Robert E. Fast

About Robert E. Fast

Trusted Energy Technology Leader - Boards • CTO/COO • Fortune 500 to Start-ups, VC, PE. Decades of build-it-from scratch experience with a track record of firsts in value creating technology applications. Advisory services on energy, innovation and technology across energy, defense, manufacturing, and industrial sectors. As Principal of Fast Technology Advisors LLC, Rob works with clients from early concept through full operational maturity across five core solution areas:• Operational Assessment; Technology Integration• Innovation and Technology Practice Advisory (structure, scan, pilot, scale, culture)• Partnerships, Ecosystem Development; Collaboration Enablement• Cross-Industry Technology Scanning; Synergy Mapping• Fractional CXO Services. Previously, Rob served as Chief Technology Officer and Vice President at Hess Corporation, with prior global executive leadership roles at Mobil and ExxonMobil. His executive education includes Singularity University, Thunderbird (ExxonMobil) and Hess Executive Leadership. He holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa and is a Registered Professional Petroleum Engineer (California). Rob served on the Board of Advisors for Innovation Research Interchange and is Chairman, Board of Advisors for an energy-focused venture fund and the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. He partners with companies and agencies as a Fractional CTO and Commercial Technology Advisor. Skills and Expertise include Technology Strategy • Digital Transformation • Innovation / Technology • Board Advisory • Venture & PE Diligence • Ecosystem Development • Scan/Pilot/Scale/Evaluate •Industrial Technology • Energy and Defense • Operational Optimization • Portfolio Evaluation • Fractional CXO Services.Fully versed across the spectrum of global Exploration, Development, and Production Operations. Decades of experience developing and implementing strategy, operations, technology and systems. Screened, piloted, implemented and scaled technology across the full spectrum of exploration and production from onshore/unconventional to offshore/deepwater. Passionate leader - created billions of dollars of NPV by enabling and facilitating more than 300 technology trials and scaling dozens of successful hard and digital technologies. Established extensive collaborations - across venture capital, start-ups, universities, consortia, suppliers, competitors and other industries.

Experience

1. Chairman - Executive Advisory Board

   Unconventional Resources Technology Conference Urtec

   Jan 2021 — Present

Education

• Singularity University

  Artificial Intelligence

• Thunderbird School of Global Management

  Executive Education Program, ExxonMobil

  2004 — 2004

• The University of Tulsa

  B.S., Petroleum Engineering

  1982 — 1986

• Singularity University and Abundance 360 (Digital)

  Executive Summit, Innovation

• Hess Enterprise Leadership Program

  Executive Education Program

  2011 — 2012

Skills

• Project Planning
• Reserves
• Petroleum Engineering
• Petroleum Economics
• Completion
• Aries
• Oil/Gas
• Lng
• Gas
• Upstream
• Energy Industry
• Natural Gas
• Energy
• Oil & Gas
• Offshore Drilling
• Petroleum
• Reservoir Engineering
• Drilling
• Oil
• Product Optimization
• Oilfield
• Onshore Operations
• Unconventional
• Geology
• Portfolio Management
• Field Development
• Phdwin
• Downstream Oil & Gas
• Geophysics
• Oil & Gas Industry
• Reservoir Management
• E&P
• Onshore