Having over 13 years of experience in Upstream data management, James has worked his way through a wide range of projects, programs, and roles to reach his current role of Information Architect and Subsurface data SME within Chevron’s New Capabilities Delivery team. He has worked on a variety of solution deployments around the globe, with a focus on Reservoir Management and operations.

James joined Chevron as a full-time employee in 2018, having worked with them for several years as a consultant. He is the Chevron data liaison to the Open Subsurface Data Universe (OSDU) industry standards forum, where he leads the Data Definitions and Modelling team, as well as an active contributor to some PPDM in-flight work groups.

Based in Houston, James is married with one daughter, two dogs, and a persistent fruit fly problem… He drives a hybrid.