven · Inemaka · Inepetrol/Inelectra · Venezuela, London & The Hague

• Thirty-one years across Venezuelan oil fields — from phases of expansion and development through mature and marginal fields in decline and depletion.
• Staff work at the headquarters of Shell in Caracas, London, and The Hague.

Petroleum Engineering (revalidation)

Universidad del Zulia

Revalidation of the petroleum engineering degree in Venezuela.

B.Sc., Petroleum Engineering

Louisiana State University

Followed by thirteen specialized and professional-development courses in England, Holland, Switzerland, the USA, and Venezuela.