Fred Wasden

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ABOUT FRED WASDEN

CORPORATE GENERAL MANAGER of global Fortune 100 company, driving new business development, technology deployment and operational excellence improvements leading to superior financial and ESG results for stakeholders in all major petroleum producing regions.SENIOR EXECUTIVE ADVISOR engaged in formulating strategies and implementation plans for technology driven new business opportunities, including providing advice on organizational change and operational risk management to small and mid-size companies.BOARD MEMBER providing strategic guidance to CEO of non-profit technology institute, focusing on pivoting to private funding and improving operational performance. Board Advisor to digital/analytics startup, focusing on pivoting from Canada to US market with concurrent organization and product line changes.SEEKING opportunities to advise leadership teams and Private Equity through technical consulting and Board positions.KEY HIGHLIGHTS+ Executed large scale field developments for a global Fortune 100 company over a 31 year period; skilled in project delivery and risk management within a wide variety of fiscal/geological regimes.+ Operations manager of GoM deepwater oil fields; accountable for production, cost, HSE performance, regulatory compliance and partner alignment.+ Guided country level executives on Health, Safety and Environment management, including cultural change management leading to dramatic reduction in incident severity and frequency.+ Consistently achieved top-quartile employee engagement survey results independent of macro-economic conditions and geographic location.+ Community minded, supporting university, professional and church sponsored organizations through volunteering and leadership.SPECIFIC EXPERTISE• Achieving step-change cost and production improvements through technology strategy implementation.• Delivering business strategy and oil and gas field development planning at global scale, including Board level funding proposals. • Managing complex, large scale operational units to deliver production and cost targets with best-in-class HSE performance. • Leadership of flawless startups of new projects, including integration of novel technology.• Health Safety and Environment leadership in producing assets and project delivery teams.• Skilled in achieving business alignment with JV partners, regulators (around the world) and indigenous groups. • Developing/re-shaping organizations to deliver breakthrough results.