Shawn New is Principal Consultant for Katalyst Data Management, responsible for implementation and growth of their U.S. consulting practice. He has 24 years’ experience as a Data Management Professional for Marathon, Shell, Chevron, Maersk, BHP, and BP, in roles of increasing complexity from individual contributor to building and leading experienced teams and developing corporate data strategy. His work history includes projects to streamline data operations, improve data quality, build and integrate subsurface data systems of record, and design geoscience technical computing environments.

Shawn achieved his PPDM CPDA certification in June of 2018, and serves as current Chair of the SEG Technical Standards Committee. He has been a PNEC Advisory Board Member since 2017 and was Chair of the 2019 Conference.

In his spare time, Shawn enjoys composing, performing and recording music, attending concerts and record hunting, traveling with his wife Jennifer, and spending as much time as possible with their 2 adult children Christian and Alaina.