Ramil Ahmadov, PhD

Senior Technical Advisor with 20 years of experience and a PhD (Geosciences) from Stanford Univeristy.

Research Expertise

Rock Physics
Structural Geology
Petrophysics
Geomechanics
Geology
Geophysics
Earth-Surface Processes
Water Science and Technology
Geochemistry and Petrology

About

Senior Technical Advisor and Manager with 15 years of experience in management consulting, product & business development, B2B, SaaS & B2C sales, strategy, project management and marketing. Subject matter expert in energy domain with experience leading consulting engagements, developing and managing scope, budget, and schedule. Liaison for cloud technology (OSDU, Delfi) and digital transformation within partner ecosystem in subsurface operations - seismic, well log, core, drilling, completion, and production. Close collaboration with sales teams to drive executive level customer relationships and influence executive decision making. Strong business acumen and personal skills, interaction with clients and agencies, managing groups of interdisciplinary scientists, engineers, and software developers.

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Education

Stanford University

Ph.D., Geophysics / May, 2011

Stanford, California, United States of America

Stanford University

M.S., Geophysics / June, 2009

Stanford, California, United States of America

Stanford University

M.S., Geological and Environmental Sciences / June, 2006

Stanford, California, United States of America

University of Wyoming

M.S., Chemical and Petroleum Engineering / June, 2003

Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Azerbaijan State Oil Academy

B.S., Petroleum Engineering / June, 2001

Baku

Experience

University of Houston

Adjunct Faculty / January, 2019Present

Natural Sciences Department: courses taught – Hydrogeology (incl. lab section), Petroleum Geology (incl. lab section), Meteorology (incl. lab section), Oceanography (incl. lab section).

CGG

Sr. Geophysical Advisor / June, 2019June, 2022

Global Product Strategy Manager for Geophysics within GeoSoftware. MVP-to-commercialization (end-to-end, closed loop) of three geophysical software packages. Development, testing, implementation, and client support of all aspects of geophysics and petrophysics products and workflows within four software packages. Marketing and branding of all rock physics products within all CGG’s software packages. Leadership, supervision, and training (internal and external) of junior and senior scientists, an academic liaison to universities, agencies, and consortia.

New England Research

Principal Scientist / October, 2016June, 2019

One of the main contributors to the 15% Year/Year growth of service projects for three consecutive years. Headed and operated Houston laboratory/office of the company: services, business development, B2B sales, branding, product development and marketing.

Ikon Science

Principal Geoscientist / June, 2014October, 2016

The main technical contributor to the 40% Year/Year growth of Houston office for two consecutive years. Four service projects & sale of the new software product >$1M to the same client in less than a year (for the first time in the company's history). Supported exploration, development, and production studies as well as software development.

BP

Geoscientist / June, 2011June, 2014

Headed company’s unconventional research program. Discovery of oil-filled channel complex overlooked by asset geoscientists. Seismic rock properties of BP's largest GOM asset (Thunderhorse). Work resulted in recommendation to the upper management and BP's JV partner - ExxonMobil not to drill injection well ($100M+ savings).

KPMG

Manager, Energy Solutions / June, 2022September, 2023

Strategy development and decision analysis - Capital project evaluation and optimization -Operations process re-engineering and strategy - Value-based technology adoption and portfolio management - ESG investment decision support, portfolio analysis, modeling, and analytics -Change management, governance, and business transformation - Data governance, quality, controls, and integrity management - Digital workflows and platforms.

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